Spiritual Tool Kit - Community - Community Building Programs

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Community Building Programs

Building Community
Healing Partners is available to all faith communities to help you train caring visitors to listen and be present with those who are ill, grieving, care-giving, or aging alone. We also offer individualized workshops that provide enhanced training for your current volunteers, and can help you create a volunteer program if you don’t have one yet.

All-Church Potluck Suppers

An example of how to bring a group together around a communal meal.

Third Sundays, 5 p.m., Plymouth Church, Framingham. Open to church members.

http://www.plymouthchurchframingham.org/

Greeting Cards

Cards are sent on birthdays and when members are ill or grieving.

Plymouth Church, Framingham

http://www.plymouthchurchframingham.org/

Wednesday Lunch Bunch

Bring your lunch, socialize, support each other.

Alternate Wednesdays, noon, Edwards Church, Framingham

http://www.edwardschurch.org

Kid’s Page

A children’s activity is included as part of the newsletter.

St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Holliston

http://www.stmichaelsholliston.org

Youth Newsletter

Notes on youth programming are included as part of the newsletter.

Temple Beth Elohim, Wellesley

http://www.bethelohim-wellesley.org/

Blood Drive/Membership Open House

Combine a blood drive with a membership open house.

Temple Beth Sholom, Framingham

www.beth-sholom.org

Gift of Groceries

Congregants can purchase a gift card at the local supermarket, give it to the rabbi, and it will be distributed anonymously.

Temple Etz Chaim, Franklin

www.temple-etzchaim.org

Welcome, New Baby

Birth announcements are placed in the church bulletin and posted on the website with a photo.

First Parish of Sudbury

www.fpsudbury.org

Milestones

During the worship service, a member of the pastoral care team asks members of the congregation to share cares, concerns, joys, or celebrations, and reads messages from those unable to attend.

First Parish of Sudbury

www.fpsudbury.org

Covenant Groups

Small groups “covenant” or promise to meet on a regular basis and pray for one another as they share issues of faith and how God is working in their lives.

Sudbury United Methodist Church

http://www.sudbury-umc.org/

Tape Ministry

Each Sunday service is recorded and available after the Sunday service.

Sudbury United Methodist Church

http://www.sudbury-umc.org/

Parish Health Program (Parish Nurse)

Accessible, compassionate and confidential health information and guidance is available from the Parish Nurse who promotes the relationship between health of body and health of spirit and provides referrals.

St. Mary’s Church, Franklin

http://www.stmarysfranklin.org/

Welcoming New Members

Visitors to the church are given a small loaf of bread and a card with a welcoming blessing.

http://www.edwardschurch.org

Preparing for Worship

The weekly scripture passage is printed in the bulletin prior to the service, enabling people to study and reflect ahead of time.

First United Methodist Church, Framingham

http://www.gbgm-umc.org/firstumc-framingham/

Islamic Monthly Book Club

Sundays at noon, lunch provided

Islamic Center of Boston, Wayland