Pastoral Care


Our pastor, Dr. Lowell Donnelley, is available for personal and family counseling appointments on Monday from 1pm-3pm; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9am-3pm and Friday from 9am-noon. To schedule an appointment, please call the church office at (618) 483-5264.

Our church also has a Deacon Family Ministry program. Each Deacon has a ” Deacon Family” and provides pastoral care to those within his Deacon Family.


Pastor’s Paragraphs

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ; certain that God is appealing through us, we plead on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God.” 2 Corinthians 5:18-20 (HCSB)

In a recent article, Philip Nation writes about having “A Summer that Counts.” He challenges our thinking about summer plans and asks us to consider having a “missional” summer.

He lists 8 tips for making a summer count:

  1. Look at people with eternity in mind. Everyone has an eternity in front of them. We need to see them as God does and care for them like it counts.

  2. Show some hospitality. Believers should be the people that everyone else wants to be around. So be the person who invites everyone over for a cookout or a game night. Remember, you’re the ambassador for Christ so get into the lives of people living outside the kingdom.
  3. Watch for a chance to serve. People give away all of their energy on family, work, and menial chores. Look for ways that you can care for your neighbors—even if it is just cooking a simple dinner for them.
  4. Visit someone new. Look around your community and find someone who needs a friend. Maybe it is visiting in a nursing home or rocking babies in the NICU. Make your days count with people who feel they don’t.
  5. Go somewhere unexpected. Leave your inhibitions behind and get going to a place that needs to hear about Jesus whether it’s downtown or to the other side of the globe.
  6. Take somebody with you. Whatever you do, don’t do it alone! Take your family, get your Sunday school class involved, or invite the whole church to go out on mission. And make sure to take the kids. They’re ready to change the world, so let them.
  7. Be truthful. Missional believers contend for the faith while speaking in a way understandable to the hearer. No matter what—be ready to tell the story of Jesus.
  8. Love like Jesus. He lived a robust life of caring for the lost. He did it by meeting their needs and telling them the truth. And I can think of no better way to make your summer count than doing both of those.

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