Lay Pastoral Care

December 2025

Flyer advertising a stress management event during the holidays with green watercolor splashes.

Transcribed Text:

Finding Calm During the Holidays

Are you feeling stress during the holidays?

Come and join members of the Lay Pastoral Care Team and learn how to cope with stress during this time of the year.

After the service on • Sunday, December 14th • Sunday, December 21st

Small conference room

First Unitarian Universalist Richmond

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November 2025

In need of a listening ear?
Lay Pastoral Care Associates are available during the 10 am service.
Look for the special bright orange Lay Pastoral Care badges to identify them.

Challenges come our way in life. Some are pretty manageable. Others leave us feeling very alone and overwhelmed, or, demand great contemplation. Lay Pastoral Care can offer sustained personal support for those enduring circumstances such as:

  • Grief
  • Illness
  • Injury
  • Disability
  • Marital changes
  • Unemployment
  • Relocation
  • Caregiving
  • Isolation
  • Inability to attend church

Our ministers train and commission the Lay Pastoral Care Associates to provide an ongoing, caring, listening presence; spiritual support; and hope in times of need. This program exemplifies part of our congregation’s mission statement – We care, in support of community.

How can I receive Lay Pastoral Care?

Call Rev. Amy Russell at 804-355-0777 or 937-422-7259.
If that is not available to you, or it is outside of church hours, email us at pastoralcare@richmonduu.org. This support is available to members and friends of the congregation, is offered under the supervision of our ministers with strict confidentiality, and there are no fees.

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