Activity Report and Thanks for 2022

Thank you for your 2022 prayers and support.

Number of Soul Care Service Users

• Individual Sessions, Classes, Workshop Participants As of Jan-Dec 2022
• Number of Individual Sessions - 14 users, 105 times
• Number of classes held: 5 classes, 48 times, 17 class participants
• New classes - Spiritual Care II, New support group - Hearts Set Free (group to help people recover from spiritual abuse)
• Workshop "Prepare/Enrich Facilitator Training 2022 by Dr. Mariko Nishioka" 11 participants
• Support Group - Hearts Set Free (a group to support recovery from spiritual abuse) 4 times Number of participants 5-10 each time

Activities at Conferences

February - RJC (REACHING JAPANESE FOR CHRIST NETWORK) Seattle: Workshop leader
The Significance and Role of Pastoral Care

March - Gardena Valley Baptist Church Women's Association Half Day Retreat, California: "Church Connection and Spiritual Support - Safety in the Church Community" (retreat leader)

June - Second Level Ministry, Mentorship Conference Atlanta: Workshop leader
Boundaries for Mentoring" and "The Significance and Role of Pastoral Care and Spiritual Formation Soul Care.

November - JCFN (Japan Christian Fellowship Network), Equipper Conference California: "Preparing Small Group Leaders," "Emergency Response for Mental Condition Emergency response for mental condition

December - JCFN (Japan Christian Fellowship Network), Equipper Conference California: Soul Care Coordinator and workshop leader, "Mentoring: Growing as Disciples of Christ and Nurturing New Disciples.

Toward a Teamwork Structure

As SoulCare's activities expanded, we began to enlist the help of assistants and volunteers. Naoko Suzuki, SoulCare assistant, E.M., in charge of advertising, M.H., in charge of translation, K.L., in charge of accounting, and many others who have helped us set up support groups, this year we have made a major shift to a teamwork approach to our activities.

Initiatives for 2023

• Continuation of two support groups
• Support Group for Spiritual Abuse started in February
• Support group for church leaders to begin in March 2023
• Contribute to an introduction to spirituality for living in the form of God in Inochi no Kotoba's "The Gospel for a Million" for one year in 2023.
• Workshops - We have been holding one workshop a year, but would like to increase the number to about two.
• Networking - Cooperative relationships with people and organizations interested in pastoral care and mental health.
• Visiting churches and promoting our activities
• Development of new classes

Review of the year - launch of support groups

Continued to visit local churches and promote Soul Care activities. I spent more time than expected and the back and forth work slowed down.
As for new classes, Spiritual Care II started. it took 2 years from the start of I to the start of II, but I think it is a great progress. i would like to start III a little earlier.
One as a new class, but we continued our efforts to start two support groups this year. We will continue our efforts as the support groups, which have been our hope for several years, are successfully getting off the ground.