Poimênica e pandemia no contexto da terceira idade da Igreja Memorial Batista em Brasília

Abstract

This dissertation aims to discuss the pastoral care for the elderly of the Baptist Memorial Church in the city of Brasilia, in the years of the pandemic, 2020-22. How have technological means contributed, from a poimenic perspective, to alleviate the pain and suffering of families, especially the elderly, considered the most vulnerable during the pandemic? For this, the period of formation of the city of Brasilia and the Memorial Church in its beginnings was considered, in order to know the soil of its origin, its history, its profile, its way of being and its liturgy, as some of the items highlighted in this research, aiming to understand the panorama and context of the pandemic today. We considered the most important Government Decrees of the Federal District Government applied in the pandemic, and some church minutes that recorded the creation, evolution and extinction of the Special Temporary Commission, called Covid- 19. The church has faced the pandemic crisis, grief and pain; vulnerability and physical and social distancing, seeking to apply the poimenic, pastoral care through a relevant and nurturing preaching, as well as virtual counseling, which would bring physical, emotional and spiritual well-being, and pastoral practices applied to the emotional healing of the elderly.