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Blessing Volunteers in Partnership (BVIP)

Blessing Volunteers in Partnership (BVIP)  The BVIP Board of Directors governs the Tea Room Café and Gifts and the day-to-day operations are managed by Blessing team members Tea Room Manager and the Director of Volunteer…

Man makes service a lifetime commitment

For his 78 years on this planet, the following themes connect different times in John Summers’ life – volunteerism, service to others and communication.

Advance Directives

What is an advance directive? It is a document that you complete to be used in a situation when you can’t speak for yourself and make your own decisions regarding the healthcare you want.  An Advance Directive can do two things: (1) name…

Physicians join Blessing Health System

Kurtis Stewart, MD, surgeon, Rami Abumasmah, MD, and Osama Qubaiah, MD have joined Blessing Physician Services.

Hospice Volunteer Training

Click here to complete the Hospice Training Evaluation form. Complete this form after you have completed each bullet point topic to demonstrate completion of the required annual education. You will not need to complete the bullet point topic and…

How Blessing’s Express Clinic team handled COVID surges

The Blessing Express Clinic team will likely never forget January 2022. They saw more than 6,000 patients over those 31 days, mostly for COVID-19 testing due to the omicron variant. How was the team—including 2 RNs, 3 LPNs and 2 CMAs—able to meet that demand?

Lymphe-what? One woman’s story of a side effect of breast cancer

Being diagnosed with breast cancer was a shock, and surviving it has been brutal for April Folweiler of New London, Missouri.

Woman finds relief after years of pain

Linda Lamb was missing something in her life. Sandals.

Our Team

At the Blessing Diabetes Center, we bring many specialists together to offer our patients a full range of education and support, all in one place. With deep expertise and compassion, we help patients and families in our community navigate the…

How the Class of 2035 got its teacher back

There are two types of people on the job – those who work to live and those who live to work. Jennifer Burwinkle is a proud member of the second group. She has been a kindergarten teacher in Palmyra, MO, for 24 years.