Care, prayer, & support.Community of hope
Community of Hope training for 2025 has concluded. Please contact Jenny Smith at [email protected] for more information.
Community of Hope Chaplains are trained lay volunteers who use their gifts and graces to be the ultimate partner in ministry with the clergy and staff. With this training they will be empowered to make hospital, home bound and nursing home visits, telephone persons in need of contact, meet one-on-one with persons in need of a listening ear for prayer and encouragement, offer support to grieving families and proactively seek to encourage and care for persons in need. The St. James model of congregational care is built on an active pastoral-staff-lay partnership. As a large church, St. James follows the biblical model of congregational care giving, supports the ministry gifts of trained servant disciples. For a full description of the curriculum, please visit www.cohinternational.org. hospital visits
To receive a hospital or home-bound visit from a member of clergy or a trained and commissioned Lay Chaplain, please contact Director of Congregational Care Jenny Smith at [email protected] or 501-217-6756.
grief support group
meets monthly on the 2nd Wednesday, 4pm-5pm in Perkins Conference Room
If you have experienced a loss of any kind, please come join us. This is a safe environment where you can share and receive comfort knowing that you are note alone on your journey. caring hands prayer shawl ministry
meets weekly on Mondays, 1pm-3pm in Upper Peck 101/103
(Entrance 6) If you knit or crochet or can fringe , please consider joining this group. Each Monday they gather to make shawls which are blessed and then given to those experiencing an illness or the loss of a loved one. It is our hope that they can feel God’s love and comfort during these difficult times. hi-note card ministry
meets twice monthly;
2nd Wednesdays from 1pm-2pm in Hamra Library to address cards 4th Wednesdays from 1pm-3pm in Hamra Library to make cards If you are interested in helping to make handcrafted cards or would like to help address cards for mailing, please come join us! |
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