Our Covenant Congregations
WHO ARE THE SAMARITAN CENTER'S COVENANT CONGREGATIONS?
The congregations listed below have entered
into an agreement with the Samaritan Center so that the two
organizations can share a common mission of healing, hope and growth
for the community. They represent our Partners in Mission and Ministry,
some even going so far as to allow the Center to use space within their
buildings free of charge so that we can offer "satellite offices" where
clients can meet with their therapist in a location more convenient to
where they live or work.
Dunlap United Methodist
Church
Dunlapumc@maplenet.net
First Presbyterian Church in Elkhart
www.presby.net
First Presbyterian Church in Goshen
www.Discover-First.org
Elkhart First United Methodist Church
Elkhartfumc@verizon.net
Grace Lutheran Church in Elkhart
gracelutheranelk@aol.com
Meadowood Free Methodist Church in Elkhart
www.MeadowoodFMC.com
Middlebury Church of the Brethren
www.mcob.org
St. John of the Cross Episcopal Church in Bristol
St. John's United Church of Christ in Elkhart
www.stjohnsucc.net
Trinity United Methodist Church in Elkhart
www.3umc.org
Yellow Creek Mennonite Church in Goshen
WHAT DOES THE SAMARITAN CENTER OFFER TO ITS COVENANT CONGREGATIONS?
- to provide regular materials
(newsletters, brochures, posters, bulletin inserts, etc.) for use by
the church to highlight the Center's presence
- to lead one
seminar/workshop a year - assuming topic, timing, staff availability,
etc. can be worked out
- to give a brief
annual presentation to the congregation during worship to increase
awareness of the Center and to present a certificate of appreciation
for partnership in ministry
- to make every effort
to provide quick appointments for direct referrals (typically in five
business days or less)
- to have informal
telephone consultations with pastors, if desired, for parish counseling
concerns
- to arrange a meeting
with all covenanting pastors and the Center's director twice annually
- to offer a unique
counseling facility, an extension of the ministry of the church, to
enhance pastoral care
- to maintain
accreditation with The Samaritan Institute and the American Association
of Pastoral Counselors
- to list the church as
a Covenant Congregation in the Center's Annual Report and other widely
distributed Center publications
WHAT DOES THE SAMARITAN CENTER ASK OF ITS COVENANT
CONGREGATIONS?
- to actively promote the Center's
services to congregants by using the Center's bulletin inserts,
posters, brochures, etc.
- to host one workshop per year led by a
Center staff member, given that arrangements of topic, timing, staff
availability, etc. can be worked out
- to provide the opportunity at a Sunday
worship service for a brief annual Samaritan presentation
- to refer parishoners to the Samaritan
Center, when appropriate
- to endorse the Samaritan Center as an
extension of the church's counseling ministry
- to make a qualifying annual contribution
- to support and pray for the work of the
Samaritan Center
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