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BOOKS & RESOURCES RECOMMENDED FOR CARE MINISTRY

Implementation Guide*

Care Minister's Manual

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, and train an effective team.

Order here

Care Minister's Manual

Care Minister's Manual

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. 

Order here

Concise Care Guide

Care Minister's Manual

TCC Podcasts on Soundcloud

NEW! 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. 


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TCC Podcasts on Soundcloud

TCC Podcasts on Soundcloud

TCC Podcasts on Soundcloud

Visit Soundcloud

TCC Podcasts on Apple

TCC Podcasts on Soundcloud

TCC Podcasts on Apple

Visit Apple Podcasts

Online Courses

TCC Podcasts on Soundcloud

TCC Podcasts on Apple

Go to Teachable.com

CCM Tools: Care Cards & Anointing Vials

Addiction & Mental Health Recommended Reading

CCM Tools: 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.

COVID-19 Care Resources

Addiction & Mental Health Recommended Reading

CCM Tools: Care Cards & Anointing Vials

  • Anxiety Workbook 
  • Clean & Safe Communion Cups
  • Brené Brown video interview discussing coping with grief, fear and anxiety during COVID-19.
  • UMC.org - How your church should respond to Coronavirus

Addiction & Mental Health Recommended Reading

Addiction & Mental Health Recommended Reading

Addiction & Mental Health Recommended Reading

  • 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

Listening & Spiritual Guidance

Boundaries & Visitation Resources

Addiction & Mental Health Recommended Reading

  • 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



*page in the Care Minister's Manual


Boundaries & Visitation Resources

Boundaries & Visitation Resources

Boundaries & Visitation Resources

  • What are Boundaries?  (video by Dr. Henry Cloud)  
  • Boundaries (video with Brene Brown
  • Medical Terminology (p.68-74*)
  • Hospital Visit Protocol & Kit for CCMs





Death/Grief Resources

Boundaries & Visitation Resources

Boundaries & Visitation 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 by 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 - TCC podcast

Theology & Prayer Resources

Theology & Prayer Resources

Theology & Prayer Resources

  • UMC: What We Believe
  • Extreme Center by Bishop Scott Jones
  • 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)


*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
  • Sample Donation Wish List
  • Pet Loss Support: pet-loss.net
  • Canines 4 Christ
  • Blessing of the Pets  (Video)
  • God and Dog (Video)


Reconciling Ministry

Pet Ministry Resources

Pet Ministry Resources

  • Reconciling Ministries Network Resources 
  • Holy Love by Steve Harper
  • Walking the Bridgeless Canyon: Repairing the Breach Between the Church and the LGBT Community by Kathy Baldock
  • Intersection of Care and Social Justice, An Inclusive Church (TCC podcast)



Elder Care Resources

Pet Ministry Resources

Elder Care Resources

  • Ministry with the Forgotten: Dementia Through a Spiritual Lens 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

CCM Start-up kit (DOWNLOADABLE forms)

CCM Application-short form (pdf)

Download

CCM Application-long form (pdf)

Download

CCM Recruitment Ad (pdf)

Download

CCM Interview Recap (pdf)

Download

CCM Interview Guidelines (pdf)

Download

CCM Confidentiality Agreement (pdf)

Download

ORGANIZATION & DOCUMENTATION (GOOGLE DOCS & FORMS)

CCM Basic Training Syllabus

CCM Care Documentation Form

CCM Prayer Request Assignments Form

Sample Umbrella of Care

CARE MINISTRY WEBINAR/SEMINAR TRAINING ESSENTIALS

Training Resources for Your Care Ministry Team

To maximize the effectiveness of our training, whether online or in-person, we recommend all webinar & seminar participants obtain copies of two books co-authored by Karen Lampe and Melissa Collier Gepford: 

  1. The Caring Congregation Ministry: Implementation Guide 
  2. The Caring Congregation Ministry: Care Minister's Manual (Includes areas for note-taking)

These books will provide access to all the details and forms needed to establish your care ministry. 


All webinar registrants  will receive a link to all the handouts needed for the training. This link will be included in the registration confirmation email. Contact us at thecaringcongregation@gmail.com if you are having trouble finding these.


We also recommend purchasing a printed set of Care Cards and Anointing Vials for use by your Congregational Care Ministers CCMS in caring out their ministry after training.  NOTE: You are free to print the digital care cards received with your handouts instead, but we found that the low cost of the printed cards from The Well Bookstore was worth the convenience.


Above you will also find additional care ministry resources such as books, videos and documents (CCM Start Up Kit forms) that you may find helpful in your ongoing care ministry.  The Concise Guide to Congregational Care: Words to Use in Every Setting is a popular pocket size book that our CCMs find very useful in their ministry. We will mention many of these throughout the training. 


NOTE: If you are attending a privately hosted webinar or watch party,  the host may elect to distribute all materials directly to attendees. Contact your host if you did not receive your training materials or reach out to us at info@thecaringcongregation.com.  All hosts should click on the link below for a checklist to begin preparations for your event.


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