Director of Pastoral Care

Location: Wayzata

Create a Christian community of caring couples

• Offer a comprehensive marriage preparation program for the engaged.
• Recruit, train, provide in‑services for lay couples in the preparation program.
• Offer marriage enrichment series annually for Prepare couples.
• Provide pastoral counseling for couples seeking help with their marriage.

Provide Pastoral Care ministry to the needs of the parish and community

• Recruit, train and support lay ministers in the Befriender Ministry and EM to homebound.
• Provide a coalition of support groups to address the brokenness within the community, e.g. Divorce & Separated, Widow/Widowers, Alcoholism, annulments, etc.
• Provide relevant materials and articles on pastoral care.

Provide pastoral ministry to the senior adults in the parish and extended care facilities within the parish.

• Present faith sharing opportunities for them to grow in spirituality.
• Offer outreach to the various residential care facilities in parish boundaries.
• Offer pastoral counseling to various issues of aging and dying.
• Be a good referral resource for aging services.

Provide pastoral counseling and therapeutic resources to the parish community.

• Provide marriage, family and individual counseling and spiritual direction to the parish community.
• Be available to parishioners who call to provide pastoral counseling.
• Provide bereavement ministry and funeral planning to those who are in need.
• Be available to the pastor and staff for consultation in these areas.

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