{"id":914,"date":"2015-07-06T01:48:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T10:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=914"},"modified":"2015-07-06T01:48:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T10:48:56","slug":"july-6th-dont-forget-the-homebound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=914","title":{"rendered":"July 6th \u2013 Don\u2019t Forget the Homebound"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"July 6th \u2013 Don\u2019t Forget the Homebound\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=914\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/homebound.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-915\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/homebound.jpg\" alt=\"homebound\" width=\"206\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In my encounters with patients the subject of their church connection is a frequent topic of conversation.\u00a0 A lot of these conversations are rich with inspiring stories of how the patient had been active in important ministries when the patient had the gifts of health and strength.\u00a0 Other times this conversation makes me sad because in some churches once you no longer are attending, they do not seem to make any outreach to you.\u00a0 This makes the patient feel forgotten and rejected by their church.\u00a0 At times this sense of being forgotten gets even deeper and the patient starts to wonder if God has forgotten them.\u00a0 Recently a patient told me after we prayed, \u201cYou are the first pastor to pray with me for 5 years.\u201d\u00a0 That comment of appreciation broke my heart.\u00a0 Ministry to the homebound is important.\u00a0 If you ever doubted the importance of homebound visitation before, I hope this article inspires you to reach out the homebound in your congregation whether you are clergy or laity, visits and prayers mean a lot to those who because of health can no longer attend the church that had been their spiritual home for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my encounters with patients the subject of their church connection is a frequent topic of conversation.\u00a0 A lot of these conversations are rich with inspiring stories of how the patient had been active in important ministries when the patient had the gifts of health and strength.\u00a0 Other times this conversation makes me sad because &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=914\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">July 6th \u2013 Don\u2019t Forget the Homebound<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":916,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions\/916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}