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Where Faith and Counseling Meet |
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The Samaritan Counseling Center provides counseling, consultation and educational services integrating insights from theology and behavioral sciences with the values and faith of the client.
The Center's relationship with area churches and synagogues has been a vital and reciprocal one since our inception nearly 30 years ago. As a faith-based counseling center, we offer a variety of services to enrich area ministries and their leaders, in addition to providing faith-based individual, marriage and family counseling for their congregations and members. In turn, churches offer us a variety of resources and support. |
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| Church Bulletin Inserts |
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If you would like to educate your congregation about the services offered by Samaritan Counseling Center, we offer a PDF printable brochure for your convenience. It is designed specifically as an insert for a standard, folded 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" church bulletin. |
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| Fees |
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| Our fees reflect sensitivity to the client's ability to pay, with sliding scale possible for clients without insurance and with fees being covered by most clients who have insurance. However, nearly 40% do not have insurance or the financial means to pay for counseling. Therefore, they need a subsidized fee that falls well below the Center's cost for providing that service. (This is where donations from Covenant Relationships and the Samaritan Fund come in.) |
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| Services to Churches |
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COUNSELING
- Referral source
- Support groups
- Pre-marital counseling
- Divorce adjustment
- Family counseling
- Counseling for clergy and families
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TRAINING & EDUCATION
- Supervised ministry experience
- Pastoral counseling training
- Training lay people to home visit
- Marriage enrichment classes
- Seminars on aging
- Counseling for clergy and families
- Grief counseling
- Parenting
- Spiritual growth
- Special services for Advent, Lent, Hanukah
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CONSULTATION
- Staff issues
- Preventative meetings, e.g. pastor and parish
- Group dynamics
- Crisis intervention
- Conflict resolution
- Clergy / staff evaluation
- Clergy counseling cases
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| Covenant Relationships |
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Recently, the Samaritan Center honored its long history of association with area churches and synagogues when the Board of Trustees created a Covenant Relationship Program. This program is a reciprocal sharing of spiritual synergy, skills and knowledge, and financial resources between the Center and each church and synagogue in Covenant relationship with us.
HOW THE CENTER CAN ENRICH YOUR MINISTRY THROUGH THE COVENANT
- Comprehensive pastoral counseling
- Brief clergy consultation re: congregational concerns, or on an as-needed basis
- One pulpit supply annually at no charge
- Periodic articles for the congregation's newsletter
- Quarterly report on use of your donated funds
- Links to church website from ours
- Fees set with sensitivity to the client's ability to pay
A special Samaritan Fund was started as part of the Covenant Relationship Program. The sole purpose of this fund is to assist Center clients who are unable to pay the full cost for counseling. Your contributions from Covenant Relationships go directly into the Samaritan Fund unless designated for other purposes.
HOW YOUR CHURCH OR SYNAGOGUE HELPS THE CENTER
- Contributing to the Samaritan Fund
- Praying for the Center
- Referring clients
- Publicizing the Center's services
LEVELS OF COVENANT RELATIONSHIP
- Sustaining Congregation - $1500 or more annually
- Comprehensive pastoral counseling
- Brief clergy consultation re: congregational concerns, or on as-needed basis
- One pulpit supply annually at no charge
- Periodic articles for the congregation's newsletter
- Quarterly report on use of your donated funds
- Links to church website from ours
- Fees set with sensitivity to the client's ability to pay
- Three hours of leadership programs, retreats or workshops
- Bi-annual meeting with church staff to discuss parish-related concerns
- Supporting Congregation - $750 to $1500 annually
- Comprehensive pastoral counseling
- Brief clergy consultation re: congregational concerns, or on as-needed basis
- One pulpit supply annually at no charge
- Periodic articles for the congregation's newsletter
- Quarterly report on use of your donated funds
- Links to church website from ours
- Fees set with sensitivity to the client's ability to pay
- Three hours of leadership programs, retreats or workshops
- Contributing Congregation - $250 to $750 or more annually
- Comprehensive pastoral counseling
- Brief clergy consultation re: congregational concerns, or on as-needed basis
- One pulpit supply annually at no charge
- Periodic articles for the congregation's newsletter
- Quarterly report on use of your donated funds
- Links to church website from ours
- Fees set with sensitivity to the client's ability to pay
Some suggested topics for the leadership programs (three-hour workshops, forums or retreats) are:
- Lay ministry training
- Marriage and family seminar
- Conflict resolution workshop
- Congregational planning retreat
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| Supporting the Center |
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There are several ways your business can support the Samaritan Counseling Center and benefit your business as well:
- Host a 30 minute meeting with your employees to allow us to familiarize them with our services
- Conduct a United Way Campaign which benefits the Center and all United Way agencies
- Enter into an Employee Assistance contract to make counseling services more accessible to your employees
- Use the Center's business services to de-stress and empower management and employees
- Tell other business owners about the Center's business services
You can help the Center achieve its mission of providing professional, faith-based psychological counseling at fees affordable to all. Every $25 dollars donated to the Center underwrites the cost of one counseling session. Over 5000 sessions are provided annually at the Center's five offices, so you can see financial support from people like you is crucial to fulfilling our counseling ministry. Your generous donation can help us create a healthier community one person, one couple, one family at a time. Your tax-deductible gift can be sent to the Samaritan Counseling Center, 1850 Colfax, Benton Harbor, MI 49022. |
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| Some Center Statistics |
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The Samaritan Center serves both Berrien and Cass Counties, with 79% of our clients from Berrien County.
| St. Joseph |
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20% |
| Benton Harbor |
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19% |
| Niles / Buchanan |
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13% |
| South Haven |
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9% |
| Coloma / Watervliet |
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8% |
| Stevensville |
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8% |
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| Female |
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67% |
| Male |
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37% |
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| White |
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67% |
| Black |
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8% |
| Hispanic |
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1% |
| Asian |
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1% |
| Other |
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1% |
| Unknown |
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1% |
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