If you like to help support others, please look over these 3 ways you can help.
Grief Ministry helpers needed: We are looking for one or two people who could keep track of mailings that get sent out to those grieving the loss of a loved one. There is a set of 4 booklets that get sent at specific times after the person’s loss. Please contact Jean Graber for more information.
Shepherd Ministry – Jarrettown UMC has a shepherd ministry (led by Connie Damon), that is a team of caring people who check in with our church family monthly. We need a few more team members. If you would be interested in being a connection for 1 or more church families, please contact Jean Graber. Objectives of the Shepherding Ministry:
- To provide support to the members of our church by connecting each individual to the congregation through a designated personal contact.
- To be in prayer for one another.
- To demonstrate our love and concern for every member.
- To provide the Shepherds with an opportunity to grow in ministry.
Care Meals – Trying to support a friend or family member while they are going through a major life transition can be a very helpless feeling. When someone from our church family is hospitalized, dealing with a loss or suffering a long term illness, it gives us as a church a chance to show people they matter to us.
We don’t always know what to do, what to say, or how to act. Are we being supportive enough? Are we too much ‘in their business’? I haven’t heard from her in a while…does that mean she wants me to leave her alone?
This church “care team” will be a list of people who would like to help by taking a meal or two as needed. We will be using the website “Take Them a Meal” (takethemameal.com) to organize who is taking a meal and what the need is.
If you are interested in helping, give Jean Graber (jeangraber@gmail.com) your email address. As a need arises, an email will go out to the 
group with a link to “Take Them A Meal”. When you click the link “the name”, address and any special needs as well as suggested dates to sign up will open. You can sign up for a date that works for you. The person receiving the meal can also see when a meal is coming.
