CARE

Prayer Requests – Blackhawk has a team that receives a prayer sheet weekly via email to pray over requests. Each request stays on the prayer sheet for a month and is prayed over during that time. All requests are listed under first name only, unless its specified to be kept anonymous. Submit prayer requests online or call 608-828-4200.

Prayer Guidelines
A few things to keep in mind as you share prayer requests:

• Respect the privacy of others – Ask permission first before sharing a request on behalf of someone else.
• Maintain confidentiality – you don’t need to use names, God knows.
• Be careful when sharing personal information, God knows the details.
• Don’t vent. Matters between you and another person should stay that way.

The Care Support Team provides care to individuals and families who are experiencing difficult circumstances by helping with practical needs and offering companionship. Those seeking Care Support Team assistance are often experiencing a change in health or life events that benefit from expanded community connections. The Care Support Team may offer support in a variety of ways including: visitation, household chores, meals, errands, and card writing.

For more information, complete a Care Ministries Contact Us form or call 608-828-4230.

During the Covid-19 quarantine all in person supports are suspended.

Counseling Recommendations
Dane County has numerous Christian counselors that provide quality support. For recommendations to assist you with your specific situation, complete a Counseling Recommendations Request, or call 608-828-4230.

During Covid-19 quarantine, numerous counselors are offering online counseling services.

If you or a loved one is dealing with thoughts, feelings, or behaviors that are making life difficult, you may be interested in one of our curriculum-based peer groups. These groups meet at various times throughout the school year. If you are interested in learning more and inquiring about other available supports, please submit a Care Ministries Contact Us form.

Living Grace: To register, contact Care Response at careresponse2@blackhawkchurch.org.

Living with anxiety, depression and other challenges can be exhausting and confusing. Living Grace will empower you with new ways to reduce symptoms, increase your well-being, and rest in God’s grace.

Sample Topics:

• Rest, Relaxation, and Joy
• Safe and Healthy Relationships
• Renewing your Mind
• Managing Stressors

Sundays Online | 4-5:30 pm | The next session starts January 17th – (three weeks on, one week off)
*Pre-registration is required and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Family Grace: On Hold for Spring 2021

Supporting a loved one through anxiety, depression and other challenges can be confusing and stressful. Family Grace is a curriculum-based, peer group that will empower you to make confident decisions to care for yourself and your loved one within a supportive community.

Sample Topics:

• Communication Skills
• Whole-Health Renewal
• Handling Problems
• Boundaries to Rebuild

Each participant will receive a workbook ($20) to keep.
*Pre-registration is required and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

We are still working on what this group may look like for Fall 2021. If Interested, please contact us.

More to the Story: On Hold for Spring 2021

Many of us experience trauma, anxiety, depression, and other difficulties throughout life. It is easy for these challenges to become the only story we tell ourselves and others, resulting in barriers to support, connection, and growth.

Building on WISE Wisconsin’s stigma reduction efforts, the More to the Story workshop expands our stories beyond hurtful beliefs (associated with difficulties) by considering Biblical truths and personal strengths to safely develop and disclose portions of our stories within a supportive community. Through reflection, learning, and dialogue, this workshop guides us to own the mental health continuum without shame and accept the choice to voice our challenging experiences intentionally and effectively. As our resilience grows, our mental health challenges no longer define us, and instead, we practice a loving response towards ourselves and others as we all care for our minds, hearts, and souls.

Each participant will receive a workbook ($10) to keep. If you are interested in learning more about this group and other available supports, please contact Care Response at careresponse2@blackhawkchurch.org.
*Pre-registration is required and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

One-to-one ministry by trained, caring, volunteers who have responded to Christ’s call to “carry each others’ burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” One to One Care provides someone who cares, supports, listens, shares, prays.

What is a One to One Caregiver?

One to One Caregiver is:

• Christ-follower who walks beside a hurting person
• caring Christian who really listens and supports
• volunteer who has received 50 hours of training in how to provide compassionate care.

