We have been given permission by Tom McCormick to make the original version of Nursing Home Ministry, A Manual, copyrighted in 1982, available on our web site to be used by our ministry partners at no cost. The updated version of this book, "Nursing Home Ministry - Where Hidden Treasures are Found" is available from God Cares Ministry

Please feel free to print the files below and use them in your ministry and training programs.

NOTES: All the downloadable files are in Microsoft Word Format except the Part II Needs and Concerns Chart, which is in PDF Format. This requires Adobe® Acrobat® Reader™ to read and print the file. It is available at no cost at their "Down load Site". We strongly suggest you print out this PDF File at the Normal Setting on your printer. You should able be to just click on the below links and begin down loading the files.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS INCLUDING PREFACE

PART I-ORIENTATION

• Please Respond
• Honor
• Ministry to the Elderly: An Outline for Bible Study.
• Qualifications for Being a Servant of Christ
• Volunteers Needed for Ministry in Nursing Homes
• Initiating a Nursing Home Ministry
• "Look Closer and See the Real Me

PART II-NEEDS

• Identifying Needs and Concerns
• NEEDS & CONCERNS CHART -

PART III-VISITATION

• What Is Visitation?
• Basic Guidelines for Visitation
• Relating to the Nursing Home Staff
• The Art of Conversation
• The Visitor and His Resources
• Guidelines for the First Few Visits
• Special Situations
• Senility
• Relating to Those Who Are Senile
• Introducing Someone New to Visitation

PART IV-WORSHIP AND EVANGELISM

• Worship
• Initiating a Worship Service
• Suggested Form of Worship
• Participation in a Worship Service
• Dealing with Interruptions in a Service
• Preparing a Message
• Conducting Bible Studies
• Evangelism

PART V-ORGANIZING THE CHURCH FOR MINISTRY

• Introduction
• How to Plan Your Program
• How to Get a Volunteer Program Started ... and Keep It Going
• Ideas for Programs

You may download the entire manual in a PDF File. We want to thank Matt Goodwin at Disruption Ministries for making this possible.

We hope these materials will be a blessing to both you and your ministry. If you would like to show your thankfulness for Tom McCormick's generosity, you may email him at:
twmc@idirect.com