Stephen Ministry

Stephen Ministry is a free and confidential service. Stephen Ministry pairs a trained lay-person with someone who may be struggling with a special need, to offer them not advice or counsel, but Christian support and care.

A Stephen Minister is assigned to only one care receiver at a time and meets with the care receiver for an average of about an hour each week.

Stephen Minister Training
Would your heart be blessed by spending an hour a week "walking" beside someone in our church family as he or she journeys through a difficult time?  Learn to listen compassionately, care, encourage, and provide emotional and spiritual support.  Contact Kathleen Burr at (860)342-4780 or Debbie Loomis at (860)521-4402.

To find out more about the Stephen Ministers at AHCC, contact June Day, Pastoral Care Associate at jday@ahcc.org.

Watch PBS feature on Stephen Ministry.