How does the Care Team cultivate compassion in our congregation and community?

Every week we recite these words of affirmation  in our worship service: To dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in love, and to help one another. Thus we express our wish to cultivate compassion.

How do we cultivate compassion? One way is just taking a small step with an act of kindness. What we discover is that in helping another person, we benefit ourselves. We get to know another person or deepen our relationship with someone we know. We take a step outside our routine. We reinforce our sense of worth and connection. We feel part of a larger community. 

Many of us help one another every week behind the scenes, but the Care Team helps us connect helpers with those who need help. How? By reaching out with a card, a phone call or a hospital visit. By providing a meal when needed, a ride to church or an appointment, or helping with an occasional household task.

by Kris Davis