Pastoral Care
St. Martin's offers a number of ministries which gently and lovingly support and care for fellow parishioners. These range from (but are not limited to) prayers, visitations, eucharist, and flower deliveries to name a few.
Please download a copy of our Pastoral Care Brochure to learn more about services we offer. Click here to view. Interested in becoming involved in one of the many pastoral care ministries? For more information about these specific ministries... please review the latest version of St. Martin's Ministry Guide. The publication describes each ministry and provides current contact details. AND!! ... be sure to use the online calendar to check for other meetings, events, and opportunities to become involved. |
Flower Delivery Contact: Gayle Mapp — 757-784-5984
Altar flower deliverers work in pairs each Sunday. One pair delivers altar flowers to parishioners chosen by pastoral care.
Volunteer Position Description: Anyone able to prepare and deliver flowers after 11:00 am service can be involved in this ministry. The ministry leader prepares the schedule, helps provide training, and is the contact person for anyone wanting to communicate to this ministry.
Altar flower deliverers work in pairs each Sunday. One pair delivers altar flowers to parishioners chosen by pastoral care.
Volunteer Position Description: Anyone able to prepare and deliver flowers after 11:00 am service can be involved in this ministry. The ministry leader prepares the schedule, helps provide training, and is the contact person for anyone wanting to communicate to this ministry.
Pastoral Care Team Contact: Martha Caruso — 757-229-1111
Pastoral Care Ministry gives the lay members of St. Martin’s the opportunity to bring the love and fellowship of the church to those who are hospitalized, home bound, in nursing homes, lonely or in need of companionship. This ministry is one way of sharing Christ’s love.
Volunteer Position Description: The Pastoral Care Team gives people the opportunity to exercise a ministry of compassion and prayer to others. The training includes attending a monthly meeting and having on-the-job training by our clergy. Times and dates of visitation are flexible.
Pastoral Care Ministry gives the lay members of St. Martin’s the opportunity to bring the love and fellowship of the church to those who are hospitalized, home bound, in nursing homes, lonely or in need of companionship. This ministry is one way of sharing Christ’s love.
Volunteer Position Description: The Pastoral Care Team gives people the opportunity to exercise a ministry of compassion and prayer to others. The training includes attending a monthly meeting and having on-the-job training by our clergy. Times and dates of visitation are flexible.
Prayer Chain Contact: Sallie Wendt — 757-565-0825
Ministry Description: People who confidentially and faithfully pray for others when asked.
Ministry Description: People who confidentially and faithfully pray for others when asked.
Prayer Shawl Ministry Contact: Kay Russell — 804-966-5528
Ministry Description: Over the years, shawls have always given us a sense of shelter, peace and spiritual sustenance. Our members have endeavored to continue this spiritual tradition by knitting in prayer and creating a loving, useful, and healing symbol that St. Martin's then gives as gifts to individuals in times of stress.
Ministry Description: Over the years, shawls have always given us a sense of shelter, peace and spiritual sustenance. Our members have endeavored to continue this spiritual tradition by knitting in prayer and creating a loving, useful, and healing symbol that St. Martin's then gives as gifts to individuals in times of stress.