Nursing Home Ministry

This is another ministry spotlight article. Clayton Garrow, a student at Boyce College, has started this vibrant ministry to the elderly and disabled at Signature Health Care, South Louisville. He, and a few other young New Heights men have been regularly preaching there, sharing the essential Gospel of Jesus Christ. Clayton has written his own view of this ministry.

For the past two months, New Heights Baptist Church has been able to go to Signature Health Care of South Louisville to conduct church services on the first and third Sunday of each month. The services begin at 2:30 p.m. and consist of singing hymns, praying, and preaching.

It has been a continued joy to be at the Care Center, as there are brethren there that we are able to serve, and residents who are outside of Christ, without hope and without God in this world. Through personal room visits during the week I have been able to share gospel truth with many of the residents. The Lord has provided opportunity to speak of the necessity of Scripture, and that all of our thoughts about the very character of God must be rooted and grounded in the Scriptures that God has given. The Lord has provided opportunity to share from the Scriptures the natural state of all of creation apart from the saving grace of God. What a joy it is to have opportunity to share God's grace!

There has not only been great joy and humility in sharing the very words of God with those outside of Christ, but there has been great joy in serving the brethren who are residents of the Care Center. One example is a man named Mr. Davis. We have had great fellowship with his wife and him as Mr. Davis was at the Care Center seeking to regain physical strength. One evening I stopped by his room and for nearly forty-five minutes we read through the Scriptures together, talked of salvation being all of grace, spoke of John Newton's hymn “Amazing Grace”, and prayed together. There are many such examples that could be given like this from those of us who have been serving at the Care Center.

Our motivation for continued service is that Jesus Christ has died in our place. We desire that He receive glory and honor as we seek to walk in obedience to His commands, sharing the gospel with men and women that they might hear the word of Christ and be saved.

Amen, Clayton. Thank you for your devoted service to these oft-forgotten people and to our church. Let us all remember to pray for God's continued blessing over and provision for his Word.