Clinical Counselors have their hands full these days providing care for the situationally discouraged and depressed - the world seems to be full of them. Pastoral Counselors are sometimes called upon to provide solutions to specific or situational needs, but many times the sadness is longer-term and defies even our best "solutions." As we work with chronically discouraged and depressed people, Pastoral Counselors certainly need to be helpful counsellors, but also faithful friends to those with longer-term grief, pain, or other suffering. This session will provide a helpful paradigm on how to understand, seek to help, and be a faithful witness to truth while waiting for God to provide the help that only comes from Him.

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Jay Mosser has served in pastoral roles for 42 years – about 20 years in various assistant pastor capacities and the rest as senior pastor. Through those years he has served in three churches ranging from smaller (less than 50) to larger (about 1,000). Along the way he has worked with children, teens, worship ministry, pastoral care, preaching, and leadership. Jay has an M.Div. from Western (Conservative Baptist) Seminary and a D.Min. from Corban University in Oregon, where his doctoral thesis was titled How a Pastor’s Theology of Shepherding Affects the Health & Growth of a Church. He is married to Kathy and has three daughters and five grandchildren. In his spare time, he loves to read, hike, travel, watch sports, and spend time with his family.

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