Homebound Ministry

Including our Homebound Members

Take a moment to consider how you might feel if you could no longer attend your favorite Sunday School class or if you could no longer make it to worship at First Church services. What would your life be like without the fellowship you find at Bible studies or over coffee in Linder Lounge?

Many of our homebound members had attended church all their lives before the circumstance of their health or the health of a loved one made it difficult or impossible to attend services. Many miss church fellowship profoundly. Are you willing to help keep their connection with their church family alive?

There are many different ways to help:

• Volunteer to call a homebound member regularly.

• Volunteer to send encouraging notes.

• Enlist your children to design creative greeting cards.

• Volunteer to visit a homebound member once a month.

• Volunteer to drive those who need a ride to church. (This is a particular need in La Mesa, Mira Mesa and Tierrasanta.)

• Pray. Pray that these men and women understand the value they still hold for this congregation. 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 members in meaningful ways.

Our homebound members, too, can help. Here are some ways:

• Pray for volunteers to offer continued spiritual care for homebound members.

• Pray that the church will become aware of members who can no longer come to church but would benefit from continued caring contact.

• Pray for the church, the pastors and all the congregation.

• Pray for all the ministries and outreach of the church.

• Pray by name for those listed in the Outlook as ill or bereaved or away on military service.

If you see a way you can help with this ministry or would like the church to be aware of people who might benefit from a visit, please leave a voice mail message for Rev. Jim Mowry, minister of visitation, at (619) 297-4366 ext. 111. Or email JMowry@fumcsd.org.