Garland Community Baptist Church HospitalChaplaincy

Garland Community Baptist Church

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He makes me to lie down in green pastures;

He leads me beside the still waters.

He restores my soul...

Psalm 23:1-3a (nkjv)

WELCOME TO THE MISSIONS PAGE FOR HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY SERVICE OF NEWBURGH, MAINE. WE ARE THANKFUL TO BE PARTNERED WITH A MINISTRY THAT BRINGS THE HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOUND IN JESUS CHRIST TO SO MANY PEOPLE EACH YEAR. BELOW ARE SOME PICTURES OF PEOPLE WHO SERVE IN THIS MINISTRY, AS WELL AS INFORMATION, PRAYER REQUESTS AND A LINK TO THEIR WEBSITE.

Martha Bankston of Hospital Chaplaincy Service

WHAT DOES HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY DO?

Founded in 1960, Hospital Chaplaincy Service now ministers to more than 15,000 terminally ill, elderly, and confined residents within nearly 200 nursing, assisted housing and health care facilities.

A truly unique organization, HCS services include:

Volunteer Visitation
Counseling
Chapel Services
Large Print Scripture Distribution
Delivery of Comfort and Cheer Commodities, such as:

Amputee Boots, Bibs, Conversation Cards,

Elbow Warmers, Fingerless Gloves, Hand

Protectors, Lap Robes, Pillows, Shawls,

Vests (for men), as well as many, many other

items.

Each year more than 90,000 individual, carefully selected giant print Scripture portions are given to residents...

HCS is responsible for more than 2.500 chapel services each year. Residents love to share in the singing of familiar songs and the reading of Scriptures that they love and often know by heart. Since they cannot go out to church services, we bring the services to them...

To learn more about this ministry, go to:

www.hospitalchaplaincy.org

(Information taken from Hospital Chaplaincy Material)

PRAYER REQUESTS- PLEASE PRAY:

for the visitation and mission project programs as they seek to assist and encourage residents in health care facilities.
that God would guide as the ministry is established in more and more facilities.
that HCS would be ready and able to meet all new challenges for service, and that He would provide the volunteers needed to accomplish all that needs to be done.
that financial support will be equal to the demands on resources, especially as new homes are added and as equipment needs to be replaced.
and thank God for all that He has done, and for the souls that have been saved through this ministry.

Pat Leavitt, Director of the Mission Projects Department, Hattie Stickney, the office manager and some of the regular volunteers who recently were working on topical Conversation Cards which are used to stimulate memory, cognitive function, dialogue, and interaction. About 93,000 of these go out annually, along with a set of 12-20 questions for each individual topic. The cards are used by the activity department with groups or individuals.

HERE IS THE MOST RECENT NEWSLETTER FROM HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY...