Feb 16, 2026 | Church News, Pastoral Care
Have you noticed that hospital stays are getting shorter? Patients are being sent home sooner and sooner, often after very serious surgeries and illnesses! Whatever the reasons for this change, it shifts the burden of care to the people at home. Family members with no...
Feb 1, 2026 | Church News, Pastoral Care
The TV series All Creatures Great & Small is set in a veterinarian’s home and hospital in World War II era England. One episode opens with a military veterinarian training new recruits beside a mule. He explains that though mules are more common in the field than...
Jan 19, 2026 | Church News, Pastoral Care
Before he became Pope John Paul II, then Cardinal Wojtyla wrote a book—The Acting Person—which described church participation as either authentic or inauthentic. The two kinds of authentic engagement, he wrote, are solidarity and protest. We expect him to say...
Nov 16, 2025 | Church News, Pastoral Care
The Stephen Ministry is an international Christian caregiving program where trained laypeople (Stephen Ministers) provide one-on-one, confidential care to individuals experiencing difficult times. It’s a way for members of our congregation to offer support to those...
Nov 9, 2025 | Church News, Pastoral Care
“Time heals all wounds” ain’t in the Bible; it’s just an old saying that needs revision. Like the love we feel, we don’t ever “get over” our grief like a head cold! However, the sharpness of the pain eases when we express and share it, learn new ways to carry and...
Oct 26, 2025 | Church News, Pastoral Care, Pastoral Care Featured
When you are in pain, you don’t need to be fixed. You don’t need to be labeled as broken, your feelings shoved into codified lists or prescribed stages. You don’t need to be pushed to get better fast. What you need are those things, those people, those places, those...
