Trinity United Methodist Church started Tim’s Place to provide support for individuals with memory loss and time for their caregivers to recharge. The ministry was “a dream to help overwhelmed caregivers have some respite from their daily duties,” said program director Rhonda Heyn. Patrick Scriven has the story.
Workshop brings together speakers on a wide variety of topics to resource those in older adult ministry and older adults themselves — from health tips to handling legal issues like changing a will.
Visiting homebound church members may not be a popular pastime for most kids, but 7-year-old Julia Eskridge has been doing it since she was only 2. In the summer, she takes flowers and bags of produce grown in the family’s garden to those she visits.
A new book by a former United Methodist pastor and health care chaplain offers group exercises to empower caregivers and to help congregations be in ministry with them.
