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Mosaic in Delaware helps the people supported to find opportunities to incorporate prayer and worship into everyday life.
The administrative office at Mosaic in Delaware has used a prayer box for several years. Staff and clients are invited to drop a note with a prayer concern into the box and members of the Spiritual Committee pray for those concerns on a regular basis. Recently, the program has placed prayer
boxes into residential client home settings as well.
"A lot of people couldn't get to the office and put their prayer request in," said Jill Turner, a Spiritual Committee member and Program Manager for Mosaic. "We decided to put them in each home and then we bring them to the office."
Members of the Spiritual Committee, which includes two clients supported by Mosaic, felt the prayer boxes provide an opportunity for Mosaic as a faith-based organization to reach out and provide support to people.
"There are things that happen in life, not only to our clients, but to our staff. We all need a support system," said Alicia Lucas, who also serves on the Spiritual Committee and is a House Manager for Mosaic.
Shared prayer is important, but the committee also began offering shared home-based praise and worship several months ago. One Saturday each month, the residents of all of the homes are invited to gather for praise and worship time at one of the homes followed by refreshments. The home-based worship complements the church participation of
people Mosaic supports.
"I think it is an extension of the Church," said Bill Brown, a Spiritual Committee member and Direct Support Specialist. "You only attend church once a week and this gives them the opportunity to participate on a different level."
The home residents choose whether they want to host the praise service, and as with the prayer boxes, participation is not mandatory for clients or staff. The invitation, however, is always open.
"This (Mosaic) is a ministry," Brown said. "We're supposed to let our light shine. This is just a small way."