Pastoral Care

Pastoral Care is the name we use for our ministry of compassion, encouragement and support within the Christian life.  Recognising that people are made up of body, mind and soul, NLBC seeks to provide support for people in 3 key areas: practical, emotional and spiritual. Pastoral Care works alongside our life groups to offer help in times of need.

If you need support and either you are not in a Lifegroup, or your Lifegroup is unable to offer the kind of support you need, please contact the Pastoral Care team by emailing us or filling in this form.

Pastoral Care Prayer Team:

Is there something going on in your life for which you would value prayer? If so, there’s a small pastoral care prayer team, who are ready to pray for any concerns you have and committed to praying in strictest confidence. If you’d like prayer, please fill in this form, or email us and your request will be passed on to the team.
 

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Mentoring Matters

Mentoring has existed in NLBC for many years. It was only in 2018 that we started to use the Mentoring Matters course by James Lawrence as a foundation for all our mentors.

Mentoring is not counselling. It is a tool that the church uses to help make disciples and grow leaders. Disciples who are passionate about following Jesus, who are committed to making a difference in the world and who, in turn, want to make other disciples. Essentially, we encourage each other in our faith and journey with God.

How does it work?

1.  Identify: spotting potential mentors
2.  Equip: provide the mentors with training and resources.
3.  Deploy: Linking mentors with mentees.

As a church based mentoring network our aims include:

• Resourcing people to develop as mentors.

• Creating safe environments for mentoring to take place based on good practice and clear policies.

• Providing a means by which people can develop as disciples of Jesus in every aspect of life. 

• Growing leaders.