How Common is Caregiving? Caregiving in the US 2025 is a comprehensive report, updated every five years, on the status of family caregiving in America. In 2020, the report showed 53 million unpaid family caregivers provided ongoing care to adults or children with a medical condition or disability. The 2025 report shows that the […]
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Lucifer Exiled to Earth When God placed man on Earth, it was perfect. God exiled Lucifer, a fallen angel, to Earth to live out eternity as punishment for attempting to take over God’s throne. He and his followers (other fallen angels) angrily felt they deserved to be God. When God placed man in the Garden
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Establish Authority When you decide to create a Medical Response Team, consider establishing it as an independent department or section within the church, similar to the education department or the band. A medical team has special needs that are distinct from those of any other area within the church. It therefore requires specific job descriptions,
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Does Your Church Need a Medical Response Team? Any church could experience a person having a medical emergency. Emergencies can happen at any time without members being aware of anything unusual. Often, no one is aware of it because the individual is quietly escorted out of the service by a family member without anyone noticing.
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Plan Development After you know the type of Ministry you want to develop, consider looking online for ideas from other organizations. If you see something you like, give them a call. Many are willing to share their stories and offer guidance on dos and don’ts for getting started. The more you know, the more comfortable
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I read an article online from “Sound of Heaven” (https://soh.church/church-attendance-statistics/) that stated church attendance across the United States was declining as people shifted their belief perspectives from biblical to personal spirituality. According to the article, church membership numbers dropped as the age groups got younger. Following Generation X (1965-1980) (ages 60-45), interest in organized religion
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Designing a Crisis Management Program Compassion Ministry’s other programs relate in some manner to an individual’s physical or mental health. While Crisis Management may include health conditions, other crises have equal status. When Jesus asks what we did for Him in Matthew 25, He doesn’t limit His inquiry to medical needs. He asks if we
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Religion was OK in 1957 I’m from the Baby Boomer generation. When I was growing up, displaying one’s religious preference was acceptable. All but one or two of the neighbors attended church on Sunday. As late as 1968, we were still praying at school functions (opening a football game) and had a class on the
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Often, members with chronic health conditions or special needs would prefer to attend church in person but are unable to do so due to the design of the worship building or a practice or custom of the congregation that inadvertently affects the health or safety of the individual with the medical condition. Rather than ask
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Unable to Stand Stretched out, Lynn stands about six feet tall. For the past three years, however, he has been around four feet tall. That’s his height when he’s in his wheelchair. Since just before he was hospitalized in 2010, he has not been able to stand up or walk. Being restricted to a wheelchair has,
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If you are unfamiliar with the Bible, it can be a daunting task to keep up with all the names mentioned during the telling of many of the stories shared, especially since some characters have multiple names or their names change. Therefore, the following are a few key characters and why they are important names
