Pastoral Care Ministries
Pastoral care is at the heart of life at St. Mary’s Kerrisdale. We look out for one another through tangible acts of kindness, practical help, and the steady presence of prayer. Whether it’s offering a listening ear, delivering a meal, visiting someone at home or in the hospital, or lifting concerns before God, our community is committed to walking alongside each other in both joy and challenge. No one walks alone.
Pastoral Care Team
Our Pastoral Care Team members help keep track of our members in nursing homes and who are homebound, as well as those who are sick and families dealing with bereavement. Team members visit them, take them Communion, keep in touch with phone calls, and keep the parish clergy informed about any updates in their situations.
Lay Eucharistic Visitors
Our Lay Eucharistic Visitors are a part of our Pastoral Care Team. They are specially trained to administer holy communion during a pastoral visit.
Healing Prayer Team
Our Healing Prayer Team is made up of parishioners who are committed to healing prayers. Healing prayers, laying on of hands, and anointing is done by a lay member of the team and a member of the clergy during communion on the third Sunday of the month.
Private Prayer Chain
The Private Prayer Chain is made up of parishioners who are committed to praying privately for those who have asked our church for intercession. As prayer requests come in, members of the Prayer Chain are updated. Members of the Prayer Chain are only known to the Coordinator of the Prayer Chain.
Public Prayer List
The Public Prayer List informs who and what we pray for on Sunday Mornings. Unless otherwise notified, prayers for the sick are on for three weeks, as are prayers for the deceased. We also pray for the deceased during the week of their funeral service.