Pastoral Care
Pastoral Care Team and Caring Community Ministers
In 2025, 30 Caring Community Ministers (CCMs) joined our clergy team to provide compassionate support to the Wayzata Community Church congregation by doing calls/notes/cards, home visits, and serving in the prayer room. They also work on the funeral ministry team. Each CCM received over 30 hours of training and is equipped to offer a listening ear and spiritual guidance.
We encourage you to contact us in matters such as:
• Hospitalization of a member or close family member
• Upcoming surgery or therapeutic engagement
• Death of a family member
• Extended illness of self or family member
• Personal or family emergency or crisis
• Need for referral to a counselor or support group
• Requests to be included on the Prayer Chain
For a visit or phone call, please call 952-473-8877 or email Rev. Dan Stark at dstark@wayzatacommunitychurch.org.
Emergency Contact Number
One of our ministers is on call 24 hours a day for emergencies. If you encounter a life-threatening emergency, call 911 first.
For pastoral emergencies, call Wayzata Community Church at 952-473-8877, ext. 245. When prompted, dial 245 to reach the on-call minister.
Our Pastoral Team is committed to supporting the needs of our church community at all times.
Deacons
The Board of Deacons partners with clergy to provide meaningful worship experiences throughout the year. They assist with the sacraments, including communion and baptisms, and support the spiritual life of our congregation. Deacons also bring the spirit of worship to hospitalized and homebound members by delivering flowers and bulletins.
We also offer Pastoral Care by meeting basic needs in our congregation and community through the Deacons Fund.
The Deacon's Fund helps community members facing unforeseen, short-term financial emergencies. Requests are confidentially reviewed by clergy and Deacon leadership. To request assistance, contact a clergy member. To help replenish the fund, donate by check (memo: Deacon Fund) or by using the link below. Your support aids those in need within our community.
Prayer Chain
Need prayer? We would be honored to pray for you. To submit a prayer request, send us a message or use a Hello Card on Sunday. Unless you mark your request confidential, it will be shared with our Prayer Chain.
Send us a Message
If praying for others is a call on your heart, we invite you to become a prayer partner with members of our community.
As a Prayer Chain member, you’ll receive a weekly email from Wayzata Community Church listing current prayer needs submitted by the community. Members pray for those listed for 30 days unless requests are marked confidential; prayers can be renewed or updated at your request.
You’re welcome to submit your own prayer request at any time. Requests shared on Hello Cards or by message will be included on our Prayer Chain for 30 days, unless marked confidential. You may renew or update your prayer request at the end of this period. We are honored to serve you.
Peace Labyrinth
Our Peace Labyrinth in the Ruth Bovey Stevens Garden is open to all for walking, prayer, and meditation.
Walking the labyrinth can bring us closer to God. The journey—whether walking or wandering—reminds us that God is with us in every season, through need and gratitude alike.
The labyrinth is a work of art and a sacred space—a place to connect with our true selves and with God, who seeks to know and love us more deeply.
You’re invited to walk the Peace Labyrinth any time the church is open, and the courtyard is accessible.
Photography Exhibit: "The Chartres Labyrinth Around the World"
Featuring Photographer and WCC Member, Jill Geoffrion
Now - September 3, 2026
Free | All Ages Welcome
Step into a journey that spans centuries and continents. The Chartres Labyrinth Around the World pairs images of the original thirteenth-century labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral in France with photographs of contemporary Chartres-style labyrinths built and walked by communities around the globe — many of them shaped by upheaval, displacement, and loss.
For nearly 800 years, Chartres Cathedral has endured through war and change, standing today as a UNESCO World Heritage site and a symbol of peace and international friendship. This exhibit explores how its labyrinth — once a path walked by medieval pilgrims — has become a living spiritual practice for people far beyond France, including right here at Wayzata Community Church.
The exhibition was created by The Rev. Jill Geoffrion, PhD, a WCC member, photographer, and world-renowned expert on labyrinths and the Chartres Cathedral. We invite you to view the exhibit in our art gallery, then take the next step yourself on WCC's own Peace Labyrinth — a space for quiet attention, reflection, and prayer that opens room for healing, resilience, and hope.
The exhibit is open through September 3, 2026. Find the exhibit in the hallway between the sanctuary and chapel at WCC.
Wind Phone
On All Saints Day 2024, Rev. Lindy Purdy shared the story of the original Wind Phone in Japan, a disconnected phone booth in a garden, built so that those grieving could speak aloud to the people they've lost and let the wind carry their words away. Inspired by that story, WCC built a Wind Phone of our own, located off the West Entrance (N. Ferndale Rd.).
The Wind Phone offers a peaceful, outdoor space set apart from the busyness of daily life, a place to release unspoken words, grieve, remember, and heal. Some visit once. Others return often, in different seasons of loss.
The space is open to anyone, regardless of faith background or belief. The booth was built extra wide and includes a ramp leading up to it, so it's wheelchair accessible to all who wish to visit.
WCC's Wind Phone is part of an international network of Wind Phone installations found around the world, each offering a similar contemplative space for processing grief and loss. The project was made possible through accumulated and undesignated gifts within WCC's Memorial Fund, given in memory of loved ones over the years, and it stands as a lasting memorial to the generations of WCC members, family, and friends who have gone before us.
If you're grieving, remembering, or simply need a quiet place to sit, the Wind Phone is here for you.
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