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    Lay Ministry / Caring

    Lay Ministry

    The Lay Ministry Team offers lay pastoral care to congregants in need of a listening ear. The Lay Ministry Team Leader (the position rotates monthly) coordinates the care.

    The Lay Ministry Team is composed of Linda Bracco, Bill Duston, Anna Fadden, Larry Kaylor, Louis Massauro Jr., Jim Nehring, Ed Russell, Laura Semple, Carole Tillis, and Barbara Whitcomb.

    For more information please email LayMinistry@fculittle.org or see the Lay Ministry bulletin board in the Vestry.

    Caring Villages

    In January 2010 the Lay Ministry Team launched a new program called Caring Villages. Under the Caring Village Program the congregation of First Church Unitarian has been geographically divided into smaller “villages”. Villages offer each of us an opportunity to fulfill part our covenant:

        Love is the spirit of this church and service its law.
        This is our great covenant:
        To dwell together in peace,
        To seek the truth in love, and
        To help one another.

    With this in mind, village members provide whatever care they are able to contribute to others in their village during a time of need. Some of the suggested offerings are: help with a meal because of illness or injury, carpooling to church, transportation to a doctor appointment or airport, pick up a child after school or getting together to share a meal. There are a myriad of ways that we can build a caring community!

    The Lay Ministers are aware that many of us have other connections at First Church Unitarian to whom we might turn in times of need, or to whose needs you would naturally respond. The Caring Villages Program is intended to enhance those connections, while offering opportunities to meet those who live near you.

    Church members are encouraged to participate in the program. It is a wonderful way to feel more connected to the church community. If you have initially decided the program is not right for you, you should know that you are always welcome to change your mind. For more information about how the program works or for assistance in being connected to a village, please contact any Lay Minister.