Soul Care Groups at Harvest Buffalo
Soul Care Groups give you a safe place to deepen your faith, tackle spiritual challenges, and find strength to persevere. Join an intentional, grace-filled community centered on God’s word and the gospel—a community where you can discover hope and wisdom to navigate whatever you’re facing. You won’t regret taking a season to focus on the power of the gospel and God's wisdom for the Christian life.
Freedom Groups
Freedom Groups meet seasonally throughout the year and are currently closed for this season. While groups are not meeting right now, we would still love to connect with you and help you discern next steps for care and growth. Connect with us HERE.
Soul Care Mentoring
Mentoring gives you the opportunity to meet individually with someone further along in their faith. Our Mentors are eager to help you follow Jesus and apply God’s word to your particular life situation. Mentoring is goal-focused and typically lasts 3–4 months with meetings on a regular basis.
Premarital Mentoring
Premarital mentoring offers soon-to-be-married couples a practical vision of Christ-centered marriage that is realistic, hopeful, and actionable. Over the course of eight sessions, couples are guided through issues like conflict, expectations, communication, finances, and intimacy, showing how each can be successfully resolved with Christ at the center of the marriage.
Mentoring FAQs
What exactly is mentoring?
Mentoring is biblical, gospel-centered discipleship focused on heart transformation through ongoing repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. It’s not life coaching, talk therapy, or crisis intervention (in the common understanding of those terms).
Who are the mentors?
Soul Care mentors are mature, vetted members of Harvest Buffalo who have a passion for discipling. Our team of mentors are not professional counselors.
How much does it cost?
Mentoring is a ministry of the church and is offered free of charge. The cost of mentoring is the cost of commitment.
What if I need counseling instead?
Sometimes counseling is in fact the better choice. In the initial stage of assessing your situation, if we determine that counseling is the best option, we will refer you to a trusted counselor outside the church. We don’t see this as a hand-off, but as an invitation to someone with training, skill, and experience to join in our effort to care for you.
Who should not seek mentoring?
If you have an existing relationship with a mature, respected Christian who can help (for example, someone in your small group), we encourage you to consider seeking help from that person first. We want what's best for you, and often it’s best to seek help from someone you know and see regularly. The value of the relational equity you already have and the long-term community you already share should not be overlooked. Having said that, we do understand that there are times when seeking help from someone outside your closest circles is best.
Additionally, mentoring is not the best fit for someone:
• Needing immediate crisis care or counseling
• Actively abusing drugs, alcohol, or prescription medicine
• Unwilling to submit to biblical authority
• At risk of harming themselves or others
• Needing professional supervision or care
Additionally, mentoring is not the best fit for someone:
• Needing immediate crisis care or counseling
• Actively abusing drugs, alcohol, or prescription medicine
• Unwilling to submit to biblical authority
• At risk of harming themselves or others
• Needing professional supervision or care
What does the process look like?
In the initial phase, our Soul Care staff will work with you to understand the situation you’re facing. If we determine mentoring is the right path forward, we’ll begin looking for a mentor that fits you well. Once we find one, we’ll pair you and let your mentor take it from there. We’ll check in with both parties throughout the mentoring relationship to make sure everything is going well.
Still have questions about Soul Care Mentoring? Email our office at soulcare@harvestbuffalo.org
Soul Care Staff
Brendan Chiarilli
Soul Care Director
