Who are Stephen Ministers

• Stephen Ministers are not counselors. They are trained Christian care givers. Their role is to listen and to care - not to counsel or advise.
• Stephen Ministry is a confidential ministry. What a care receiver tells a Stephen Minister remains confidential.
• Stephen Ministers are assigned only to care receivers who have agreed to receive the care of a Stephen Minister.
• Stephen Ministers listen and minister to people in specific situations such as divorce, terminal illness, grief, childbirth, or to people experiencing the loses of aging or living in a long-term care facility, or other similar issues. 

Stephen Ministers

Create an
Atmosphere of
Acceptance
Reassurance (of God’s love) and
Encouragement

Stephen Ministers are commissioned by the pastor as it is the prayers of the entire parish that sustains and supports them and their care receivers in this ministry.