The Care Ministry Podcast

By Laura Howe

Building a culture of care in your church can feel as complex as the people you serve. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Laura Howe offers listeners practical resources and actionable strategies to... more

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The podcast currently has 193 episodes available.

The Care Ministry Podcast episodes:

August 15, 2024151: How To Communicate With Your team without Flipping your Lid
Turns out “flipping your lid” happens to the best of us! In today’s episode, you’ll learn about the science behind what is happening in your brain as you react to various, high-tension scenarios (fight, flight, freeze, or fawn). Knowing how to detect what your brain is doing can help you “HALT” conversations as needed when you are Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired. Check out today’s episode for actionable ways to not only use this in your own life but also to empower your team with healthy communication responses.

Quotes
It can be tough to break through the noise and get people’s attention during [the fall] season.
It’s interesting to see how Scripture reflects God’s wisdom on how to deal with anger and flipping our lids.
Research has shown that to slow the amygdala response or to re-engage our logic center, we need to tell our bodies we are not in danger.
When someone has flipped their lid, it’s not a good time to have a logical discussion on why they are being inappropriate.
Essentially, you shouldn’t have any meaningful or potentially conflict-inducing conversations at the end of a workday, before you eat dinner after sitting alone in your home office after a sleepless night.

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18min
August 08, 2024150: Tech Tool That Allows You To Anticipate Care Needs and Prevent Crisis with Ronee De Leon
Data can feel overwhelming and cumbersome in a church context…until you realize: “Every number has a name. Every name has a story. And every story is for God’s glory.” Today we hear from Ronee De Leon, Director of Innovative Ministries at Grace Fellowship in Ohio and President of Path, a program that transforms your church data into discipleship.

This conversation will help you discover the many benefits of using data to equip your staff to shepherd your church. Help prevent people from falling through the cracks. Don’t be satisfied when someone is walking alone. Offer care that is intentional and strategic. You can find tools and context for how to do this in today’s episode!

Quotes
You can’t change what you don’t measure.
If you truly believe that discipleship is happening in the activities and programs of your church, then it absolutely is worth understanding who is taking steps to engage in those activities and also understand as they disengage in those activities.
Every data point that the church gathers is a soul.
Every number has a name. Every name has a story. And every story is for God’s glory.
People don’t accidentally drift back into church.

Resources
Pathengagement.com/hopemadestrong

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38min
August 01, 2024149: Systems = Burnout prevention (Your capacity grows when you have a system)
If you were to list the ways your care ministry might benefit from improvements, it could get overwhelming quickly. There is always room to get better! Today, we’re encouraging you to focus on one of three main care ministry protocols. Laura sets up a systematic approach to improving how you receive, respond, or record. Learn how to minimize feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, and stress as you create systems around what matters most! Then watch your impact multiply (without multiplying burnout)!

Quotes
There is less clutter and chaos when we create systems.
A good system hides in the background and supports the team.
You need to document what care took place so that the church, caregiver, and congregant are protected.

Resources
Model of Care download

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20min
July 24, 2024148: 5 Practices to Cultivate a Safe and Deep Community with David Kim
“God made us in community for community.” As a society, we don’t always experience the kind of community God intended. This is why we need to be aware of the ways in which we can cultivate a safe and deep community with others! Today, David Kim, discipleship and formation pastor at WestGate Church in Silicon Valley, California, and author of Made To Belong gives us five practices to build this kind of community we crave.
Quotes
We are tired of shallow conversations and relationships.
God made us in community for community.
Humans are known for hiding ourselves.
If we continue to hide, how can we be known?

Resources
David Kim on Instagram
https://www.westgatechurch.org/
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23min
July 18, 2024147: Trained Listeners Can Transform Your Church with Dr. Jackie Perry
Today, we're thrilled to welcome Dr. Jackie Perry to the podcast! Dr. Perry is a seasoned Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Supervisor, a Counseling Professor, and the Founder and President of The SoulWell Center, a non-profit organization in Western North Carolina. She shares valuable insights into honing the essential skill of listening. Discover how lay leaders can provide supportive and even preventative care through effective listening in today's episode!

