Pastoral Care Ministries
Our pastors have a rotating schedule of on-call availability. Please call 616-566-1312 in emergency.

  • Pastors—are here to shepherd our congregation. Pastoral care can include:

    • crisis counseling

    • hospital visits

    • prayer before surgery

    • home visits

    • funerals

    • grief counseling

    • marriage & pre-marriage counseling

    • care follow-up

  • Care Coordinator

    • Connects those those experiencing health needs with appropriate community resources

    • Visits homebound people as well as those who are hospitalized or in care facilities (no in-person visits during stay at home order)

    • Coordinates medical equipment borrowing, First Responders, Flu shot clinic and Health Ministries Team

    • Provides support to Faithful Friends, Card Team, Knitting and Crocheting Missional Community, Prayer Ministry, Fellowship Angels and Wonderful Widows

Consistory Care Ministries: Our Consistory members and Parish Teams are available for prayer, visits, and care follow up. Please check the website or call the front office for the name of your Parish elder and deacon, and their contact information. 

  • Care Elders & Deacons—Members of the Consistory care for congregation members in their parish through:

    • home visits, praying with members in crisis, attending funerals, and home communion

  • Parish Teams—These teams offer care to members in their parish:

    • follow-up to care needs

    • calls & cards

    • house visitations

Community Groups: At Fellowship, a primary way we offer care to one another is through relationship. We have a variety of community groups available through which care is given and received. These include: small groups, missional communities, breakfast and lunch groups, prayer groups, and book studies.

In-Home Care Ministries: These care ministries provide in-home care to congregation members during times of need. 

  • Meals Ministry—providing meals for members during times of need.

  • Visitation Community—visits at home and in care facilities to show God’s love through all life’s circumstances.

  • Home Communion Team— bring communion to the homes of parishioners and pray with them (often in times of difficulty, illness, grief, or restricted mobility).

Compassionate Care Ministries: Our Compassionate Care ministries provide care to those who are experiencing joy or sorrow at particular times of life.

  • Cards and Calls Team—reaching out through cards and calls to show God’s love in joys and sorrows.