Congregational Care Highlight

Highlight: Your Care Counts

Thank you for Caring for Each other.... As The Body of Christ.

With Your Help, Some High Notes of our 2019 Ministries Include:

• 287 notes were written to congregation members and another 150 to our shut-ins by

Love Bearers • 700 hours of listening and praying by Stephen Ministers • 250 hours of visits by deacons and connection keepers • 75 Vases of Care delivered • 100 Hours of care by Care Teams • 133 hats and scarves delivered to Women’s Shelter, Family Shelter and Saint Lawrence

Place by Prayer Shawl Ministry • Innumerable meals delivered to members who have been ill or in difficult circumstances by Meal Team • 1600+ contacts provided by pastoral staff for pastoral care to our members who were hospitalized, home-bound, or lost a loved one. • 187 contacts by Mary Baldauf, our Lay Care Visitor, to our members who don’t get out very much. (Representing about 50 families) • 40 Families received Home Communion by our elders • All of our members were prayed for by the prayer matters team. • About 100 letters went to our military families throughout the year. We had a very amazing year of care and transition. With Jim St. John’s retirement, the Reverend Dr. Carol Byrd joined our staff to provide pastoral care, and Mary Baldauf retired from providing care visits to answering the phone at the reception desk one day per week. Reverend Lynn Grandsire enjoyed her sabbatical to work on her Doctor of Ministry very much. Thank you to all our volunteers who serve in these care ministries which are often in the background and unseen by many.

Room for Renewal & Growth

Rev. Lynn Grandsire Speaks About Upcoming Sabbatical