To order any of the materials below, click here to print the order form or contact the International Parish Nurse Resource Center at 314.918.2559.
CDS
Seasons for Wholeness: Volume 6
IPNRC: St. Louis, MO
$35.00 for CD (includes shipping)
$35.00 for Book (includes shipping)
$50.00 for Book/CD Combination (includes shipping)
The latest edition of health articles includes 24 months of health information organized topically with one newsletter, four bulletin blurbs, websites for additional information on the topic, and numerous ideas for worship/education/service projects. It is available in either CD or book form (see below). The CD allows you to copy and paste the articles as well as use the hyperlinks to the websites.
Jacob's Journey (CD)
IPNRC: St. Louis, MO, March 2009
$35.00 (includes shipping)
Jacob's Journey is a new eight-week wellness program for men living with or seeking to prevent hypertension, developed by the IPNRC. Based on the Biblical story of Jacob, this program is not meant to take the place of treatment by a physician, rather, it offers additional help in making desirable lifestyle changes. These changes include walking and/or adding other exercise on a daily basis, dietary changes, and assistance with finding new ways to reduce the impact of stress on one's life, through prayer and other interventions.
Fellowship is an important component of this program. Included on the CD are lesson plans, bulletin blurbs, newsletter articles, e-mail messages, a poster, bulletin board, sign-up sheet, evaluation form - everything you need to make this program happen (except the men!). Click here for more infromation.
Get My People GOING!! (CD)
IPNRC: St. Louis, MO, April 2008
$35.00 for CD (includes shipping)
$35.00 for Book (includes shipping)
$50.00 for Book/CD Combination (includes shipping)
A wellness program, based on the Exodus story, is for children and adults of all ages and health conditions. The eight-week program encourages participants to choose three lifestyle areas they would like to improve: such as exercise, diet, sleep, prayer, time with friends, or drinking water. Each person is asked to choose a "buddy" with whom they check in weekly. Not everyone can run a marathon, even walk a mile, or get out of a chair, yet everyone can be part of this congregational wellness initiative. CDs and books are available from the IPNRC which include a participant booklet, an implementation manual, and a bulletin board, which may be printed from the CD and personalized for your own congregational setting. For additional information on this program click here.
DVDs
Called to Care through Faith Community Nursing (DVD)
IPNRC: St. Louis, MO, December 2007
$23.00 (includes shipping)
This ten-minute video is designed to encourage registered nurses to become actively involved in this growing specialty practice. The video introduces several faith community nurses who are among the more than ten thousand health professionals working in this specialty practice across the United States and around the world. Their personal journey into faith community, or parish nursing, is an inspiration to anyone with a passion for helping others.
A Look at Parish Nursing (DVD)
IPNRC: St. Louis, MO, January 2007
$23.00 (includes shipping)
This ten-minute video was created by the IPNRC for churches considering parish nursing. This DVD features clergy, congregational members and parish nurses in an engaging format designed for use in with church councils, health cabinets, or staff meetings. It explores reasons to grow a church’s health ministry through parish nursing, looks at the roles of a parish nurse, and addresses some of the questions that arise when a parish considers this ministry.
Granger Westberg: The Three Acts of Illness (DVD)
$12.00 (includes shipping)
This 34-minute classic DVD features Rev. Dr. Granger Westberg discussing the emphasis on tertiary care in Western medicine, and promoting the concept of investing in health promotion. Created for use in parish nurse continuing education settings and with other adult education classes.
Wayne Muller, 2007 Westberg Keynote Speaker (DVD)
$25.00 (includes shipping)
Wayne Muller’s goal is to help people discover the rhythm between action and rest.
- Called to Action: Strengthening Ministries of Healing
- Segment 1: Finding Rest, Renewal & Delight in our Busy Lives, Part 1
- Segment 2: Finding Rest, Renewal & Delight in our Busy Lives, Part 2
- Segment 3: Finding Sabbath: The Way We Live
Books
Healthful Hints, Volume 1
Released May 2010!
$25.00 for Book (includes shipping)
Compilation of paragraphs that focus on information related to specific diseases, family health, nutrition, and exercise. They were written specifically for those situations when a brief piece of information is needed such as a bulletin board, Sunday bulletin blurb, poster, inserts into newsletters, or the bathroom mirror. Written by Helene Elaine Vander Werff RN FCN in Wentworth, SD, these 130 health tips provide a wide range of information for all ages.
Volume 2, with an additional 130 tips will be available at the 2010 Westberg Symposium.
Taking Care of Business: A Guide for the Discussion of Wills, Healthcare Directives, and Funeral Planning
Released March 2010!
