counseling
PASTORAL CARE
Pastoral care is a term applied where people offer help and caring to others in their church or wider community. Pastoral care in this sense can be applied to listening, supporting, encouraging and befriending. There are many assumptions about what pastoral care is. Commonly, a Pastor's main job is to preach messages, but in addition to preaching sermons, Pastors are also expected to be involved in local ministries, such as hospital chaplaincy, visitation, funerals, weddings and organizing religious activities. Pastoral care, therefore, is both encouraging the local congregation and bringing new people into the church. This is not to say that the congregation is not to be involved in both activities, but Pastors are initiators. Pastoral care is provided by all the ministers on staff of FOEBC, both individually by appointment and on and "on call" basis. There is no charge for Pastoral Care.
COUNSELING
Counseling involves the development of a therapeutic relationship between a counselor and a client. Under these circumstances, the counselor is usually a licensed counselor who can provide mental health services in cooperation with the proper medical professionals. Clinical issues are usually handled by mental health professionals such as psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, pastoral counselors,. FOEBC has a licensed clinical social worker on staff and is happy to be able to provide these services. William M. (Bill) Adcock, Associate Pastor is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and is able to provide these services to members of the church and to the community (Click here for more information about counseling at Forks). Bill is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science in Music Education, and a Master of Science in Social Work. In addition, he holds a Masters in Church Music and Music Education from the Southern Baptisti Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Bill practices withing the statutes and regulations pertaining to the practice of Social Work in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. (Click her for a copy of the Kentucky Statutes governing the practice of Social Work)
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