Pastoral Care Ministry

Lay Listeners are available to parishioners who are feeling disconnected or overwhelmed and desire the support and understanding of a confidential listener who acknowledges that God and the individual will find solutions.

Listening Lift is a ministry for St. Anne’s parishioners. Other requests will be referred to local services.

Need a Listening Lift? Email clergy@stannes-annapolis.org. Put Listening Lift in the subject line.

The Nourishing Lift team organizes meal delivery on a short-term basis to parishioners during challenging times in their lives.

Nourishing Lift is a ministry for St. Anne’s parishioners. Other requests will be referred to local services.

The Spiritual Lift team coordinates transportation on a short term basis for ambulatory parishioners needing access to the church or medical facilities.

Spiritual Lift is a ministry for St. Anne’s parishioners. Other requests will be referred to local services.

Need a Spiritual Lift? Email clergy@stannes-annapolis.org. Put Spiritual Lift Request in the subject line.

Our Eucharistic Visitors are trained at St Anne’s and certified by the Rector and the Bishop. These ministers take hospitality and consecrated bread and wine to people unable to come to church because of illness, disability or other impediment. This includes visiting parishioners in the hospital.

The Rev. Kathy Shahinian coordinates this ministry. If you desire to have a Eucharistic Visitor or wish to explore being a Eucharist Visitor, please contact: Rev Kathy Shahinian (kshahinian@stannes-annapolis.org).

Our devoted group of knitters and crocheters make prayer shawls for those who are ill or infirm, and baby blankets for newborn babies and the newly baptized. They pray over their colorful works with each stitch.

The Prayerful Knitting Ministry of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church meets in-person once a month. For more information, please contact Elizabeth Rosborg at emrosborg@gmail.com.

“The Period Project,” is a ministry of St. Anne’s to provide pads and tampons, free of charge, in wicker baskets in the four bathrooms that women use in the Parish Hall and the church.

In the Holy Family Chapel, at the time of the offertory during our Sunday Morning Services, we offer prayer with any who desire it. The prayer ministers provide compassion, anointing, laying on of hands and prayer in the name of Jesus. If you to wish consider training and service in this ministry, please contact: Heather Strang (keepthefeast@verizon.net).

What a joy to know that someone is lifting you up to God in their hearts and minds! A simple and profound way of caring for someone and being cared for by someone. If you wish to add a person to the prayer list, please contact: Rev. M. Dion Thompson (dthompson@stannes-annapolis.org).

We welcome you to join our community of caregivers, which consists of those living in or caring for someone who lives in Anne Arundel County. As this group of volunteers continues to grow, we wanted to give you the opportunity to find ways to help those elderly in our community. For more information, please visit Department of Aging and Disabilities | Anne Arundel County, MD (aacounty.org).