For churches
Your care ministry is not too small. It’s stretched too thin.
Every church has a handful of people quietly caring for someone who is dying, declining, or chronically ill. They rarely ask. They rarely miss a Sunday either — they just stop coming, and it takes months before anyone notices. MeloCare puts a hand under those families every single morning, and tells your team the moment showing up would matter.
Why the name MeloCare?
MeloCare comes from two Greek words that describe what a care ministry actually is. μέλω means “to care” or “to be a concern to someone” — the moment a feeling becomes a calendar entry, a meal train, a ride to chemo. Μέλει σοι: “Does it matter to you?” For the church, the answer is yes, because 1 Peter 5:7 says God himself cares for his people, and Matthew 25 says that care becomes visible when his people show up for the sick. μέλος means “member” — Paul’s language in 1 Corinthians 12, where one member’s suffering is every member’s concern. MeloCare is the tool that turns that theology into a roster, a ride, and a morning briefing.
Reach every caregiver, not just the loudest need
Pastors and ministers cannot call forty families a week. MeloCare can, faithfully, and flags the ones who need a human today.
Care that continues past the casserole
Support usually lasts two weeks. Caregiving lasts two years. MeloCare keeps going long after the meal train ends.
Discipleship in the hardest season
Scripture and prayer meet these families where they actually are: exhausted, angry, afraid, and still reaching for God.
$25 a month per family. Sponsored by the church, free to the family.
You pay only for the families you approve. Month to month, cancel any time, no minimum. Most churches carry three to ten families at once.
Care family
$25 /mo
Per family, per month
- One family = the person who is sick plus their caregiver (spouse, adult child, or friend)
- Daily care briefing, scripture, translator, medication and supplement list
- Care circle: up to two more people — an adult child, a neighbor — get the reports
- Respite, meal, ride and errand board your pastors, ministers, and leadership teams can staff, unlimited helpers
- 600 AI conversations a month per family, then a lighter answer mode
- Month to month — three months or three years, the church sets the review date
Sophia add-on
No base fee
For churches already running Sophia
- MeloCare turns on as an add-on inside Sophia
- You still only pay $25 for each family you approve
- One administrator view for approvals and active families
- Nothing changes for members you never add
Multi-campus
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40+ approved families or several campuses
- Per-campus care teams and reporting
- Hospital and hospice chaplain coordination
- Dedicated onboarding for your care staff
Who gets added, and who approves it
1. The church decides
Not every sick member needs this, and no one is enrolled automatically. Your care ministry chooses which families to sponsor, one at a time.
2. The family consents
The member and the caregiver both say yes in writing before anything is created. Consent can be withdrawn at any point, and the workspace closes with it.
3. The administrator approves
A church administrator — not the patient — is the approver of record. They add or end a family in one click, choose a monthly, quarterly or open-ended review, and billing follows that list exactly.
Respite is the point
The board exists so the church can give the patient and the caregiver real rest: a few hours of sitting with the patient, a ride to chemo, a grocery run, a mowed yard, a night when no one has to cook. MeloCare names the need, your people claim a slot, and Matthew 25 stops being a sermon illustration.
“I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.”
Matthew 25:36WEB
The privacy promise
What your church sees
- Which families are approved and active
- When a caregiver asks for a meal, ride, visit, or prayer
- Whether someone has gone quiet and may need a call
What it never sees
- Diagnoses, medications, or prognosis
- Doctor notes or anything the caregiver wrote privately
- The content of their briefings or prayers
“Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
Galatians 6:2WEB