Our Health Ministry
Our Congregational Nurse (Donna Rutherford, RN) provides a healing ministry that helps support and fulfill the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of our congregation. She is a volunteer on staff, our nurse minister.
Blood Pressure Screenings
Donna holds blood pressure screenings on the 1st Sunday of each month in the Pastoral Care Office. Stop by and have your numbers checked.
Prayer Shawl Ministry
It helps heal others, and it's healthy for you, too! Check it out!
Fill Up Your Bucket
Selected Saturdays, 8:30 to 9:30am -- Next Meeting: April 3rd.
You are invited to partake in an hour designed to help bring peace and joy into your life. Experience renewal, discovery of spiritual pathways and sustenance through quiet gentle breathing, meditation, readings and music. We share conversation if the spirit moves us. We close with prayer and thanksgiving. Please join us for this refreshing time of community.
Notes for March
Articles for healthy living can be found on the Health Ministry Board located in the hall next to the Pastoral Care Office. Please help yourself and share with family and friends.
On Our Health Ministry Bulletin Board
- Brain Health – "Reduce Stress to Protect Your Brain" Chronic stress can affect cognitive function. "Cultivating Your Inner Boss" How to compensate for those mental glitches that come with aging. "Exercise, Diet, Brain Exercise" can lower your risk for Alzheimer’s Disease. "Migraines" Frequently asked questions about this type of headache.
- 6 Things to do in the Doctors Waiting Room – Tips to help make the most of your visit.
- Saving Your Neck – How to prevent neck pain.
- 3 Exercises to Ease Chair Fatigue – Simple exercises to do while sitting in front of a computer to ease neck/back strain.
- Safe At the Plate – Safe food handling guide to prevent illness.
- Sizing Up Food Portions – A handy guide to serving sizes.
- Whole Grains – An introduction to healthy grains to increase fiber, lower cholesterol, control blood sugar.
- Fishing for Citrus – Recipes for healthy seafood.
Services and Duties of the Congregational Nurse
Donna serves our congregation as:
- a health and wellness educator
- a health and wellness counselor
- a community liaison and personal advocate
- a member of the Pastoral Care Team
All conversations and records are strictly confidential. All records are secure. No one else has access to the records of the congregational nurse.
Her duties can include:
- Meeting individually with clients in the home, church, or hospital to provide holistic care and support.
- Advocating for clients in the health system.
- Promoting health education.
- Providing health screening and monitoring, as with our First Sunday Blood Pressure Screenings.
- Assessing the needs of the congregation and establishing programs to meet these needs.
- Assisting in locating resources for the community.
The Congregational Nurse does not give direct hands-on treatment but helps to empower and enable clients in their healing journey.