The Pastoral Care Commission uplifts and supports the congregation and community in times of need.

• In-Home communions
• St. Bede's intercessory prayer chain
• Parish nursing
• Prayer shawl ministry
• College freshman care packages
• Adult education training in pastoral care issues
• Monthly Eucharist at Jennings-McCall II assisted living community
• Greeting-card ministry
• Helping Hands - a talent bank of skills and assistance in our congregation
• Help in finding resources in our community for particular needs

Parish Nursing is a new ministry at St. Bede's.  We have two parish nurses:  Diane Nestor, R.N., B.S.N. and Lauri Neumann-Grable, R.N., B.S.N.  Contact either of them for more information and look for reports in the newsletters.

Free seminars (April/May 2006) - Grab a flyer! (doc)

With Prayer Shawl Ministries, care and the love of knitting (and crochet) combine in a prayerful activity that reaches out to those in need of comfort and solace.  Many blessings are knitted into every shawl.  The knitter begins a shawl with prayers for the recipient.  Intentions are continued throughout its creation, and when the shawl is completed, it is blessed before being sent.

As the gift was sent, so some recipients have continue the kindness by making a shawl themselves and passing it onto someone in need.  Thus, the blessing ripples from person to person, with both the giver and receiver knowing the unconditional embrace of a sheltering, caring God!

Contact Sydell Voeller to participate.

Everyone at St. Bede's is involved, to one degree or another, in Pastoral Care as part of shared life in Christ. We are always open to new ideas to make that care more effective and Christ-like.