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Health Ministry
 
HEALTH & WELLNESS

 

Parish Nursing

We are privileged as a church to have a Parish Nurse on staff who is responsible for helping our congregation to remain healthy and happy!

Parish Nurse Roles and Responsibilities

*      Collaborate with the pastoral team to provide Holistic Care to the Congregation by ministering to the Body, Mind and the Spirit of individuals and groups.

*      Provide education integrating faith and health to individuals and groups.

*      Provide individual health counseling related to health maintenance, disease prevention and management.

*      Encourage individuals to avail themselves of services, which will enhance their overall wellbeing and encourages them to be more responsible for their health status.

*      Make home and hospital visits as needed to provide health counseling, education and spiritual support during acute care conditions.

*      Networks with appropriate resources in the community to provide services and educational programs.

*      Assist individuals and/or family members in making decisions regarding their health, medical services, treatments, and care facilities.

*      Maintain confidentiality.

You are welcome to stop in to meet Tracey (Monday – Thursday) or call 388-3764 to set up an appointment with her, or click here to send an email. See below for more information about Tracey Rzepka, MS, ARNP

 

Exercise Classes

Basic PILATES is a core strengthening and stretching exercise program meeting on Monday evenings at 4:00 pm . Please bring a mat with you to be able to exercise on the floor. 

GET FIT – This is a cardiovascular exercise session that is meant for all ages and abilities; you can adapt the class to your fitness level! We meet in the Fellowship Hall from 9:00-9:30 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays right before the 9:30 am Thera-band class! 

THERA-BAND is a popular low impact exercise class using elastic bands to strengthen and stretch. Tuesday & Thursday mornings 9:30-10:30am in the Fellowship Hall. 

 Please join us for these fun and free classes led by Debbie Leslie-Minier (SAKLC’s Youth Director and registered clinical exercise physiologist). For more details at 726-9306 or dleslieminier@gmail.com

 

VISITATION TEAM 

We have a Visitation Team consisting of members who have been trained as Stephen Ministers and some who are trained as Eucharistic Ministers. They are available to visit those who are homebound on a regular basis as well as to bring Holy Communion to anyone who is unable to make it to church. If you know someone who would like visits or if you are interested in being a part of this team please call Tracey at 388-3764.

 

Blood Pressure checks are available the last Sunday of every month between services.
Call Tracey if you need your blood pressure checked during the month.

 

Tracey Rzepka, MS, ARNP
Tracey Rzepka, MS, ARNP joined our staff on January 6, 2009 . She is originally from Chicago but has lived in the Sarasota area off and on since 1984. She graduated with an Associate Degree in Nursing in 1982 from Joliet Junior College and has worked at various hospitals from Illinois to Florida to Hawaii where she spent 3 months working at Wahiawa General Hospital as a travel nurse in 1990. She later attended the University of South Florida where she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and then a Master of Science in Nursing in the area of Adult Health in 1990 and then a post-Masters certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing in 2001. She worked as an ARNP (Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner) at the Lee County Public Health Unit and then at the Community AIDS Network here in Sarasota . She has also worked at the Bay Isles Medical Clinic on Longboat Key during the 97/98 and 98/99 winter seasons. Tracey began working in Uganda ( East Africa ) in 1997 with a mission organization called Youth With a Mission (YWAM) then continued under Global Outreach International in 2004. She has served in various parts of Uganda as well as Botswana , Zambia , Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo educating people about HIV/AIDS for terms of 1 month to one year at a time. She will continue to serve in Africa during the summer months when things have slowed down at SAKLC. She is thankful to Susan DeRosa, the previous Parish Nurse at SAKLC, who connected her to SAKLC, and along with the Health Ministry Committee, formed the basis for a great Parish Nurse Program.

 

 

Looking for more information regarding Parish Nursing? Click here to Visit the International Parish Nurse Resource Center