People who are unable to drive get a ride to church from a team of drivers who share this ministry.  If people want to be in church or attend other events, the inability to drive or lack of a car will not prevent them from attending.

Contact:  Sue Edwards

Healing prayers and unction, anointing with oil, are offered at the Healing Altar at the 9:00 a.m. service each Sunday.

​Contact:  Don Seeterlin

Led by the Parish Nurse, members assist in periodic health fairs, which may include blood pressure testing, glucose monitoring, etc.  Members may choose to be trained to use the Church's defibrillators.

​Contact:  Carolyn Gaylord

Lay Eucharistic Visitors are trained by clergy and are sent forth from the Hickory Neck altar where the community has gathered and shared Communion, carrying the Body and Blood of Christ to parishioners whose illness, disability, or injury keep them from being physically present in church on Sundays.

​Contact:  Ann Lipp

These pastoral care givers provide simple meals (either homemade or purchased) and support to new moms, dads and families right after the new baby comes home from the hospital.  If you are expecting a baby and would like to receive meals, or if you would like to help provide meals to new moms, please contact the  Parish Office at 757-566-0276.

This team prays daily for those in need, whether members of Hickory Neck or not.  Anyone in the parish may request prayers by calling the Parish Office at 757-566-0276.  The confidential prayer requests are disseminated through e-mail.

Contact:  Lynn Kelley

The newest ministry at Hickory Neck is a bereavement support group that provides grief classes and ongoing support to parishioners.  Special sessions on how to handle grief during the holidays are presented each fall.

Contact:  Sue Edwards