Care ministry

One Another

The New Testament uses the phrase "one another" fifty-nine times. This is our attempt to take that literally.

Meals

After a birth, a death, a surgery, or a hard diagnosis, we bring food. Usually three weeks of it, coordinated by a team of forty cooks. You don't have to be a member and you don't have to ask twice.

Hospital and home visits

Tomas Ferreira visits every member admitted to Vanderbilt, Saint Thomas, or Williamson Medical, and a rotation of eight trained volunteers covers home visits for people who can't get out. Hospitals no longer notify churches, so please tell us — we won't know otherwise.

Rides

A standing team drives people to chemotherapy, dialysis, and Sunday Gatherings. Currently about fifteen regular riders. If you can drive once a month, that's genuinely enough.

Benevolence

A confidential benevolence fund helps members and neighbors facing a rent shortfall, a utility cutoff, a car repair that threatens a job, or a funeral cost. Requests go to Tomas and are decided by three people; nobody else is told. We can't help with everything and we'll tell you plainly if we can't.

Grief and recovery

A grief group meets every Tuesday at 6:30 PM in the chapel, open to the whole neighborhood. Celebrate Recovery meets Thursdays at 6:30 PM in the fellowship hall.