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Do you want to become equipped with the skills to provide pastoral care to people in your church and community?

The Volunteers CARE Essentials Course is a basic introduction to the general scope of Christian pastoral care. It is an eight-session course designed for use in congregations, faith communities or care facilities. The course is the beginning step on the pathway to more specialised pastoral care volunteering in various Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod chaplaincy settings.

This course includes an exploration of what pastoral care entails and how we can define it, examines why we are involved in pastoral care, and introduces some foundational skills needed to get started as a pastoral carer.

Warwick Uniting Church on Saturday 21 and Saturday 28 August 2021 from 8.30am to 5pm each day.

Register now! ucaqld.com.au/volunteerscare

Overview

Fundamentals of Transitional Ministry: The Work of the People (FTMP) is a five-day program which gives participants an introduction to the key concepts and practices of ministering with congregations and agencies in times of transition. The course emphasises the work of the congregation. The fundamental tasks of the congregation, framed as Focus Points, are to successfully navigate the transition period:

►HERITAGE Reviewing how the congregation has been shaped and formed.

►LEADERSHIP Reviewing the member needs and its ways of organising and developing new and effective leadership.

►MISSION Defining and redefining sense of purpose and direction.

►CONNECTIONS Discovering all the relationships a faith community builds outside of itself.

►FUTURE Developing congregational and pastoral profiles.

While it is a stand-alone program, it is also the second phase of training that leads to being qualified as an Intentional Interim Minister. Participation in Fundamentals of Transitional Ministry: The Work of the Leader (FTML), is a pre-requisite for this course.  A reference from a Presbytery, Synod or Diocese (or equivalent) person is a part of the application process, and you will be asked for their name and email contact.