PASTORAL CARE

Pastoral care isn’t just dealing with difficulties, crises and trouble, it’s also about calling out the good in one another and seeing people become whole, mature and Christ like. This involves simple things such as looking out for one another, befriending new people, noticing people, caring, friendship, belonging, celebrating, praying, and encouraging. Things we can all do.

Pastoral care happens at Woodies in many different ways, but the majority of pastoral care happens through mid-week groups. This could be a home group or pastorate. We use the phrase ‘first line of pastoral care’ to describe where pastoral care first happens. Mid-week groups are the key environment for pastoral care to happen, and for everyone in the group to feel looked after.

Nurturing New Christians

If you are new to faith we want to help you put down some firm foundations. It can help to have a group specifically tailored to your needs as a new Christian, or you may prefer to join a group of mature Christians who can help you get started. Things like The Alpha Course and mentoring are really helpful too.

Sickness & Crises

We all experience lows, difficulty and tragedy in life. This could be a major illness or accident, a bereavement, losing a job or sudden marriage breakdown. It can happen to any of us. So it may be that meeting someone, processing and working through that might be helpful. You can also access free well-being resources on our WholeMinds website.

Personal Development

We run a number of different courses at Woodies to help you move forward in your faith. Find out more about how you can develop and grow at Woodlands.