No matter how caring and sincere a pastor or priest of any church or denomination is, he or she just can’t meet everyone’s needs for pastoral care. That’s where Stephen Ministries comes in. The ...

Divorce. Separation. Loss of a loved one through death or estrangement. Job loss or inability to find employment. Illness. Loneliness. Discouragement. Too often, people decide to soldier alone through ...

An effort is underway to create an Oshkosh-based Stephen Ministry program, with training planned for this fall. Stephen Ministry is a confidential one-to-one caring ministry that takes place in ...

Who can you turn to when life gets hard? Hundreds of people in and around the Springs turn to Stephen Ministers, lay people who have undergone training in providing one-to-one care for those who hurt.

Reformation Lutheran Church will offer workshops next month to teach and inform people about a caregiving ministry called the Stephen Series. The workshops will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April ...

In 1974, Kenneth Haugk was armed with degrees from seminary school and a graduate degree in clinical psychology hoping it would equip him to pastor his church. But he quickly realized needs were great ...

It takes time to build trust, Joyce McNeil said, and as a Stephen minister at Carroll Lutheran Village, a retirement community in Westminster, McNeil, 86, is grateful each time she reaches it with a ...

In addition to Arden Courts, Lake also works in the Acute Care Unit of the Cleveland Clinic. She sees the effects of dementia and Alzheimer’s on a daily basis. Part of the point of the experience was ...

Shown, from left, are Stephen Leader John Conklin; new Stephen Ministers Mick Wirth, Pat Henneforth, Gwynne Gilbert and George Harris; Stephen Leader Judy Cutler. First Presbyterian Church of Clarks ...