Areas of Calling & Caring

What is a "Calling/Caring Visitor"?
The mission of the Visiting Ministry program is to reach out to fellow parishioners to ensure that each person among us is known, loved, and cared for. This is especially true of those who, temporarily or for long periods, cannot get out to enjoy the church community.

What is a Faith Community Nurse?

What is a Stephen Minster?

What about the pastoral staff?
Pastors are involved and active in all aspects of the calling and caring ministries.  Pastors still make visits and conduct pastoral care.  With the new structure, pastors will not be doing less; the congregation will be served to a greater extent.  

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How can I become a part of the Calling and Caring Ministry Team?
There are several opportunities to be a part of the Calling and Caring Ministry Team with varying levels of time commitment.  

• Visiting Ministry (VM):  Time and training commitment varies depending on hospitalizations and folks in long-term care situations. It is likely this will be a once a week visit (phone call or in-person visit) with semi-regular training.
  
• Faith Community Nursing (FCN):  Time and training commitment varies depending on the number of medical situations requiring the assistance of the FCN and the training requirements from the local FCN network. To become a FCN you must have an active and unencumbered registered nurse license.
• Stephen Ministry (SM):  Stephen Ministry is an ecumenical international program that develops a volunteer training and coordinating ministry program for the church. Training requires 50 hours up front. Program requirements involve meeting as a team twice a month. In addition, when a Stephen Minister has a care receiver (someone assigned for care) it will entail another hour per week.