Getting and Giving help in a Time of Need

Member to Member Care

We give help to one another and to the surrounding community. Contact someone from one of these groups if you need assistance or would like to share your time and energy with others.

Pastoral Care Team

The Pastoral care team is a team of volunteers who offer a ministry of presence and support. The Pastoral Care Team extends the care of the congregation to those who are experiencing major life changes, offering confidential, supportive care to members and friends of OUUC. The Team works together with and is an extension of the minister.

Pastoral Care is confidential, but information is shared with the Minister and the Pastoral Care Team, as appropriate. Pastoral Care may be helpful when experiencing major life changes, such as birth of a child, adoption, loss of job, divorce, or retirement, death of a family member or friend, health problems, illness, hospitalization, isolation due to age, mobility, disability, or other factors.

How can I contact the Pastoral Care Team?

Email: pastoralcare@ouuc.org

Who are the Pastoral Care Team members?

•       Barb Carey
•       Anatha Attar
•       Beth Johnson
•       Chris Parke
•       Gail Gosney
•       Josie Solseng
•       Pam Turner
•       Polly Taylor
•       Rev. Mary Gear

Emergency financial assistance may be available to OUUC members and friends, and community members as funds are available. These funds are given at the discretion of the Minister. Please contact Rev. Mary directly to request financial support at minister@ouuc.org

For immediate emergency support, please call 911. Other community resources that may be helpful include:

•       Thurston County Crisis Line: 360-586-2800
•       Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255
•       Family Support Center of South Sound: 360-754-9297  http://fscss.org/

Caring Friends

Caring Friends is an opt-in email list which enables us to let one another know when we need help with practical things like transportation,  doing errands,  having meals delivered, etc.

To ask for help from Caring Friends: contact the Caring Friends contact person at caringfriends@ouuc.org.

Caring Friends is also an opportunity for each of us to respond to a request for help when we can. It’s a way that each of us can take care of those in our congregation.

If you would like to be added to the Caring Friends list contact the Caring Friends contact at caringfriends@ouuc.org.

Caring Friends Guidelines

Memorial Services Committee

Coordinates volunteers to assist with tasks related to an OUUC memorial service. Contact Melanie Ransom.

Addiction and Recovery Ministry

Promotes awareness of addiction and provides effective and compassionate action and service. Looking for more info? CLICK HERE to find the resources provided by this committee. Questions? Contact David Verbon.

Caregivers

Caregivers is a monthly gathering of OUUC members and friends who are the primary caregivers of a family member or loved one. Meeting on the second Thursday of each month, from 10:00 – 11:30 am, members share their stories, learn of resources available to caregivers, and provide emotional and spiritual support to each other during this time in their lives. New members are always welcome; Contact Rev. Carol McKinley, faithinactionministry@ouuc.org.

Caring for the larger Unitarian Universalist community

Chalice Lighter

Assists the growth of member congregations in the Pacific Northwest District of the UUA by providing grants to help their formal growth plans. Contact Penny Chatfield our Chalice Lighter Ambassador to find out more!

If you would like the Minister or other support person to know your wishes if you should become ill or incapacitated you can complete the Personal Care and Support Record that will be kept on file at the church.

Personal Care and Support Record

- Step 1 of 2

Name *

First

Last

Address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingState

Zip Code

Phone

Email *

The information in this form will allow the Minister or another support person to know your wishes regarding health care directives and/or personal care should you become ill or incapacitated, as well as your wishes for a memorial or funeral. Please update this information whenever there are changes.

In case of emergency please contact #1:

Name, Address, Phone, Email, Relationship

In case of emergency please contact #2

Name, Address, Phone, Email, Relationship

Additionally, if I become hospitalized or incapacitated, please contact these people about pets or items that may need attention:

Name, Address, Phone, Email, Relationship

Each of us has different desires concerning our personal care and support in a time of crisis. The following questions are designed to help you plan for needs that may arise and to let us know how we can help.

If I experience loss in my life or if I am ill, hospitalized, or incapacitated, I would like to know that care and support are available from congregation caregivers. To preserve my energies at that time, I would like to name a member of my family, a friend, or a person in the congregation to act as a “doorkeeper” to those who will want to help. In case I am not able to do so, I want this person to contact people listed under emergency contacts.

Name, Address, Phone, Email, Relationship

Specific concerns that I have if I were to be ill or troubled for a time (dependents in your household, pets, plants, mail, yard, or housework, etc.):

Things that I like to have when I am ill or troubled or that I find especially healing or nourishing (visits, special food, someone to stay with me, funny movies, prayers, phone calls, books, music, flowers, etc.):

Things I really don’t want if I am ill or troubled or a captive audience in bed (long visits, visitors wearing perfume, flowers, people staying overnight, messing in my kitchen, talking about health challenges, etc.):

I would like to be visited by:

• Minister
• Pastoral Care Team
• Church Members
• Close Friends Only

Location of Will, Living Will, Power of Attorney or other documents:

Memorial or Funeral

• Memorial
• Funeral

One’s body is present at a funeral but not at a memorial service.

Funeral Home Name and Address

Memorial or Funeral Location

OUUC or another location?

Instructions for service (include requests for music, hymns, readings):

If you have prepared an order of service, it may be filed at church.

Interment Information:

I would like to talk to a member of the Legacy Giving Committee.

• Yes
• No

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