Pastoral Care at Salem

Salem’s Pastoral Care Team
By Deb Black

Our Salem Pastoral Care Team is made up of Dave & Ginnie Clark, Jane Knapp, Jan Hutchison, Momodu Kamara, Sharon Vavra, Marilyn Whittlesey, Deb Black and Pastor John. On a day-to-day basis one person on the team will visit both St. Luke’s and Mercy hospitals. We have enough volunteers to cover the entire week, Sunday - Saturday.

On our assigned day, we call both St. Luke’s and Mercy hospital to see if anyone in our church family is listed as a patient. If so, we come and pay a visit to see how you are, listen to your cares or concerns and pray with you.

We have monthly training meetings to nurture, educate, encourage, build relationships and answer questions for our spiritual growth in this caring ministry. Once a year we plan to bring in a guest speaker to give more training and insight for us.

Members of the Pastoral Care Team have begun organizing visitations for members of our Salem congregation who are in a retirement community, a nursing home or shut-in.

We also offer communion to those we visit on the 1st Sunday of each month.

If you know of someone who is not receiving a visit please call the church office at 362-6178 or Deb Black at 365-3624 to let us know so we can arrange to visit. Our prayer is to stay connected with our church family and to be a spiritual heart-beat and friend to those in need of care.

“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
Galatians 6:2

+++If you, or a family member, or Salem friend are hospitalized, please be sure to let us, at Salem, know. Even if you list Salem as “your church” when you are admitted, the information does not always get to the right people so that it is communicated to us when we call to ask if any of our members are hospitalized. The Salem office phone number is 362-6178. Thank you.