Faith Community Nurses play a unique role in helping individuals and families approach advance care planning through the lens of faith, values, and compassionate care. By creating a safe space for conversations about future healthcare wishes, FCNs can help members reflect on what matters most, strengthen family communication, and ensure care aligns with personal beliefs and preferences. With many adults still lacking advance directives, this toolkit provides practical resources to support informed, respectful, and spiritually grounded discussions that promote dignity, peace, and equitable access to end-of-life planning.

Help your congregation enjoy a healthy, safe summer with our July Summer Safety Toolkit. Designed specifically for Faith Community Nurses and health ministries, this ready-to-use resource provides practical education and engaging materials on seasonal health topics such as heat-related illness prevention, hydration, sun safety, water safety, insect bite prevention, and emergency preparedness. Whether you're planning a health table, newsletter, class, or community outreach event, this toolkit makes it easy to share timely, evidence-based information that helps individuals and families stay safe all summer long. Download the toolkit and empower your community to make the most of the season while protecting their health.

Supporting the health of men in faith communities begins with simple, trusted conversations. Faith Community Nurses and health ministry leaders can help encourage preventive care, awareness, and whole-person well-being for the men they serve.

Celebrate Older Adults Month by helping your faith community promote healthy aging, independence, and whole-person well-being. This toolkit equips Faith Community Nurses with practical resources to support older adults through education, connection, prevention, and compassionate care. Explore ways to address common health concerns, encourage social connection, provide wellness guidance, integrate spiritual support, and strengthen your congregation’s commitment to older adult health. With simple tools and meaningful conversations, FCNs can help older adults thrive in every season of life.

Help your faith community understand and address health disparities while promoting health equity for all. This toolkit provides Faith Community Nurses with practical resources to educate, advocate, and support individuals and families from diverse backgrounds. Explore ways to encourage preventive care, increase awareness of factors that contribute to unequal health outcomes, provide culturally responsive support, and connect members with resources that promote better health. Through education, compassionate listening, and community connection, FCNs can help reduce barriers to care and empower every person to pursue healthier lives.

March is National Nutrition Month—a timely opportunity for Faith Community Nurses to help congregations connect healthy eating with whole-person well-being. This toolkit offers practical nutrition facts, simple ideas for encouraging healthier choices, and ways FCNs can support individuals and communities through education, conversation, connection, and spiritual care. Use these resources to help your faith community take small, sustainable steps toward nourishing both body and spirit.

February is American Heart Month—an opportunity for Faith Community Nurses to help congregations refocus on one of the most important aspects of whole-person health. This toolkit provides key heart health facts, practical ways to raise awareness, and ideas for creating meaningful conversations about prevention and healthy lifestyle choices. With compassion, encouragement, and spiritual support, FCNs can help individuals take small, meaningful steps toward protecting their hearts and nurturing their health—body, mind, and spirit.

Winter can bring a seasonal decline in blood donations, creating challenges for hospitals and patients who depend on a steady supply of blood for surgeries, cancer treatments, emergencies, and other critical medical needs. This toolkit provides Faith Community Nurses with practical information and ideas for encouraging blood donation within their congregations. FCNs can help educate members, address concerns, promote blood drives, support first-time donors, and connect the act of giving blood with compassion, service, and loving our neighbors. A simple donation can make a life-changing difference for someone in need.

Explore ICPN’s annual health ministry toolkit series, designed to help Faith Community Nurses and health ministry leaders plan meaningful health education and outreach throughout the year. Each toolkit focuses on a timely health topic and provides practical resources, key information, and ideas for engaging your faith community. Toolkits are released two months in advance to give you time to plan, promote, and implement health events in your community.