Compassionate Ministries Pastor supports and promotes the vision of Water’s Edge Church to Teach God’s Word, Transform Lives, and Build the kingdom of God, and is responsible for congregational compassionate care. A team of congregational members are recruited to help with Compassionate Ministries. The CM Pastor is not expected to do all the work, but to provide coordination of the team to accomplish the ministry together.
General Responsibilities - Hospital visitation: taking flowers, fruit basket, cards, balloons, etc. to members who are hospitalized, in care facilities, or homebound for extended periods of time; coordination of needs service such as taking someone to doctor’s office; carrying in food; and other needs as discovered. The Compassionate Ministries Pastor communicates with Pastor Don as needs are discovered and in event situations are discovered where some form of official intervention is needed.
CM Pastor leads Emergency contact coordination: Connecting with church members when urgent information needs to be communicated to the church by telephone and/or e-mail and assists with coordination of church emergency response in event of church family disaster or crisis.
