Pastoral Assistance Research Articles

Baptism of a Child with One of the Spouses (Parents) Objecting

The opposition of one of the parents to the child’s baptism is a specific situation in which the conflict within the family concerns the space characteristic of the Church’s mission. Therefore, this requires a deeper analysis of the Church’s teaching and a combination of several issues. The Author presents some legal norms regarding baptism from the perspective of the Church’s concern for conditions favouring the growth of sacramental grace in the life of the baptised. Baptism, as the gate to the sacraments, includes man in Christ’s salvific work gives him access to the fullness of the means of salvation in the Church. Performing baptism means accepting its purpose, consenting to direct the baptised toward the fullness of life of faith. This approach justifies the necessity of pastoral involvement and the requirements for candidates for baptism who have reached the age of seven, as well as for parents asking for baptism for their children. In connection with the dispute concerning the beliefs of the parents, the Author refers to the regulations for the Catholic upbringing of offspring in mixed marriages. These norms, specifying the duties of the Catholic party, leave room for dialogue with the spouse. The author also presents the condition of a person who, although not baptised, can open herself to God’s saving action. Finally, the topic is approached from the perspective of a child. Her relationship with the parents is reflected in the way she builds a relationship with God. Disruptions in these references can affect both the child’s psychological condition and the maturity of her faith in later years. Therefore, in the case of a serious conflict arising from world view differences, it seems reasonable to suggest to the believing party to postpone baptism until the situation improves or the child is enrolled in catechumenate around the age of discretion. It is also necessary to offer appropriate pastoral assistance. Deepening the parent’s faith also has a beneficial effect on the child’s attitude.

Pendampingan Pastoral Orang Sakit Di Paroki Santa Maria Immaculata Wayun Palu Rejo

This study aims to describe the Pastoral Assistance of the Sick in Santa Maria Immaculata Wayun Palu Rejo Parish. This research departs from efforts and forms of pastoral care for others who are suffering from illness. The Church as God's people becomes an intermediary that presents the faith encounter of the sick with God, through pastoral care for the sick. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach to provide an in-depth description of the pastoral care for the sick at Santa Maria Immaculata Wayun Palu Rejo Parish. The data in this study were collected using the interview method which was conducted together with 4 neighborhood leaders, 3 sick people's families, 2 categorical groups, 1 nurse and 1 priest. Furthermore, the data obtained was then analyzed using the "Miles and Huberman" analysis method, which was divided into three levels, namely reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that pastoral care for the sick at Santa Maria Immaculata Parish Wayun Palu Rejo has been running and implemented but it can be said that it has not been very effective. This conclusion is based on the statement of an informant who revealed that there are still people who do not have awareness about pastoral care for sick people and there are still families of sick people who believe in supernatural things and traditional healers to cure illnesses.

Solidaritas Allah Ditengah Penderitaan Seorang Ibu Karena Kematian Anaknya: Sebuah Pendampingan Pastoral

Death is something that no one can avoid. When parents are faced with the death of their child, it is often the mother who seems to be devastated and feels deep suffering. For this reason, this research discusses God's Solidarity in the midst of a mother's suffering due to the death of her child: an offer of Pastoral assistance. The approach used in this study is a qualitative approach by collecting data through interviews with 3 mothers who have suffered because of the death of their child and also from books, the Bible, and electronic journals that are relevant to the theme discussed. The purpose of this research is to further explore the meaning of God's solidarity in the midst of a mother's suffering as a result of the death of her beloved child as well as to become an offer of pastoral assistance for the church by paying attention to aspects of holistic or comprehensive service covering physical, mental and psychological, social and spiritual aspects so that they can provide reinforcement for every mother who experienced something similar.

Pelayanan Gereja: Kebutuhan Pendampingan Pastoral Pada Keluarga Yang Memiliki Anak Berkebutuhan Khusus (Studi Kasus Tunadaksa)

This study aims to look at the picture of the struggles of families who have children with special needs, especially the disabled. On the other hand, we also want to see how far the church's pastoral assistance is for families who have children with physical disabilities. The research method used in this research is a qualitative approach. While data collection is done through observation, interviews and documentation. Based on the results of research and data analysis, families still do not fully and deeply understand disabled persons, their characteristics and the accompanying impacts. Thus, families are often not ready to deal with the emotions of children with physical disabilities. Pastoral assistance from the church has not touched the struggles that are being experienced by families.

