Annual Reports
Our Numbers
- Locations visited per month - 66, representing 7000 beds
- Engagements per month - 86
- Number of care home residents served each month - over 1300
- Number of pastors - 2 paid, 3 pro bono
- Number of volunteer pianists - 20
- Number of volunteer worship assistants - 10
Milestones
- 1987 founded as San Mateo Convalescent Ministry by chaplains Rev Harry and Winnie Washburn
- 1995 Rev. Merv Chaplin became Executive Director and Chaplain
- 2000 31 care homes served, 8462 people attended services, 108 friendly visitors, 13,000 hours of contact with residents
- 2002 name was changed to SpiritCare Ministry to Seniors
- 2002 a single page website, spiritcareministry.org, is built
- 2002 Grant Schoenhard takes over from Walter Ramseur as board president
- 2005 Rev Dr Tom Nibbe takes over from Rev Merv Chaplin
- 2009 a multi-page website, spiritcareministry.org, is built
- 2016 the website is redesigned
- 2018 Angela Hey takes over from Grant Schoenhard as board president
- 2020 Rev Tom Nibbe is the first SpiritCare pastor to meet online with a care community
