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Prayers for the Soul: Comfort for Parish Nurses & the People They Serve
Released February 2011!
$7.50 (includes shipping)
Looking for a prayer that is suitable for either yourself or a client? This pocketbook is a compilation of prayers and words of inspiration from Parish Nurses around the globe and notable persons of faith from the past. Selections in this booklet have been divided into categories that address Guidance & Wisdom, Praise & Blessings, Strength, Care & Support, and Hope & Healing. It is the perfect source of encouragement for parish nurses and their work or strength for individuals and families dealing with challenges. If you are looking for a gift for yourself, other individuals, or members of your staff, this booklet carries a strong message of comfort, support, and inspiration.
The Parish Nurse: Providing a Minister of Health for Your Congregation
Granger Westberg, Jill Westberg McNamara, Augsburg Fortress, 1990
$9.00 (includes shipping)
Although this book is 15 years old, it remains a classic for outlining the theory behind the development of the idea of parish nursing.
Here, Granger Westberg presents a creative, new way for congregations to provide a wholistic ministry to their members. His parish nurse program brings nurses onto congregations' staffs to work as ministers of health on a part-time or full-time basis. In this way congregations can play an increasingly important role in keeping people spiritually and physically healthy and giving leadership in the field of preventive medicine. Parish nurses serve as health educators, health counselors, volunteer trainers, and support group organizers. In hundreds of congregations, this program has been well received by clergy and church members.
Good Grief - 50th Anniversary Edition, A Timeless Classic
Augsburg Fortress, Publishers, 2010
$5.00 (includes shipping)
For fifty years Good Grief has helped millions of readers find comfort and rediscover hope after loss. Today this classic text continues to offer helpful insights on the emotional and physical responses persons may experience during the natural process of grieving. Good Grief identifies ten stages of grief: shock, emotion, depression, physical distress, panic, guilt, anger, resistance, hope, and acceptance but, recognizing that grief is complex and deeply personal, defines no right way to grieve. Whether grieving the death of a loved one, the end of a marriage, the loss of a job, or other difficult life changes.
The Essential Parish Nurse: ABCs for Congregational Health Ministry
Deborah L. Patterson, The Pilgrim Press, 2003
$18.00 (includes shipping)
A practical and useful resource for churches that are interested in developing a parish nurse program. Covering a broad range, it discusses the need for such a ministry, a brief history of parish nursing, the role of the parish nurse, and other details of interest to those wishing to establish a parish nurse program. This valuable guide includes an appendix with sample materials needed to start a parish nursing ministry. It walks the reader through the "ABCs" - exploring the idea, considering the options, understanding the roles and programming possibilities, and includes practical items like budget information, a health needs assessment survey and a job description.
Healing Words for Healing People: Prayers and Meditations for Parish Nurses and Other Health Professionals Deborah Patterson, The Pilgrim Press, 2005
$12.00 (includes shipping)
Doctors, nurses and clergy are among the "healing people" who work with those in pain. These prayers and meditations are written for the healing places where these healers find themselves - in hospitals, homes, congregations, and the community
Health Ministries: A Primer for Clergy and Congregations
Deborah L. Patterson, The Pilgrim Press, 2008
$10.00 (includes shipping)
Signs of a new awakening to the Church's role in health and wholeness are everywhere - from parish nurses to health clinics to congregations working fervently for health care finance reform. Across the US and around the globe, faith communities are forming a vision of community and healing that can offer sustenance and hope to all. This book explores diverse themes such as outreach, and care of neighbor through the lens of health ministry. It introduces programmatic ideas for working with differing groups, such as teenagers, caregivers, and the dying. Each chapter includes parish nursing and health ministry stories chosen from settings across the United States and Canada. This book will appeal to clergy and convince them to introduce this much-needed ministry to their congregation.
The Healing Word: Preaching & Teaching Health Ministry
Deborah Patterson, The Pilgrim Press, 2009
$16.00 (includes shipping)
A practical and much needed resource for parish nurses and ministers searching for new ways to approach the subject of healthcare from a viewpoint that integrates spirituality and well-being. Patterson’s years of healthcare and ministry experience, both home and abroad, highlight her insightful views on how parish nurses and church leaders can connect with one another and work together in the vast healthcare arena in order to supplement their professional and spiritual knowledge and bring it to their patients and congregations.
The Health Cabinet: How to Start a Wellness Committee in Your Church
Jill Westberg McNamara, IPNRC, 2002
$14.00 (includes shipping)
This book is the "gold standard" for starting a health cabinet in your congregation to support and direct a parish nursing ministry.
Granger Westberg Verbatim: A Vision for Faith & Health
William M. Peterson, Editor
Reprinted by the IPRNC with Permission, 2002
$15.00 (includes shipping)
A collection of thoughts, essays, and sermons from Granger Westberg center on the concepts and perceptions of health, healthcare, and wholeness. He shares his belief that stress and grief greatly impact illness and that all churches need to be involved in the health of their members. Though written over two decades ago, his thoughts and visions are still pertinent today.