Mission:
To serve Christ in all persons, caring for our elders, those in need, and those unable to attend Sunday worship.

Time Commitment:
 1-2 hours every 4-8 weeks; Eucharistic visits happen on Sundays after morning liturgies, and midweek as needed.

Benefits from volunteering: 
On behalf of the congregation, you are sharing the body and blood of Christ with those who need it most—the elderly, the lonely, the sick. These visits are meaningful and appreciated!

What's included? 
Participating in a one-hour training session with the chairperson of the Eucharistic Visitor ministry. Receiving an assignment every 4-8 weeks to take communion to someone at home, in a facility, or in the hospital who is unable to attend worship services in person. Communicating with the chairperson and/or clergy about issues/needs that may arise during the visit.

Interested in getting involved?
Contact Becca Ingle, 615 218-5832.

Mission:
To provide gentle support to parishioners in times of crisis and/or change through prayer, the laying on of hands, and anointing with oil. Believing that God’s compassion is healing and guided by humble obedience to Jesus’ call for his disciples to heal, Christians in community can participate in “bearing one another’s burdens” with prayer and ancient rituals through the power of the Holy Spirit.     

Time Commitment:
2-4 hours per month before and during regular church service.

Benefits:
This ministry rewards anyone who may be called to allow the Holy Spirit to work through them in promoting healing. 

What’s Included:
On Sunday mornings during the Holy Eucharist at the 8:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. liturgies, members of the Healing Prayer Ministry assist parishioners who come into the Chapel seeking prayers for the healing of body, mind, and spirit and for the ability to manage peacefully life’s suffering. The prayer request may be for others, the parishioner, or both, and the process includes anointing with oil that has been blessed. This is such an important ministry that before you are brought into the group, you will meet with one of the priests for training. 

Interested in Getting Involved?
Contact Shelley Cammack or (615) 289-2453 or the Reverend Mary McCarthy, Deacon and Pastoral Care Coordinator.

Mission:
To care for family and friends of church members who have recently passed away.

Time Commitment:
Varies.

Benefits from volunteering:
Knowing that you are offering comfort to those who are grieving. Supporting friends from other churches who are unfamiliar with our traditions and physical building.

What’s included?
When the committee chair is notified by Cathedral staff of an upcoming funeral and/or visitation, the chair sends emails to contact the committee. Bereavement Ministry members offer directions, answer questions, and make sure the family of the deceased is comfortable. Ushers are on duty at funerals and take care of most of the needs inside the Nave.

Interested in getting involved?
Contact Janet Brown

Mission: 
To knit or crochet a prayer shawl for those with a longer-term or serious illness. The prayer patch is simpler and is given to those in need of a tangible reminder that others are praying for them. Both the shawls and prayer patches are blessed by a priest.

Time Commitment: 
When it is convenient for you.

Benefits from volunteering: 
The fulfillment of creating a beautiful reminder to those in need of prayer that they are being remembered in the church’s prayers and love.

What's included? 
Patterns are provided for both the shawl and the prayer patch. You can work on your own or join the knitting/crochet circle.

Interested in getting involved? 
Contact Molly Dale Smith.

Mission: 
To show our love and care for parishioners’ pets, especially when that pet is sick or has died.

Time Commitment: As the situation arises and 1-4 hours in September preparing for St. Francis’s Feast Day.

Benefits from volunteering: Helping to celebrate our congregations’ pets.

What's included? 
Reaching out to those who have lost a pet with a card or phone call. In September helping prepare for the blessing of the pets at the Sunday service closest to St Francis’s Feast Day and on the actual day helping organize a pet memorial service.

Interested in getting involved? 
Contact Andrea Tucker

Mission: 
To remember every parishioner and many former parishioners on their birthday from age 65 onward.

Time Commitment: 
3-4 hours per month for four months.

Benefits from volunteering: 
Reaching out to our older community, many who can no longer attend church, to remind them we cherish them.

What’s included? 
Christ Church Cathedral provides the names, addresses, stamps, drop-in birthday prayer (from the BCP) and cards, all you will do is address the card inside and out and drop the BCP prayer into the card. Folks (often a couple) take 1/3 of the year and would expect to send about 200 cards.

Interested in getting involved? 
Contact the Reverend Mary McCarthy.

Mission: 
To bring the joy of Christmas to those who cannot come to church for some reason.

Time Commitment: 
1-4 hours a year, usually early December.

Benefits from volunteering: 
In this season where it is easy to forget what Christmas is about, this is a beautiful reminder of what this season really means. You will bring joy, companionship, and an amaryllis bulb to our homebound parishioners. You are spreading the love and care of the greater church community.

What’s included? 
In collaboration with the clergy who will assign the recipient, you will visit and bring an amaryllis bulb (all provided) to 1-4 parishioners.

Interested in getting involved? 
Contact the Reverend Mary McCarthy.

Mission: 
To support our expectant families (including those preparing to foster or adopt a child) before the child arrives and afterward.

Time Commitment: 
As the situation presents itself.

Benefits from volunteering: 
To walk with a family at one of the most important times of their life.

What’s included? 
There are many opportunities in this ministry. Sending cards and keeping in touch with the family before and after the baby arrives. Knitting a blanket or delivering a meal.

Interested in getting involved? 
Contact the Reverend Canon Anna Russell Friedman.