PC's Multidimensional Nature
In a certain sense the new pastor’s arrival on the scene comes as an ______ or an _______ into whatever stories are being enacted in that place.
interruption; intrusion (p. 120)
The book for our church language.
Bible (p. 122)
The pastor needs to cultivate and facilitate genuine dialogue between the _______ and the _______.
tradition; situation (p. 126)
According to Gerkin, what form of ancient discipline has largely disappeared today?
penance (p. 126)
Name of the church that Gerkin showcases to illustrate the “how not to” conduct mission activities.
St. Matthew (p. 128)
The pastoral response to requests and questions from a congregation needs to be undergirded by and expressive of a clearly understood theology of the _______ and of _______.
church; ministry (p.120)
In order for the Christian language to remain alive and relevant, the pastor needs to function as ______ _______.
interpretive guide (p. 123)
Christmas, Easter, the Lord’s Supper, and even Sabbath remind us of the life we hold in common not only on the present gathered community, but also with all the “_______.”
fellowship of the saints (p.124)
Name two of the four acts of care provided by a religious community to its members.
discipline, support, comfort, and celebration (p. 126)
What else is the pastor called to lead the Christian community besides better care for one another?
care for the larger world of human need (p. 128)
Pastoral care involves not only the care of individuals and families, but also the care of the _________.
community (p.118)
The caring pastor functions as a coach and facilitator and seeks to ______ the people in their ability to connect biblical themes and images in their lives to the life of the church.
empower (p. 123)
How should the pastor avoid the temptation to provide quick and easy answers?
seek to nurture inquiry rather than present an authoritative response (p. 125)
What must the pastor do to encourage others to create and participate in a community where everyone feels cared for and nourished?
facilitate and empower the members of the community in their capacity to care for one another (p. 127)
What foreshadowing factor did the church’s mission committee decide very early in the mission trip to Somalia?
no married couples permitted (p. 129)
What must the pastor lead the people in the construction and enactment of?
local theology (p.121)
Who said that Christians think and speak meaningfully to one another in appropriating biblical images and themes?
James Gustafson (p. 122)
As a symbolic figure, the pastor cannot escape being a reminder of whatever membership in the Christian community and ministry within it has come to mean to the individual. This is often referred to as the “_______.”
“ministry of presence” (p. 124)
What proliferates in human relations even among family members and co-workers that preclude sustaining relationships?
prejudice, stereotyping and indifference (p.126-127)
In the St. Matthew’s case study the pastor may well have performed an indirect act of care for this individual?
Mission committee chairperson (p. 133)
Where does pastoral care in the parish begin?
pastoral leadership (p. 119)
The interpretive guide (pastor) cultivates a dialogical relationship between which two things?
biblical stories and the stories of people’s lives (p. 123)
To be a pastoral leader who cares deeply for persons, what should they help people articulate and find?
questions and answers (p. 125)
What three things can the pastor do to help laypeople in their activities of mutual care?
organizing, offering training, supervising (p. 127)
He said the church “loses it character as Church when it concentrates on itself, worships itself and seeks to make love of the Church the first commandment.”
H. Richard Niebuhr (p. 127)