Team Kindness offers a tender heart in a moment of sorrow, happy cheer in a moment of joy; a meal in a moment of challenge; a ride in a moment of need.

Team Kindness is a group of quiet volunteers dedicated to supporting our members and active friends in the moments of life that present us with a need for help and encouragement and even celebration.

Team Kindness works in coordination with the Lay Pastoral Care Program. The LPCP attends to more serious and long-term needs of congregants while Team Kindness provides services to congregants that are short-term and non-emergent in nature. Together, we all help to support the ministers of the church in caring for our congregants and active friends.

Our monthly coordinators receive your calls for assistance, and then using a roster of willing volunteer church members, arrange for a care provider to help you with your needs:  a meal or two; a ride to a grocery store or a medical appointment; a friendly visit; coordinators also make calls to check on those among us who have received a touch of nice in recent weeks.

Our volunteer caretakers provide the meals, the rides, the visits – the Kindness!

Coordinators are also responsible for sending birthday cards to our members who have achieved a certain age, and the sympathy, get-well, and congratulatory cards, as appropriate.

Here is a YouTube video clip used from Rev. Amy’s 8/31 sermon on rivers and boats.

We are always happy to add volunteers to our care team.

Team Kindness can be reached by email:  teamkindness@richmonduu.org