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What’s the Difference between Palliative Care and Hospice Care, and When is each Appropriate?
Palliative care helps people live as well as possible with a serious illness, including while receiving treatment to cure or control it. Hospice care is a specific form of palliative care for people nearing the end of life, when the focus shifts to comfort rather than curing the terminal illness. The main distinction is the goal of care—not simply how sick someone is.
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I’m Thinking About Asking for a Stephen Minister, but I Have Questions
You may have heard about Stephen Ministry and wondered whether it could help you. Perhaps you are grieving, facing an illness, feeling lonely, or carrying a burden that is difficult to explain. Still, you hesitate. Is my situation serious enough? What would we talk about? Who would know? What if I’m not comfortable with the person? Those questions deserve honest answers.
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Could I Be a Stephen Minister? Questions About Ability, Time, and Support
You care about people. You notice when someone is struggling, and you want them to know they are not alone. But when you hear an invitation to become a Stephen Minister, you may hesitate.
Would I know what to say? Could I make the time? What if someone’s problems were more than I could handle?
Those are reasonable questions. Becoming a Stephen Minister is a meaningful commitment, and you deserve a clear understanding of what it involves before deciding whether to apply.
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What are the Benefits of Working as Bi-Vocational Missionaries?
One benefit of having served as bi-vocational missionaries is that many of the pastors we taught in Latin American and the Caribbean were also bi-vocational.
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“Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” (1990): Live Concert Video of Favorite Songs from Musicals performed during the 1980s by the MGPC Celebration Choir, Orchestra & Daughters of Joy
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How to Understand Trauma and Its Possible Effects on Well-Being
Trauma is broadly defined as an event, repeated events, or circumstances experienced as physically or emotionally harmful or life-threatening that have lasting effects on well-being.
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What Does the Bible Say About Mental Health?
The lives of David, Job, Jeremiah, Elijah, Hannah, Jonah, Paul, and Jesus show us that emotional suffering is neither new nor shameful. God met each of them in their anguish…and through their stories, we learn how to care for others when they are suffering emotional and spiritual distress.
