Mission: 

Provide health care support, information and services through volunteer members who are affiliated to the health care field as trained professionals.

Objectives:

• Identify health care needs within the SJF community.
• Provide assistance and support to community members in need of health care.
• Promote healthy lifestyle and publicize health care information to the SJF community.
• Protect the privacy and confidential nature of health care needs of parishioners within the SJF community.

Statement of Resource Needs (Time, Talent, Treasure)

• Identification of potential health care volunteers through the use of the Time & Talent Survey.
• Hold quarterly meetings to promote health care issues and determine the future direction of the ministry.
• Maintain a small budget for related expenses associated with assisting parishioners with their health care needs.
• Maintain a current database of ministry members and their related areas of expertise.

Ministry with Community -Special Emphasis:

For 2004-2005, St. John Fisher Chapel Community wants to pay special attention to the Parish Pastoral Assembly Speak-Up Group recommendations. This will include the summaries of each of the nine topics and the PPA survey results, which was promulgated at Pentecost 2003.

The development of the Health Ministry is a direct result of the input received from the PPA 2003 input requesting that SJF offer “inreach” services to its own community members.