Center for Community Health Ministry

Building Healthy Communities through Health Ministry Training

Today’s communities face tremendous challenges. Healthcare facilities endeavor to provide crisis care, diagnostic and hi-tech treatment strategies with appropriate follow-up. With the anticipated health care needs associated with the aging population and ethnic diversity, we must employ disease prevention and health promotion strategies which are targeted and effective in reaching community populations for health behavior change. Florida Hospital has worked over the last 10 years to develop this effective tool for Health Ministry. The Center for Community Health Ministry has trained over 1,000 Parish Nurses and members of congregations for effective health ministry.

The Coordinator Preparation Course prepares the Hospital Coordinator, church denomination or other region-wide representative to effectively develop Health Ministry Teams within faith congregations. This 16-hour training session, taught from an inter-faith perspective, provides the attendee (Coordinator) with key whole-person health concepts and the training tools necessary for preparing successful health ministry teams within community congregations.

The role of the Coordinator is defined as one who instructs congregational leaders, and continues to support each congregation through ongoing consulting, resource and information sharing.

Communities working together do become healthier!

The Coordinator Preparation Course

The training materials include:

• 12-hour class training modules, Health Ministry Team Building with accompanying PowerPoint slides
• Syllabus materials
• Textbook - “Building Healthy Communities through Medical-Religious Partnerships”.

The Course modules cover the following topics:

• Medical Model, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
• Coordinator Job Description
• Health Belief Model
• Congregational Health Ministry Models (Parish Nursing, Health Ministry Team)
• Building Relationships with Community Clergy
• Job Description of the Health Ministry Team
• Surveying Congregations and Program Implementation
• Religions, Cultures and Ethnicity
• Budgeting for Training Health Ministry Teams
• Partnering with Congregations for Health Promotion

Course Details

• Gain understanding and skill to coordinate community health ministry.
• Learn the details involved in offering The Health Ministry Team Building Course to members of the faith community in your service area.
• Develop relationships for Medical-Religious partnerships and a healthier community.

Course Dates: October
Registration 8:00 am
Training 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Course Cost: $450.00 (includes: two nights accommodations at Comfort Suites, 2416 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida, 32804; course materials; Health Ministry Team Training Program; two meals per day)
(Travel costs and additional nights – on your own)
Course Location: Florida Hospital – Orlando
Comfort Suites Conference Room

Health Ministry Coordinators who have been most successful have the following qualities:

• Committed to health promotion concepts of “whole person health”
• Committed to the principle that individuals within the community can be empowered for healthy living
• Personal characteristics include:
  • Trusted and respected
  • Self-motivated and able to inspire others
  • Creative, open-minded, and inclusive
  • Culturally and spiritually sensitive
  • Excellent communication / teaching skills
• Representative of the hospital / church denomination

For questions regarding the sessions, please contact us.