RITES AND RESOURCES FOR PASTORAL CARE - CONTENTS
O Introductory
OA Introduction
OB Pastoral care and the ministry of the church
OC Pastoral counselling guidelines
OD Lutherans involved in counselling
OE Guidelines on the use of rites, rituals, and resources
OF Introduction to lay distribution to the housebound
OG Introduction to rites of blessing
I Rites relating to baptism, confession, and communion
1A Emergency baptism
1B Anniversary of baptism
1C Private confession and absolution (pastor)
1D Private confession (layperson)
1E Holy communion in special circumstances
1F Lay distribution to the housebound
II Rites relating to sickness and death
2A Sickness
2B Dying
2C Bereavement
2D Viewing a deceased person
2E Placement/dispersal of ashes
III Guidelines and resources for counselling situations
3A Grief
3B Pregnancy and birth
3C Stillbirth or miscarriage
3D Abortion
3E Breakdown of marriage
3F Before surgery
3G After surgery
3H Suicide/attempted suicide
3I Anger
3J Spiritual oppression
3K Scripture references
3L Prayers
IV Rites of blessing
4A Blessing of persons
4B Blessing of a place/object
4C Blessing of a house
V Other situations
5A Brief service of the word
5B Opening a congregational meeting
5C Closing a congregational meeting
5D Prayer at the end of the day: Compline
NB: for
Anniversary of a marriage, see Church Rites
Anointing, see ‘Care of those who are sick’ in Church Rites; ‘Sickness’ Loss, see ‘Grief’
Reconciliation, see ‘Private confession and absolution’, ‘Anger’
Relinquishment, see ‘Breakdown of marriage’, ‘Anger’
Separations, see ‘Grief’, ‘Breakdown of marriage’
VI Scripture quotations - sources
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