$40.00 for Book (includes shipping)
End of life issues have often been relegated to a quick family discussion at the time of death. This curriculum presents the topic to all ages and encourages thoughtful consideration of wishes for healthcare before any decision is needed. This user-friendly volume provides information on the implementation of five class sessions as well as the lesson plans, speaker ideas, handouts, and additional resources to facilitate the discussion of healthcare decisions and funeral planning. Get your faith community to consider their wishes for health care prior to an emergency by Taking Care of Business.
Get My People GOING!! (Book)
IPNRC: St. Louis, MO, March 2010
$35.00 for Book (includes shipping)
$35.00 for CD (includes shipping)
$50.00 for Book/CD Combination (includes shipping)
A wellness program, based on the Exodus story, is for children and adults of all ages and health conditions. The eight-week program encourages participants to choose three lifestyle areas they would like to improve: such as exercise, diet, sleep, prayer, time with friends, or drinking water. Each person is asked to choose a "buddy" with whom they check in weekly. Not everyone can run a marathon, even walk a mile, or get out of a chair, yet everyone can be part of this congregational wellness initiative. CDs and books are available from the IPNRC which include a participant booklet, an implementation manual, and a bulletin board, which may be printed from the CD and personalized for your own congregational setting. For additional information on this program click here.
Seasons of Wholeness Vol. VI
$35.00 for Book (includes shipping)
$35.00 for CD (includes shipping)
$50.00 for Book/CD Combination (includes shipping)
The latest edition of health articles includes 24 months of health information organized topically with one newsletter, four bulletin blurbs, websites for additional information on the topic, and numerous ideas for worship/education/service projects. It is available in either book or CD form. The CD allows you to copy and paste the articles as well as use the hyperlinks to the websites.
Challenge Yourself – Change the World
$40.00 Leader's Guide
This new program combines 40 days of devotion with a healthy lifestyle program, service project options, and PowerPoint presentations for healthy eating.
The leader’s guide includes everything you need for a class or small group setting.
• A 40 day devotional with questions for reflection/small group discussion
• Instructions for a wellness program and a service project – participants earn points/raise money for changing behaviors and donate to a project from the devotional or a local charity
• Three PowerPoint lessons – healthy breakfasts, new parents, and general lifestyle changes for better health – included on a CD
Challenge Yourself - Change the World - Individual Devotional
$5.00 Devotion and Reflection for 40 Days
The individual devotional has one page devotions designed for the 40 days of Lent. They can easily be used any time of year for individuals or group/class settings. Each day has a scripture reference, a story of a health need/mission somewhere around the globe, and questions for personal or small group reflection to initiate thoughts how an individual or group can impact the world
Parish Nurse Coordinator Manual:
A Guide to Creating & Developing Your Program
$65.00 for Manual (includes shipping)
$85.00 for Manual and CD of Appendices and Forms
(includes shipping) Released March 2009
Written by current parish nurses and coordinators, this resource covers program development and supervision, from foundations through the specifics of the coordinator's role, including:
• Program implementation and sustainability
• Budgets and funding
• Personnel management
• Forms, surveys, policies, and
• Other resources that will assist a coordinator develop a strong, quality parish nurse program.
Although it is written for the coordinator who oversees multiple churches and nurses, much of the information can be used in a single church during its development process. Click here to view the Table of Contents.
The Healing Word: Preaching & Teaching Health Ministry
Deborah Patterson, The Pilgrim Press, 2009
ISBN: 9780829818499
$16.00 (includes shipping)
A practical and much needed resource for parish nurses and ministers searching for new ways to approach the subject of healthcare from a viewpoint that integrates spirituality and well-being. Patterson’s years of healthcare and ministry experience, both home and abroad, highlight her insightful views on how parish nurses and church leaders can connect with one another and work together in the vast healthcare arena in order to supplement their professional and spiritual knowledge and bring it to their patients and congregations.
Health Ministries: A Primer for Clergy and Congregations
Deborah Patterson, The Pilgrim Press, 2008
ISBN: 9780829817911
$10.00 (includes shipping)
Unique questions and concerns clergy have about starting and maintaining a health ministry program within their congregations. Contains compiled stories and experiences of parish nurses from within the U.S. and around the world and in an interesting, accessible format. This book will appeal to clergy and convince them to introduce this much-needed ministry to their congregation.
Healing Words for Healing People: Prayers and Meditations for Parish Nurses and Other Health Professionals
Deborah Patterson, The Pilgrim Press, 2005
ISBN: 0829816739
$12.00 (includes shipping)
Doctors, nurses and clergy are among the "healing people" who work with those in pain. These prayers and meditations are written for the healing places where these healers find themselves - in hospitals, homes, congregations, and the community.
The Essential Parish Nurse: ABC's for Congregational Health Ministry
Deborah Patterson, The Pilgrim Press, 2003
ISBN: 0829815719
$18.00 (includes shipping)
Practical and useful resource for churches that are interested in developing a parish nurse program. Covering a broad range, it discusses the need for such a ministry, a brief history of parish nursing, the role of the parish nurse, and other details of interest to those wishing to establish a parish nurse program.
