I have also been trained as a Stephen's Minister. I moved and have never reconnected with a church up here that has them. It's a wonderful, confidential and cost free service.
Odd, I've never thought of it as a "service", which, I guess, it is. We've always been active in our church, in many ways, and it feels more like I've just had a visit from a friend at church. I didn't know D., before she called me the first time, but our common bonds with St. Dunsdan's just opened the door and she became 'family'.