Peran Pelayanan Pastoral dalam Memotivasi Kaum Bapak Mengikuti Peribadahan Minggu di Sionggang Tengah

The role of pastoral ministers has an important position in solving every problem, for example in increasing the motivation of the Fathers to attend Sunday services in Sionggang Tengah. The disinterest of the Fathers in attending Sunday services is a theological issue to be discussed. By plunging directly into the field, seeing the situation that occurred. Therefore, the role of the counselor in carrying out pastoral assistance is expected to bring about a change in the counselee's awareness of what is his basic duty as a father. This journal is a literature study and field research on pastoral care methods for fathers who rarely attend Sunday services in Sionggang Tengah. In this journal, the author criticizes the importance of reviewing mentoring methods in providing assistance to fathers who rarely attend church. Furthermore, the author also explains what practices a pastoral minister can do to improve, awaken and rebuild the wishes of the Fathers.

Pentingnya Pendampingan Pastoral Pasca Dukacita terhadap Keluarga yang Kehilangan Karena Covid 19

Post-grief is a human reaction to defend oneself when facing loss events such as death, separation, or the loss of something valuable that affects aspects of human life holistically. Families who have lost due to Covid 19 which has caused life instability and has affected the holistic aspects including physical, social, mental and spiritual. This study aims to determine the grief experienced by families who lost because of Covid 19 in the aftermath of the HKBP Balige congregation. The grief experienced by families who have lost because of Covid 19 makes the family helpless and down because of a lack of social support. So it is necessary to support faith in the family in everyday life. Post-grief pastoral assistance provided by the HKBP Balige Church can restore families who have lost due to Covid 19.

Pengaruh Rasa Memiliki, Spiritualitas Dan Pendampingan Pastoral Terhadap Keterlibatan Dalam Pelayanan GMAHK Di Batam

The goal of this research is to describe, first, the sense of ownership variable affects involvement in service. The second is the influence of the spirituality variable on involvement in service. The third is the effect of pastoral care on involvement in ministry. Fourth, whether the variables of belonging, spirituality and pastoral assistance have an influence on involvement in service. This study uses a stratified random sampling technique with 110 correspondent the Seventh Day Adventist congregation in Batam. The data that was successfully filtered through the validity test and the classical assumption test were processed to make the regression analysis equation as follows: Y = 0.249 X1 + 0.135 X2 + 0.132 X3 + 10.866 . Where variable Y is involvement in ministry, variable X1 is sense of belonging, variable X2 is spirituality, and variable X3 is pastoral care. Hypothesis testing using the t-test proves that separately and simultaneously the sense of belonging, spirituality and pastoral care that have been studied have an effect on the involvement of church members in ministry. Hypothesis testing using the F test also proves that the variables of belonging, spirituality and pastoral assistance to the service involvement variable are 46.8%, and the rest there are other factors that influence 53.2% which were not examined. Keywords: Sense of belonging, Spirituality, Pastoral care, Church minister

Waninggap Bekai sebagai media Pendampingan Pastoral terhadap kasus Perselingkuhan dalam Keluarga Kristen di Kabupaten Merauke

The purpose of this writing is to analyze Waninggap Bekai as a medium for pastoral assistance to cases of infidelity that occurred in Christian families in Merauke Regency. This writing is motivated by the fact that there are many cases of infidelity caused by the presence of a third person. A case of infidelity committed by a wife to a husband who is still in a legal marriage status and is in a harmonious Christian family circle. Waninggap Bekai or compassion as a heritage value is used as a medium to provide solutions from a Marind cultural perspective in collaboration with six assistance functions that are expected to provide assistance and serve as a medium in resolving cases of infidelity. The writing method used is a qualitative writing method, with data collection techniques through observation and interviews. This writing will describe the factors that cause infidelity, the philosophical foundations of Sumai Meaan, Waninggap Bekai as pastoral accompaniment media, the functions of pastoral accompaniment, and the design of the pastoral accompaniment approach which includes the goals and objectives of the accompaniment. The purpose of writing this article is to understand the cultural value of Waninggap Bekai as a medium for pastoral assistance by looking at the local wisdom values of the Merauke people.

Pastoral Assistance Model of the Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa, Indonesia

Pastoral Assistance of the Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa (GMIM) North Sulawesi, Indonesia has its own challenges due to the diversity of cultures, ethnicities, and religions. Therefore, this study aims to describe the model of pastoral assistance of the Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa to be interesting. This study uses a qualitative research method with participatory observation, interviews, and documentation data collection techniques. The results showed that the GMIM Pastoral Assistance Model was carried out in stages starting from the Personal, Family, Column, Region, and Synod levels to save and improve church members' welfare. The spearhead of GMIM's pastoral assistance is the column. Columns led by elders and deacons can be assisted by work teams and the Column Service Unit (UPK) which manages fellowship, witness, and ministry tasks for families and church members.

