The WELS Health and Wellness Committee encourages and assists WELS members and their congregations as they offer spiritual and other services to people with a variety of special needs in in their communities. The committee promotes and supervises ministry in the following areas: ministry to aging and parish nursing, hospital, nursing home, and assisted living ministries.

We strive to carry out our mission in the following ways:

  • Give health and wellness presentations and publish materials that encourage and assist Christians to minister to others.
  • Explore new ways of providing health and wellness ministry to people with special needs.
  • Monitor programs of health and wellness ministry in WELS and other Lutheran church bodies.
  • Provide God Our Refuge devotionals. This pocket booklet has proven to be an excellent tool for members when ministering to people in hospitals, nursing homes, and other institutions. It is also an excellent source of devotions for ministry to the aging.
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