Care & Nurture Team

Our Care & Nurture Team has been actively involved in the ministry of Congregational Care since 2012. We observe and celebrate special events in the lives of our church members and church friends, and provide resources for the improvement of our daily lives. This ministry provides birthday and anniversary cards to our congregation.

Home Communion is provided by this caring group for persons who are not able to attend worship services. This is a very special time of service and connection, both for the servers and for those receiving at this special time.

Some of our ongoing and special events are as follows:

Nifty Nineties Event – This is a time of recognizing our Nifty Ninety PVUMC members with a group event of fellowship and games; offering some light refreshments and foods, and lots of conversation. Our attendees seem to enjoy being with each other, as many of them do not see one another as often as they would like. We also recognize our new Nifty 90 members when they join this special age group. In 2025, we opened up the event to include the congregation by hosting a 90’s Group “Happy Birthday” party in Fellowship Hall following a December Sunday church service. 

Prayer Warriors – A group of individuals who have set a regular day and time each week to pray for those who shared a concern at the previous Sunday church service.  If possible, we may send a specific note of caring to those individuals.

Resource Table – A special table is set aside in Fellowship Hall to provide our members and friends in finding information about services that they may be searching for or were not even aware of, such as: flyers, advertisements, community agencies providing assistance and special services, or for special projects such as the Ronald McDonald House pop-top collection, Lions Club used glasses, and such. There are also miscellaneous items to be taken and used by our members and guests, such as calendars, greeting cards, and other small items.

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Caring Stitchers is an informal group from the Care & Nurture Team who gets together to create donated items to help others. This group used to be known as the Prayer Shawl Ministry but has expanded to create more items to be donated to others. 

Ongoing projects are:

• Knitting, crocheting, and sewing items for care homes and church members during illness or difficult times.
• Using plastic shopping bags to create sleeping mats for the homeless, which are distributed through “A Safe Place” in Prescott Valley or the Prescott UMC. Plastic bags are also made into water bottle carriers.
• Sewing “welcome bags” for Stepping Stones domestic violence shelter. These bags are filled with personal care items and provided to those in need of shelter. 
• Lap blankets have been donated to the kidney dialysis center and local nursing homes and care centers, as well as to our congregation as needed. 
• Knitted or crocheted hats, scarves and afghans have been donated to adult day care centers, local care homes, and Haven UMC, Jerome, AZ.
• Walker bags are sewn and offered to anyone to tie onto their walking device to crry personal items. These are provided to our congregation, nursing and care homes, adult day care facilities and Compassus (Hospice).
• Fidget blankets are made for dementia patients and provided to Compassus and nursing and day care facilities.
• Special Project March 2026: We made kitchen items, such as pot holders, dish cloths, towels, placemats, hot pads, and jar openers. These were donated to the U.S. Vets for homeless veterans gaining new residence.
• Special Project August 2026: We made twin size fleece blankets and plastic sleeping mats to donate to “A Safe Place” for the homeless.
• Special Project August 2026: We made neck pillows for the PVUMC Nifty 90 Members’ birthday celebration.