Programs and Projects
Resources for Supporting Ministry of FCNs
- Caregiver Resources
- Respite Care Resources for Caregivers
- Topic Sheets
- Assisting with ADLs
- Eating
- Dressing
- Grooming
- Walking
- Transferring
- Bathing
- Using toilet
- Shopping
- Preparing Meals
- Housekeeping
- Doing laundry
- Money management
- Using the phone
- Taking medication
- Getting from location to location
- Maintaining personal faith - download the files below and save to them to your computer. You may burn the MP3 files to a CD. To play these files on your computer, you will need the necessary software such as iTunes or Windows Media Player.
- Continuing Religious Practices
- Experiencing Spiritual Contentment
- County Linkages
The links to documents above are offered in MS Word format.
Mental Health Grants
The Faith Community Nurse Network has awarded $1,000 Mental Health grants to faith community nurses practicing in congregations throughout the Twin Cities to spark creative and meaningful programming efforts aimed at ending stigma, easing pain, and encouraging treatment and resolution of mental health issues. These grants have been funded in partnership with Hennepin County Human Services & Public Health Department and individual donors to our Annual Campaign. The Grantees describe their projects below and can be contacted for further information about project replication.
2009 Grantees |
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| St Charles Borromeo MaryAnne Frank, RN, FCN
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| First Evangelical Free Church Maureen Juarez, RN, FCN
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| Church of St. Michael Leann Kaufenberg, RN, FCN
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| St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church Carol McKenna, RN, FCN |
"ENHANCE YOUR LIFE" Four, two hour educational sessions addressing the importance of personal responsibility in achieving physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual health were offered. Professional staff from HealthEast were the speakers at all of the seminars. Topics were:
All sessions were well attended and evaluations were very positive. A celebration luncheon was held following the last gathering and was enjoyed by everyone. In reviewing the evaluations many indicated they learned a great deal and would be interested in attending another "ENHANCE YOUR L IFE" series next year. Also, seniors mentioned they appreciated that they were free! The luncheon gave folks the opportunity to enjoy each others company and also talk about the workshops they attended. The four monthly sessions were offered on Saturday mornings at St. Thomas the Apostle Church from 10:00 am – 12 noon. Use of the church facilities worked out well as Saturday mornings the building is almost always free. Attendance:
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| Bloomington Covenant Sherrill Nelson, RN, FCN |
Two seminars on Thursday mornings, April 29th and May 20th. The seminars were free and a free lunch was provided. The time for the seminars was 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The topics were:
Both seminars were well attended with good responses.
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| St. John’s Lutheran Church Jean Rollins, RN, FCN
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| Trinity Lutheran Church Jeanne Tempero, RN, FCN
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Care for the Caregiver seminar details (pdf) |
| St. Mary of the Lake Bonnie Wek, RN, FCN
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 Riverdale Church Joann Wessman, RN, FCN |
Faith During Our Older Years Companion compact discs (CDs) were developed for older adults and their caregivers to provide each with opportunity for short devotional “respite with God” at a place and time of individual choosing. The companion, but different, older adult and caregiver CDs provide opportunity for individual reflection, yet sharing of thoughts along the same theme. The CDs contain twelve reflections, each with devotional thoughts, Scripture, prayer and hymns along such themes as “Forgiving and Being Forgiven”, “I Will Sustain You”, “Tender Mercies”, and “The God of Hope.” This Faith Community Nurse Network grant-funded project models an ongoing way for faith communities to address mental health needs of older adults and their caregivers. CD copies were made available to faith community nurses at the NOAH project orientation and can be downloaded from the FCNN NOAH link Tip Sheet on “Maintaining Personal Faith.” |
2008 Grantees |
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 Brookdale Covenant Corrine Benson Parish Nurse corrine44@gmail.com |
At Brookdale Covenant Church the mental health grant was used to educate both adults and youth in the following ways: A speaker from Arden Woods Psychological Services spoke to a Sunday morning adult class about symptoms of depression, other mental conditions, the spiritual impact of depression and how faith can help a person through depression. There were many questions/comments at the end of the hour. On a Wed. eve. after a free meal, a second speaker from Arden Woods Psychological Services addressed the youth with the topics: what youth face today, what to do when you hear a friend talk about suicide, symptoms of depression, anorexia, and others.
Adults, particularly parents of youth gave the following comments: “learned something new, very good speakers, great information for my kids – and me, need to talk about this again- good to keep subject open”. Parents appreciated the information and handouts. Some of the youth were more open to discuss concerns with Wed. nite staff. Approximately 65 people, adult and youth, attended the 2 sessions.
