Ministry & Service Commission

The Ministry & Service Commission coordinates the ministries that provide care to meet the special needs of parishioners. The ministries include:

  • Arts and Crafts Group
  • At-Home Prayer
  • Bereavement Meals
  • Guadalupe Ministries
  • Prayer Quilt Ministry
  • Rosary Guild
  • Spiritual Direction
  • Stephen Ministry
  • Vocation Promotion

Contacts: Imelda Quiroz, Parish Receptionist

Arts and Crafts

The Arts and Crafts group, as part of the Catholic Christian family of St Joseph – Honey Creek, meets regularly to create and prepare various articles to sell at parish functions that benefit our Church.

Contacts: Estella Marquez

At Home Prayer

This ministry is for parishioners who are on the Care & Prayer list, homebound, elderly, or otherwise unable to perform other ministries. The focus is the great call to prayer. The call will be to pray weekly, Fridays at 3:00 pm, if possible, to commemorate the time of our Lord's death. To have a large number of our parishioners praying at the same time for the same intention will be powerful. The intention may change from month–to–month. Individuals on the team will be notified (e-mail/phone/postcard) toward the end of each month what the intention for the next month will be.

Contacts: Rick Ramirez & Imelda Quiroz

Bereavement Meals

At the request of the bereaved family, members of this ministry ascertain the amount of food that will be needed in order to feed the immediate family as well as their friends and neighbors at a gathering immediately following the funeral service. The food is prepared by numerous volunteers and includes salads, meats, vegetables, condiments, tea, coffee, and desserts.

Contacts: Carol Smith and Barbara Wehe

Guadalupe Ministries of St. Joseph

The members of this ministry will organize and support the cultural celebrations and activities such as the celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Posadas, and the booth at the Parish Festival, that all contribute to the spiritual and community development of the Spanish speaking members of the parish.

Contacts: Vickie Sanchez

Honey Bee Prayer Quilters

Are you interested in sewing, ironing, cutting, coordinating colors and assembly of material? Then you will love the St. Joseph Prayer Quilt Ministry. These quilts will be made for parishioners who are chronically ill, in the hospital, and also for those at the Veterans Hospital. These quilts are being made to give the individuals comfort and healing as they are covered with love and prayers in each stitch. The group will meet on Thursdays after daily Mass, from 10:00am - 2:00pm.

Contacts: Jenny Jung

Rosary Guild

The Rosary Guild promotes Marian Rosary Devotion providing rosaries to many parish groups like the RCIA, hospital visits, First Communion, Baptisms, and the parish chapel. The Guild improves understanding of the rosary through formal and informal instruction. Special projects include regulation approved rosaries for the troops overseas and teaching anyone interested how to make mission rosaries and chain rosaries.

Contacts: Jackie Baer

Spiritual Direction

The Spiritual Direction Ministry consists of individuals trained by St. Peter Upon the Water to perform the duties of Spiritual Direction for members of our Parish. Spiritual Direction is help given by one Christian to another which enables that person to pay attention to God's personal communications to him or her, to respond to this personally communicating God, to grow in intimacy with God, and to live out the consequences of this relationship.

Contacts: Janie Mireles

Stephen Ministry

This ministry provides a confidential, one–on–one Christian care to individuals in our congregation and community who are experiencing difficulties in their lives. These difficulties may include the loss of a loved one, divorce or separation, the loss of employment, incarceration, a terminal illness, and many other challenges. A Stephen Minister could be assigned to provide spiritual encouragement during these difficult times by listening, praying, and walking with you in Christ.

Contacts: Judy Pawelek

Vocation Promotion

The Vocation Promotion Ministry fosters a “culture of vocations” through prayer, invitation, and service. By inviting every person in our parish to be an active participant in the vocation effort, we work to promote vocations from St. Joseph – Honey Creek and world wide.