This week the Pilgrim’s Podcast began it’s first ever series: Christianity, Pastoral Care, Counselling and a touch of Psychology! This promises to be an exciting series where we delve a little into how to care for people.
This week we had the privilege of interviewing Rev. Allen Cook and Mrs. Jan Corbett-Jones. Allen worked in parish ministry for many years, then as a Chaplain at Westmead Hospital and currently serves with the Anglican Retirement Villages. Jan, a mother and grandmother, now works with Anglicare with pastoral care at the RPA. Both Allen and Jan teach pastoral care as part of the Diploma course at Moore Theological College.
In this great interview we look at the difference between Pastoral Care and Counselling, Why Pastoral Care is so important, what to say and what not to say to those who you are caring for, and how to think about Evangelism, Scripture and Prayer in the context of Pastoral Care. Also, both Jan and Allen share how we can educate those at our church (either large groups or small groups) in Pastoral Care.
As a sneak preview of the interview, these are the 6 functions of Pastoral Care which Jan explains:
- Guiding
- Healing
- Nurturing
- Reconciliation
- Sustaining
- Liberating
Allen and Jan may pass on some further information about Pastoral Care – if so, I’ll post up any PDFs or information they provide. Also, Jan and Allen would love to hear from you if you would like to know more about Pastoral Care. For Jan, please email me via the Contact Page and I’ll put you in touch with her and for Allen, please email Allen.Cook@arv.org.au. Once I’ve got their best contact details, I’ll post their contact information up soon!
PS – Apologies at the mobile phone signals! Allen and Jan are in demand!
Update:
Jan has given me some resources which are now available on Pastoral Care. Download them here.
Also, for those interested in studying Pastoral Care, the 400 hour course which Jan and Allen run is worth 9 credit points with the Australian College of Theology and 18 credit points with the Sydney College of Divinity.
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