Health and Wellness: What Your Faith Community Can Do
Jill Westberg-McNamara, The Pilgrim Press, 2006.
ISBN: 0829817409
$12.00 (includes shipping)
An updated guide to help faith communities expand their health outreach. As background for this book, McNamara met with a number of parish nurses to discuss the evolution of health cabinets over the past two decades. In addition, McNamara explores the history of medicine and its relationship to Christianity, expanding that focus to outline an interfaith approach to health and wellness programming. Jill Westberg McNamara, wrote the foundational book on health cabinets, The Health Cabinet: How to Start a Wellness Committee in Your Church. Jill is the daughter of Granger Westberg, the founder of parish nursing.
The Health Cabinet: How to Start a Wellness Committee in Your Church
Jill Westberg McNamara, IPNRC, 2002
ISBN: 0972361405
$14.00 (includes shipping)
This book is the "gold standard" for starting a health cabinet in your congregation to support and direct a parish nursing ministry.
Granger Westberg Verbatim: A Vision for Faith & Health
William M. Peterson, Editor
Reprinted by the IPRNC with Permission, 2002
ISBN: 0972361413
$15.00 (includes shipping)
A collection of thoughts, essays, and sermons from Granger Westberg center on the concepts and perceptions of health, healthcare, and wholeness. He shares his belief that stress and grief greatly impact illness and that churches need to be involved in the health of their members. Though written over two decades ago, his thoughts and visions are still pertinent today.
Blood Pressure Cards, Bookmarks, Notecards, Pins and Course Certificates
Bookmarks
$2.50 per sheet of 4
New bookmarks have been created for parish nurses and coordinators to use with their clients, classes, and staff. Each sheet is perforated and separates into 4 different bookmarks. They are perfect to leave on home/hospital visits, distribute during presentations, give as incentives, or share at retreats/parish nurse commissioning. The backs have room for personalized notes. All have prayers, inspirational thoughts, and encouraging words for different audiences. Choose from the following:
- Women Encouragement - flowers
- Teen Girls - bright pink mod design
- Adult Encouragement - landscapes
- 10 Health Tips - health images & tips for healthy lives of all ages
- Parish Nurses/Adult Support - hands & clouds will fit anyone
Prayer Cords
$5.00 each
These handmade cords, with their series of three knots, serve as a reminder of the Trinity. The 30 inch cord ends in a cross and can be used many ways to offer comfort and support. Similar to the prayer shawl, the prayer cord has been prayed over and blessed. The enclosed card provides sample prayers that can be used with the cord.
Carabiner
$3.00 each
Looking for a fun table favor for your next parish nurse meeting, a birthday gift for your staff, or even a stocking stuffer for your volunteers? IPNRC heart-shaped carabineers come in handy for things like holding keys or clipping items to tote bags. They are dark blue with one of three titles imprinted on its side: Parish Nurse, Congregational Nurse, or Faith Community Nurse. What a way to honor your nurses or yourself.
Clip-It
$3.00 each
Want a small gift for your nurses or your homebound? Clip-its make nice stands for a desk or table to hold photos or inspirational thoughts. Personalize your thoughts on cards for the elderly or have the Sunday School children make pictures to add to them. They are great for recognition gifts for your nurses also. Base is red in color, with "International Parish Nurse Resource Center www.parishnurses.org" embossed.
Bookmarks
$1.50 each (includes shipping)
The "Aspects of Parish Nurse Ministry” (green) is a concise explanation of the roles parish nurses fill in a faith community.
“A Prayer for Healing” (yellow) can be offered to clients during visits or to nurses completing the Basic Prep Course.
The “Philosophy of Parish Nursing” (lavender) is helpful to explain the foundation and mission under which the specialty functions. Use them as gifts at commissioning services, handouts at presen-tations, and tools to market the program.
Note Cards
$6.00 per pack (includes shipping)
These note cards are the right size to write a quick note to a parishioner, use as invitations to health classes, or write thank you notes to speakers, volunteers, or others involved in the parish nurse program. The logo is the Friend of the Center.
Each pack includes ten notecards (five light pink and five blue) with envelopes. Each card measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".
Blood Pressure Cards
$15.00 per pack (includes shipping)
Blood pressure cards are sold in sets of 50 for use at B/P screenings or individual visits. These cards create a cumulative record of blood pressure readings for the client and can be shared with physicians for better surveillance of the client’s health status. These are tri-fold cards that fit in your wallet for safe keeping.
Bookmarks, note cards, blood pressure cards, and the Dove & Cross Pin can be ordered by using the order form in the link below. Only Educational Partners may order the IPNRC stained glass pins and course certificates for graduates of their classes. Print the IPNRC Order Form by clicking here.
Questions? Please contact Susan Miller, the Office Administrator, at 314-918-2684 or email.