Summerville Presbyterian Church (USA)
Pastoral Care
Pastoral Care Ministry Team
The primary mission of Pastoral Care Ministry Team (PCMT) is to serve our members when they are most vulnerable due to illness, hospitalization, disability and death. We also seek to serve special groups within our congregation, such as college students, parents of newborns, seniors and our military. PCMT includes members of the Pastoral Care Committee, the Congregational Care Committee (CCC), our volunteer visitors, our funeral ushers and our volunteer drivers
Some 2008 Accomplishments:
- 300+ visits to ill, hospitalized, the grieving or shut-ins
- Provided 45+ rides to church or medical appointments
- Honored three new births with a rosebud and announcement
- Coordinated ministry to our college students
- Ushered for five memorial services
- Sponsored a senior seminar and luncheon
- Recorded and made copies of the weekly church service
- Reviewed membership roles and made recommendations to Session for action. Wrote procedure for roles update
- Assisted other ministry teams: recruited bus drivers, served on Prayer Committee, served on Elder Nomination Committee; served on Stewardship Committee
Congregational Care Committee
The Congregational Care Committee is a permanent committee that serves as our first responders during times of member crisis. They prepare meals, make phone calls, send cards, prepare and deliver flowers, prepare and serve meals and host memorial receptions. CCC falls under the Pastoral Care Ministry Team but they are a separate group. Many members serve on both Pastoral Care and CCC.
Some of the Accomplishments for CCC during 2008 included:
- Wrote and sent 151 greeting cards
- Made 219 phone calls
- Prepared and delivered 79 floral arrangements
- Prepared and served food for nine memorial receptions
- Prepared and served sixteen meals plus prepared and delivered bread, cakes and soup to ill or grieving members
Sermon Outreach
The late service is recorded every week, and copies of the recording are made available on tape, CD, and online. Please visit or call the church office for tapes or CDs. You can visit the Sermon page on the website to listen or download the sermons.
Ministry Team Goals for 2009
The Pastoral Care Ministry Team plans to complete the following additional missions in 2009:
- Present a memorial bible to the family of our deceased members
- Sponsor a luncheon to honor our members who live at the Presbyterian Village Retirement Community
- Sponsor a seminar and luncheon on Living Options at the Presbyterian Village and VA Victory House Long-term Care Facility in Walterboro
- Work with the Evangelism Team to place an audio recording of the SPC weekly sermons of our Pastor, Dr. Mike Shelton, on the Church's web site
- Recognize new babies with a gift
- Provide more in-depth visitor training to a small group of our visitors to function as Pastoral Care Assistants
- Maintain an updated prayer list of our members and their family members who are serving in the military
- Begin planning for our 2010 Church Pictorial Directory
- Update the policies and procedures for the Ministry Team to assist future Team members to more easily perform their duties
Want to Know More?
Summerville Presbyterian Church is always growing and open to visitors and folks looking for a church home. We have worship services at 8:45 and 11:15am each Sunday. We also have Sunday School at 10:00am. Feel free to come by on any Sunday morning, or give us a call (843-871-0280), or send us an email.