Pastoral Care
“As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another” ~ John 13:34-35
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another” ~ John 13:34-35
We are blessed that pastoral care is available in many different forms at West Kirby URC. We are all different people who feel cared for in different ways, but we hope there is something that helps you to feel cared for, and that you can participate in caring for others too.
There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to pastoral care but our church offers lots of different support structures, formal and informal. We believe in investing in friendships, and alongside that there are elders, pastoral partners, prayer teams, fellowship group leaders and many others you can invite to walk some of life’s journey alongside you, if you wish. We believe that caring for one another is every member’s responsibility and every interaction we have with each other is an opportunity to care.
There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to pastoral care but our church offers lots of different support structures, formal and informal. We believe in investing in friendships, and alongside that there are elders, pastoral partners, prayer teams, fellowship group leaders and many others you can invite to walk some of life’s journey alongside you, if you wish. We believe that caring for one another is every member’s responsibility and every interaction we have with each other is an opportunity to care.
We are pleased to partner with Reach Counselling, who use our building on Mondays. Appointments can be made directly with them, contact details here.
We want pastoral care to be natural and to include everybody, but we recognise that we also need to ensure that pastoral care is sufficiently well organised so that nobody gets left out. For this reason, every adult who becomes a Member or Friend of West Kirby URC is assigned a Pastoral Partner who will:
If you have a pastoral need, please get in touch with your pastoral partner, your fellowship group or whoever you feel comfortable sharing with. Contact details for our staff team are here. Pastoral care for children and young people is co-ordinated by our Youth & Children's Work Co-Ordinator, and the first point of call for any safeguarding concerns for under 18s or for adults is our Safeguarding Co-Ordinator, details here.
We want pastoral care to be natural and to include everybody, but we recognise that we also need to ensure that pastoral care is sufficiently well organised so that nobody gets left out. For this reason, every adult who becomes a Member or Friend of West Kirby URC is assigned a Pastoral Partner who will:
- Pray for the members of their pastoral group
- Be there for them if they get in touch to talk or pray together
- Seek to ensure that any members who share with them that they are experiencing difficult times are well supported. by the church.
If you have a pastoral need, please get in touch with your pastoral partner, your fellowship group or whoever you feel comfortable sharing with. Contact details for our staff team are here. Pastoral care for children and young people is co-ordinated by our Youth & Children's Work Co-Ordinator, and the first point of call for any safeguarding concerns for under 18s or for adults is our Safeguarding Co-Ordinator, details here.
