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Welcome to the website of the Lutheran Faith Community Nurse Association (LFCNA). We seek to be the light of Christ as we integrate faith and health in the ministry of Parish/Faith Community Nursing. Here you will find information about our specialty, tools and resources to support you in your ministry, as well as updates on current activities and educational opportunities sponsored by LFCNA and others. Return often to see what is new. May God abundantly bless you and your service to others.

Health Bulletins for your Congregation

New for September

Suicide Prevention

You can find this, more health articles and other helpful tools for ministry
by clicking here:

Faith Community Nurse
Ministry Tools
"Equipping the Called"

(Available to Members Only)

More Health Flyers to use!!

These are free health tip sheets that you can download and are published in English or Spanish. There is a current month bulletin amd also an archive of hundreds of other topics to choose.

The link can be found in the Member's Only section under Program Library Toolkit. Go to the page and scroll down. Check it out now!!

Research Reviews Available!!

Jean Bokinskie does the work of finding appropriate research articles, gives a brief review of the content and summarizes implications for FCN practice.

There are new articles posted every two months on the odd months.

Go to Members Only, click on Resources, then find Research Reviews.

Interested in what we discuss at our Board of Directors Meetings?

IAll members have access to this information in the Members Only section of this website.

Go to Members Only, click on LFCNA Governance Documents/National Minutes

Looking for Spiritual Refreshment?

Taking some time for your own spiritual development is vital to your ministry. We have some resources that will help you.

Click HERE

NEW TO THE WEBSITE

Understanding Wandering Risks With Older Adults -- from the National Council on Aging

Caregiving Resources

A new resource has been added to the LFCNA website Resources to Support ministry page. It is the Wellness Compass Initiative. Check it out here!

Become a Faith & Health Companion
(Wisconsin and Illinois residents only)

Build Companionship Skills in Your Congregation or Faith Community

This is a series of three virtual events including training in Mental Health First Aid sponsored by Advocate Health. Click HERE to learn more.

The series starts September 18 and is free, thanks to grant funding.

Registration deadline is September 8. CHECK IT OUT!

September is
Suicide Awareness Month

September is National Suicide Awareness Month. This year, World Suicide Prevention Day is September 10. Scroll down to access articles and resources about suicide prevention, and how to spread awareness about suicide prevention in your congregation and community.

If you or someone you know is in crisis or at risk for suicide, call or text 988 or chat online at 988lifeline.org. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the United States.

Gather magazine

"Deaths of despair occur with every age, gender and ethnicity," writes Elise Seyfried in "Who dies by suicide?" an article in the May/June 2024 issue of Gather magazine.

Boldcafe.org In the latest issue, the Rev. Minna Bothwell shares her story of the grief and trauma she continues to experience two years after the death of her brother to suicide. Read "Post-traumatic living after suicide" in the August issue.

National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) Digital Toolkit

Recognize the warning signs of suicide and learn how to get help. Share digital resources about suicide prevention posted in the Digital Toolkit.

Living Lutheran Articles

Love and Serving: Faith Community Nurses Care for Body, Mind, and Spirit
Faith Community Nurses promote health and wellness in congregations and also at churchwide and synod gatherings. Several of our members share quotes and stories about the effectiveness and joys of faith community nursing that ministers to body, mind, and spirit.

CLICK HERE for this and two previous articles about Faith Community Nursing.

Rising to Serve

5.88: Preventing Pastoral Burnout: Insights and Strategies from
Rev. Nicole Bullock

Rev. Nicole Bullock, church planter and ministry innovator, shares her personal journey and offers practical strategies for avoiding burnout in ministry.

Support your pastor(s) and share the link to a podcast from Faith+Lead at Luther Seminary.

CLICK HERE

HEADLINES
WORTH THE READ!

CDC on respiratory illnesses
CDC's updated Respiratory Virus Guidance - March 2024
Chronic loneliness may raise stroke risk in adults 50+
CDC revises recommended age for RSV vaccines in US
Weight loss linked to lower cancer risk for obese people
Legislators mull extension of hospital-at-home initiative
Immunization Resources

Excerpted from ANA Brief

LFCNA Board Member Contact Information

It is our desire that members of LFCNA to have full access to contact information for our Board Officers and Directors. For security purposes we have added this information to the Member's Only page. The Board List with contact information is now available. Click on the Officer and Director Contact List link.

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LFCNA exists to support Parish/Faith Community Nurses who are Lutheran
or who serve in Lutheran Congregations.
If you are from another denomination please contact
lutheranfcna@gmail.com for further information.

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