Books FOR CARE MINISTRY training
Implementation Guide*
Guía para la implementación
Care Minister's Manual
The Caring Congregation: Implementation Guide
*Click here for a free preview of Karen Lampe & Melissa Collier Gepford 's primary book used in our Care Ministry training with details on how to establish, organize & train an effective team.
Care Minister's Manual
Guía para la implementación
Care Minister's Manual
The Caring Congregation: Care Minister's Manual by Karen Lampe & Melissa Gepford. This companion book to the Implementation Guide is a personal training workbook and reference guide for Care Ministers.
Guía para la implementación
Guía para la implementación
Guía para la implementación
NEW! Our Spanish Textbook
El ministerio del cuidado congregacional:
Guía para la implementación
CONGREGATIONAL care minister RESOURCES
Care Cards & Anointing Vials
- Order a set of Care Cards from the Well Bookstore covering > 20 topics at Church of the Resurrection. Cards come in sets of 1, 10 or 25. NOTE: There is an option for shipping.
- Anointing vials discussed in our training are available to purchase at www.discountvials.com. Fill vials with Olive Oil.
Concise Care Guide
The Concise Guide to Congregational Care: Words to Use in Every Setting. A pocket size book of prayers & scriptures for pastors & CCMs making visits to care facilities.
TCC Podcasts
TCC Podcasts
Subscribe to our free podcasts (now starting our 9th season) found on Apple and Soundcloud. These cover a variety of care topics which are great for sharing with your care ministry team.
care RESOURCES BY TOPIC
Addiction & Mental Health Recommended Reading
- Anxiety Workbook
- Brené Brown video interview discussing coping with grief, fear and anxiety during COVID-19.
- Nurturing the Light Inside: Overcoming Addiction and Codependency by Sherry Danner
- The Depression Cure by Stephen Ilardi
- EMDR Therapy
- Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved by Kate Bowler
- Why? by Adam Hamilton
- Blessed are the Crazy by Sara Griffith Lund
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- Mental Health Ministries
- Pathways 2 Promise
- Getting Adult Children into a Thriving Independent Life - Laura Isaacson
- Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War by Rita Nakashima Brock and Gabriella Lettini
Listening, Spiritual Guidance, and Boundaries
- TCC Listening Podcast (season 1)
- Brene Brown on Empathy (video clip)
- Safety & Self-Care Contract (p.53*)
- Spiritual Care Asssessment Checklist (p.59*)
- National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255
- The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict by the Arbinger Institute
- What are Boundaries? (video by Dr. Henry Cloud)
- Boundaries video with Brene Brown
- Medical Terminology (p.68-74*)
- Hospital Visit Protocol & Kit for CCMs
*page in the Care Minister's Manual
Death/Grief Resources
Death/Grief Resources
- When Death is Imminent care card
- Funeral Pre-Planning Form
- Just in Time! Funeral Services by Cynthia Canals
- Journeying Through Grief - 4 booklets
- Learning to Walk in the Dark - Barbara Brown Taylor
- A Long Shadowed Grief: Suicide and Its Aftermath by Harold I. Smith
- 3-Session Grief Class for Why? by Adam Hamilton
- 5-Session Grief Class for When the One You Love is Gone -Rebekah Miles
- 8-Session Grief Class for Beyond the Broken Heart by Julie Yarbrough
- Nora McInerny TED talk on Grief
- The Love and Loss of a Child- podcast
- Waterbugs & Dragonflies - grief book for children.
- Adam Hamilton's Sermon Series on "Why God? Suffering and Hope"
- Good Grief: Facing Death with Hope - sermon series by Adam Hamilton
- Disaffiliation: Grieving through transition - UMC Article
- Rev. Dawn Anderson (Lover's Lane UMC in Texas) Online Support Groups: Suicide, Estrangement, and Infertility.
- Resurrection UMC's Online Support Group for Bereaved Parents led by Rev. Dennis & Buelah Apple.
- Center for Loss & Life Transition (Alan Wolfelt)
- Feeling Your Way Through Grief: A Companion for Life after Loss by Missy Buchanan.
- Blue Christmas Service Program
Theology & Prayer Resources
Theology & Prayer Resources
Theology & Prayer Resources
- UMC: What We Believe
- Courage: Jesus and the Call to Brave Faith by Bishop Tom Berlin
- Fierce Love by Dr. Jacqui Lewis
- Henri Nouwen
- Howard Thurman
- Amplify Media
- Ruth Haley Barton
- The Importance of Prayer (TCC podcast)
- The Book of Common Prayer
- The Bible Through the Lens of Care (TCC podcast)
Care and Social Justice
Theology & Prayer Resources
Theology & Prayer Resources
- What is Social Justice?
- The UMC Social Principles
- The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves by Shawn A. Ginwright PhD
- Eager to Love by Richard Rohr
- How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
- Anchored in the Current: Discovering Howard Thurman as Educator, Activist, Guide, and Prophet
- Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle
- 40 Devotions for Justice People by Donna Barber
- 25 Traits of the Beloved Community
- TCC Podcast: Intersection of Care & Social Justice w/ Rev. Tino Herrera
Care for Children & Youth
Theology & Prayer Resources
Care for Children & Youth
- Children and the Holidays *
- Three Things Every Family Needs, and One Thing They Don’t * with Rev. Melissa Collier Gepford
- Have you Asked the Youth? *
- Care for College Students *
- All Things Youth with Chris Wilterdink*
- Holy Listening [to children] with Dr. Rev. Leanne Hadley*
- I Wonder: Exploring God's Grand Story: an Illustrated Bible by Glenys Nellist
- Tips for Holy Conversations (pdf) in the Home (crisis care for children)
- Death and Grief: A Memory Grows, amemorygrows.org
- Back-to-School Care Tips & Prayers
*TCC podcasts
Pet Ministry Resources
Pet Ministry Resources
Pet Ministry Resources
- Sample Files to Set up a Pet Ministry
- Sample Pet Ministry Website
- Sample Pet Ministry Facebook Page
- Pet Ministry Infographic
- Pet Loss Support: pet-loss.net
- Canines 4 Christ
- Blessing of the Pets (Video)
- God and Dog (Video)
- Rev. Tim Barnes - St. Matthew's Pet Ministry Video
- Sample Dog Inspired sermon series from Adam Hamilton at Resurrection UMC. Click here on the sermon archives and then search on the word "Dog" for 2 sermons from June 19 & June 26, 2016.
Reconciling Ministry
Pet Ministry Resources
Pet Ministry Resources
Elder Care Resources
Pet Ministry Resources
Elder Care Resources
- Ministry with the Forgotten: Dementia Through a Spiritual Lens (book) by Bishop Kenneth Lee Carder
- VIDEO: Courageous Conversation with Dr. Kenneth Carder on Dementia
- The Gift of Years by Joan Chittister
- National Institute on Aging
- Administration on Aging (ACL)
- Alzheimers.gov
- Advanced Care Planning - FiveWishes.org
Prison Ministry
Inspirational Care Gifts
Elder Care Resources
Inspirational Care Gifts
Inspirational Care Gifts
Inspirational Care Gifts
- Gifts to care for the soul from Laurelbox.com
- The weighted Giving Heart (DEMDACO)
