Caregiving Ministry
The Caregiving Ministry was created in January 2003 to support the Pastor in serving the Congregation and delivering caregiving to those in need. Upon receiving an assignment referred by the Pastor, caregiving ministers make calls and visits to those in the congregation who have a need - a need, perhaps, as short-term as phone calls and a hospital visit following surgery or as long-term as being a companion to one with a chronic, debilitating illness or bereavement.
Intentional caregiving is a specific, confidential, planned and highly-trained response to the known needs within the Congregation. One day of intensive preliminary training is required, followed by advanced training and support on a regular basis. The Caregiving Ministry is now in its sixth year. Our caregivers have given over 650 hours of their time this last year in visiting Church members and their relatives at home, in the hospital or wherever they are convalescing.
The current active caregivers are Holly Adams, Diane Albano, Joanne Brown, Stephanie Close, Ann DiLeone, Debbie Douglas, Eve Ford, Diane Glover, Carol Haskell, Heather Hopkins, Charles Langalis, Ray Meurer, Graham Powell, Caroline Robinson, Linda Scull, Sarah Starkweather, Donna Wachnicki, Roger Wachnicki and Michael Ziegler.
We are indeed blessed to be able to care for each other. We all need caregiving at some point
in our lives. Knowing that there is a ministry dedicated to providing just this support is to witness
the dedication of this Church’s stewardship to its family of faith. Those interested in this important
ministry should contact Joanne Brown or Ann DiLeone.
