Faith Community Nurses on PBS!
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly on PBS recently featured a story on faith community nursing! Click here to see Maureen Daniels from the Church Health Center / IPNRC, Donna Smith-Pupillo from Deaconess Parish Nurse Ministry Network in St. Louis, MO and Diane Tieman from Alexian Brothers Hospital in Elk Grove Village, IL.
Alphabet Appetite: A Healthy Idea for VBS!
Alphabet Appetite: Teaching Children Healthy Eating through the Alphabet is a faith-based, healthy living curriculum for children ages 2-5 years. It is designed to be used in churches, classrooms and other community groups as a way to introduce children to healthy foods and help decrease rates of childhood obesity. This is a favorite class at Church Health Center Wellness, and it is available for use in your congregation! Find out more here.
Alphabet Appetite can be a healthy addition to your Vacation Bible School or a fun and healthy summer project.
To order the Alphabet Appetite or other resources, download the order form here or call 901-261-8833.
Church Health Center to serve as new home for International Parish Nurse Resource Center
The International Parish Nurse Resource Center (IPNRC) moved to the Church Health Center (CHC) in Memphis on Oct. 1. Click here to read more.
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Mission Statement
The International Parish Nurse Resource Center equips parish nurses to serve as health catalysts in faith communities, calling them to ministries of wholeness and healing.
This mission is accomplished through: Resources, Education, Consultation, Spiritual care, and Research.
Root Assumption of Parish Nursing
Parish nursing is rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition, and is consistent with the basic assumptions of many faiths that we care for self and others as an expression of God's love.