Ministry
of Care
 St. Timothy’s Parish hopes to be
family to you. We are your church family and family cares
for each other. Often times, the family of St. Timothy
parish cannot help because we do not know about the
particular need of a parishioner.
You are the neighbor or friend that knows what is
happening to someone or some family. Please let us know
of any way the parish can be of service. We are asking
for you to be aware of others and possibly the hurt they
are experiencing. “Where two or more are gathered in
my name, I am there.” So we as a parish will gather
in prayer and service to one another.
There are numerous programs of service available from
different ministries. This listing of services is to let
you know the ways that the parish family can care for one
another. Please contact the Parish office (384–1100)
if you have any needs or would like to become involved in
a ministry.
- Helping Hands
Ministry
This assistance ministry will help to meet
the needs of parishioners (young, old, single,
married or a family) who find themselves in a
predicament that may require a helping hand, or
parishioners who are lonely looking for a
listening ear. The need might come up as the
result of an unexpected change such as a sudden
illness, recovery from surgery or the loss of a
loved one. Such needs might be help with
transportation to church or a church function, to
the doctor or hospital, home visits, meals,
cleaning or babysitting.
- Elizabeth
Ministry
This ministry is women helping other women
during times of pregnancy, birth, adoption or
infant crisis. It also provides support to those
who are suffering the pain of miscarriage,
infertility or failed adoption. (more info...)
Prayer
Blanket Ministry
This new ministry involves sewing lap-size
blankets that are given to people in the
hospital, homebound or seriously ill. Each person
who receives the blanket is lifted up in prayer
and the blanket becomes a tangible symbol of the
love and support of the church community.
Volunteers are needed to make these blankets
and/or to pray for the recipient.
Ministry
to the Sick and Homebound (MASH)
This ministry will provide visits to those ill or
homebound to express concern and ask how St.
Timothy parish might be of help. Visitors will
not only visit fellow parishioners but also pray
for the person, present a prayer blanket, and
contact the parish office for appropriate
services. They will represent the love and
support of our faith community during times of
illness or distress. Visits may be short-term or
long-term in nature.
Hospital
Visits and Communion Visits to the Homebound
We would be happy to pray for you and visit you
at the hospital if you let us know. The hospitals
are restricted in giving info with the new
privacy regulations, so we count on you to let us
know.
Sacrament
of the Sick
This is a sacrament of healing graces. If anyone
is sick, having surgery, is seriously ill or has
a need for an emotional or spiritual healing,
this sacrament is available.
- Bereavement
This ministry helps the family plan the
funeral mass for their loved one. Guidance with
choosing the readings, the music and other
services the family may need. This ministry also
does visiting with a parishioner whose family
member has died and was not buried from St.
Timothy. If you know of a death in someone’s
family, please let the parish know, so the family
can be visited and know of the parish’s
prayer and support.
- New Day
This ministry is a nine week program designed to
help someone dealing with a loss of a loved one
through death. Each week deals with another
aspect of grief and goes through the
“tasks” of grief. (more
info...)
We are asking you to be
a good neighbor, a good friend, and let us know of
someone who would like some support from their parish
family. These ministries are in place and people are
ready and able to provide the services. The parish is too
large for us to know about everyone’s special times.
But we want to be there to celebrate with you, to cry
with you, to pray with you. Please let us know how
we can be of help.
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