Samaritan Health Center: Serving our City well in the Name of Jesus

Aug 24 | Pastor J.D. | 1 Comment |

If you’re looking for a way to put this weekend’s message into action, you won’t come up with many better local organizations than the Samaritan Health Center. This is a fairly new grouping of the believing medical community in RDU that serve the underserved right here in our own backyard. They have just built an entire operational floor above the Rescue Mission’s women’s facility off I-85, and employ a few people and dozens and dozens of volunteers.

It is a great testimony to the Gospel, as it is done, of course, on any who have needs, but explicitly because of Jesus. They have a number of places where volunteers are needed, even if you’re not medically-skilled. They need prayer counselors, administrators, and people who will just sit and talk with worried patients. Pretty much anyone who wants to serve.

They also have a great awareness banquet coming up on Sept 19 in Bay 7 of the American Tobacco Campus in Downtown Durham. If you are interested in coming, and knowing about how you can be a part of this ministry financially, let them know here.

Our church is in ENTHUSIASTIC support of this ministry. They really are an answer to prayer. We have asked God to allow us as a church to love our city tangibly in the places where it is most hurting. But we know that we, as a church, can’t run all the ministries our city needs through our church offices. So we have prayed that God will raise up men and women of vision who can lead us into the community. This is an answer to that prayer. You’ll love it!

This is one of the many organizations that DurhamCares is helping to facilitate in our city. May their tribe increase!

One Response to “Samaritan Health Center: Serving our City well in the Name of Jesus”

1. Jeff Wubbenhorst says:

   August 29, 2010 at 3:44 pm

   Hi JD-

   I went to their website, and it appears the date they have there is September 9, not 19th. You might want to check on that, and correct it if necessary.

   Thanks for making us aware of this good ministry.

   Jeff W.

   PS – Unrelated…did you ever get to see the 9-minute DVD I sent you on helping the disabled in Nepal? If so, I’d like to get it back.