Bridging

Bridging is a ministry of caring presence and quiet listening.  Bridging Ministers are Ascension parishioners who come from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and have a calling to a caring, listening ministry.

Ministers will:

• Spend time with persons who are homebound or ill.
• Be present to people who are grieving a loss.
• Walk alongside people who are experiencing transition in their lives.
• Reach out to any person who would like a caring listener.

If you or someone you know would like to learn more about Ascension’s Bridging Ministry or to schedule a visit with a Bridging Minister, please contact the parish office at 612-529-9684.

 The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing, and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is the friend who cares.  -Henri Nouwen