Everyone has moments of celebration and difficult times in this life, but they are best handled when we have a supportive community around us. Our Pastoral Care ministries exist to offer that love and support to the members of our parish. Working alongside our clergy, this team helps to communicate with and care for our parish families through life’s joys and sorrows individually and as a church.
Centering Prayer
A faithful group meets on Thursday mornings in the Centering Prayer Room. Centering Prayer is a method of Christian contemplative prayer for deepening your relationship with God by resting in God’s presence and action.
Columbarium
Our parish is blessed with a beautiful courtyard and columbarium, where the ashes of loved ones can be inurned. If you are interested in purchasing a niche, please contact the church office.
Guild of the Christ Child
This special ministry pairs expectant mothers with older women in the church who offer care, prayer, and support to them and help to make sure they know their child is loved and welcomed here at ECR.
Guild of the Palm Cross
Members make palm crosses on the day or two before Palm Sunday to be worn as we usher in the Holy Week.
Lay Eucharistic Visitors
Working with our clergy, Lay Eucharistic Ministers visit the ill or homebound in our parish.
Lazarus Guild
Members assist with funeral or memorial service visitations held at the church.
Resurrection Chapter Daughters of the King
The Order of the Daughters of the King® is an order for women who are communicants Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran (ELCA), and Roman Catholic churches. Reaffirming the promises made at Baptism and Confirmation, a Daughter pledges herself to a life-long program of prayer, service, and evangelism. The Resurrection Chapter meets monthly to pray, study, and serve our parish in a variety of ways, one being to prepare and host baptism receptions.
St. Anne’s Fiber Arts Guild
Members fellowship while knitting, crocheting, needlepointing, etc., to enhance parish worship and ministry. They make prayer quilts, shawls, pillows, and other fiber arts. Meetings are every other Monday in Johnson Hall. All skill levels are welcome to participate.
St. Martha’s Guild
Members in this important food ministry support our parish families during serious illness, recovery, or bereavement.
Wedding Guild
We have skilled individuals who coordinate church wedding festivities with the rector and the couple to make the day go smoothly.