Mission
Pastoral Care is a multi-faceted ministry, which covers a variety of activities.
- Home visits for the sick
- Hospital and nursing home visits
- Lay ministry
- Eucharistic ministry
- Prayer Chain
- Card Ministry
- Nursery Care
- Meals to the shut-ins
The Pastoral Care Ministry continues to focus on the needs of St Stephen's parish through these programs.
Programs
The programs include all those listed above, with some detailed examples outlined below.
Card Ministry
This group meets on the last Saturday of each month and completes the card mailer to church members who are celebrating birthdays and/or anniversaries, get-well or thinking of you cards for the sick or shut-ins, and sympathy cards to family members of departed parishioners and friends. The ladies participating in this group are lively and additional hands are always welcome.
Prayer Ministry
This is another caring group, which meets weekly and is dedicated to praying for the needs of the parish as well as the community. We are surely fortunate to have this vibrant group.
Opportunities
There is a place for all of us within this Ministry. If you want to become involved, give us a call or email Tim at the contact address above. If you know of any member of the congregation who requires monthly communion, hospital, nursing home, or home visits, or to be added to the prayer list please give us a call.