North Heights trained chaplains are available to pray with you or family before and after surgery, to minister amidst a diagnosis or trauma. Chaplains also provide death-bed ministry and know how to minister to families in the most trying of times.
All North Heights chaplains bring multifaceted gifts and skills to this ministry, some being nurses or EMTs, counselors, or prayer ministers. Serving hand-in-hand with our pastoral team, the Chaplains make it possible for our ministry to extend into many places at one time-their heart matches their ability to minister in faith amidst life's most challenging moments.
Hospitalization
Nonemergency Hospitalization: 651-797-7488
Emergency Hospitalization: 651-646-4393
In-Home or Other Visit: 651-797-7854
Call North Heights Lutheran Church and let us know about a hospitalization. We'd like to visit and pray for you. Remember, we will need the following information:
N - Name (don't forget to leave your name)
H - Hospital (where we can find you)
L - Leave (what day you plan to leave for or from the hospital)
C - Cell Number (where we can reach you or family)
In-Home Visitation
Our trained lay-ministers are available to those who are home-bound, lonely, or ill. Can't make it to church? Visitation ministers make in-home visits, deliver worship CDs & DVDs, offer communion and prayer.
Contact the Care Team at 651-797-7854 or 
Get Involved
If you have a heart to express God's love and mercy to those who are facing difficult life situations, could the God who has comforted you be speaking to you to become a Visitation Minister?
You will have the opportunity to serve the Lord and others through this ministry.
If you feel the Lord is calling you into this ministry, please call the Community Care department at 651-797-7800. Pastor Mindy Bak currently organizes a group of volunteer Chaplains, along with Pastors Bob Burmeister and Carl Vaagenes.
Training
Training is offered on a regular basis to equip you to feel comfortable in praying with someone, offer appropriate encouragement, and minister more effectively to:
- the hospitalized
- homebound individuals
- nursing home residents
Specialized training topics offered:
Continuing Education
If you serve in Visitation Ministry, Chaplaincy, Altar Ministers, Counseling Clinic, Prayer Ministries, Military Ministry, or the Care Team, these continuing education classes are for you. It's 90 minutes packed with ministry-shaping inspiration; because times of refreshment need to match the times of profound caring. Come and be refreshed.
Next Class: