Our congregational care team extends a ministry of love and connection to our members, to those connected with our membership, to our greater community, and to the world. We work to respond with Christ’s love to life events, illnesses, bereavements, and long-term changes in abilities. Congregational care encompasses all sorts of vibrant ministries including taking altar flowers to the hospital, home visitation, home communion, frozen casseroles delivery, Stitch and Pray ministry, card ministry, support groups, volunteer parish nursing, and many more.
Celebrate Recovery
Celebrate Recovery is a safe place to find community and freedom from the issues that are controlling our life.
Is Celebrate Recovery for me or someone I know?
Living in a broken world we all deal with life's hurts, hang-ups, and habits. No one has the ability, nor should they attempt to face their hurts on their own. Celebrate Recovery is a beautiful community of strugglers that courageously enter this safe and beautiful space to get honest about our pain, and the negative ways we may see ourselves, God and others. In this process we come to accept that some of the habits we may have developed to escape our pain has caused destruction in our life and those close to us. Celebrate recovery is a biblically balanced approach to help bring sustainable recovery and healing to our hurts. It guides us toward new healthy truths and life-giving habits.
For more information contact Rev. Joy Eastridge (423) 224-1512.
Stephen Ministry
Are you going through a tough time emotionally or spiritually? Are you struggling with a crisis of life, loss of a loved one, or simply feeling down? Let a Stephen Minister help you. A Stephen Minister is a church member trained to listen, care, encourage, pray, and walk beside you during difficult times. This ministry is a confidential and free extension of our pastoral care.
Do you have a friend, neighbor, co-worker, or relative going through a difficult time? A Stephen Minister may be able to provide the emotional and spiritual care needed.
To learn how you or someone else can receive this confidential care, or if you're interested in becoming a Stephen leader, please speak with a pastor, parish nurse, or Stephen leader.
Contact Info
Stephen Leaders
Angie Everett: (859) 361-4293
Eric Fritz: (423) 246-8384
Lisa & Phillip Tencer: (423) 276-0860
Parish Nurse
Joy Eastridge: (423) 224-1512
Other Congregational care ministries
Deliver an “Upper Room” magazine and a dose of TLC every other month to our folks that can’t get out easily.
Deliver communion once a quarter and share in the sacrament with them.
Help make or deliver frozen casseroles
Take flowers from the altar to those in the hospital or in rehab.
Hospital Visitation Ministry
This is a week-end opportunity for visitation to those in the hospital or in rehab
Send out cards of care, encouragement, and celebration.
Use your sewing skills to make baby blankets, prayer shawls and lap blankets.
Deliver a special gift to our AT HOME members on or near their birthday.
Grief Support and Caregiver Support both meet on the first Wednesdays of the month.
Social time for our Adults with special needs, 3-5 each Thursday.
Are you going through a tough time, emotionally or spiritually? Stephen Ministers help care receivers face a variety of life’s challenges in a one-on-one caring, Christian, confidential manner.
Nurse volunteers walk with church members through difficult times and also volunteer for medically-related opportunities.
Crossroads Medical Mission
Once a month free care for the uninsured in a mobile clinic that comes to our parking lot.
Washington School Apartment Outreach
Once a week Bible study with our friends at Washington School Apartments
Every other week free haircuts in our church salon.
Promoting conversations on topics related to race relationships and social justice.
