Caring Ministry
The Caring Committee provides home-cooked meals to parishioners when
there are stresses in their lives. This can include the joyous occasion
of a birth, times of illness, short and extended, and in the sorrow
of death. Caring Committee volunteers fall into four categories: Caring
Bakers, Caring Deliverers, Cook-A-Thon participants and the “Chicken
Soup” Group. You may volunteer in one area or in all four!
The Caring Bakers prepare a freezable breakfast bread or dessert
in their home every two months during a scheduled two-week period.
Bakers may bake at their own convenience during that time. The
desserts are wrapped by the baker and placed in the Caring freezer
in the church pantry. In addition, the Caring bakers are asked
to provide one or two items for the bake sale at the annual Fall
Festival and to provide volunteers to work the booth.
The Caring Deliverers are scheduled for 15-day periods. The church
office contacts the deliverer when a need is identified. The deliverer
contacts the parish family, picks up the meal at the church and
delivers it to the family at a mutually agreeable time.
The Cook-A-Thon participants gather 3 to 4 times each year in
the parish kitchen to prepare one-dish meals, accompaniments and
salads that freeze well. These are the meals that the Caring Deliverers
take to parishioners. Cook-a-thons are usually scheduled on weekday
mornings. Participating “cooks” bring a favorite dish
to share with the group while cooking or follow their cooking
with a potluck meal.
The Chicken Soup group is a list of volunteers who will prepare
a meal at home and deliver it to a parishioner’s home. This
group is contacted when long-term needs are identified. A list
of dates is provided to the group and individual members of the
group volunteer to prepare a meal and deliver it on a date that
is convenient for his or her schedule. Think of it as Chicken
Soup for the St. David’s soul!
If there are questions, please contact Jacquie
Tracy, Lesley
Andrew, or Sue
Mitchell-Wallace.
