The Gathering Place - ”Quilts” is the theme of the next Gathering Place on Friday, September 3, 2010. If you have a quilt, bring it.  This ministry is free of charge and is available to the entire Kingwood/Humble area.  Interfaith CarePartners works in partnership with Holy Comforter to provide The Gathering Place which meets the first Friday of each month to provide fun, fellowship, food, etc. for our care partners who have mild to moderate disabilities such as dementia, stroke, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.  The purpose is 1)to provide a time for care partners to interact with other people through the activities we  offer and 2)to give their care giver(s) a few hours of respite.  Please let us know if you are aware of someone that could benefit from The Gathering Place.

Co-leaders of The Gathering Place are Pam MacNaughton and Beth Moseman.  Sign up sheets are in the narthex if you’d like to volunteer to help the first Friday of each month.  We have several male care partners so we are especially in need of more men volunteers.

Besides more volunteers at The Gathering Place we also need drivers to help transport our care partners to and from The Gathering Place.  If you would be able to support our ministry in this capacity please contact Beth Moseman via e-mail.  Your help would be greatly appreciated.  Transportation is one of the greatest needs of many of our care partners.

Another aspect to The Gathering Place is being encouraged.  It’s called “Gathering On The Go.”  This is an opportunity for those who wish to support The Gathering Place but are not available on the first Friday of each month.  We are planning to make a home visit to those care partners who are unable to attend The Gathering Place that month.  They may miss because of illness, doctor appointments, or other conflicts.  We would make a home visit and bring them items from The Gathering Place.  You can make your visit(s) any time during the rest of that month at your convenience.  If you would be interested in this please sign up in the narthex or contact Pam or Beth.

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Who is Eligible? A representative from Interfaith CarePartners and our care team work together to help determine if we can meet the family’s needs. This is often done by arranging for the caregiver and care partner to attend “The Gathering Place” together for the first visit and completing some information forms.

When: “The Gathering Place” meets at Holy Comforter Lutheran Church on the first Friday of each month (beginning in September 2005) from 10 AM to 1 PM.

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For questions contact:
Pam MacNaughton via e-mail or Beth Moseman via e-mail.