Purpose & Vision
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To serve as the internal care-and-support arm of MFM Luton & Dunstable: attending to the practical needs of church members — financial support, hardship assistance, counselling, benevolence, visitation, encouragement.
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To complement outreach (We Care) but focused especially on members and regular attenders — building a caring church community where no one is forgotten, oppressed or neglected internally.
Key Responsibilities & Activities
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Maintain a welfare fund or benevolence programme, subject to church leadership oversight — for helping members facing hardship, unemployment, illness, bereavement, financial difficulties.
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Visit and provide support to members who are sick, elderly, isolated, recently bereaved, or in crisis.
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Provide pastoral counselling or referral to counselling/deliverance prayer where spiritual/emotional support is needed.
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Support integration of new members — helping them settle, connecting them to small groups, ministries, ensuring they feel welcomed and supported.
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Periodically assess welfare needs of the congregation and communicate with church leadership for sustainable support planning.