NEWS
Tea and cake - get together online Fridays at 4pm
Revd Meg Burton, the Free Churches Secretary for Healthcare, has got the kettle on! Meg would like to invite you to bring a cuppa and have a get-together each Friday at 4pm through Zoom. Healthcare chaplains welcome!
There’s a lot going on for us all at the moment and finding space to chat and relax together can be challenging. Often things come up in our working week we want to share or we might just appreciate a friendly face and a cuppa on a Friday… so here’s the link. Join us if you can!
Zoom Meeting ID: 819 1769 4407 Password: 585847
Meg says, “I will be there between 4pm and 5pm if anyone would like to join me for an informal chat about anything.”
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Free webinar: Role of Faiths & Non-Faith in the Emergence of Healthcare from this Pandemic
This free event is coming up soon!
Title: Role of Faiths & Non-Faith in the Emergence of Healthcare from this Pandemic
When: July 1st 14.00-16.30
Further information on hosts of event:
• Great Ormond St Hospital Paediatric Bioethics Centre & Chaplaincy
• UK Paediatric Chaplaincy Group
• Mission and Public Affairs Department of the Church of England
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The event is free but registration is required: HERE
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(image courtesy of Guilherme Stecanella at Unsplash)
Praying alongside the Prison Fellowship...
Prison Fellowship Prayers for Sunday 21st June
This Sunday,
we pray for prison Chaplains, who are faithfully continuing to support those in prison. God of grace, will you give them compassion, insight and words of wisdom and encouragement as they interact with those in their care.
Amen
The Free Churches Group and our work in prison chaplaincy have worked with The Prison Fellowship (PF) for many years. Last year the Prison Fellowship celebrated 40 years of working with prisoners… their mission is : “to show Christ’s love to prisoners by coming alongside them and supporting them.” Find out more about their work HERE.
You can read and pray through their June Prayer Diary HERE.
(photo courtesy of Ye Jinghan at Unsplash)
Praying alongside the Prison Fellowship...
Prison Fellowship Prayers for Sunday 14th June
This Sunday, we pray for our brothers and sisters in prison:
“For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.”
(Colossians 2:5)
Amen
The Free Churches Group and our work in prison chaplaincy have worked with The Prison Fellowship (PF) for many years. Last year the Prison Fellowship celebrated 40 years of working with prisoners… their mission is : “to show Christ’s love to prisoners by coming alongside them and supporting them.” Find out more about their work HERE.
You can read and pray through their June Prayer Diary HERE.
(photo courtesy of Kelly Sikkema at Unsplash)
SOME MORE RESOURCES SHARED HERE, TO SUPPORT YOU IN YOUR MINISTRY...
Revd Meg Burton, Secretary for Healthcare Chaplaincy for the Free Churches, has been writing, gathering in, compiling and sharing a range of supportive and informative communications with Healthcare Chaplains. Although these are primarily aimed at those working in healthcare chaplaincy, many others may find the content encouraging and helpful in their life and ministry.
There is:
Hope in Crisis
Bereavement Toolkit [in the context of COVID-19]
Losing a colleague during the Coronavirus outbreak (from NHS England)
Leading during bereavement and complex grief (NHS guidance)
You can find out more and explore these reflections and materials HERE.
Meg provides the leadership on Healthcare Chaplaincy work at a national level for the Free Churches as well as in a multi-faith context.
(photo courtesy of Imam Abiyyu at Unsplash)