Pastoral Care

Our Care Team is here to serve you with pastoral care, by linking you up with a support group that meets your needs or by connecting you to a pastor or highly qualified care partner who can share in your experiences.

• Pastoral Counseling

  Please contact the care office or email care@walnuthillcc.org to be connected to a local care team partner.

• Hospital or Care Home Visitation

  Please notify the care office at 203.796.7373 or if you would like one of our pastors or care partners to visit you at one of the Waterbury Hospitals or care facilities.

• Good Sense Counseling (Financial advice and support)

  In consultation with the care team, ‘good sense’ counselors partner with individuals in financial difficulty (e.g. job loss, bankruptcy, college funding, foreclosure, debt management - to name a few) to provide advice and support and to help put in place appropriate plans.

  Contact the care office at 203.796.7373 or to schedule an appointment with one of the care team pastors.

  Further information on the good sense program can be found at www.willowcreek.org/goodsense.

• The Benevolence Fund Ministry

  If you are in a situation of financial need, we would love to consider how we can help. For a benevolence application form, please contact the Care Team at 203.796.7373 or care@walnuthillcc.org.

  The application will be considered by the benevolence team within 24 hours of submission and a decision given within 72 hours.

• Chariots of Fire (Car Donation Ministry)

  If you have a car you have been considering donating or would like to be considered to receive a donated car, please contact the care office at 203.796.7373 or .

  Any donated car can be used by the donor as a tax deduction in the year the car is donated. We suggest using the Kelley Blue Book value, www.kbb.com. A tax form will be provided for the donation, and it is up to the donor to determine the value for tax purposes.

  A donated car is free of tax to the recipient.

• Workplace Ministry

  A one-on-one mentoring opportunity for those who are currently out of work and looking for a new position, and for those unfulfilled in their current job and wondering if God cares about their work. It is a blend of both practical life skills and mentoring. Contact Al Pirozzoli at alp@walnuthillcc.org or 203.232.5527 to schedule a meeting.

• Mom’s Morning Out

  Being a mother of a child or adult child with special needs can be draining physically and emotionally. Mom’s Morning Out gives you an opportunity to share your struggles, pain and joy with other moms who have gone through or are going through the same trials and triumphs.

  This group meets every other month throughout the year and provides a safe, encouraging, and supportive community for mothers of children and adult children with disabilities.

  Contact Sue Petrok, 203.597.8510, sspetrok1117@sbcglobal.cnet, or Carol Doiron, 203.266.5974, carolbeth67@aol.com, for more information.

• Lean on Me

  Caring for elderly parents, or family members with special needs can be draining physically and emotionally. This ministry is here to help by offering one-to-one counseling by those who’ve been there, and help in securing resources to enable you to provide the best care to your loved ones.
  
  Contact the care office (203.796.7373 or care@walnuthillcc.org) to get more information on these resources.