Pastoral Assistance Model of the Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa, Indonesia

Pastoral Assistance Model of the Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa, Indonesia

Christian Hospitality: An Entrance to Christian Pastoral Assistance and Counseling in Times of Crisis

The need for pastoral assistance and counseling is increasingly being felt in various sectors of society, both Christian and non-Christian. The economic, social, and political crisis, which resulted in crises in other fields, including health, education, and morals, made a crisis that had a widespread impact in Indonesia. This has triggered the community's need for pastoral care and counseling. This works to help them through an interactive, reciprocal, and in-depth conversation to find the core of the problem and lead to a solution. However, for this interaction to occur, hospitality practices are undoubtedly needed so that the counselee is willing to be involved and open up. The purpose of this study was to examine the concept of hospitality as the first step in the presence of pastoral assistance and counseling in times of crisis for Christians. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. The results showed that Christian hospitality requires counselors to have empathy and openness to counselees while sharpening their ability to carry out congregational counseling. Without it, the congregation will remain in a depressed and stressed existence due to the crisis they are facing.

Loss and Gorgeous (A Pastoral Study on Grace Counseling)

This journal aims to analyze the role of mentoring and grief counseling due to the loss or death of someone who cannot be forgotten and resolved so that it becomes a heavy burden, and sucks out one's creativity. The longer the healing process, the greater the risk of grief for its integrity. In this case, people grieving because of death need to get attention from various parties, one of which is the Church in the form of an assistance, for this reason this study aims to describe and analyze forms of pastoral care that has been carried out so far and to develop a pattern of pastoral assistance for people grieving due to death. To obtain data, the authors use direct interview techniques with informants consisting of servants and people who experience grief due to death, both unexpected and sudden deaths. The results obtained from this study indicate that the pastoral care that has been carried out by the ministry is only temporary and is carried out when a grieving person contacts the minister, so that the grieving person is still in an atmosphere of grief because he does not receive effective assistance. The pastoral assistance that is carried out requires a pattern that can serve as a guide for ministers in providing help, for that the author offers a pattern of assistance that can be adapted to the needs of grieving people with different types of grief, namely a spiral mentoring pattern where the counselee will not always be the counselee because when he has been helped he will empower himself to become a counselor and can help others too

Loss and Gorgeous (A Pastoral Study on Grace Counseling)

This journal aims to analyze the role of mentoring and grief counseling due to the loss or death of someone who cannot be forgotten and resolved so that it becomes a heavy burden, and sucks out one's creativity. The longer the healing process, the greater the risk of grief for its integrity. In this case, people grieving because of death need to get attention from various parties, one of which is the Church in the form of an assistance, for this reason this study aims to describe and analyze forms of pastoral care that has been carried out so far and to develop a pattern of pastoral assistance for people grieving due to death. To obtain data, the authors use direct interview techniques with informants consisting of servants and people who experience grief due to death, both unexpected and sudden deaths. The results obtained from this study indicate that the pastoral care that has been carried out by the ministry is only temporary and is carried out when a grieving person contacts the minister, so that the grieving person is still in an atmosphere of grief because he does not receive effective assistance. The pastoral assistance that is carried out requires a pattern that can serve as a guide for ministers in providing help, for that the author offers a pattern of assistance that can be adapted to the needs of grieving people with different types of grief, namely a spiral mentoring pattern where the counselee will not always be the counselee because when he has been helped he will empower himself to become a counselor and can help others too

KONSELING PASTORAL PENERIMAAN ANAK PADA KEHADIRAN ORANGTUA TIRI DI KELURAHAN BAHU KECAMATAN MALALAYANG SATU

At this time, we often encounter in family life various problems, such as divorce. Divorce affects not only the couple but also the children. After the divorce, the parents decided to marry again. When parents decide to remarry, not all children can accept it. There are children who cannot accept the existence of stepparents, but there are also those who can accept it. The purpose of writing this journal is to determine pastoral assistance to the acceptance of children who have stepparents. Researchers looked at how the response of children with stepparents, what is the reaction of children who have stepparents, especially a daughter on the shoulder of the District Malalayang one. Researchers use case study research methods, more precisely descriptive case studies. As for the data collection is done by interviewing the subject of research.

