The emotional impact of a diagnosis can be overwhelming. Being part of a support group means you do not have to navigate cancer alone. Social support and encouragement are very important in helping us cope with adversity, as cancer can be one of life’s most difficult challenges.
Many of the individuals involved are cancer survivors and caregivers who understand firsthand what patients and their loved ones go through. Our hope is based on God’s promises to us and our mission is to support you in any way we can. We will walk alongside you, trust and believe in you and help empower your faith through the cancer journey.
We pray weekly for our cancer patients. To get connected with prayer warriors with the Cancer Care Ministry, use the form linked below.
The Cancer Care Ministry is proud to be able to offer a care bag to cancer warriors, filled with gifts and resources. All of these resources are provided for you at no charge and have been prayed over by cancer survivors and our church family. Our prayer is they provide spiritual and emotional support for patients and families. Inside your bag, you’ll find:
NEW: If you or your patient lives out of state, you can request a care box, and we will mail it to them!
Throughout the course of our lives, each one of us will have to have difficult conversations with the Creator at some point. Circumstances arise that cause us to come face-to-face with the reality of this fallen world. Oneof those many circumstances is a cancer diagnosis. How exactly do you pray to the Lord in such a time of uncertainty and fear?
When our members volunteer to serve in our ministry, we review all potential areas of service with them and ask those who are spiritually gifted to provide one-on-one support for patients to be part of our Care Buddy team. When we receive requests to provide personalized support for a cancer patient, someone reaches out to personally match that person to a Care Buddy who has walked a similar path.
Our Care Buddies understand every patient is different and work very hard to find the right balance of confidential support based on the patients spiritual, emotional and practical needs. This one-to-one relationship is one of the core foundations of our program.
In the midst of a cancer diagnosis, most people are overwhelmed by the challenges they face. There are countless decisions to make, questions to ask and emotions to process. In conjunction with the Not Alone – Choose Faith Over Fear video series, this guide provides practical and spiritual support for every step in your cancer journey. Each chapter includes relevant insights, biblically based encouragement and a QR code that links to the corresponding video. Additionally, it includes ample space to take notes, so you can record important information, jot down questions or journal thoughts and feelings along the way.
Cancer—Now What? is a book to give to people dealing with cancer—a practical, in-depth guide to help them navigate the medical, emotional, relational, and spiritual challenges they may encounter.
Cancer is a very deep pit, but God’s healing touch is deeper still. Cancer survivor Lynn Eib knows from experience that God can touch you. Right where you are, whoever you are: Newly diagnosed and in shock, praying there’s been some mistake. Facing surgery, hoping the doctor can get it all. Holding the hand of a loved one, trying to be strong. Trudging through chemotherapy and radiation, hoping they work. Undergoing tests, longing for good news. When God & Cancer Meet is a book of powerful stories about cancer patients and their families who have been touched by God in miraculous ways.
Are you or someone you know facing a life-changing illness? When we experience the shock, the losses, and the harsh demands of pain and endless recovery, often devastation is all we see. Locked in a prison of unknowns, our hearts cry out, but the deep anguish goes unspoken as though it is our secret to bear alone. As hope dissipates, we wonder how to get through another day. Ronda Barney is intimately acquainted with devastation, hopelessness, and the haunting unknowns of illness. Forged out of her own healing journey, she was led to write letters of hope to a fictitious Susan. But, for two years, the letters laid quietly in Ronda’s journal. Then, miraculously, and right on time, she met a woman named Susan who was facing a terminal illness. Ronda began sending these letters to her new friend, opening a pathway of comfort, hope, and peace amid her suffering.
When you hear the doctor say the word cancer, your fears can be overwhelming. Thankfully, there is a place of peace you can experience. Through these pages, women who have walked this difficult journey themselves will pray through cancer with you and walk alongside you through your own journey. This encouraging daily devotional is written specifically for women battling cancer, and it is written by women who have faced cancer themselves, containing insight, wisdom, and clarity found only through personal trial. Whether you are facing breast cancer, thyroid cancer, or any form of the disease, the testimonies and prayers in this book will strengthen and bless you in the months ahead.
Cancer. Just the sound of the word fills our hearts with fear and dread. It’s a terrifying diagnosis. For many of us, this disease threatens to rob us of our health, our energy, our vitality, and our sense of well-being. It endangers our ability to provide for ourselves and to take care of our families. It may steal our identity, our sense of purpose and significance. It can ruin our best-laid plans, destroy our hopes and dreams. It has taken friends and loved ones from us far too soon. Cancer is a powerful enemy. But it’s not all-powerful. As we find ourselves in the heat of the battle, it helps to remember that there are some things cancer cannot do.
Millions of us are living in the shadow of cancer. Some are hoping to beat the odds and become cancer-free, while others know they are facing cancer for the long haul. And even more of us are standing by someone with a cancer diagnosis and feeling helpless as we grapple with the uncertainty it brings. Whether the cancer is considered “in remission,” “cured,” or “chronic,” it is possible to find peace as we face it. In this beautiful, giftable book, cancer patient advocate Lynn Eib shares how to live well from the moment of diagnosis through the rest of life. She weaves the story of her own experience as a long-time cancer survivor and those of others around the world into these hope-filled pages. You’ll discover how to bring God’s peace into your own home and heart―regardless of your or your loved one’s medical prognosis.
Cancer survivor June Hunt shares proven, practical ways to care for loved ones with a critical illness—ways that made all the difference in her own battle with cancer. This book is a carefully crafted collection of ideas to help caregivers minister to loved ones who are suffering from cancer or chronic illness. Each short, single-topic chapter is full of specific things to do and not to do—to say and not to say—to be of maximum help at each bend in the road.
Avoid the Potholes of the Cancer Journey! If you read this book, know that I am praying for YOU – whether it is for yourself or a loved one. We need all the help we can get in life’s arduous journey, whether we are going through cancer or not. There are many “Tips” in this book that I want to pass on to others. Some are things I know now but wish I had known before I went through it. I feel blessed I can pass them on to YOU. Therefore, this guide is written for YOU the patient, YOU the loved one, or YOU who are just curious and want to know the bold truth about what going through cancer is really like, and how it changes you.
Throughout October each year, you can support our Cancer Care Ministry by creating and praying over blankets that will be given out to friends, neighbors, North Texas Hospitals and Cancer Centers. Download the blanket instructions, watch the tutorial and create a blanket right at home! This is an inspiring project to do with your family and/or LifeGroup! Please return the blanket to the Missions Wall.
We pray weekly for our cancer patients. To become a Cancer Care Ministry prayer warrior, click the volunteer button.
Our Care Buddies understand every patient is different and work very hard to find the right balance of confidential support based on the patients spiritual, emotional and practical needs. This one-to-one relationship is one of the core foundations of our program.
Much of our ministry’s time, energy, talent and resources are dedicated to supporting referrals from our church members, their families, friends and coworkers who have been impacted by cancer. In addition, we support the local community by delivering care bags to local cancer treatment centers. Since our conception, we have also built relationships with cancer non-profits in the area and now partner with them to provide transportation, Make-A-Wish trips, special events and childcare.
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