Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Individual needs

There is never a dull moment in the role of a student pastor you constantly are thinking and praying on your feet..... We are blessed at Wem with a relatively large congregation approx 250 if you include our church Plant in Prees. Within that congregation there is a huge diversity of needs , needs that you have to respond to with perceived wisdom , patience , self -control and above all love ...

The text books don't teach you all that you need to know ( with the exception of the bible that is ) . the school of Pastoral care is a very hands on school ..... In this school you learn how to apply the message that you preach to the sick , the anxious , the dissatified , the rebellious , the grieving and the faithful ...... People are so diverse and that's what makes the job of pastoral care so interesting ...

Preparing for a couple of assemblies this week and then I'm of to Shewsbury hospital to visit some of our sick and then another session of Christianity explained tonight ....Focusing on the cross of Christ ... three Questions 1. Why did Jesus Die ? 2. What does it mean ? 3 How should I respond ?

Read how the 3000 responded when they heard about Jesus ... Acts 2:36-43