PASTORAL SERVICES WITHIN GILLESPIE
This is a brief overview of the new pastoral care services now available within our church. One change was causing some confusion so the original pastoral care team have now changed their name to the “Gillespie Care Team”; this will make the new services easier to understand.
All pastoral care now comes under the guidance of the “Pastoral Care Leadership Group”; this group is made up from the leaders of each of the pastoral care groups and the Ministry team.
Pastoral Care Leadership Group
(Sheila Lyall, Mari Darroch, Donald Mackenzie, Margaret Fraser, Yvonne Barclay, George Dumper)
Provide leadership and share with & support each other.
Gillespie Care Team (click here)
(Margaret Fraser)
Team meetings are generally on the third Wednesday of the month.
The team carries out visits to the elderly/housebound & provides wider general help as required.
Note :- The more people who can offer help with the general help aspect, the more that can be achieved.
Gillespie Welcome Group
(George Dumper)
Provide a warm and ongoing welcome to new & visiting people to our church.
Prayer Support Group
(Yvonne Barclay)
This well-established group provides a wide range of prayer support in our church.
Elder Communities
(TBA)
Under development - this is a step change from the Elder visits to creating larger areas where groups of Elders will try and engage with and bring people together within local areas.
Small Groups (click here)
(TBA)
House groups provide an excellent base for pastoral care, combined with prayer support within a trusted small group environment.
The ‘Go To’ Group
(Sheila Lyall, Mari Darroch, Donald McKenzie)
This is a new group whose aim is to assist people in finding out where to go to find the correct point of contact within the church, or possibly in the community, to match their needs.