UNION
OF
CHRIST CHURCH
REVIVAL HOPE MINISTRIES
Homebound Ministry
Including our Homebound Members
Take a moment to consider how you might feel if you could no longer attend your favorite bible class or if you could no longer make it to worship at Church services to fellowship with others. What would your life be like without the fellowship you find at Bible studies or over coffee in the Church fellowship hall?
Many homebound people that had attended church and or other functions all their lives before the circumstance of their health or the health of a loved one made it difficult or impossible to attend services or other functions. Many miss church fellowship profoundly. Are you willing to help keep their connection with their church family alive as a brother or sister in Christ?
There are many different ways to help:
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Volunteer to call a homebound person regularly.
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Volunteer to send encouraging notes and or cards.
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Enlist your children to design creative greeting cards.
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Volunteer to visit a homebound person once a month or even once a week.
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Volunteer to drive those who need a ride to stores or church. (This is a particular need in within lot's of communities.)
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Pray. Pray that these men and women understand the value they still hold for your congregations. Pray that they understand how treasured their lives are in God’s eyes. Pray that people will be moved to reach out to our homebound persons in meaningful ways.
Homebound People, too, can help. Here are some ways:
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Pray for volunteers to offer continued spiritual care for other homebound persons.
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Pray that the church and or ministries as well as the temples will become aware of any person who can no longer come to services but would benefit from continued caring loving contact.
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Pray for the churches, that pastors and all the congregation will strive to reach out to the homebound.
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Pray for all the ministries and outreach of the churches.
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Pray by name for those that are ill or bereaved or away on military service.