OWLS Senior Ministry

OWLS is a senior ministry that strives to create community and fellowship opportunities. Join the Parliament (flock of owls)! You can indicate your interest by contacting Henry Folkerson and Richard Jordan.

This active group offers a haven for those in need of any kind of support, whether it be camaraderie or help with life’s challenges. Gatherings include lunch and programs such as dramatic presentations, musical performances, historical and informational lectures, current events and games.

OWLS will meet once a month after worship as well as having other special activities throughout the year. This is an opportunity to meet some new friends, learn something new, and have a good time while doing it. As always, a big part of our getting together is catching up and getting to know one another better. Join the Parliament!

Check back for 2024 gatherings.

 Faith Community Nurse Program

Parish Nursing is a specialty nursing practice that promotes Health and Wholeness of BODY, MIND & SPIRIT focusing on the parish, community, and its ministry. Health is a dynamic process, which embodies the spiritual, psychological, physical, and social dimensions of the person. A sense of well-being can exist in the presence of disease, and healing can exist in the absence of cure. The relationship with the parishioner and parish nurse is confidential with the exception of child or elderly abuse and potential harm to self or others. The parish nurse serves as an Integrator of Faith and Health, Health Educator, Health Counselor, Referral and Liaison with Community Health Organizations, and Health Ministry Support Group Developer.

A Parish Nurse must be a current Registered Nurse who has completed an approved Parish Nurse Certificate Program. Parish Nurses cannot diagnose, prescribe, perform invasive procedures, give medical advice, or work as acute care, private duty, public health, or home health nurses.

Prepare for Your Care

PREPARE is a step-by-step program with video stories to help you:

• Have a voice in YOUR medical care

• Talk with your doctors

• Fill out an advance directive form to put your wishes in writing.

Cognitive Impairment in Aging:
10 Common Causes & 10 Things the Doctor Should Check

Have you been worried about an older person’s memory or thinking abilities?

Maybe your parent has seemed more confused recently. Or you may have noticed that your aging spouse is repeating herself, or struggling to do things that didn’t use to pose much of a problem.

These are very common concerns, and they often lead to questions such as:

• Is this normal aging or something more significant?

• What is wrong?

• Could this be Alzheimer’s? Or some other form of dementia?

• Can these memory problems be treated or reversed?

• What should we do about this??

The answer to the last question is this: if you are worried about memory or thinking, then you should seek out some kind of medical evaluation.

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Dying Well: Being faithful in life and death