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Explanation
This ministry of health and wholeness DOES NOT seek to do what the
Spiritual Leader of the facility does but rather to bring another
dimension of caring to the congregation that enhances the spiritual growth
and support provided through day to day work of the ministerial staff. It
also works with the other facility programs such as outreach and relief
funds and Stewardship to name a few.
Health is viewed not as the absence of disease but a sense of physical,
social, psychological and spiritual well being and of being in harmony
with self, others, the environment and with GOD.
Our prayers should be a positive expression of our confidence in GOD's
healing ways.
A) Spiritual Healing
B) Grace to endure an illness or infirmity
C) Removal of an illness or infirmity by some healing cure.
The purpose of this ministry is to try and touch the entire congregation
with information, knowledge and skills that will help raise awareness of
the relationship between health and spiritual well being; to encourage
each person toward the understanding that health is a gift and that each
person is responsible for being a good steward of the gift: to provide
health education, programs and support which can assist to make healthy
lifestyle choices in all areas of each person's life.
The Parish Nurse works along side the Spiritual Leader and other
interested people to empower others to maintain their physical, mental and
spiritual health; and has the ability to bridge the gap between medicine
and theology balancing knowledge, skill, sciences, theology, humanities,
service, worship and nursing care with pastorical care functions.
The program shall hold that ALL people are sacred and MUST be treated with
respect and dignity and recognition that most illnesses and premature
deaths are a result of lifestyle choice about diet, exercise, substance
abuse, violence, and risk taking behaviors and that integrating current
medical and behavioral knowledge with the beliefs and practices of the
faith community so health as wholeness will be promoted, preventing or
minimizing illness.
Programs that are suggested to start within the church community during
this first year of operation include but are not limited to; Sunday
morning blood pressure screening.
If you would like your church / facility to have this ministry in place,
please give Ohio Valley Parish Nursing a call at 1-304-723-6019 or email
to babav@comcast.net.
Yours in Christ,
P. Diane Vukelich R.N.
Founder/Regional Director
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