A lamp for prayer
I need prayer or companionship.
Entrust a prayer intention, ask for someone to remember a name, or begin a quiet conversation about what you are carrying.
Visit the Prayer Line →This is not an emergency or crisis service.The Ministry of Presence
Stand with me
at the threshold.
Some moments do not need a perfect answer. They need a prayer, a steady presence, a listening heart, or a practical next step.
A wider welcome
There is more than one way to stand in love.
Standing in Love is being shaped as a ministry of remembrance, prayer, accompaniment, and practical care for people who are dying, people who mourn, and the people who keep showing up beside them.
Choose a doorway
Where do you need to begin?
A lamp for presence
I want to help.
There are many forms of service: prayer, hospice volunteering, funeral support, writing, hospitality, handmade work, and practical care.
Explore ways to serve →Volunteer approval, training, and safeguarding belong with human ministry leaders.A lamp for remembrance
I need grief or end-of-life resources.
Find simple guidance for sitting with grief, supporting a caregiver, preparing for a funeral, or remembering someone after death.
Open the resource shelf →These reflections do not replace medical, legal, counseling, hospice, or clergy care.Ways to serve
Bring what you can carry.
Service does not have to be dramatic to be holy. A person who prays faithfully, writes a kind note, sits quietly with a family, or helps prepare a gathering is already helping keep the lamp burning.
01Prayer companion
Hold names and intentions in regular prayer.
02Presence volunteer
Explore hospice, funeral, vigil, or grief-support service through appropriate training.
03Ministry maker
Help with writing, audio, video, handmade items, hospitality, or practical administration.
04Community steward
Help moderate, welcome, organize, and care for the spaces people entrust to us.
The resource shelf
Small words for difficult days.
These are the kinds of resources we can build together—plainspoken, compassionate, and useful when someone is too tired for a lecture.
Read the first three reflections →Prayers for the dying and the dead
Short prayers for bedside moments, vigils, funerals, anniversaries, and the quiet after.
How to sit with grief
What to say, what not to say, and how to remain when there is nothing to fix.
For the ones who keep showing up
Gentle reminders for caregivers who are loving someone through exhaustion, uncertainty, and change.
Making room for a name
Ideas for memorial rituals, remembrance tables, candles, letters, and meaningful anniversaries.
Standing in Love is not an emergency service, medical provider, legal service, therapist, hospice agency, or substitute for qualified clergy. If someone is in immediate danger or facing a medical emergency, contact local emergency services or a qualified crisis professional. Safeguarding and pastoral decisions belong with responsible human leaders.
Go to the Prayer Line →