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Basic Equipment for Appropriate Living

Care and Kindness - 10 Session Curriculum For The Ministering Elders

• I. Introduction to the Course: "You are More Than You Think You Are"

  •            1. Being "the light of the world" – everyday, everywhere

  •             2. People are Both Physical and Spiritual

  •             3. Going Into Hard Places

    •                         - Show Up

    •                         - Listen

    •                         - Touch

    •                         - Pray

• II. Understanding and Helping in Loss and Grief.

• III. Grief and Loss, continued.

• IV. Basic Listening and Responding Skills Summarized

  •             - Notice Feelings

  •             - Eschew Fixing

  •             - Be Understanding

• V. How to Pray With Another Person

• VI. Getting a Clear View of Aging

• VII. Visiting and Calling

• VIII. Where is God in Human Suffering?

• IX. Observing Boundaries in Care and Kindness

• X. The Five Key Essentials – Reviewed

Suggested reading:

The Miracle of Kindness, by Jim Kok
90% of Helping is Just Showing Up, by Jim Kok
Waiting for Morning (God and Human Suffering), by Jim Kok
No Such Thing as Over the Hill, by Jim Kok
Lament for a Son, by Nicholas Wolterstorff