Quotes
Good clinicians are integrating the “why” into the work they do.
We don’t know how to do connection very well globally.
The brain is good at anticipating…It’s not very good at sitting and waiting.
It takes some work to get to what’s underneath.
We don’t need to be afraid of the science.
Learn how to engage a story so people can feel seen and known.

Resources
The Attuned Listener

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52min
July 11, 2024146: How to Help the Pastoral Family Heal from Ministry Trauma with Kristen Humiston
The show today is a flashback to one of the amazing sessions at our 2023 Church Mental Health Summit with Kristen Humiston. Kristen and her family know what it’s like to be blindsided by an elder board and congregation’s decision to end their ministry as pastor. She knows firsthand the feeling of pouring your heart and soul into a community only to be met with abuse and malice. Church hurt isn’t only something she has studied, but it’s something that she has lived.

Quotes
It was a death that no one wanted to acknowledge and we couldn’t talk about…
God sees you, and He is already acting on your behalf to bring in healing.
As a body of Christ, we have the opportunity to be healers of the broken, even when they are our shepherds among us.
No one can define what is traumatic for another person, nor can anyone dictate when it’s time to move on.

Resources
https://theministrywifecoach.com/
The Ministry Wife Coach Facebook page
The Ministry Wife Coach Instagram page

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29min
July 04, 2024145: Are you really OK? Addressing mental and emotional health in the church with Debra Fileta
In one of our most-viewed sessions from the 2023 Church Mental Health Summit, Debra Fileta, a Licensed Professional Counselor, relationship expert, national speaker, and founder of the Debra Fileta Counselor’s Network, talks about the progression from thoughts to feelings to behaviors. As we take inventory of our thoughts, understand our emotions, and then trust what is true about God, we can experience the ways in which God desires to heal us.

Quotes
Just because you’re a Christian doesn’t mean you have to be “okay.”
It’s ok not to be ok, but it’s not ok to stay there.
We’ve got to put in the work for emotional and mental health.
We need to remind our body that Jesus wins in the end.
Our feelings are a signal cluing us into what’s happening below.
Feelings are real, but they aren’t always true.

Resources
Are You Really Ok?, by Debra Fileta

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31min
June 27, 2024144: Gracism: Bridging the deep divides of race, faith, and culture with Dr. David Anderson
Today, you’re getting access to one of our most-viewed sessions from the 2023 Church Mental Health Summit. Dr. David Anderson is the Founder and President of Gracism Global, host of "Real Talk with Dr. David Anderson," and Founder/Lead Pastor of Bridgeway Community Church in Maryland. He is also an author and speaker. His session, called “I Will Heal With You,” gives us helpful ways to practice empathy with those who are hurting.

Quotes
“I will heal with you.”
If I can feel with you, then I can heal with you.
You are helping people with their mental “fender benders.”

Resources
Gracism: The Art of Inclusion, by Dr. David Anderson
Gracism Global
Instagram - @andersonspeaks
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21min
June 20, 2024143: Three Ways Your Church Is Set Up To Offer Hope To Its Congregation
As we do our best to navigate the ups and downs of those dealing with mental health struggles, it’s always good to be reminded that your church is already the best place to offer three core needs: belonging, purpose, and hope. Today, we’re specifically hearing how the local church can offer hope in three ways. We’re discovering why the ministry of your church cannot be replaced by any other organization to meet this need.

Quotes
[Hope] is central to one’s well-being, and yet, no system or community organization has the capacity to help people find it.
As ministry caregivers, we can both be the holders of hope AND invite people to look to God as the giver of hope.
God designed us to need what is offered organically in our local church. Belonging, Purpose, and Hope.

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14min
June 13, 2024142: Creating Opportunities To Add Value and Strengthen Purpose
Belonging, purpose, and hope. These are the three core needs every person brings with them when they enter the doors of your church. Are we meeting these needs? Today, Laura encourages us to ask the question, How does my church help people feel valuable? Listen in for three ways your church can practically support people and intentionally help them feel purpose.

Quotes
We are hardwired to have this sense of accomplishment–to crave being a part of something bigger than ourselves.
We are to offer dignity and strengthen the purpose of every person who engages in their church.
Every person is created with value and intention.
Our care ministries need to be as unique as the people we serve.

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22min

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How many episodes does The Care Ministry Podcast have?

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