1. Church Leader Tool: The Congregational Care Team (Why)
Handout included
Define group help with nursing home/shut in visits and those in need (either in congregation)

2. Part 1: Why Part 2: How Part 3: Training Video

3. Why Develop a Congregational Care Team?

4. Why Develop a Congregational Care Team
Why Develop a Congregational Care Team? Biblical Advice from Exodus 18:13-27

6. Why Develop a Congregational Care Team?
Biblical Advice from Exodus 18:13-27
Limits Congregational Ministry
funnel through which all flows

7. Why Develop a Congregational Care Team?
Biblical Advice from Exodus 18:13-27
Limits Congregational Ministry
Exhausts Pastor and Congregation

8. Why Develop a Congregational Care Team?
Biblical Advice from Exodus 18:13-27
Limits Congregational Ministry
Exhausts Pastor and Congregation
Broadens Leadership Pool
More people in leadership
Also for con ed, vacation, pastoral vacancy, when have heavy loads)

9. Why Develop a Congregational Care Team?
Biblical Advice from Exodus 18:13-27
Limits Congregational Ministry
Exhausts Pastor and Congregation
Broadens Leadership Pool
Biblical Advice from Acts 6:1-7

11. Why Develop a Congregational Care Team?
Biblical Advice from Exodus 18:13-27
Limits Congregational Ministry
Exhausts Pastor and Congregation
Broadens Leadership Pool
Biblical Advice from Acts 6:1-7
Focuses the Pastor’s Calling
not right ignore call, job security what would I do?, time for preaching, discipling and teaching

12. Why Develop a Congregational Care Team?
Biblical Advice from Exodus 18:13-27
Limits Congregational Ministry
Exhausts Pastor and Congregation
Broadens Leadership Pool
Biblical Advice from Acts 6:1-7
Focuses the Pastor’s Calling
Develops A Sense of Shared Ministry
(let go of ego, arrogance from pastor, pastor who said only work with kids, also from congregation we’re meant to work together)

13. Why Develop a Congregational Care Team?
Biblical Advice from Exodus 18:13-27
Limits Congregational Ministry
Exhausts Pastor and Congregation
Broadens Leadership Pool
Biblical Advice from Acts 6:1-7
Focuses the Pastor’s Calling
Develops A Sense of Shared Ministry
Grows Deep Disciples
(Stephen as first martyr, selfish to keep joy to self, learn the gift of use me God…story of connie on deathbed, people feel inadequate, no one is, pastors often have some basic training but learn by experience, learn most important skill, to be used by God)

14. Why Develop a Congregational Care Team?
Biblical Advice from Exodus 18:13-27
Limits Congregational Ministry
Exhausts Pastor and Congregation
Broadens Leadership Pool
Biblical Advice from Acts 6:1-7
Focuses the Pastor’s Calling
Develops A Sense of Shared Ministry
Grows Deep Disciples
Facilitates Congregational Growth
(what Acts says about growth and Schaller image of Shepherd vs Rancher, what would I do for pastor, grow the church, do something new)

15. Priesthood of All Believers

17. Priesthood of All Believers Affirms Spiritual Gifts
(again comment about only work with kids, denies gifts which reality is some more gifted, probably in caring professions that more trained and gifted than pastors…story told to me by laay person who trained as nurse and I know better skills than most pastors, Ephesians 4:11-16)

18. Priesthood of All Believers Affirms Spiritual Gifts
Strengthens True Christian Community
(Dynamic for Professional Leaders and Congregation, away from consumerism, Consumerism (I pay offering and pastor serves….not real church, real church is one in which everyone is a minister, all being used by God, warped sense of what church is, pastor not professional christian, dynamic of people visiting or pastor visiting) Expectations that this is what the pastor does (their job….not to do all the ministry

19. Priesthood of All Believers Affirms Spiritual Gifts
Strengthens True Christian Community
Develops Congregational Relationships
(Stories of Dr. Dabback and Edith, Dona and Dorothy, blessing for both visited and visitor)

20. The description section below has a link to downloadable handouts and original documents, resources to go deeper, and reflection/discussion questions. Now who should you forward this to in order to grow their leadership?