News and Updates

Ministry Moment: Deb Goldfeder Meets Seniors Where They’re At to Promote Spiritual Well-being

Deb Goldfeder, RN has been a faithful servant to seniors in the St. Louis area for over 20 years, most recently through SAJE Senior Ministry, an organization she formed in the summer of 2010. Deb has a diverse range of responsibilities at SAJE including but not limited to consulting for seniors, advocating for seniors at...

Reta Kirk, RN, Keeps People Across the City Healthy All Year Long

For the past four years, Reta Kirk, RN, has been working to make life better for people throughout the St. Louis region. As a community faith nurse at Deaconess Nurse Ministry, Reta splits her time between five locations: Trinity Episcopal Food Pantry, Pilgrim United Church of Christ, Bridge of Hope Ministries, Peace Pantry at Cedar...

Stacey Melliere RN Improves the Health of Over 100 People in Less Than a Year

It’s been a busy seven months for Stacey Melliere RN. She joined Deaconess Nurse Ministry late last year, and she’s already worked with hundreds of people living in St. Louis City to as far as South St. Louis County. Stacey is a firm believer that through compassion and present listening, trust is possible with her...

Ministry Moment: Reta Kirk, RN Helps Children and Staff Stay Healthy and Safe at UP – Caroline Mission

Reta Kirk, RN has been working with Unleashing Potential’s Caroline Mission, a nonprofit daycare for children as young as six weeks old and as old as kindergarten-age, since January. They serve fifty to seventy children annually, primarily from low-income families. They provide meal services and a play-based education designed to work with where each child...

Leesa Richardson RN helps homeless people in Washington, MO develop the confidence to ask for help.

Each Saturday evening, Leesa Richardson RN serves low-income and homeless residents in Washington, Missouri as part of St. Peter’s United Church of Christ Harvest Table Ministry. Leesa has been a Faith Community Nurse at Deaconess Nurse Ministry for three months. During her time at Harvest Table, she’s grown her ministry to engage with 25 –...