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Group: Chaplains
Guide: Stephanie Moore
Cost: $180 for 6-monthly PCG calls
PCGs are specifically designed to create and hold space for the elements of ministry and life that often do not have the opportunity to shared and acknowledged with others elsewhere.
Each Pastoral Care Group meeting orients around Church Well Co’s 4 SLOW practices: Survey, Lament, Own, and Welcome.
Survey allows us to find ourselves in our own story and acknowledge that place.
Lament opens space for hope in ways that unspoken pain cannot hold. We lament and grieve the weight that is carried, the wounds that have been picked up along the way, and the loss we have encountered.
Ownership is a healing balm for our souls, given to us by God.
Welcome invites a sacred healing in moments when our pain, our failures, our struggles are seen by both God and others, and we are not rejected or less than because of them.
These practices give space for pain to not only be painful, but to become useful and even transformative. We reflect on our experiences, what the Spirit is teaching us and inviting us into, and invite (as appropriate) others’ experiences and perspectives into that space.
And we do this together as the apostle Paul directed the Church in Galatia, “bear[ing] one another’s burdens, and so fulfill[ing] the law of Christ.”
Stephanie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and ordained minister who operates a counseling practice in Cary NC. Her life statement is "I am an advocate for connection that brings hope and healing," and she strives to provide safe spaces for people to connect deeply with themselves, other people, and their faith.
Stephanie's commitment to working with chaplains, and other first responders, is a result of several professional experiences that allowed her to see both the joy and weight of ministry outside of the local church. She has completed an internship with a crisis response team partnering with law enforcement; worked as an advocate for residents in a large prison; and loved her two years as a chaplain (CPE) at a large trauma center and local womens' shelter. Stephanie recognizes the need for a confidential arena in which to share these experiences and their impact on the self, family and ministry.
On a personal note, Stephanie has been married to Bill for 30 years and they have two young adult daughters. In her free time, she loves to read, watch college basketball, try new restaurants and spend time with friends.