LPA resources

This page is designed for Lay Pastoral Assistants and all offering pastoral care in the diocese. It also contains links that we hope you will find useful for your pastoral ministry.

Becoming a Lay Pastoral Assistant

Scroll to the 'Downloads' section for Application forms and useful documents.

Bereavement and grief

Church of England resources

Church of England Worship Resources: There is a lot here including services for pastoral occasions

Hospital visiting

NHS Guide to hospital visiting

Illness, healing and well-being

the Diocesan Healing Forum and Healing Wells
MIND – the Mental Health charity

Listening Skills

Acorn Ministries have training resources for Listening and Healing Ministries

Publicity

Do let people know about LPA ministry and refer them to the the Lay Pastoral Assistants Ministry page for more details.

Diocesan Resources

The Diocesan leaflets and Guidance for LPAs are available on the How to Become an LPA page and the training course is Exploring Pastoral Care. You can find some of the handouts from the course available to download at the bottom of this page and a sample LPA commissioning.

Please suggest further links or resources you have found useful to Leonie Jones, Training and Ministry Administrator, so that she can add them to the LPA Hub. Please, also, notify her of any broken links that you find.