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| Gloria Dei Lutheran Mary Jo Hallberg
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We offered a Relationship Retreat in 2010 and will again in 2011. They are highly popular! |
| Plymouth Congregational Vicki Haugen
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| Jewish Congregational Nurses Collaborative Deborah Jewett, Doris Ginsberg, Eva Fishman, Hadassah Zohara, Ilana Farb, and Jody Beck |
Six synagogues collaborated to support the mental health of caregivers and their families. Each of the six congregations held a Nosh with the Nurse, an informal gathering including caregiver resources and social connections to create a supportive community. Each congregation also hosted a forum with a speaker or panel of speakers on a variety of related topics that were open to the public. A Resource Guide for Caregivers was compiled and distributed to attendees along with many handouts of supportive resources. These programs informed the community of services to support the mental health of caregivers as well as raising the visibility of congregational nursing in the Jewish community where it is a rather new phenomenon.
Contact: Joy Gordon, Coordinator of the West Metro Congregational Nurse Network jgordon@jfcsmpls.org or 952-542-4819.
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| St Paul’s ELCA Marie Nelson
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| Augustana Lutheran Mary Nordtvedt
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| Holy Family Catholic Sharon Pero
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| Bethlehem Lutheran Gretchen Porter
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 Cross Winds Methodist Dianne Roth, RN, BSN, FCN
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Parenting Your Parents: Meeting the Challenges of Aging Loved Ones was held on three Sundays with lunch provided at noon after the second service followed by a presentation that ended at 2 p.m. Week 1: Kristin Kopp, founder of At Home Solutions, presented changes with aging, modifications to keep the home safe and when to start looking for help for an older loved one. Week 2: Candy Gislason, then Executive Director of LivHome, presented options for care, costs of and financial help for home care, assisted living and health care settings. Week 3, Rose Arbor Senior Living Community provided Sunday dinner followed by a program on Dementia and Alzheimer’s presented by Colleen Whitbeck from Geriatric Medicine at Park Nicollet Clinic.
20 – 30 people attended each session with the Dementia program the largest. In addition to those attending to learn to care for their seniors, a most appreciative couple in their 80s attended. Simple, buffet lunches were served. Dianne Roth, RN, BSN, FCN |
Zion Lutheran
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| St Bonaventure Catholic Gayle Vogel
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| Messiah Methodist Sondra Weinzierl |
2007 Grantees |
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| Church of St Therese of Deephaven Susanna Bertelsen
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| Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Phyllis Bruce
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| Holy Rosary Catholic Church Pam DeWitt-Meza
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| First Evangelical Free Church Maureen Juarez and Dee Huanca
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| Roseville Lutheran Church Doreen Kapfer
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Maple Plain Seventh-day Adventist Church
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| TRUST, Inc. Pat McLaughlin
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| Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church Sharon Mertz and Cher Nelson |
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| Village Evangelical Free Church Michelle Natrop
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| North Branch United Methodist Church Sherri Osowski and Cindy Rasmussen
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| St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church Ann Rabie
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| St. Matthew Lutheran Church Kathy Rosenberg
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| Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Theresa Russell and Sharon Washington
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| Hosanna Lutheran Church Carol Sorensen
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A variety of presentations and printed information was funded through this grant, which would impact individuals of all ages, from birth through old age. A community-wide presentation on Stress Management for all adults, an all-day workshop on Children’s Mental Health for parents and daycare providers, and attendance by facilitators of a local Mental Illness Support Group at the NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) conference were funded, in addition to printing of pamphlets on teen suicide prevention for distribution in local churches.
Tools which might be of interest to other Parish Nurses are as follows: speaker Robert Veninga, from the University of MN, (stress management).
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| Christ Lutheran Church Carla Swanson
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| Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Carolyn Torp
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| DSMA Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Our Savior Yisehak Tura
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| Brooklyn Park Evangelical Free Church Mary Van Der Werf
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| He Is Risen, C.O.G.I.C. and Masjid An-Nur Norma Wofford-Amos
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| Beth El Synagogue Hadassah Zohara |
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FCN Library Collection
In 2004, the Faith Community Nurse Network established a collection of faith community nursing reference materials at the Hennepin County Library System. It was our intent to make these texts and materials available to practicing faith community nurses throughout our region and state via the inter-library loan system. The collection is based at the Brooklyn Center Library, 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430.
Search the Hennepin County Library system here.
