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Leadership
Jerry Johnson
Director of Ministry &
President.
Pastor, Good
Shepherd
Dar Johnson
Assistant to the
Director
Rev. Larry McAdoo
Secretary
Retired Chaplain,
USN
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Endorsements
Dr. Ray Stiles
President,
Providence
Bible College
and Seminary
Rev. John Dooley
President, Heart of
Compassion
Partnerships
Pastor, Apostles
Lutheran Church
Steve Newton
President, Newton
Media and
Associates
Dr. Jim Arcieri
Pastor
Former Headmaster,
StoneBridge School
Toby DeBause
Executive Director,
Crisis Pregnancy
Center
of Tidewater
Wayne Skinner
President,
Outreach for Christ
Rev. Ted Bashford
Director,
Union Mission
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Presented by
The Care Center Ministries of
Christian Concourse TM
A Summary and History
Of The
Care Facility Outreach Of
Christian Concourse
Ministries, Inc.
This work began in the Spring of
1991 as an effort to respond to the need for a unified,
interdenominational approach to meeting the volunteer needs of
Hampton Roads care facilities. In fact, this goal of harmonious
cooperation between churches is the underlying principal of all
our activities.
We operated as Christian Concourse under the
kind auspices of Churchland
Christian Fellowship, pastored by Rev.
Edward Strange, until 1993. In the Spring of that year we
incorporated under the name of Chapter & Verse with
the State of Virginia as a non-profit corporation and filed with
the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt organization. We change our name
back to Christian Concourse on January 1, 2004 because this better
describes our mission.
Our
support for the ministry comes primarily from individual donors.
Financial
statements are available upon request. All of our ministry is
provided without charge.
Actively cooperating with staff professionals and the leadership
of local congregations, we work toward providing all of the
Christian volunteer needs of all care facilities in the Hampton
Roads area. As a practical expression of this vision, we are
involved in the following activities:
We provide a liaison between the Christian community and care
facility staff. To that end, our director, Jerry Johnson and his wife, Dar,
participate with the Hampton Roads Activity Professionals
Association.
We coordinate various volunteer activities, Christian
entertainment, and Care Package programs in local facilities. A
list of the types of things we have scheduled and/or participated
in includes pet therapy, horticultural therapy, choreographed
youth singing groups, one-on-ones, transportation for residents,
chaperones for field trips, fund raisers for medical research for
the elderly, and distribution of large print Scriptures and
magazines. We have assisted needy residents in obtaining
resources for medical attention and participated in equipping a
chapel in a nursing home.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson conduct monthly "church services"
in several nursing homes in South Hampton Roads. The services are
designed to encourage the believers in the facility in their
faith in Jesus Christ and to allow others to see Christian
fellowship focused on the grace and mercy of the Gospel of our
Lord. Our format is simple: accompanied by a "Kereoke"
player/speaker, we sing with the residents familiar
traditional and gospel hymns, a couple poems and/or inspirational
articles are read, and a short, relevant sermonette is shared
from our heart.
Through this website, workshops, and promotional presentations we seek to
recruit, train, equip, and assist care facility volunteers within the
interdenominational Christian community. We also promote the concept of
developing a network among the various churches within each local community in
Hampton Roads and for them to commit together to stay aware of and meet the
volunteer needs in the facilities in their neighborhood.
To aid churches and facilities in their Christian ministry to care facility residents, we have written and produced A Handbook for Nursing Home Ministry. This is a comprehensive manual providing practical information, suggestions, guidelines, material and ideas for care facility ministry.
Specially developed for use in care center
ministries, we produce and distribute a large-print
hymn book with 36 old favorites including 31
hymns and 5 Christmas carols. There is a set of CD's available that go
with the hymn books.
As equipment is made available to us through donations from the
community, Christian Concourse places computers in care facilities,
on loan to the activities department or to individual residents.
There is no charge to the facility or the individual for this
service. We load public domain software on each unit including a
comprehensive Bible study program, a word processor, database,
spreadsheet, calendar, and games. We have placed many machines
in the field, including units at Lake Taylor Hospital, The Ballentine, Norfolk
Healthcare Center, Autumn Care of Norfolk, Tandoms of Norfolk, Cypress Point of
Virginia Beach, Beth Shalom Home in Virginia Beach, Sentara Village of
Chesapeake, Autumn Care of Chesapeake, Kings Grant House, Newport News Nursing
and Rehab, and Coliseum Park of Hampton.
For more
information or to get involved in this exciting field of ministry
contact us through one of the following:
Office: (757) 714-3133
1543 Norcova Ave., Norfolk, VA 23502
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Special thanks to Elton Smith and Songs of Praise for our lovely background music written to glorify God.
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