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A Companion and Listener

A CRCW will be a person

WHO IS: A Companion and Listener

• Someone who is empathetic & compassionate and has a

• willingness to live with questions and uncertainties, to deal with them honestly and faithfully, and to support others as they do the same.  Someone who has a measure of the simplicity and humility required to be available to others, and the ability to maintain confidentiality

• Someone who has a  realistic knowledge and acceptance of self, an awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses, & the desire to grow through interaction with new events & people

WHO KNOWS ABOUT

• Incarnation as a model of ministry

• Being as well as doing

• Rootedness and commitment

• Their own vulnerability

• Human psychological development

• Pastoral Care

WHO HAS SKILLS IN

• Working alongside & serving socially excluded people and recognising God in these situations and people

• Enabling individuals and groups who are not actively involved with church or communities to participate and be heard

• Sustaining projects and communities

• Enabling individuals to take a long-term view of mission in a local and global context.

• Encouraging humility and allowing others to fail

• Reviewing own practice, knowledge and values (F2)

• Enabling others to increase their self-esteem and sense of value

• Basic Counselling,

• First Aid

• Listening to individuals and to groups

• Developing, implementing and monitoring Child Protection policies & procedures

SOME EXAMPLES

• Carer & toddler groups, luncheon Clubs

• Henri Nouwen

• Brother Roger of Taize

• 'Building on Faith’ publication

• Fundraising and grant applications

• Personal development programmes

• Foyers

• Young Achievement Awards

• TLS

• ‘Unconditional positive regard’