Sharing Joys and Sorrows with the Congregation
This is a review of the processes by which life passages, joys, and sorrows are shared with the greater congregation.
Caring Corner of the Newsletter
Process for sharing a life passage, joy, or sorrow in the Caring Corner:
- Obtain consent from congregant. Permission to share something in the caring corner is often obtained through our Caring Listener check-ins.
- Request first and last names of people being mentioned, as well as preferred language. If someone says “please name my grandmother in the prayer,” ask for her name and clarity on language.
- Caring Corner is a place to share more detail: Feel free to share more information than in the prayer and links to helpful sites (meal train, obituary, etc.)
- Create an Active Pastoral Prayer note in PCO:. All Active Pastoral Prayer notes will be placed in the Caring Corner unless otherwise indicated
Sharing in prayer in the Sunday service
- Note that we do not have a prayer every Sunday: While the Caring Corner does come out every week, we do not have a pastoral prayer every week on Sunday.
- Obtain consent from congregant. Permission to share something in the caring corner is often obtained through our Caring Listener check-ins.
- Request first and last names of people being mentioned, as well as preferred language. If someone says “please name my grandmother in the prayer,” ask for her name and clarity on language.
- Keep it brief. The prayer is not a place to share extensive detail or make announcements. It is a place to communally hold people with loving care. More detail can be shared in Caring Corner of the newsletter
- Create an Active Pastoral Prayer note in PCO:. All Active Pastoral Prayer notes will be shared in the next pastoral prayer in the Sunday service unless otherwise indicated