Is a Faith Community Health Ministry in Your Future?
Is a Faith Community Health Ministry in your future?
Did you know that 60% of faith community members surveyed in Linn County, Oregon would seek the advice of a faith community nurse if one were available? Are you called to this nursing practice specialty promoting health and wellness of the mind, body, and spirit?
The course will be ten half-day sessions held on Zoom from 8am – 12:30pm on the following Mondays and Tuesdays in 2025: October 20-21, 2025, October 27-28, 2025, November 3-4, 2025, November 10-11, 2025, November 17-18, 2025. Please also save the date for our in-person graduation/dedication ceremony to honor our graduates on Sunday, November 23, 2025 from 2pm-4pm at a location to be announced later.
2024 Foundations of Faith Community Nursing and Health Ministry Course – From top left: McKayla Powell (FCN), Linn County, OR; Melissa Kingery (FCN), Linn County, OR; Anna Eddleman (FCN), Linn County, OR; Gretchen Koch (FCN), Marion County, OR; Ingrid Siadal (HM), Polk County, OR; Angel Harris (FCN), Benton County, OR; Rachel Jandera (FCN), Marion County, OR; Front row: Jenn Rasor (FCN), Linn County, OR; Diana Cericola (FCN), Lincoln County, OR; Kimberlee Sorci (HM), Linn County, OR
Not pictured: Ciera Agee (FCN), Curry County, OR; Angela Adiska (FCN), Jackson County, MI
2023 Foundations of Faith Community Nursing and Health Ministry Course – from top left: Tawni Pfaff (FCN), Lead Educator; Deb Fell-Carlson (FCN), Lead Educator; Geeta Barr (Health Minister), Salem, OR; Myra Hurt (FCN), Columbus, IN; Linda Cutts (FCN), Walla Walla, WA; Patty O’Day (FCN), Sweet Home, OR; Kim Hawkins (FCN), Vancouver, WA; Judi Imig (FCN), Salem, OR; Julie Vaniman (FCN); Olympia, WA; Amanda Huston (FCN), McMinnville, OR; Lisa (Sadie) Blau (Health Minister), Lebanon, OR
2022 Foundations of Faith Community Nursing and Health Ministry Course – from top left: Tawni Pfaff (FCN), Lead Educator, Deb Fell-Carlson (FCN), Lead Educator; Pastor Janel Hovde (Health Minister), Portland, OR; Rabbi Jonah Freeman (Health Minister), Lebanon, OR; Cari Moodie, Faith Community Nursing Regional Regional Coordinator, Western Idaho; Karen Burger (Health Minister), Lebanon, OR; Meredith Meyer (FCN), Lincoln County, OR; Carol Vos (FCN), Bay County, MI
2021 Foundations of Faith Community Nursing and Health Ministry Course – from top left: Kimberly Lawrence (FCN), Springfield, OR; Deb Fell-Carlson (FCN), Lead Educator; Tawni Pfaff (FCN), Lead Educator, Patty Adams (FCN), Tangent, OR; Laura Capranica (FCN), Stanley, NC; Jonet Schutz (FCN), Salem Area Coordinator and course co-host; Wendy Fierro (Health Minister), Lebanon, OR; Beverly Munday (FCN), Raleigh, NC; Susan Blakely (FCN), Raleigh, NC; Pastor Lydia Tatum, Raleigh, NC, Donna Crawford (FCN), Springfield, OR; Beth Davis (FCN), Durham, NC; Franny Goodrich (FCN), Milwaukie, OR; Beatriz Vazquez (Health Minister), Denver, CO; Kiersten Erickson (Health Minister), Sweet Home, OR; Louise Glenn (Health Minister), Albany, OR; Pat Nelson (Health Minister), Raleigh, NC
2020 Foundations of Faith Community Nursing and Health Ministry Course: Starting at top left, Marcy Shanks (FCN), Lebanon, OR; Deb Fell-Carlson (FCN), Lead Educator, Lebanon, OR; Patricia Meier, (FCN), Turner, OR; Patsy Wilkinson (FCN) and Nancy McPherson (FCN), Lebanon, OR; Debbie Leckie (FCN), Lebanon, OR; Susan Dennie (FCN), Olympia, WA; Susan Pfanner (Health Minister), Springfield, OR; Lise Pettigrew (FCN), Snohomish, WA; Shirley Byrd (Health Minister), Lebanon, OR; Jane Dahl (Health Minister), Canby, OR; Rebecca Flores (FCN), Rocky Point, NC; Jonet Schutz (FCN), Assistant Instructor and Zoom Co-Host; Tiffany Wadlow (FCN), Lebanon, OR; Sally Diehm (FCN), Assistant Instructor, Springfield, OR; Tawni Pfaff (FCN), Lebanon, OR; Gladys Wardlaw (Health Minister), Lebanon, OR; Nancie Parmenter (FCN), Vancouver, WA; Nancy Shoji, (Health Minister), Vancouver, WA
2018 Foundations of Faith Community Nursing and Health Ministry Course. (Not pictured, Annette Stixrud, Lead Educator; Deb Fell-Carlson, Faith Community Nursing Coordinator) Back row, left to right: Linda Tedisch (FCN), Albany, OR; Susan Freeman (Health Minister), Lebanon, OR; Julie Marie Quillen (FCN), Tacoma, WA; Tami Schoonover (FCN), Sweet Home, OR; middle row, left to right: Kara Warnock (Health Minister), Albany, OR; Nancy Brouhard (FCN), Salem, OR; Cheryl Carandanis (FCN), Damascus, OR; Delores Gassner (FCN), Salem, OR; Shauri Lamkin (FCN), Beaverton, OR
This Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course is based on the curriculum developed through the Westberg Institute for Faith Community Nursing, which curriculum is owned by the Spiritual Care Association of New York, NY, 500 7th Ave, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10018.
We’re supporting faith community nurses and health ministers bringing access to preventive care to faith communities in Linn, Benton, and Lincoln counties of Oregon and beyond. The FCHN does not directly or indirectly practice nursing, deliver nursing services, or hire nurses as employees, rather provides administrative support to the FCHN team to make such services available in the community setting.
The Faith Community Health Network is a 509(a)(2) public charity and can receive tax deductible donations under its 501(c)(3) tax exempt status.