Stephen Ministry is a system through which members of Wylie UMC are trained and organized to help provide Christian one-to-one caregiving to members of our congregation and community. This multiplies the amount of caring ministry Wylie UMC can provide by giving us a whole team of caregivers who are equipped to bring Christ's healing love to people who are grieving, in crisis, or experiencing other stresses in life. We have many needs for care in our congregation and community: people experiencing divorce, grief, a terminal illness, loss of a job, relocation, empty nest, retirement, hospitalization, loneliness, and many other stresses or challenges. Often people with needs suffer silently or do not request or receive the level of care they really need.  Stephen Ministry expands the care Wylie UMC can offer by equipping and organizing members to provide Christian care. This gives us a larger pool of people with gifts, skills, and calling to bring Christ's love and care to those who most need it. Don't hesitate to contact us if you are hurting and have the need of one-on-one Christian contact, conversation, and caring. Contact Pastor Donna Sutton donna.sutton@wylieumc.org

Community Support Groups

WUMC is now offering a ministry to support children of divorce, ages 3 years to 12th grade. Divorce Recovery for Kids is a 6 session program designed to provide children with an opportunity to share their feelings and concerns and to gain support from adult group leaders as well as from their peers.. For more information or to register, contact Nancy Spaulding at (214) 474-1194 or mnspaulding@yahoo.com click here to open and print a registration form

The Compassionate Friends  is a place for those who have experienced the death of a child of any age. The meeting is in room 206, on the third Tuesday of each month (Except December) from 7:00 PM-8:00PM. For more information, call Cathy at 972-736-6513 or by e-mail cathy@BWDmail.net. Our local chapter website is:

http://www.orgsites.com/tx/tcfwylie/

The National website is: compassionatefriends.org

The Bipolar Caregiver Life Support Group  is a small, faith-based care-and-share style support group especially for parents and caregivers of children and adolescents diagnosed or with symptoms of bipolar disorder. We meet in room 210, every first and third Thursday of each month from 6:45PM-8:00PM. *Note – We will meet online March – August 2007. Go to http://mysite.verizon.net/respszmq/bpgroup/ ,the on-line group is open by invitation only, join today. For more information, call Rebecca at 214-236-8826 or by e-mail bpcaregiverlife@yahoo.com.