Helpful Links to Ministry Resources
Welcome to our resource page featuring helpful websites. You will find several categories of links, which we have carefully compiled to help you in various areas of ministry and life. While we recommend these sites, we do not necessarily endorse or agree with everything on them.
Helpful Links
ACTS - Actively Caring Through Sharing
Sharon Melancon, CEO and President
ACTS was founded for the purpose of providing encouragement, educational resources, support and a safe place for caregivers to share their “true feelings.” ACTS provides a variety of free educational resources through literature, a lending library and outstanding speakers who address issues and provide solutions relating to care-giving. Some of the topics covered have been:
Making Home Safe
Social Security and Medicare
Care-giving from a Male Perspective
Getting Your Legal Affairs in Order
What you Need to Know about Home Care versus Placement
ACTS support group meetings are held every 3rd Saturday of the month via Zoom from 11am-1pm (PST)
Please contact ACTS at 323-296-2975 or email: acts@actscsg.org for details. Visit their YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@actscaregiversupportgroup4468
Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement (WAM)
Women's Alzheimer’s Movement (WAM)
National Hartford Center of Gerantological Nursing Excellence
National Hartford Center of Gerantological Nursing Excellence, https://www.nhcgne.org/
Offering a host of resources for nurses and caregivers
For Missionaries
A Life Overseas - A Blog Collective for Christ-following missionaries and Aid Workers
https://www.alifeoverseas.com/
A team of writers who have logged years of overseas experience create an online space where expats of many nations come together to interact, encourage, and find a community that ‘gets it’. You’ll find honest conversation about the role and realities of international missions, practical advice from others on the foreign field, and faith-based inspiration for the days when you’d just rather go home. Watch Intro video
Parakeleo - Coming Alongside
Parakaleo is a global organization founded in 2005 by Shari Thomas and Tami Resch. “Our mission is to come alongside women in church planting with the gospel and our lives as well. Our vision is to see every woman in church planting trained, supported, and valued.” Visit their research overview page to learn about how this global movement came to be.