Community Presbyterian Church
Compassion Ministries

Deacons' Core Ministries

Bi-monthly Worship at Care Facilities

Provides for worship services at local care facilities in concert with a CPC pastor.

CONTACT: Corey & Patty Wendt, Joanne Bowie, Susan (Tad) Ludes, Edie & Chuck Marshall, Carolyn thomas, Sheralyn Littleton, Mary Warner 

Card Ministry

Sends cards to the sick and house-bound (thank you and missing you notes, etc.).

CONTACT: Sheralyn Littleton, Carol Hertel, Jean Rosolek, Elaine Rasmussen, Judy Gold, Marilyn Vitt, Pati Foster

Compassion Meals

Meals are prepared by individuals and families in the congregation to be taken to bereaved families, church members just out of the hospital, and others in need of assistance.

CONTACT: Pati Foster

Deacon Closet

Receives and lends gently used home health care uquipment.

Contact: Don Wood, Stan Clark, George Kent

Home Communion

Deacons and Elders join together in this ministry of administering the Lord's Supper to those who are hospitalized or home-bound.

CONTACT: Marsh Peters

Home Visitation/CPC Connection

Visits those confined to home or convalescent centers to provide encouragement, support, fellowship and prayer.

CONTACT: Shirley Forrest

Hospital Visitation

Visits those in the hospital to provide encouragement, support and prayer.

CONTACT: Jack Broms, Carol Hertel, Pati Foster, Edie & Chuck Marshall, Mary Warner, Ann Cormode 

Lincoln Place

Provides support to the developmentally disabled who liove at Lincoln Place by taking them to Sunday worship and other church functions.

CONTACTJack Broms, Sheralyn Littleton

Medical Assistance Fund

Provides financial assistance to members experiencing financial crisis.

CONTACT: Jack Broms, Stan Clark

Memorial Flowers

Announces births and deaths in our church family by placing rosebuds in the Sanctuary for infants or newly adopted children, and full-blooming roses for deaths.

CONTACT: Sheralyn Littleton, Susan (Tad) Ludes

Memorial and Funeral Service Support

Provides support for memorial and funeral services held at the church by assisting with greeting and ushering.  Assists at the reception following the service by serving refreshments and providing clean-up.

CONTACT: Esther Hutchinson, Carol Hertel, Joanne Bowie, Mary Warner, Marilyn Vitt, Ann Cormode

Prayer Chain

Collects and disseminates prayer requests from the church to Deacons and those of the congregation who have requested to minister by prayer to brothers and sisters in need.

CONTACT: Diane Armstrong (e-prayers), Mary Helen Kent(phone)

Sanctuary Communion Set Up/Clean Up

Provides elements and set up when the Lord's Supper is celebrated in worship.

CONTACT: Susan (Tad) Ludes, Carolyn Thomas, Jean Rosolek, Joanne Bowie, Marilyn Vitt  

Seasonal Flower Distribution

Distributes Christmas poinsettias and Easter lillies to shut-ins.

CONTACT: Chuck & Edie Marshall

Transportation

Assists church members in obtaining rides to Sunday worship services.

CONTACT: Carl Bohman, George Kent, Don Wood 

 

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