The effect of pastoral assistance programs on mental health and resilience of congregational members who lost their jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic

This study aimed to determine the effect of the pastoral care program on the mental health and resilience of church members who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research method used is quantitative using the Correlated T-test data analysis technique. The research found that the pastoral assistance program applied to congregations who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant positive effect on mental health. Likewise, the results of the analysis of the pastoral assistance program applied to congregations who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic on the resilience of church congregations. So it can be said that there is a significant effect of the pastoral assistance program on the mental health and resilience of the congregation who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pastoral assistance programs are essential to provide, considering their various functions that impact mental health and provide a complete self-understanding for the community. The congregation is to be able to have resilient behavior where this is important to adapt and lead a normal lifestyle despite losing a job during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pendampingan Pastoral Untuk Meningkatkan Spiritual Kaum Tuna Rungu

God created man with the perfection of the image and image of God, because of sin, the perfection of God is lost, the relationship between God and man is cut off and the physical perfection of man decreases, the limitations of reason, physical and mental deficiencies. One of the physical deficiencies that exist in human nature is deafness or deafness. Due to lack of hearing, deaf people feel inferior, not confident, which results in psychological pressure. The research method uses descriptive qualitative, through journals, articles, internet, books. The purpose of this study, how to rebuild self-confidence and psychological pressure by means of pastoral assistance to improve the spirituality of the deaf by providing motivation through pastoral visitation, training in language so that they can read God's word, equipping skills to be able to be independent entrepreneurs, touching with love and applying the word of God. The result is that deaf people have good spirituality, regain their self-confidence and feel worthy of living before God, in society with existing physical deficiencies

Pastoral Counseling Services For LGBT Congregations

LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) people are currently becoming a topic of conversation in Indonesian society. The debate about LGBT is also viewed from various aspects of the life of the Indonesian people, especially from the moral and spiritual aspects. Some accept, and some also reject the existence of LGBT people. However, the church generally rejects their existence and excommunicates and punishes them. This attitude does not describe the church as a place to show love. LGBT people need a touch of love from the church with pastoral assistance. Through pastoral care provided by the church, LGBT people can be helped to experience recovery through a touch of Christ's love.

PENDAMPINGAN PASTORAL BAGI ANAK TUNANETRA DI YAYASAN BHAKTI LUHUR MALANG

Every human being has different problems in his life, both problems with himself and his environment. Life problems and destructive problems are very varied, for example; heart, disappointment, depression, emotional wounds, and physical conditions that experience obstacles. This situation is very much needed by pastoral companions to help others in overcoming real problems The assistance given pays attention to several aspects, namely physical, mental, social and spiritual. In pastoral care must meet the spiritual needs of blind children. This study aims to see the implementation, inhibiting factors and support for the pastoral assistance of blind children at the Bhakti Luhur Malang Foundation. The research was conducted at the Bhakti Luhur Foundation guest houses, using a descriptive qualitative approach through the method (Case Study). The results of the research are based on interviews regarding the implementation of pastoral assistance for blind children at the Bhakti Luhur Foundation, according to the person in charge of the guesthouse, in general, it has been carried out according to schedule, sometimes it is not carried out due to other tasks. According to the nurse, sometimes it is done, sometimes it is not because the nurse does not understand mentoring children with visual impairment. The sisters said, still carrying out the ups and downs, asked the expert team. Inhibiting factors according to the person in charge and the nurse; laziness, new tasks happening at the same time. According to the ALMA Sisters, the inhibiting factor; the condition of blind children is very severe. Supporting factors; the person in charge, the ALMA Sisters and the nurses have the same answer; availability of facilities and infrastructure, following technological developments. Thus the research results show that the implementation of mentoring at the Bhakti Luhur Foundation has been carried out according to schedule, but sometimes it is not optimal, it needs to be considered by stakeholders.

Pendampingan Pastoral Bagi Perempuan Sebagai Orang Tua Tunggal

A single parent, according to its literal meaning, is a person who takes care of a living and raises their child without a partner. Women giving birth out of wedlock has become a cross-border phenomenon. Occurs in the church community as well as in the community with various beliefs and backgrounds. Women who become single parents need assistance in dealing with every problem. Women as single parents go through various problems from psychological aspects, socio-cultural, economic and religious. With pastoral studies, research found that there is support from the church for women who become single parents in the form of pastoral assistance, in the end women who become single parents can face and find meaning in their life as single parents and can make decisions to live a better life.

PASTORAL KONSELING KERJA PADA HRD MANAGER YANG MENGALAMI STRESS KERJA

This study aims to describe pastoral work counseling for employees at PT IMS Manado who experience work stress. The method used is descriptive qualitative research method. The research subjects were employees at PT IMS Manado who experienced work stress and were given pastoral counseling assistance at work in the workplace. The results of the study show that employees who experience work stress are caused by poor interpersonal relationships which then result in decreased performance at work so that pastoral assistance is needed so that employees can understand themselves, others and God and His word. In the implementation of pastoral counseling, a confrontational counseling approach is carried out to confront clients directly with the problems they are facing and the problem solving that must be done.