We provide a liaison between the Christian community and care facility staff. Their resources are valuable training tools for churches and individuals who want to serve nursing home communities and the elderly in general.
To that end, our director, Jerry Johnson and his wife, Dar, participate with the Hampton Roads Activity Professionals Association. Over the years we have had the privilege of coordinating many various volunteer activities, Christian entertainment, and Care Package programs in local facilities.
A list of the types of things we have scheduled and/or participated in includes pet therapy, horticultural therapy, choreographed youth singing groups, one-on-ones, transportation for residents, chaperones for field trips, fund raisers for medical research for the elderly, and distribution of large print Scriptures and magazines. We have assisted needy residents in obtaining resources for medical attention and participated in equipping a chapel in a nursing home.
Rev. and Mrs. Johnson conduct monthly “church services” in several nursing homes in South Hampton Roads. The services are designed to encourage the believers in the facility in their faith in Jesus Christ and to allow others to see Christian fellowship focused on the grace and mercy of the Gospel of our Lord. Our format is simple: accompanied by a “Kereoke” player/speaker, we sing with the residents familiar traditional and gospel hymns, often a couple poems and/or inspirational articles are read, and a short, relevant sermonette is shared from our heart.
To aid churches and facilities in their Christian ministry to care facility residents, we have written and produced A Handbook for Nursing Home Ministry. This is a comprehensive manual providing practical information, suggestions, guidelines, material and ideas for nursing home ministry. The Handbook is available for study and for download, at no charge, on this website.
Specially developed for use in long-term care center ministries, we produce and distribute a large-print hymn book with 27 old favorites. In fact, it is called, “Favorite Hymns of Grace.” There are instrumental and/or vocal accompaniment CDs available that go with the hymn books. Additionally, we produce and distribute in the Fall of the year a large-print Christian Christmas Carols booklet and accompanying instrumental CD. Again, all of our materials are available at no charge as our funds allow.
As a resource for volunteers and nursing home staff who do “church services” in care facilities, we provide on this website Worship Service Programs. These are a “church bulletin” which incorporates a poem, a responsive reading, an order-of-service, song selections and a “sermonette.” With the sermonette is a written opening prayer and a benediction. For those doing nursing home ministry, these are available to download for free at the link above. Also, on this site, we offer LTC Devotionals which are short sermonettes that we have used over the years in nursing home ministry.
Seeing the need to take advantage of video technology in ministry in care facilities, we produce Christian DVDs especially for ministry to the elderly and infirm.
For more information or to get involved in this exciting mission field of ministry contact us today!
Click Here for “A Short Primer on Nursing Home Ministry”
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