About the Faith Community Nurse Network

Mission and Goals

Our Mission is to champion faith community nursing in the Greater Twin Cities by

Providing professional nursing education workshops and seminars to enhance nursing practice;
Connecting faith community nurses to community resources and services;
Securing funds for program and project grants to address community health problems and issues;
Launching new faith community nursing programs in low-income, emerging congregations;
Nurturing and sustaining faith community nursing leaders and mentors;
Sponsoring and encouraging faith community nursing research; and
Promoting faith community nursing as a vital public resource.

History

The Faith Community Nurse Network was founded in 2004 by an interfaith group of faith community nurses and a Hennepin County Public Health Nurse to help faith community nurses serve people throughout the Twin Cities. Faith community nurses (also known as parish nurses or congregational nurses) had been working in the Metro Area since about 1980, but many of them were isolated, had few resources and needed community connections and continuing education. Today, the Network provides programs and services to more than 350 faith community nurses working out of 235 Jewish, Christian, and Muslim congregations.

Faith Community Nurse Network Logo

The Faith Community Nurse Network logo was thoughtfully chosen to symbolize the faith and health connection of which it represents. The color periwinkle is the blending of purple (a traditional faith color) and blue (a traditional health color). The bridge symbolizes the bridging of faith and health and the three laps of water represent mind, body and spirit.

Our Board of Directors

	Bob Olander, Chair
	Rev. Jamie Schultz, Vice-Chair
	Corrine Benson, RN, FCN, Secretary
	Wanda Alexander, RN, MPH, FCN, Treasurer
	Merrilee Brown, RN, MA, FCN
	Shayne Karasov, BS, MS
	Kathy Kelso, RN
	Carolyn Schmidt, RN, BA, MA
	Barbara Leonard, PhD, RN, FAAN
	Mary VanDerWerf, RN, FCN
	Barbara Zell, RN, MA, FCN

Join the List Serve!

Join our listserve and communicate directly with other faith community nurses

NOTE: For Faith Community Nurses only

To join, send an email to the address below.
faithcommunitynursenetwork-subscribe@yahoogroups.com