CARE MINISTRY

The Care Ministry is Christ’s hands to love and care for Black Rock. 

The mission of the Care Ministry, under the leadership of the Care Pastor and Board of Deacons, and supported by hundreds of dedicated volunteers, is to express Christ’s love and ministry by serving others and demonstrating mercy to individuals and families who are needy, sick, and grieving.  Visitation, physical and financial assistance, encouragement, and prayer are our expressions of Christian love and service.

The Care Ministry consists of 24 individual Ministries and touch many many lives. Care Ministries include:

• Working as individuals to prepare a family meal and then delivering it to a family;
  
  
• Baking and delivering pies to the bereaved, sick, lonely, and the homebound;
  
  
• Providing  receptions following a funeral or memorial service;
  
  
• Baking and sending cookies to our students;
  
  
• Gathering and sending needed practical items to our family members serving in the military;
  
  
• Gathering, organizing, and delivering Thanksgiving baskets and Easter meals to individuals in need;
  
  
• Allowing children of BRCC families to celebrate the joys of Christmas;
  
  
• Writing special messages in cards and sending them to all in the congregation who are experiencing grief, illness, other hardships, or who are celebrating life milestones, such as 50th anniversaries;
  
  
• Placing roses in the sanctuary to recognize new babies and their parents; providing a packet of devotionals and a baby CD;
  
  
• Providing accommodations for people coming to Fairfield County who are attending funerals;
  
  
• Maintaining the Care Ministry’s Care Center where prayer requests and other needs of the congregation can be recorded and given to the Care Pastor;
  
  
• Providing intercessory prayer in times of crises through the BRCC prayer chain;
  
  
• Creating and then delivering healing shawls to those suffering serious illnesses or who are undergoing special medical treatments; knitting baby blankets for Hopeline;
  
  
• Visiting, reading scripture, and praying with those who are hospitalized, homebound, or in nursing homes;
  
  
• Visiting or telephoning with words of encouragement and prayer people recently discharged from the hospital;
  
  
• Conducting blood pressure screenings, promoting health fairs and wellness seminars, and providing referrals for support services;
  
  
• Supplying transportation to and from the hospital or doctors’ appointments to those unable to drive themselves or are without other transportation;
• Preparing for the celebration of Communion at all services by preparing the Communion elements, setting up the altar and cleaning up;
  
  
• Providing counseling and support by an on-staff counselor;
  
  
• Offering stewardship guidance from scripture and family budgeting assistance for those in our congregation having difficulty meeting their monthly bills.