One to One Caregiver is not:

• counselor, therapist, or mental health professional
• person who will solve all your problems

Why should I seek a One to One Caregiver?
Are you going through a difficult time and needing someone to care, listen and share God’s love with you, one-to-one and confidentially? Are you hurting due to loss of a spouse, retirement, loneliness, unemployment, despair, childbirth, hospitalization, grief, separation and divorce, terminal illness, being shut in, faith issues or other problems? If so, a One to One Caregiver could help.

How can I receive care from a One to One Caregiver?
Please contact a member of our Care Response Team for information. Complete a Care Ministries Contact Us form or call us at 608-828-4230.

I know someone who could use a One to One Caregiver. How do I handle it?
Go to the person in need and let them know about One to One Care. Pray with them about it.

Support and care for those who are separated, divorced or suffering from the breakup of a long-term relationship.

Mondays Online | 6:15-7:45 pm | Begins February 1st, 2021
Register HERE.

Don’t go through separation or divorce alone. DivorceCare seminars and support groups are led by people who have walked down the road you are on. We offer you resources to help deal with the past and rebuild your future. New participants are welcome at any time, but pre-registration is necessary. If you have questions or would like to request a scholarship, please complete a Care Ministries Contact Us form.

DivorceCare is a video seminar series featuring counselors and experts on divorce and recovery discussing topics from a biblical perspective. Real people share their stories of how they have faced the pain of separation and divorce with Christ’s strength and comfort.

This group meets for 13 weeks with a new topic covered each week, such as:

Deep Hurt & Anger 

Grief and Depression 

Fears, Anxiety & Loneliness 

Financial/ Legal issues and Conflict 

Forgiveness and your Former Spouse 

Single Living 

The videos are combined with confidential support group discussion each week. Each participant will purchase a workbook to keep through the National DivorceCare website.

Only one person from a separated/divorced couple may attend the 13-week session at a time. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Locate other DivorceCare groups in the area.

Mondays In-Person | 6:15-7:45 pm | Begins February 22nd, 2021

Register HERE.

In this small group book study, bestselling author Dr. John Townsend helps you discover a simple path to regain the intimacy and fulfilling closeness that every person needs. Difficult relationships can damage our ability to trust, causing us to shut down. But God designed us to experience freedom and love. To live this way, we all eventually need to take a risk.

Topics include:
• Understanding the Problem
• Knowing When You’re Ready
• Knowing When the Other Person is Ready
• Moving into Relationship

This is a DVD series with small group discussion. Registration is required. Each participant will be responsible for purchasing the workbook. Once registered you will receive an email with details and a link to purchase the workbook on Amazon.

Surfing for God: The Divine Desire Beneath Sexual Struggle by Michael John Cusick

8-week study | Next available Book Study will be fall of 2021 – Please complete an inquiry HERE for advance registration information. 

This practical, biblical, and hope-filled study helps us discover the divine desire beneath the sexual struggle men face. The author uses examples from his own life and from his twenty years of counseling experience to show us how the pursuit of empty pleasure is really a search for our heart’s deepest desire – and the real key to resistance is discovering and embracing the joy we truly want.

Participants will be expected to register, purchase the book, read two chapters each week and attend consistently.

The death of a loved one can lead to intense grief. Planning a funeral or memorial service to honor, remember, and celebrate loved ones can feel overwhelming. Please know that the Care Ministry is here to help. Download a resource guide (PDF) for planning a funeral. Contact Us

During Covid-19, limited service options are available at our facilities. Please contact us if you would like to discuss arrangements.

Gordon Renschler went home to be with the Lord on March 4th, 2021. Click HERE to view his obituary. Click HERE to view the Memorial Service held on 3/25/21

Katherine “Kay” Esposito went home to be with the Lord on March 4th, 2021. Click HERE to view her obituary.

Norris Gammeter went home to be with the Lord on February 10th, 2021. Click Here to view his obituary.