Care Ministries serve the needs of those in our community who are suffering from the challenges of the broken world in which we live.
It is our desire to show the love of Jesus by offering care in ways that touch hurting lives, to encourage them in love, and to deepen their relationship with God and others.
Spiritual First Aid: A Winter Training Opportunity
January 18-February 22
Sundays, 10:30 AM | Conference Room (A106)
We invite you to join us for a six-week Spiritual First Aid training course. This unique program equips everyday believers to offer wise, compassionate, and practical care to people who are hurting—emotionally, spiritually, or in seasons of crisis. Recommended for anyone involved in a Care Ministry or anyone at all who wants to sharpen their skills in caring wisely for others.
Developed by Dr. Jamie Aten, Ph.D., and Kent Annan, M.Div., from Wheaton College—both with deep experience in humanitarian and trauma response—Spiritual First Aid blends biblical wisdom with evidence-informed, trauma-informed practices. It’s designed to help ordinary Christians provide extraordinary care.
What You Can Expect
Throughout the six weeks, you will be guided through the Spiritual First Aid Certificate Course, which includes:
What You Will Learn
By the end of the course, participants will be equipped to:
Developed by Dr. Jamie Aten, Ph.D., and Kent Annan, M.Div., from Wheaton College—both with deep experience in humanitarian and trauma response—Spiritual First Aid blends biblical wisdom with evidence-informed, trauma-informed practices. It’s designed to help ordinary Christians provide extraordinary care.
What You Can Expect
Throughout the six weeks, you will be guided through the Spiritual First Aid Certificate Course, which includes:
- Practical tools for offering frontline spiritual and emotional care
- A trauma-informed, biblically grounded model for supporting others
- A strong emphasis on caring for your own emotional and spiritual health
- Weekly training videos, hands-on activities, reflective exercises, and a devotional
- A Spiritual First Aid Workbook for ongoing learning and personal study
- A final Certification Test covering material from the first six sessions
What You Will Learn
By the end of the course, participants will be equipped to:
- Recognize and respond to unmet emotional, spiritual, and practical needs
- Engage a person’s faith and strengths to support their well-being
- Apply trauma-informed best practices with confidence and care
- Provide calm, compassionate presence in moments of crisis or confusion
Celebrate Recovery
Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30 PM | Sanctuary
Celebrate Recovery is for anyone struggling with hurts, hang-ups and habits that hinder their relationships with God, others and themselves. We have all developed coping mechanisms to deal with brokenness; some are deceptive like codependency, control, overspending, or self-righteousness while others are more unambiguous like chemical dependence or a gambling addiction. Celebrate Recovery welcomes you to a safe place to find community and freedom. Please join us for a Christ-centered 12-step program based on the beatitudes so that you can experience life to the full—just as our good shepherd Jesus promised. For more information, email us at care@coswayne.org.
Counseling
For those with counseling needs, we would love to connect you to a trusted local licensed Christian counselor. Contact care@coswayne.org so that we can help assess and connect you with the appropriate counselor.
DivorceCare
February 4-April 29
Wednesdays, 7-9 PM | Room B206
Navigating separation or divorce can feel overwhelming, isolating, and deeply painful. DivorceCare is designed to help you find support, wisdom, and healing in the midst of that journey. This 13-week program combines video teaching from trusted experts, group discussion, and personal encouragement—creating a safe, caring environment where you can begin to rebuild your life. Each session stands on its own, so you are welcome to join at any point during the course.
What You Can Expect
What You Can Expect
- Practical strategies for handling emotions, relationships, finances, and life transitions
- Biblical wisdom and Christ-centered hope
- A supportive community of people who understand
- A confidential and judgment-free space
GriefShare
January 11-April 19
Sundays, 10:30 AM | Room B201
GriefShare is a 13-week, Christ-centered support group designed to help you navigate the pain of losing someone you love. Whether your loss is recent or long ago, you’ll find a warm, confidential community of people who understand and care.
Each session includes a video lesson from respected grief counselors, guided group discussion, and personal workbook reflections. Workbooks are included in the price of registration, and you are welcome to join at any point in the series. This group is open to anyone in our church or community who is seeking comfort, support, and the hope of Christ.
Each session includes a video lesson from respected grief counselors, guided group discussion, and personal workbook reflections. Workbooks are included in the price of registration, and you are welcome to join at any point in the series. This group is open to anyone in our church or community who is seeking comfort, support, and the hope of Christ.
Love-in-Action (Deacons)
Church of the Saviour's Love-in-Action Ministry is funded by the generous gifts of the congregation to assist members and attenders with practical help, short-term financial support, and connections to various Christian and/or community resources. Contact with the Love-in-Action board should be made by calling the compassion line on 610.688.6338 (option 3), which is monitored daily by a deacon or deaconess.
Spiritual Direction
At COS, we are committed to loving God, loving others, and serving the world. The starting point for everything is loving God, which involves deeply and personally experiencing His love. It’s God’s love in us that frees us to love others in a Christlike way as the Holy Spirit prompts us and to go on to serve. The challenge for most of us is the beginning: to love God.
How do we experience God in a way that allows us to deeply sense His Presence, guidance, and shaping of our lives as a loving Father, to be more like Jesus?
Often, we’re being dutiful Christians, learning Scripture and doing good things, but without the deep (and deepening) sense of God in and with us. Psalm 139 tells us He was present when He knitted us in our mother’s womb and that He’s present everywhere we go, in every moment!
Sadly, we may neither realize it nor experience it. We often live in our heads, not as deeply in our hearts as we could if we paused to experience our uniqueness and the path God wants us to walk.
That’s the role of the spiritual director: helping us to discern and live in a way that is our path to follow Jesus. Roy Shirley is available to meet in-person for spiritual direction on Wednesdays, and by zoom or phone other days.
That’s the role of the spiritual director: helping us to discern and live in a way that is our path to follow Jesus. Roy Shirley is available to meet in-person for spiritual direction on Wednesdays, and by zoom or phone other days.
Visitation
Do you know someone who needs encouragement, comfort or a sense of belonging? Our goal through visitation is to regularly check on and encourage our members who are unable to participate in corporate church life. If you know someone who could benefit from a personal call, handwritten card or in-home visit, please contact care@coswayne.org.
Meals Ministry
Do you know someone who could be encouraged by a home-cooked meal—a family welcoming a new baby, someone who is ill or grieving a loss, or a neighbor without a church community who is going through a difficult season? If there is someone in your circle you would like to encourage with the love of Jesus?
Church of the Saviour has recently launched a Meals Ministry to complement the care already happening through community groups and other gatherings. An enthusiastic team has prepared a variety of hearty, ready-to-heat meals, and we would love for you to share them. Meals are stored in our church freezer and are easy to defrost and warm in the oven.
To request a meal, simply email care@coswayne.org, and you can pick up a delicious casserole the next time you are at church
Church of the Saviour has recently launched a Meals Ministry to complement the care already happening through community groups and other gatherings. An enthusiastic team has prepared a variety of hearty, ready-to-heat meals, and we would love for you to share them. Meals are stored in our church freezer and are easy to defrost and warm in the oven.
To request a meal, simply email care@coswayne.org, and you can pick up a delicious casserole the next time you are at church
Upcoming Events
Connect with Care Ministry
Do you have questions about one of our Care Ministries? Or are you interested in serving? Pastor Drew would love to get in touch with you.
