Worship and Education
Sunday Service: 10:30am
Sunday School:    9:15am

"Come as you are" 3rd Sunday of the month 5:30-7:00pm
Phone: (517) 265-2168
E-Mail:  ymfirstpres@tc3net.com
Some of the children enjoying the junior
handbell choir
Children enjoying themselves
during the  "noisy Sunday" collection
for the Daily Bread and food pantry
Howard Vallade leads our adult bible study
We Are A
MINISTRY
Congregation         

Our Congregation has been approved as a new Stephen Ministry Congregation.  Learn more about
Stephen Ministry by going to their website:  
http://www.stephenministries.org/
The Stephen Series is a complete system for training and organizing lay people to provide one-to-one
Christian care to hurting people in and around our congregation.  The Stephen Series provides
congregations with the structure, training, and resources to set up and administer a complete system for
lay caring ministry (called Stephen Ministry) in the congregation. In Stephen Ministry congregations, lay
caregivers (called Stephen Ministers) provide one-to-one Christian care to the bereaved, hospitalized,
terminally ill, separated, divorced, unemployed, relocated, and others facing a crisis or life challenge.
Stephen Ministry helps pastors and congregations provide quality caring ministry for as long as people
need it.
SIGN UP TO BECOME A STEPHEN MINISTER IN TRAINING NOW!

Stephen Ministry training requires 50 hours of instruction and the participation in a 2 day retreat.  Upon
completion of the training, Stephen Ministers will be commissioned during our Sunday morning worship
service.

Pastor Jim Splitt is an approved Stephen Leader and will provide the instruction until more Stephen
Leaders are trained through the national training program.

Stephen Ministry classes will be offered two times during the week.  Pick the time that works best for
you.  The classes will be 2 hours in length.  80% Attendance is expected without having to do make-up
classes.


Support Stephen Ministry with a financial gift to the Stephen Ministry Fund of the Church!!!

CHOICE 1:
Monday evenings 7:00-9:00 pm
CHOICE 2:
Wednesday afternoons:  1:00-3:00 pm

Contact the church office
to sign up for a class and become a Stephen Minister!
265-2168
ymfirstpres@tc3net.com
Classes begin the 1st week in February

Stephen Ministry Training Topics

What to do in the 1st helping contact
Understanding the expression of feelings
The Art of Listening
Christian Caregiving
Assertiveness Training
Confidentiality
Community Resources
Being Professional
Crisis Theory and Intervention
Ministry to those:
             in the hospital
                   experiencing grief
                        who are facing death
                                                 who experience depression / anxiety
                 who are suicidal
                                               who are older, home-bound, in care
                                              experiencing divorce or separation
                                                      who have become inactive in the church
                                                        who are parents of a special needs child.
How to bring closure to a S.M. relationship.
Supervision: A key to quality Christian care

Stephen Ministry Training Event
Saturday, March 6th  8:30 am – 3:00 pm
The Presbyterian Church, Hamilton
Retreat Leaders:  Jim & Kathleen Splitt

Those who can go to this special event will leave on Friday and be hosted in homes from members of the
church. Jim & Kathleen have been Leaders for TPC Annual Stephen Ministry Retreat on numerous
occasions.  Jim was Associate Pastor for Pastoral Care of this church and was there when they
commissioned their 100th Stephen Minister.   TPC has been a pilot church for the development of new
Stephen Ministry training materials.