Health Ministries
Sue Meyer is our diocesan health ministry coordinator and our liaison with the national Episcopal Health Ministries, a vital ministry to our denomination.
As diocesan coordinator, Sue works to promote health ministries in our diocese. She hopes to link together parishes with existing health ministries and parish nurse programs. She is also ready to share information about the potential for health ministries to congregations and communities here in Delaware.
Sue is a registered nurse. For the last several years she has led an active health ministry program at St. Peter’s, Lewes. If you would like to be in touch with Sue, her contact information is below.
Sue Meyer's duties include (but are not limited to):
- Being the resource person for various needs;
- Promoting health ministry in our diocese;
- Establishing a health ministry in our diocese;
- Keeping regular communications between the diocese, the Province III regional representative, and national office;
- Staying in touch with needs of diocesan health ministers;
- Visiting parishes with active health ministries;
- Working with parishes desiring to develop health ministries;
- Meeting with health committees in our diocese;
- Having a presence at the diocesan convention; and;
- Educating the diocese on health care topics through the diocesan newspaper, the Delaware Communion.
Goals for Individual Congregations
- Embrace the vision of the National Episcopal Health Ministries that "every Episcopal congregation become a vibrant, caring place of health and wholeness".
- Promote whole person health, prevent disease, and manage illness in the faith community.
- Bring together health care professionals and those with an interest in healing and wholeness ministry to carry out this vision.
- Support and share resources with other faith communities.
- Move the congregation ahead in their understanding of health and wholeness.
- Ensure a just distribution of health care resources for all through advocacy.
- Develop a vision for the program by assessing the congregational health needs, and structuring a program that addresses those needs through:
- Educational forums
- Health fairs
- Blood pressure screening
- Communication with other groups in the parish to encourage them to share the vision of a healthy congregation
- Newsletter articles
- Home visits
Contact
Sue Meyer
Health Ministry Liaison, Diocese of Delaware
16893 Ketch Court
Lewes, Delaware 19958
302-644-6691
Click here to send her an email.
Local HEALTH MINISTRY Resources
- Health Ministries at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Lewes, Delaware
- Health Equality in Delaware: a ministry of the Delaware Ecumenical Council
- State of Delaware's Community Healthcare Access Program
- Delaware Uninsured Resources: Program Information
- Health Ministries at Christiana Care Health System
- Spiritual Care at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington