Our church provides assistance to those experiencing acute or chronic personal or family crises. Headed by Barb Light, and assisted by church staff members Jimmy Moore and Anne Kapper, First Church Caring Ministries seeks to respond collaboratively to congregational need by empowering a wide array of lay members for the tasks of ministry. We have many wonderful volunteers involved in many ministries, and good opportunities exist for new volunteers to become involved as well.Community services include: –Parish Visitor –Nursing Home/Assisted Living Visitation –Hospital Visitation –Follow-Up Care –Food Crisis Ministry –Bereavement Food Ministry –Parish Nursing

The Active Aging Coalition is a grassroots organization consisting of seniors, their families, caregivers, and other community advocates interested in improving lives of seniors in our community. Through monthly meetings and community engagement, we learn about each other’s participation in the senior community, find ways to work together more efficiently, and increase our own understanding of available resources.Sometimes, when searching for these resources, gaps in services are discovered as well. This has encouraged creativity among the group to find better ways to use resources that already exist or at times to create entirely new solutions. One such solution was the creation of the Commission on Aging. They have been responsible for the very successful Creative Aging Festival, a month long city-wide celebration of elder artists addressing the benefits of creativity to healthful aging.We produce a monthly newsletter that includes up-to-date meeting minutes, announcements, and upcoming events. We also send out monthly invitations to our upcoming meetings. If you would like to receive these, please click the Contact button and send us your name and email address. Meetings begin and end promptly in recognition of everyone’s busy schedule, but you are welcome to stay longer to visit and network with those you meet. We hope to see you at one of our meetings!

As one of seven centers at Indiana University’s Institute on Disability and Community, we do research and provide training, assistance and information to individuals, families, professionals and communities. We work in partnership with adults who are aging with disabilities to promote their well-being, community-participation, self-determination and leadership.

Whether you’re here to learn more about us, sign up for services, or something else — we are glad you’re here! We seek to improve the lives of the people we serve by helping alleviate and eliminate generational poverty.