March 5. 2:00pm-4:00pm

MCM is excited to offer an Afternoon of Equipping, entitled Congregational Care: possibilities and pragmatics.

Please register at the bottom of this page to receive the Zoom link. The Zoom link will be sent a couple days before the event.

Continuing to renew our ways of caring and equipping ourselves for the days ahead seems like what is needed at the present time.  Congregational Care Teams, Ministerials, Deacons, Pastors and Congregational Leaders are invited to participate in this online learning event. Participants will have the opportunity to join Break Out Rooms, either for storytelling, presentations or small group conversations ( or a combination of all three!)  Topics of conversation will range from: imagining new models/ways of care to the how-to’s of visitation.

Flow of Afternoon

• 2:00  Welcome/Introduction to Topic: theological roots/historical practice/today’s realities - Michael Pahl
  
• 2:20  Break Out Rooms
  
• 2:45   Break-5 min
• 2:50  Break Out Rooms
• 3:15  Break 5 min
• 3:20  Break Out Rooms
• 3:45  Closing - Rick Neufeld
  

Break Out Room Topics:

2:20 Options

• Becoming comfortable with visitation and prayer - Lisa C. Enns   Co-Pastor Charleswood MC
• Models of Care: Congregations share their experience. Cheryl Braun-Pastor Glenlea MC, Fran Giesbrecht – Lay Minister Fort Garry Mennonite Fellowship  Host- Don Rempel Boschman Douglas MC
• Faith and Family Nights: Opening New Doors - Heidi Schartner   Children’s Ministries Leader  Douglas MC
• Congregational Care: seeing with new eyes - Kathy Giesbrecht     Director of Congregational Ministries  MCM

2:50 Options

• Shifting Care over the years: stories from Sarg. Ave MC - Marla Langelotz  Pastor Sarg. Ave MC
• Planning to Offer Care to Community Families - Randy Hildebrandt   Pastor Springstein MC
• Caring for Busy Households: when programs don’t fit. - Carrie Martens   Pastor Pembina Parish
• Proactive Care; looking ahead. - Kathy Giesbrecht

3:20 Options

• Rituals: widening our understanding and use. - Laura Funk  Spiritual Director in Residence MCM
• Accompanying Young Adults - Mark Von Kampen   Chaplain Menno Office U of M   Pastor First MC
• Church Health Assessment Tools: our experiences. - Mark Tiessen Dyck  Pastor Bergthaler MC of Altona & Don Rempel Boschman  Pastor Douglas MC

Collections of Resources from CommonWord

“Congregational Caregiving” (resources for a congregational setting) – https://www.commonword.ca/go/2836

Also see, “Caregiving” (resources of a more personal nature) – https://www.commonword.ca/go/2837