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    Visiting on Behalf of Your Church: A Guide for Deacons, Care Teams and Those Who Visit
    Visiting on Behalf of Your Church: A Guide for Deacons, Care Teams and Those Who Visit
    Visiting on Behalf of Your Church: A Guide for Deacons, Care Teams and Those Who Visit
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    Visiting on Behalf of Your Church: A Guide for Deacons, Care Teams and Those Who Visit

    By John Zehring

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    “Visiting on Behalf of Your Church” provides guidelines for those who visit church members in their homes, nursing homes or hospital rooms. Deacons and those who visit are provided with suggestions on how to set up a visit, how to build rapport, and how to nurture attentive listening techniques. A special section includes bible texts which are comforting and especially useful when visiting on behalf of your church.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Zehring
    Release dateMar 28, 2015
    ISBN9781310354472
    Visiting on Behalf of Your Church: A Guide for Deacons, Care Teams and Those Who Visit
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    John Zehring

    John Zehring has served United Church of Christ congregations as Senior Pastor in Massachusetts (Andover), Rhode Island (Kingston), and Maine (Augusta) and as an Interim Pastor in Massachusetts (Arlington, Harvard). Prior to parish ministry, he served in higher education, primarily in development and institutional advancement. He worked as a dean of students, director of career planning and placement, adjunct professor of public speaking and as a vice president at a seminary and at a college. He is the author of more than sixty books and is a regular writer for The Christian Citizen, an American Baptist social justice publication. He has taught Public Speaking, Creative Writing, Educational Psychology and Church Administration. John was the founding editor of the publication Seminary Development News, a publication for seminary presidents, vice presidents and trustees (published by the Association of Theological Schools, funded by a grant from Lilly Endowment). He graduated from Eastern University and holds graduate degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary, Rider University, and the Earlham School of Religion. He is listed in Marquis' WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA and is a recipient of their Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. John and his wife Donna live in two places, in central Massachusetts and by the sea in Maine.

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      Visiting on Behalf of Your Church - John Zehring

      Visiting on Behalf of Your Church:

      A Guide for Deacons, Care Teams and Those Who Visit

      John Zehring

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      Copyright 2015 John Zehring

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      Thank you for downloading this eBook. This book remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be redistributed to others for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy from their favorite authorized retailer. Thank you for your support.

      Introduction

      Visiting on behalf of your church can be one of the most cherished and enjoyable parts of your service as a Deacon, member of a care team, or simply as one caring member visiting another. The person visited is likely to tell others how My church visited me. In that moment, you are the church. You symbolize the congregation. You represent God. Your visit is a sacred act.

      It will also be remembered. Can you remember a time when someone visited you? We value the care extended by others, especially if it comes at a time of need, loneliness or hurting. You are a volunteer. You are not paid to visit. It is your gift, your service and your ministry.

      Your visit to another makes a difference. This is Starfish Theology. Starfish Theology comes from the story about two women walking on a beach where hundreds of starfish had been washed up by the tide. One of the women picked up a starfish and flung it back into the water. As she tossed it back to the sea, the other woman said, "What's the

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