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Congregational Care at FUMC Gainesville
facilitates wholeness of body, mind, spirit, and
relationships of all persons committed to our care. Listed below are
some of the ways we care for one another at First Church.
Contact Gwen Grove at 665-4317 for more information.
Hospital Visitation
A visiting ministry of clergy and laity to persons and their
families who are ill and hospitalized.
Bereavement
Care
Volunteer
teams that offer meal or reception provisions for our families at
the time of funerals or memorial services.
Homebound
and Nursing Home Visitation
A
ministry of lay persons who visit, call and take communion to
members regularly who have limited mobility or are confined to area
nursing facilities.
Friends
of the Family
A community based organization which provides services to families
who find themselves in abusive or unhealthy relationships. We at
First Methodist donate time, money, and toiletry items for those who
are in need of this worthy organization’s services.
Stephen
Ministries
A ministry which has trained laypersons in over 9,000 local churches
to provide one-on-one caring to hurting people in and around their
congregations since 1975. As our congregation grows, Stephen
Ministries could help multiply our caring ministries. Please contact
Pastor Don for more information.
Other
ways you can help:
· Bring gently used magazines to the church for
hospitalized or shut-ins
· Bring non-perishable foot items for donation
to VISTO
· Donate used items to or volunteer
at Second Time Around
· Make a phone call, visit the sick or bereaved,
prepare a meal, send a card, and most of all, pray for each other.