234. Building a Stronger Care Team: A Strategy for Year-Round Development
In this episode of The Care Ministry Podcast, Laura Howe and Rebecca Bailey talk about how to intentionally develop a stronger care team without adding another overwhelming program to your calendar.
Training can easily become reactive. A difficult situation comes up, a volunteer feels unprepared, or someone finds a great workshop, and suddenly leaders are trying to fill another gap.
But developing a healthy care team is about more than giving people information.
Laura and Rebecca explore how leaders can look at the needs already showing up in their church, identify the foundational skills every caregiver needs, and create simple rhythms for ongoing development.
They also discuss the importance of presence, empathy, self-awareness, clear boundaries, and knowing when to bring others into the care process.
The goal is not to create caregivers who know everything. It is to intentionally develop people who can show up well, continue learning, and provide care with confidence, humility, and compassion.
Quotes
“Who you are in the room is more important than what you know in the room as a caregiver.”
— Laura Howe
“Competence isn’t knowing everything. It’s recognizing your limits and knowing when to bring someone else into the care process.”
— Rebecca Bailey
“Some of the biggest aha moments happen through reflection rather than adding more layers of information.”
— Laura Howe
“The absence of mistakes and having perfection is not a reasonable goal in ministry. But how we repair and build resilience is.”
— Laura Howe
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