Do you sometimes need a bit of help when things go wrong?  Could you use a bit of assistance once in a while when life gets hard?...or…could you offer assistance to someone who is in need?

The Membership-Nurture Ministry Team wants to help you!  We would like to have a list of people who could sometimes help out when frustration sets in!  Can you spare a few minutes, or a couple of hours to lend your expertise, your time, or your muscles to help out?  Please take a moment to call the office (692-1420) and give Linda your name & number so that when there is a need, you could be called.  (There will also be a sign-up sheet at the information desk).

If you have a need for assistance, please call the office to see if there is anyone available to help you with your dilemma. Don’t feel that you are like Job…all alone with no one to help you out!...and don’t feel embarrassed to call…isn’t it our purpose in life to serve?

Your Ministry-Nurture Team

If you are interested in serving on the Membership Nurture ministry team, please call the church office at 692-1420 or contact Jenny Tripses at 692-5930 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

FROM THE MEMBERSHIP/NURTURE MINISTRY TEAM …

The Membership/Nurture Ministry Team has been brainstorming some ideas…we are trying to discern our role in helping to serve members of our congregation.  One of the areas we would like to explore is “Spiritual Life Coaching.”  We would like to offer a series on Family Relationships.  This would involve bringing in a speaker who would lead a group and facilitate discussion and conversation on various topics such as:

• Parenting skills – (for example:  How to instill values & caring in our children; How to discipline with love; How to balance our time…time for children, spouse, friends, career, volunteering, self and God)
• Communication between couples (possibly a “couples retreat”?)
• “The Sandwich Generation” – how to deal with aging parents and their special needs…or, if you are the “aging” parent, how to deal with the getting older process!
• Loss & Grief – how to go on after losing a spouse, a child, a friend, a parent…and how to help others in their times of grief
• The “Prodigal Child” – how to deal with a rebellious child (this would probably include most teenagers to a certain extent!)
• How to get rid of stress in your life…or at least…how to manage it!
• How to set boundaries
• Divorce

We need to know if there is an interest in any of these topics (or let us know of something you would like to see offered).  We also need to know when is a good time to offer them (morning, afternoon, evenings, weekends?)

We will provide child care, if needed.

PLEASE send me an E-MAIL ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or call me (822-8569) IF YOU ARE INTERESTED…  WE WOULD LIKE TO START PLANNING SOME OF THESE SESSIONS YET THIS SPRING.