Care Team Ministry

Care TeamThe Care Team Ministry started in 2004.  A group of willing servants wanting to minister to the hospitalized and homebound attended several training classes.  Several other individuals have joined the Ministry Team since then and attended training.

The Care Team has a two fold purpose: Part of our team visits people in the hospital. When the church is notified that a church member is in the hospital, the coordinator of the Care Team is notified and the message is put out on e-mail.  One of the members of the team will go see the person in the hospital, share a prayer with them, and then report back to all the other member.  This also keeps the pastors notified. We do this as long as the person is in the hospital. Our mission is to uphold all those that are ill in prayer and comfort them with our presence and words of assurance. If they are in the hospital on Sunday we will also take Holy Communion to them if able.

The other part of our team visit people that are homebound. This includes people that are in assisted living, nursing homes or people that for one reason or another can't get to church, perhaps recovering from a serious illness or injury. We call them, visit, send cards, etc.

The Care Team is periodically taking communion to our homebound members.

We want to know when you are hospitalized!  Please call the Church Office, 659-5555, when you know you are going to be admitted or when you know someone in our community of faith has been admitted.  The pastors, Care Team, and church family want to pray for you, and when appropriate, visit you.  The pastors are setting aside Tuesday and Friday as the primary days for hospital, homebound, and special needs visitation.  We desire to visit nursing home residents about once a month, primarily on those days as well.  The pastors’ hospital visits are not limited to those days; when there is a need we want to be at your side whenever we can.  Please call the Church Office to let your pastors and the Care Team know when you desire a visit or have a special need.

 
CARE TEAM MINISTRY
 

Sally Howorth

Chair for Hospital Visits

Bruce Knecht

Chair for Home Bound & Nursing Facilities

Bill Bennett

Marlene Davis

Linda Prater

Darlene Bennett

Jerry Beverly

Walt Gowen

Bob Buck

Chantry Baier

Jerry Lee

Sally Howorth

Chris Baier

Adeline Bowerman

Marilyn Birmingham

Helen Ekeland

David Wagoner

Darla Cox

Carol Prescott

Buddy Bradshaw

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