Respite Care Ministry (Companion
Sitting)
Caregivers of
chronically ill persons are provided a few hours of free
time by volunteer sitters
Faith In Action Weekend Respite Care
Program
Volunteers provide 48
hour respite care for primary caregivers.
Handy Person Ministry
Volunteers provide free
labor for minor home repairs such as carpentry, plumbing,
electrical, and various types of yard work.
Telephone Reassurance Ministry
Volunteers place calls
daily including holidays to recipients who have requested
this service.
Transportation
Transportation provided
for medical appointments in Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High
Point and for any destination in Kernersville. Recipients
must be disabled or 60 years or older.
Equipment Loan
Wheelchairs,
port-a-potties, shower chairs, crutches, Hoya lifts, and
walkers are available for loan on a 3 month renewable basis
for as long as equipment is needed.
The Marilyn Shafrath Ministry for the
Visually Impaired
Readers for those with
visual impairments.
Person to Person Visitation
This program is designed
for people who enjoy the company of someone outside the
family.
A full-time “Center of
Merit” offering a variety of enrichment and recreational
activities Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Senior instructors offer
computer training classes for senior and disabled adults.
Bereavement Support Group –
Meets each Wednesday at
1:00 PM at Senior Enrichment Center.
Counseling
One-hour counseling
sessions are offered to disabled or older individuals at The
Center on Wednesday afternoons.
Advocacy
Raise awareness of elder
abuse, neglect, and exploitation in cooperation with
Kernersville Police Department.
Vial of Life
In partnership with the
EMS in Winston-Salem. Vials, prescription information and a
small sticker for the front door are distributed free of
cost to alert EMS where drug information may be obtained.
Project Joy
Volunteers deliver
flowers to those suffering illness, loss, celebrating
milestones, or just needing a “lift.”
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The Shepherd’s Center views older adults
as a potential resource for the enrichment of the life of
the community. Later life is seen as potentially rich,
exciting and meaningful. Older adults are seen as
possessing skills, experience, wisdom and matured judgment
which can be called upon. This community ministry empowers
individuals and enriches the lives of these older or
disabled adults in this area, providing dignity, respect,
purpose and other essentials of life.
The Shepherd 's
Center of Kernersville is based upon the concept of
communities which care about each other. It attempts to
organize the community as the most effective coordination of
the delivery of resources, for linking adults in need with
resources and for generating whatever new services are
needed. The Shepherd's Center of Kernersville is thought of
as a watchful presence concerned about all older adults, not
merely the frail, homebound, poor or dependent.
The Shepherd’s
Centers seek, solicit and depend upon the support and
sponsorship of the religious congregations in the
communities being served. The Shepherd's Center does not
attempt to do for the congregations what they are expected
to do for their own members, but it does enable
congregations to work together to accomplish what they could
not do separately. In this building of community, The
Shepherd's Center of Kernersville, seeks to enable
individuals and congregations to draw upon and share their
own insights and common values, without violating particular
individual religious traditions.
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