Spiritual Care Support Ministries speaks to all ages, but especially the elderly. God loves not only healthy people, but the sick as well. He is there to support you and transform your lives. Even if you have cancer or Crohn’s disease, even if your loved one has died, God is there to sustain you through Continue Reading >>

I love the early morning hours before the hectic pace of the day begins. I sit out in my gazebo and listen to the birds sing.  I watch all kinds of different types of birds feasting from our bird feeder. It’s almost like they know I am here and want to say to me, “Good Continue Reading >>

It is morning and everything looks so green.  The flowers in my flower pots are asking for water so I need to water them. There is a lot to be done this morning before I head off to the SCSM Center but my physical body does not want to cooperate. Can anyone out there relate Continue Reading >>

Have you ever really looked at an African violet plant? I have one on my kitchen table that I bought three years ago at a local grocery store. the African violet that I have, when it is in bloom, has five pedals with four yellow stamens in the center. They have delicate leaves, very different Continue Reading >>

I was driving home from the Giant food store to pick up medicine for my husband Arvid the other day. It was raining, cold and grey outside. It was supposed to be Spring with warmer temperatures and flowers and trees bursting with new life. Someone told me that it was the coldest weather we have Continue Reading >>

“I am only one but I am one. I cannot do everything but I can do something and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” (Edward Hales) That is the way we feel as we minister to those who are chronically ill, grieving the loss Continue Reading >>

When your heart is heavy with sadness or sorrow, the last thing you want to do is celebrate the holidays. The carols and bells, the tinsel and evergreens, serve only to remind you of the burden weighing so heavily on your spirit. While you weep, wresting with the realities of life without the one you Continue Reading >>

It’s that time of year when we talk about being thankful, after all Thanksgiving will soon be here.  I am not sure what you are grieving over. Perhaps, your loved one just died, you found out that you have a disease that is not curable, or you have a chronic illness that will not go Continue Reading >>

Let This House Be Known As Home May it hold the charm of Laughter, yet be a place for peaceful thought. May it be your family’s Haven whenever love or trust is sought. May it be a source of Memories, of moments spent in loving care. May this house be known as Home and may Continue Reading >>

I was thinking today about my hands, and felt that God was giving me a message about the power of our hands. Would you take a moment before you read on to look at your hands?  Our hands were created by God. No one has hands like you.  Our hands are powerful and can be Continue Reading >>