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Whatever activities are needed to promote wellness, the health ministry team facilitates the use of available resources in the congregation and the community. The health ministry team does not duplicate other available nursing or medical services but seeks to creatively bridge the gaps identified in the health education and care delivery system.
As people of God, we are responsible for our own health as well as the health of others. The grace, balance and wholeness as God intends are not a flawless health record, but a health, healing and wholeness in body, mind and spirit.
WHO IS A HEALTH MINISTER?
Do you have to be a health care professional to be on the health ministry team?
No, just interested in the ministry promoting health. It includes members interested in children and youth ministries, women's ministries, singles, aging, outreach and other types of ministries
How does the Parish Nurse fit into the health ministry team?
She/he is an integral part of the broader concept of health ministries and works with the members of the health ministry team in carrying out their goals.
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