CEC Leeds - Care Ministry

CEC Leeds
Cemetery Road
Beeston
Leeds
LS11 8SX
0113 270 8568

Why Do We Care?
At city we believe that, in response to the love that we have been shown by God and through Christ, we should Love and Care for one another.

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Liz Lewin

How Do We Care?
As a growing church we recognised that we needed to make care ministry more accessible to all. The result of a working party looking into why and how we should care for one another was the development of the care ministry team.

Phone: 0113 276 5819 (care ministry line- answering machine)

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Sarah receives requests for transport e.g. to meetings and events or in response to difficult circumstances.

As far as possible, she arranges for those within the fellowship to help by providing transport.

If you or someone you know would benefit from this sort of help or you feel able to offer to help with transport then please contact Sarah.

Phone: 07917151718

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Liz co-ordinates the provision of meals.

Over the past year many people have benefited from the provision of meals, often at key stages in their lives, e.g. illness, bereavement, having a new baby.

If you or someone you know might benefit from this sort of care, or if you would like to help in this way, please contact Liz.

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Emily co-ordinates the provision of practical help.

There are times when we need to show love in very practical ways. When there are practical needs e.g. cleaning, shopping, DIY, Childcare, as far as possible Emily arranges for the people who are able to help to respond to those who need practical help.

If you have practical needs or you know someone who has, or if you would like to offer to help in practical ways, please contact Emily.

Phone: 07801493660

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Sarah has responsibility for co-ordination of the team and the day to day running of care ministry.

Sarah also works alongside the pastoral team in responding to pastoral situations involving the women of the church and in visiting women to encourage them.
If you have any questions about care ministry or if you would like visitation, prayer support or to discuss pastoral issues relating to women then please contact Sarah.

Phone: 07917151718

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Practical Care
Emily Berg Pastoral Care
Sarah Banfield

1 John 4.10-12

"In this is love, not that we have loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought to love one another."

We believe that Jesus example shows us that we should care for those who are in need, the vulnerable, the poor and the foreigner.

Psalm 146.7-9

"Who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoner free; the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked He will bring to ruin."

We believe that every person's greatest need, no matter what other needs they may have, is the gospel and that the most caring thing we can do is share the gospel both in what we do and say.

We believe that we are to care at all times both in good times and the bad times.

Romans 12.15

"Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep"

Our Core Aims In Care Ministry Are To Be:

Gospel centred- to proclaim the gospel by sharing God's love as He told us to. (John 15.12, John 13.34-35, 1 John 4.10-12)

Bible based- to seek to meet practical, spiritual and emotional needs by applying the truth of God's word. (1 John3.18, Proverbs 3.5-8, Deuteronomy 22.4)

Needs Led- to care on the basis of need, without partiality, both within the church and in the wider community. (Matthew 25.35-40, Deuteronomy10.17-19, Matthew 5.43-47)

Care Focussed- to seek to care at all times, sharing the resources that we have available. (Romans 12.15, 1 John3.17, Deuteronomy 15.7-8, Proverbs 17.17, Acts 2.44-45)