Spiritual Care

Our Faith Integration into Our resident’s Lives

As a faith-based organization, Baruch Senior Ministries integrates residents’ physical care with emotional and spiritual care: recognizing both as an essential aspect of a resident’s life. For this reason, the Spiritual Care Team offers compassionate, personalized spiritual care in accordance with each resident’s spiritual beliefs and practices.

What We Provide

The Baruch Spiritual Care Team

A Team Solely Dedicated to the Care of Your Loved One’s Spiritual Life

Baruch’s Spiritual Care Team embodies the mission of Baruch Senior Ministries by caring for the spiritual needs of residents, families, and staff. Our staff dedicates their time to others through individual visits, leading worship, and displaying a sustained sense of love in our homes. Our chaplains seek to empower staff to use their gifts to bless residents and their families. The Spiritual Care Team also partners with local faith groups to provide ongoing spiritual support for residents.

Spiritual Care Integrated Into Everyday Life

Baruch’s faith focus leads our team to integrate spiritual care into the everyday lives of our residents. We partner with churches and chaplains to provide regular prayer, worship, and community of faith.

Prayer & Chaplain Services

At Baruch, there’s always someone to pray with your loved one. We work with chaplains to provide regular prayer and spiritual guidance.

Church & Worship

We provide regular church services and worship opportunities for our residents, including music, prayer, and encouraging sermons.

Church Partnerships

Each of our communities works with local churches to keep our residents plugged in to their local faith community and thriving in fellowship.

Worship & Fellowship At Baruch

Beyond Just Physical Care

We believe that physical care alone is only part of a full life. Each person yearns for a deeper spiritual connection, and we are honored to facilitate that connection in our residents. Our team is dedicated to ensuring that our residents have an opportunity to fellowship in faith, find a spiritual community, and receive prayer and guidance.
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Spiritual Care Team Members

We care about our resident’s spiritual lives so much we have a team dedicated to ensuring they receive every opportunity for prayer and connection. Meet the members of our Spiritual Care Team below.

Joan Cornelison

Vice President of Spiritual Care and Church Partnerships

Val VandeHaar

ChaplAin

Karen Henderlong

ChaplAin

Jeff Meyers

ChaplAin

Spiritual Care Updates

Find our latest encouraging words, written by our Spiritual Care Team here.

Heaven & Home by Jeff Pettinga

March 20, 2023

Several months ago a long time friend of mine asked me if I would be willing to prepare a devotional about Heaven. I have been

More Spiritual Care News

Connect with our team

Interested in learning more about Spiritual Care, or what your loved one’s life could look like at Baruch? Reach out to us—we’d love to connect with you.