Parish Care Project 2007

04/03 Newsletter

This weekend we welcome a group of people from the Pastoral Care Project who will lead us in our thinking about the care of the elderly and housebound in the parish. Our meeting starts at 3.30pm on Sunday afternoon and all with an interest in this area are very welcome. The meeting will last two hours with a break for tea. There will be no Holy Hour on Sunday afternoon but we will end the session with a simple prayer and Benediction at 5.30 pm.

11/2 Newsletter
This is the last weekend to let us have the sheets back for our parish care project, which we are hoping to start to meet various needs in the community. If you are interested in any way then please take a moment to fill in one of the forms and let us have it back as soon as possible. We are going to hold an afternoon on Sunday March 4th at 3.30pm to look at some of the issues of old age facing families, carers and individuals.

11/2 Newsletter
I am asking you to think about our parish care project which we are hoping to start to meet various needs in the community. If you are interested in any way then please take a moment to fill in one of the forms and let us have it back as soon as possible. We are going to hold an afternoon on Sunday March 4th at 3.30pm to look at some of the issues of old age facing families, carers and individuals. It will help us understand dementia, mobility and other challenges as well as help that is available .We hope it will be a help to some of our eucharistic ministers who visit the homes of elderly people. It maybe you are elderly and well at the moment but want to find out more. It may be one of our family that we care for and who would like some advice. Next week we will be asking you if you would like to attend the meeting and if it is of help .A group of people involved in a care project will lead the afternoon. I am so glad that the trip to Oscott

4/2 Newsletter
about our parish care project which we are hoping to start to meet various needs in the community. If you are interested in any way then please take a moment to fill in one of the forms and let us have it back as soon as possible. We are going to hold an afternoon on Sunday March 4th at 3.30pm to look at some of the issues of old age facing families, carers and individuals. It will help us understand dementia, mobility and other challenges as well as help that is available.

Parish Care Project Form

- Are you facing some of the challenges of old age?
- Are you facing mobility problems?
- Have you recently been bereaved?
- Are you a carer who needs support?
- Are you a professional involved in care of the elderly/house bound?
- Are you a special minister of the Eucharist or a member of an organisation that visits the sick and housebound?

If the answer to any of these questions affect your family you are invited to a meeting at Christ the King Church on Sunday 4th March 07 at 3.30pm-6.00pm. At this meeting we will have the opportunity to meet with people experienced in these situations and to share and plan an approach for our parish.

If you are interested in attending please complete the slip below and return to the basket at the back of the Church by 18th February at the latest.

NAME..............................................................

PHONE NUMBER..........................................

Please indicate your area of special interest/concern/expertise
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SIGNED

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