Care Shepherd Training

In preparation for our training seminar, SCI requests a meeting with the leadership tasked with creating or overseeing their organization’s member care efforts. SCI must understand the organization’s expectations and assumptions of their Care Shepherds and the obstacles interfering with goal achievement. Proper assessment and planning will help ensure a productive training result.

Our two-day interactive training experience will help equip and resource Care Shepherds for greater competency and mission success. In recognition of the uniqueness of every organization, SCI will labor to customize each training to adapt to personnel and logistical challenges.

An optional third day of training is available for those desiring to utilize the Prepare/Enrich Assessment tool. By becoming certified facilitators, they will gain access to reports saving them valuable time in understanding relationships integral for ministry health and success. We believe the Prepare/Enrich Assessment should be in every Care Shepherd tool kit.

Training Topics

Day 1

Preparing to Serve as a Care Shepherd

Understanding the Need for Care Shepherds
Implications of Being a Care Shepherd for Your Ministry Organization
Transparency and Risk/Benefit Analysis of Being a Care Shepherd
Creating an Environment of Safety, Trust, and Confidentiality
Standard/Model of Health for Ministry Leaders
Understanding the Lenses of Ministry Leaders
Navigating the Needs and Wants of Ministry Leaders
Things to Avoid When Caring for Ministry Leaders
Becoming an Effective Care Shepherd Listener
Dealing with Information Revealed in Confidence

Day 2

Effectively Caring for Ministry Leaders

Things Affecting the Choices of Ministry Leaders
Ministry Leaders Losing Their Identity
Dealing with Ministry Pressures
Identifying False Assumptions and Unrealistic Expectations
Ministry Burnout Causes and How to Avoid Them
Important Research Project and Results – SSM/CBU
Pressures Severely Affecting the Marriages of Ministry Couples
Strategies for Ministry and Marital Satisfaction
Increasing Relational Intelligence Among Ministry Leaders
Helping Ministry Leaders Experience Health and Success in their Ministry Assignment

Day 3 (optional)

Becoming a Prepare/Enrich Facilitator

This training will enable Care Shepherds to become certified facilitators for Prepare/Enrich and equip them to help ministry couples:

by saving dozens of hours for needed and accurate intake information
in all phases and stages of life
with their communication skills
understand their personality and informational processing differences
resolve or manage their conflicts
identify positive/negative feedback cycles affecting their relationship
identify relationship areas that need strengthening and strategies for healthy growth

This assessment tool will also provide insights for Care Shepherds working with ministry leaders struggling with ministry relationships, family of origin issues, unhealthy assumptions and expectations, distorted narratives of self and others, and possible relationship obstacles when working with staff and volunteers.

The Prepare/Enrich Assessment can be used with ministry leaders worldwide. It has been translated into 12 different languages: English, Spanish, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Korean, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Romanian, Portuguese, and Swiss German.