Health Ministry Activities
This page provides a list of possible health ministry activities.
Health Educator
Coordinator of Volunteers
Personal Health Counselor and Home Health Minister
Health Monitoring and Screening
Health Resource and Referral Agent
Health Educator
- Dental Health
- Wellness Weekend—Health Fair
- Update Your First Aid Kit
- Wellness for Youth
- Sexuality/Sex Education Classes
- Healthy and Bible Study
- Sabbath Keeping Seminar
- Lifestyle Change Class
- Health Refreshments for Meetings
- Time Management Workshop
- Chemical Health Series
- Good Touch/Bad Touch Class
- Prayer, Stress and Healing Class
- Meditation Relaxation Education
- Prayer and Medication
- Women's Wholeness Health & Spirituality
- Stress Management Classes
- Parenting Classes
- Chemical Dependency Series
- Retirement Planning Seminar
- How to Ask Your Doctor
- CPR Class
- Planning Your Own Funeral
- Health and Safety
- Drugs Intervention Class
- Death, Grief and Loss
- Baby-sitting Training Class
- Good Nutrition Class
- Homeless and The Church
- Mental Health and Depression Class
- Lifestyle Wellness Class
- Free To Be Thin Class
- Conflict Management Sessions
- Cancer Treatment Class
- Living with PMS
- Violence in the Home Class
- Gifts of the Spirit Workshop
- Healthy Heart Class
- Corporate Wellness
- A Spiritual Christmas Workshop
- Yoga Classes
- Men's Wholeness, Health & Spirituality
- Bioethics Seminar
- Eating Disorders Class
- Seminar on Aging
- Living Will/Durable Power of Attorney
- Child/Sexual Abuse Education
- Living with Alzheimer's Class
Coordinator of Volunteers
- Cards/Calls of Concern
- Widow's Support Group
- Care Givers Support Group
- Phone Ministry Follow-up
- Stop Smoking Clinic
- Parents Anonymous Group
- Respite Care Training
- Stephen Ministry Training
- Hospital/Nursing Home/Visitation Training
- Prayer Chain Training
- AIDS Support Group
- Senior Fellowship Meal/Day
- Member Referral Network
- Coordinate Transportation Pool
- Teen Support Group
- Training for Greeters
- Adopt-a-Grandparent
- Arthritis Support Group
- Spiritual Support Group
- Unemployed Support Group
- Mothers-Day-Out
- Weight Loss Support Group
- Parents of Teens Support Group
- Caring Community Training
- Children's Ministry to/with Elderly
- Single Parent Support Group
- Retreat for Elderly
- Mental Health Support Group
- Divorce Support Group
Personal Health Counselor and Home Health Minister
- Home Visits
- Pre and Post Hospital Visits
- Nursing Home Visits
- Expectant & New Mother Visits
- Dysfunctional Family Visits
- Teenage Mother Visits
- Ministry to Pastors & Staff
- Volunteer Network for Home Care
- Advocate for Nursing Home Patients
- Case Conferences with Pastoral Staff
- Personal Prayer Requests
- Building Accessibility
- Sermon, Mediation, Homily
- Expand Prayers of the Church
- Services of Prayer and Healing
- Worship/Devotions in Nursing Homes
- Staff Education: Consultation & Listening
- Church as Non-Smoking Facility
- Fire/Smoke Alarm Check—Church & Homes
Health Monitoring and Screening
- Blood and Organ Donation
- Personal Health Assessments
- Health Standards for Day Care
- Blood Pressure Screening
- Diabetes Screening
- Glaucoma Screening
- Confronting Child and Family Abuse
- Low-Impact Aerobics
- Cholesterol Screening
- Well-Adult Screening Clinic
- Living with Chronic Illness Group
Health Resource and Referral Agent
- Life-Line Emergency Phone Systems
- Medical Service for Uninsured
- Transitions from Home to Care Facility
- Community Health Educator & Liaison
- Personal/Family Crisis Intervention
- Ministry to the Homeless
- Resource for People of Special Need
- Case Management
The content on this page was reprinted with permission from Health Ministry in the Local Congregation: An Introduction and Opportunity by The Rev. Dn. Stephanie L. Ulrich, RN, SD
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