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The Presbyterian Health Network includes parish nurse ministry, presbytery and congregational health ministries and advocacy for health, healing and wholeness and welcomes your participation.
Join PHEWA and take part in this ministry. |
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H1N1 (swine flu) and seasonal flu resources
Pastors and congregational leaders can play an important role as we move more fully into flu season. Health officials advise extra precautions with the prospect of both seasonal flu and the H1N1 flu virus (swine flu) upon us. Use the following resources, courtesy of the National Council of Churches:
PC(USA) Congregational Health-Related Ministry Directory
The Health Ministry Directory helps to identify Presbyterian congregations who are working to live out, sustain and promote whole health and wellness within their own life and within the wider community. Through this directory PHN can identify and lift up outstanding models of ministry. It also enables congregations to contact each other directly to learn about health ministries. Individual members of congregations can use the directory to learn about health ministries that may be able to assist with such issues as long-distance caregiving. The directory is all about being Presbyterian — a connectional church, living out our call to be a community of health, healing and wholeness. [Read more]
Reforming our health care system cannot wait
We pray, ever present God, asking that you bless our efforts to achieve in the United States a holistic health plan that will bless your people — all of your people. We know there are many who wait in silence for a more just system of providing care to all people; be with those who wait, who often do not have a voice. Too many are hurting and suffering from our broken and inequitable health-care system. But you, our God, you always hear our cries in the night. Strengthen us to use our hearts, hands, and voices to fulfill the vision for a health care system that includes everyone and works well for all of us. Work through us, God, to make your will real here on earth, for all of your beloved creation. Amen. [Read more]
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Parish nursing stories
Joanie Friend, Parish Nurse Regional Coordinator
In a perfect blend of activities concerning both the Presbyterians for Disability Concerns (PDC) and the Presbyterian Health Network (PHN), Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church (BHPC), in Bethesda, Maryland, celebrated Access Sunday on September 18, 2005. The theme of the day was “Open Doors, Open Hearts” where the emphasis was on celebrating the abilities of all God’s children and especially those who are disabled in some way.
Read more about this celebration.
Lois Bazhaw, RN
 Lois Bazhaw, RN, Parish Nurse "As a Parish Nurse my work is varied and always laced with the unexpected. Whether it’s counseling a member of the congregation, doing routine monthly screenings, or doing community outreach, the stories of our ministry show the value of health ministry to those we serve."
A potential stroke averted and the greatest gifts the church and Lois could give; read stories of people helped and supported through the parish nursing program.
Deborah Carney, RN
 Deborah Carney, RN, Parish Nurse "During my six years as parish nurse at Burnt Store Presbyterian Church, I had the opportunity to 'stand on holy ground' and touch many lives. Parish nursing and health ministries change lives of our congregation, one person at a time. This was evident with our program, 'Diabetes in the New Millennium.'"
Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Read about “Diabetes in the New Millennium,” a monthly teaching program about diabetes that evolved into a support/education program.
Blue Christmas
A Service of Wholeness and Healing
Every year at First Presbyterian Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the parish nurses provide a “Blue Christmas” — a service of wholeness and healing in early December. This year we explained it in our newsletter this way:
“Comfort, comfort my people, says God” [Read more.] |
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Parish Nurse Regional Coordinators reach out to neighboring presbyteries
During the summer of 2005 the four Parish Nurse Regional Coordinators of the Presbyterian Health Network (PHN) continued to reach out with information and encouragement about the significance of health ministry and parish nursing within presbyteries and their constituent churches. The coordinators, who were already at work in their own presbyteries, extended their outreach to a neighboring presbytery. [Read more.] |
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Are you interested in knowing more about a Health Ministry or a Parish Nurse Ministry within your presbytery or church? The Parish Nurse Regional Coordinators are available by email.
Lois Bazhaw
Deborah Carney
Donna Coffman
Joanie Friend
Beverly Taylor
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Presbyterian Parish Nursing |
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Prepared by the Presbyterian Health Network's Parish Nurses
"Parish Nursing is a unique, specialized practice
of professional nursing that focuses on the promotion of
health
within the context of the values, beliefs, and practices of
a faith community ... and its mission and ministry to its
members
(families and individuals), and the community it serves." |
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(Scope and Standards of Parish
Nursing Practice, p.1)(1.) |
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The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) set forth the challenge for
"congregations, governing bodies, and agencies of the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.) to become vigorous and conscious promoters of
health in all its aspects in the life of the church, active
advocates of health and agents of health in social order, and
responsible stewards of both health and health resources ..."
(Life Abundant: Values, Choices, and Health Care: The Responsibility
and Role of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 1988).
Parish nursing is one avenue whereby congregations can experience
the ministry of healing and wholeness God has promised to people
through life in Jesus Christ. Jesus' words of promise, "I
am come that they may have life, and have it abundantly "
(John 10:10) give impetus to the ministry of parish nursing
and begin to fulfill the challenge set forth by the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.). [Read more.] |
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