What is Lifeline Caregiving?
Lifeline provides spiritual care, support, encouragement and referral services to people within the church and throughout the community. Lifeline Caregiving is a ministry that offers a Christ-centered model of care on a short-term basis, with the intention of pointing care receivers to God for comfort and healing.

Along with 11 weeks of in-depth training in a biblical model of crisis intervention, which includes a comprehensive resource manual, caregivers who serve at Blue Ridge also receive ongoing supervision and continuing education.

Training topics include:

• The Biblical Basics for Caregiving
• Biblical Care and Practical Help
  
• Effective Listening and People Helping Skills
• The Search for Significance
• Your Parents and You
• Basic Helping and Crisis Intervention Skills
• Strongholds and Spiritual Warefare
• The Process of Change and Healing
• Liability, Ethics, and the Law: Servant Leadership

Cost is free for those who attend Blue Ridge Community Church and want to serve in Lifeline as a caregiver. To waive the cost you must fill out an application. Cost for those who do not attend Blue Ridge, or those who attend Blue Ridge, who do not want to serve as a Lifeline Caregiver, is $15.