{"id":3596,"date":"2019-01-30T17:10:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T17:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3596"},"modified":"2020-02-17T19:25:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T19:25:39","slug":"game-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3596","title":{"rendered":"Stevens&#8217; Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"quotes\">Bear one another\u2019s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ\u00a0<span class=\"serifnormal\">(Galatians 6:2,\u00a0<span class=\"notes\">NRSV<\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stephen Ministry is the one-to-one lay caring ministry that takes place in congregations that use the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stephenministries.org\/stephenministry\/default.cfm\/1219\">Stephen Series<\/a>\u00a0system.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Ministry congregations equip and empower lay caregivers\u2014called <em>Stephen Ministers<\/em>\u2014to provide high-quality, confidential, Christ-centered care to people who are hurting.<\/p>\n<h2>The Blessings of Stephen Ministry<\/h2>\n<p>Stephen Ministry multiplies blessings throughout the church and community.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"circle_list\">\n<li>\n<p><span class=\"serifbold\">Congregations<\/span>\u00a0receive a practical and powerful way to respond to Christ\u2019s commandment: \u201cLove one another as I have loved you\u201d (John 15:12\u00a0<span class=\"notes\">RSV<\/span>).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span class=\"serifbold\">Pastors<\/span>\u00a0have a\u00a0<em>team<\/em>\u00a0of gifted, trained, and committed lay caregivers ready to minister to hurting people (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stephenministries.org\/stephenministry\/default.cfm\/945\">information for pastors<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span class=\"serifbold\">Laypeople<\/span>\u00a0nurture and use their gifts in meaningful ministry, growing spiritually as they serve others.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span class=\"serifbold\">People who are hurting<\/span>\u00a0have a compassionate companion\u2014a caring Christian friend who provides emotional and spiritual support.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/stephens-ministry\/\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/vision-mission-purpose.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Paross","author_link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3596"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3811,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596\/revisions\/3811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}