how can we help?
Big House Church is a family. This means when there are needs beyond prayer requests, we desire to work together to care for one another through emotional support, practical needs, funerals and memorial services, marriage support, and more.
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Personal meetings or phone calls with a member of our pastoral staff to listen, give biblical counsel, and pray with individuals needing care beyond a Sunday morning. Pastoral support is needed in unique and difficult situations where a Small Group or Prayer Ministry Team can’t offer the help required.
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A team of pastorally-minded individuals, identified and empowered by the pastoral staff to help care for our congregation. After compassionately connecting with the people in need, this team’s goal is to recruit short-term help and offer support, encouragement, and resources as necessary to ensure care is continued.
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We recognize that sometimes, mental health challenges can impact our spiritual and emotional well-being. We partner with qualified, Christian mental health professionals who can help. We’ve also prepared a Mental Health Awareness Guide with some basic information if you or a loved one are struggling.
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During the difficult time of losing a loved one, we can help with facilities, pastors, and organization of a funeral or memorial service. Arrangements can be made to use our facility and pastors.
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We deeply value pre-marital counseling to help support an engaged couple prepare and get excited for the beautiful covenant of marriage. Our ordained pastors can also be made available for these couples.
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A Big House Facebook Group to ask for and provide practical care for people in significant need. This is like a community board where people can offer help within our congregation to one another.
Pillars of Care
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
We can’t put or project our own baggage on other people and expect a healthy community. Taking personal responsibility for care is when you take the necessary steps to sort through your own emotional, spiritual, and physical triggers. A good example of this would be going to counseling.
SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
This is doing life together and being there for one another. It’s noticing things going on in each others’ lives, being authentic and honest about them, but not necessarily solving problems or trying to have all the answers. Small Groups are Big House’s primary delivery system for this pillar.
MINISTRY RESPONSIBILITY
There are things that happen in life that are above the “pay grade” of a Small Group (shared responsibility). These situations may require some professional intervention with our trained group of volunteers. There are pastors and people in our church equipped to handle these situations.