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LCMS church worker wellness resources
The LCMS website has a wonderful church worker wellness resource page. This is a one-stop page for everything from spiritual wellness to congregational wellness to financial wellness to mental wellness.
Church workers and their spouses will almost all at one time or another struggle with stress, burnout, illness, depression, or other issues. These resources seek to help ease those burdens while also lessening the impact they have on the worker’s family, marriage, and ministry.
webinar: how lay leaders can care for
their church worker’s mental health
Lay leaders have an important role in caring for their church workers. This webinar provides about available mental health resources for your church workers when they need help.
Facilitated by:
Vincent Grochow, Concordia Plan Services
Dan Nommensen, Christian Family Solutions
Rev. Stefan Wismar, Executive Assistant to the President, MN South District
This webinar is designed for lay leaders and meets Resolution 6-01 of the 2022 Minnesota South District Convention:
To Encourage Congregational Leadership to Support Their Church Workers through the Many Resources Available to Them for Mental Health Care.
Ministry can be tough. Do your church workers need help with mental health and life’s everyday challenges? Concordia Health Plan can help through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Find out more here.
Confidential support for pastors and their families is available through Concordia Plans. The Pastoral Support Network can assist with personal & professional support as well as family & parenting support. Check it out!
Thank you for your awareness and care of your church worker’s mental health!
Take Heart Respite Retreats
DOXOLOGY is now providing respite retreats for all Teachers and Commissioned Ministers currently serving in the LCMS. These retreats are fully funded by the LCMS Office of National Mission; there is NO COST for participants to attend!
Commissioned Ministers include Rostered Teachers, DCEs, DCOs, Deaconesses, DFLMs, DPMs, and DCMs.
Workers have labored tirelessly to serve faithfully throughout and beyond COVID challenges. They have responded with skill and grace to countless student, parent, and parishioners’ needs.
“Take Heart!” respite retreats invite teachers and church workers to step away for a few days. The retreat will provide respite, rest and renewal for dedicated teachers and commissioned ministers. The goal is to serve the servants and have them return to their schools and parishes refreshed for the work God has given them to do.
For more information and to register:
Take Heart Respite Retreats