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While We Wait Out The Virus
For most of us, it is very difficult not to go to the nursing home to minister to our friends. We want to do something for them, but we can’t. But wait! There is something you can do for the residents. Since so many things are canceled, and we have some unplanned time on our hands, you can use this time to learn valuable principles from Scripture that will help you thrive in your nursing home outreach.
Two ideas:
A book discussion with the Nursing Home Ministry – Where Hidden Treasures are Found Perhaps you have this handbook in your library, or you can purchase it in our store. Until May 31st, we are offering it cost-free (you pay only ...
Meeting The Challenge of The Hour
Dear Ministry Friends,
Although care home facilities across the country have closed their doors, there is still much we can do for our beloved residents! Following is a list of ideas on how you can continue to minister through this present challenge:
My Journey Into A Great Mission Field
I am recently retired and had been praying about where the Lord wanted me to serve Him and His people. I prayed and prayed asking the Lord where He wanted me. I made a list of places in my town that I could serve, and was considering several ministries on my list.
I had never been in nursing home ministry, but there was a couple at my church who do visitation at a nursing home. They sent email invitations to some church members, asking if we wanted to go along with them. One Sunday during communion, I heard the Lord ask me, “Are you humble enough to go to a nursing home?”
So I thought, “I’d better not put it off or I won’t go.”
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A Case for Nursing Home Ministry
Scripture tells us again and again to be defenders, protectors, and providers for the widows and the aged. Our Lord Jesus wants us to honor and care for those who are frail, vulnerable and neglected. It is not His will that any of them should perish. Yet, there are currently over 1.3 million frail seniors hidden behind the walls of America’s nursing homes, many of whom have yet
An Invaluable Gift
As we prepare to celebrate the 25th anniversary of God Cares, I am reflecting on the way God has led me and others to embrace nursing home ministry as a life-long calling.
Back in 1984, when I first started visiting in a nursing home, I attended a Christmas Eve service at my church. A group of about 30 people came before the congregation to sing a carol. This group - known as “God’s Special Children” - were intellectually disabled adults from local group homes. As they waved their wreaths and ornaments, I was troubled at the sight. I could hear others around me saying “Isn’t that beautiful?” and “Praise the Lord!” I thought to myself,
Bringing Christmas Cheer
The holiday season is a great time to give the gift of your presence to lonely nursing home residents, many of whom have no family or friends to celebrate with. We are seeking volunteers to “adopt a resident” for the Christmas holiday. This is a simple commitment to visit a resident three times. Your three visits would last about 20 minutes each and include . . .
Recruiting Volunteers
Recruiting Volunteers Video
Changed And Redirected
Helen was visibly sad and hopeless in the nursing home when I first met her. She explained that she was forced to move to Ohio and then sent to “this place”. She was a believer in Jesus, but she could not understand why God allowed such disappointment in her life, even after she had tried so hard to be a good mother and a good person. I shared with her how God wanted her to forgive those who “put her in this place” and to trust that He has a good plan for her. She was open to the Scriptures I shared and we both prayed for the Lord’s help.
I promised her that I would return and I am ashamed to say that I simply forgot to go back for over two months. One day while passing that nursing home, I remembered and thought, “Oh my goodness, I forgot all about that lady!”