Caring Ministries
Minister: Nancy Wheeler Handlon
Caring Ministries include:
Ministry Teams
The role of the Parish Nurse in working with the Congregation includes:
- Visiting members in their home, the hospital, or a nursing care facility
- Counseling members on health-related issues
- Meeting with members to provide information, referral, and assistance
with obtaining health services, to seek alternate living arrangements
or other health care needs
- Health screenings
- Teaching/leading a class on health/wellness topic(s)
- Helping persons understand the relationship between mind, body and spirit
- Arranging volunteers in coordination with the Caring Ministry Volunteers
- Referring to the prayer chain and/or for congregational prayers
- Coordinating the Health Fair with support of the health cabinet members
There is no charge for any service provided by the Parish Nurse.
The Health Cabinet is comprised of professionals who are concerned about
health and who are committed to the Parish
Nurse Ministry at Christ
United Methodist Church. The health cabinet provides support and
direction to the Parish Nurse(s).
They are actively involved in health
promotion activities through leadership in planning and participating in
the annual Health Fair.
Lay Visitor Teams
- Hospital Lay Visitors - Call on members and friends in the hospital
- Lay Visitors - Call on homebound members
- Widowed Persons Calling Group - Call on those persons whose spouse has died. They also arrange events for those who are bereaved.
- Communion Visitors - Bring communion to homebound members on a monthly basis.
- Prayer chain - Receives prayer requests
- Seniors' Fellowship - Monthly opportunities for seniors
- Flower Delivery - Delivers flowers to homebound and bereaved after Christmas and Easter.
Annual Events
- Program and Lunch for Members who have been at Christ UMC 50-years or more.
- Holiday Lunch and Worship for Homebound Members
- Christmas Service of Remembrance for the Bereaved
Volunteering
If you would like more information on any of the above please contact the office and direct your questions to Pastor Nancy
Wheeler Handlon (289-4019 ext. 111) or nancy@cumethodist.com.
From the Pastors
- Pastoral Visits - Please call the church office if you would like a pastor to call on you at your home, in the hospital, or in a nursing care facility. Please let us know if you would like to receive communion and/or a prayer for healing with anointing of oil.
- Visits in the Hospital - We routinely visit St. Mary's and Rochester Hospital and look at the chaplain's lists to see which members are in the hospital. Please note - we have no way of knowing if you are in the hospital at the Generose Building or at Olmsted Medical Center. They do not have lists for us. If you are in one of these facilities and would like a visit from the Pastor, please call the church office (289-4019).
- After hours - If you have a pastoral care emergency after hours (evenings, weekends) please call one of the pastors at home.
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