ministering
Attending to needs
Ministering is attending to someone's needs, typically with care and devotion.
The word carries connotations of service and nurturing: She spent years ministering to the sick.
In religious contexts, it means performing spiritual duties or providing pastoral care: The chaplain was ministering to the troops.
The present participle of minister.
Medical caretaking profession
- bedsideNear the mattress
- tendingCaring for or inclining
- attendingBeing at an event
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
comforting · soothing · feeding · bathing · hospice · palliative · vigil · caretaker
Christian congregation leader
- sermonClergy's worship address
- prayerAddress to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
missionary · reverend · chaplain · liturgy · sacrament · blessing · anointing · communion
Easing of distress
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- outreachProactive community assistance
- missionPurpose-driven task
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
disaster · crisis · shelter · donations · supplies · displaced · orphanage · famine
Promoting healing or wellness
- restorativePromoting return to health
- remedialIntended to fix problems
- curativePromoting recovery from illness
- salveTopical healing preparation
balm · poultice · rehabilitation · recovery · mending · renewal · restoration · convalescence
nursing
Medical caretaking profession
nurturing · comforting · soothing · feeding · bathing · hospice · palliative · vigil · caretaker · sickbed
pastor
Christian congregation leader
clergy · missionary · reverend · chaplain · liturgy · sacrament · blessing · anointing · communion · confession
relief
Easing of distress
refugee · disaster · crisis · shelter · donations · supplies · displaced · orphanage · famine · epidemic
therapeutic
Promoting healing or wellness
- restorativePromoting return to health
- remedialIntended to fix problems
- curativePromoting recovery from illness
salve · balm · poultice · rehabilitation · recovery · mending · renewal · restoration · convalescence · recuperation
- MormonismBook of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Latter-day Saints, priesthood, Latter-day Saint
- LDS ChurchJoseph Smith, apostle, Brigham Young, bishop, priesthood
- LDS Culturegeneral conference, sacrament, endowment, sealing, temple marriage
ministeringneglecting
Failing to attend to
abandoning · ignoring · forsaking · deserting · disregarding
ministeringexploiting
Using selfishly for benefit
oppressing · dominating · tyrannizing · harming · abusing