Get to Know Your UUC CARE TEAM 2016/2017
Call or email us at 206-454-7722 or [email protected]
confidential – monitored daily
Co-Chairs
Mary Mason (L)
and
Emmy Easton (R)
Katie Vos
Nancy Jordan
Jerry Gillmore
Jan Corriston
Jeff Parke
Kathy Englert
UUC Care Ministries
Pastoral care is an essential and central ministry of
University Unitarian Church.
Care Team
Under the leadership of UUC’s Assistant Minister, the Rev. Beth Chronister, the Care
Team is a group of specially trained volunteers who accompany members and friends
through life’s transitions and challenges by offering confidential support and care. From
welcoming a newborn child into a family, accompanying someone through cancer
treatment, to walking with those in grief or other emotional distress, the UUC Care
Team supports individuals and groups alike. They offer tangible assistance—meals,
professional referrals, and hospital visits—and act as a caring, listening presence. By
doing so, we seek to strengthen our bonds of humanity and hope
The mission of the UUC Care Ministries is to provide confidential, compassionate and
emotional support to members of our UUC community. If you, your family, or another
member are experiencing illness, hardship, isolation, or are in crisis or in need of
support, let us know the best way and time to contact you.
You may call the Care Team on our confidential 24-hour message line at (206)
454-7722 or email [email protected]. A member of the Care Team is on call to
respond to messages left on the Care Line and emailed. Both are checked once
or twice per day.
Meals & Rides
Our Helping Hands volunteers focus specifically on things like providing meals and
rides to those who need them. If you or a loved one are ill, having a baby, or having
surgery, let us know and we will be happy to provide some meals to help out. We will
also coordinate volunteers to help with rides to and from church or to places such as
doctor’s appointments. Contact [email protected].
Caring Shawls
UUC’s Caring Shawls group meets on the second Sunday of each month from 1:30–3
p.m., in the King room. It’s a congenial group with engaging conversations as our
needles and hooks fly, making shawls to be given by the Care Team to someone in our
community in need of comfort. The group welcomes knitters and crocheters of all ages,
and have some church-provided yarn for those needing supplies. We also welcome
shawls from those preferring to do their needleworking on their own. Contact Izzie
Wylde at [email protected].