Care Commission
Care Commission Paraclete Team Help Needed!
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Care Commission Paraclete Team
Members & Coordinators
Paraclete, noun: advocate or helper
The Care Commission is forming a “Paraclete Team” to contact members in the immediate aftermath of a community emergency to check the safety and well-being of our church family.
Team members will be provided with worksheets to guide telephone conversations inquiring which members are in need of assistance, what type of assistance is needed and which members might be able to help others in need. Community resource information will also be provided to the Paraclete call team. Team coordinators would activate the Team, compile caller worksheets and organize follow-up.
If your skills include being organized and calm in emergencies,
please volunteer your service to your church family.
Contact the Care Commission Patti Fleming
Care Commission Paraclete Team
Members & Coordinators
Paraclete, noun: advocate or helper
The Care Commission is forming a “Paraclete Team” to contact members in the immediate aftermath of a community emergency to check the safety and well-being of our church family.
Team members will be provided with worksheets to guide telephone conversations inquiring which members are in need of assistance, what type of assistance is needed and which members might be able to help others in need. Community resource information will also be provided to the Paraclete call team. Team coordinators would activate the Team, compile caller worksheets and organize follow-up.
If your skills include being organized and calm in emergencies,
please volunteer your service to your church family.
Contact the Care Commission Patti Fleming
Care Commission responds to the needs of our church members in a caring, compassionate manner in a number of ways.
Funeral receptions are provided by the wonderful volunteers on our Caring and Sharing Committee.
Each year every member is contacted by our Calling Committee as a means of connection and care.
Food 4 You, through the generous donation of many volunteers, provides frozen home-cooked meals to take to individuals and families in times of need.
Helping Hands coordinates a team that responds to the real-life, unexpected needs of individuals and families in the church.
Using their gifts of knitting, Knit for Others is composed of volunteers who create chemo caps, prayer shawls, infant booties and caps, stocking caps, scarves and mittens, to donate to those who need them.
The Prayer Care Team and the Prayer Chain offer a means of offering prayer for those who have asked for prayer or who have recently been hospitalized. Prayer request cards and envelopes are in the pew racks. If you have a prayer request for you or a your loved one, please supply the information requested on the prayer card and put it in the privacy envelope. Confidentiality is always honored. For all other requests or questions, please call Janet Benrey 252-638-5787. For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. Isaiah 56:7c
As part of the Special Pastoral Care Committee, trained volunteers serve as lay visitors to those who have difficulty attending church or who are in need of spiritual friendship.
To learn more about the work of the Care Commission or if you have or know of a specific need, please contact Care Commission chair Becky Nohr.
Funeral receptions are provided by the wonderful volunteers on our Caring and Sharing Committee.
Each year every member is contacted by our Calling Committee as a means of connection and care.
Food 4 You, through the generous donation of many volunteers, provides frozen home-cooked meals to take to individuals and families in times of need.
Helping Hands coordinates a team that responds to the real-life, unexpected needs of individuals and families in the church.
Using their gifts of knitting, Knit for Others is composed of volunteers who create chemo caps, prayer shawls, infant booties and caps, stocking caps, scarves and mittens, to donate to those who need them.
The Prayer Care Team and the Prayer Chain offer a means of offering prayer for those who have asked for prayer or who have recently been hospitalized. Prayer request cards and envelopes are in the pew racks. If you have a prayer request for you or a your loved one, please supply the information requested on the prayer card and put it in the privacy envelope. Confidentiality is always honored. For all other requests or questions, please call Janet Benrey 252-638-5787. For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. Isaiah 56:7c
As part of the Special Pastoral Care Committee, trained volunteers serve as lay visitors to those who have difficulty attending church or who are in need of spiritual friendship.
To learn more about the work of the Care Commission or if you have or know of a specific need, please contact Care Commission chair Becky Nohr.
Grief Support Group
Will continue to meet o the 3rd Tuesday of every month from 5:30 pm using Zoom. This group serves two purposes, to provide support for those who are experiencing the loss of a loved one and to be a safe haven for those who are living through this process. Followed by discussions of our experiences on this journey.
Contact Rodger Wilcox for more information or to join this group.
Contact Rodger Wilcox for more information or to join this group.