Tea and cake - a get together for healthcare chaplains - Fridays @ 4!

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:870 5327 8978  Password: 669993

Meg says, “I will be there between 4pm and 5pm if anyone would like to join me

for an informal chat about anything.”

(photo courtesy of Loverna Journey at Unsplash)

A service to mark the 72nd anniversary of the NHS

The Newcastle Hospitals Chaplaincy Department have made a poignant film with a service of reflection to mark the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the NHS.

You can watch their film here, which features an adapted version of Psalm 121 - “I lift up my eyes…”

May it be a blessing and a comfort to you.

(photo courtesy of Amy Shamblen at Unsplash)

An act of reflection

The healthcare trust in York has put together a moving and thoughtfully produced reflection. The Trust says that as an organisation, “We are just coming to the end of a week of reflection at York Trust. The idea came from the need for some sort of ‘ritual’ to mark what staff have been through, to try and name what has been happening, to reflect, and to find some format for beginning to let go. As a dept. we have been blessed with becoming part of a well-being group in the hospital, with psychology, Organisational development, Arts team, Occupational Health etc. and they were very supportive of the idea.”

You can see the film they have made HERE.

They go on the say that, “We also have had rivers in two chapels. Our volunteers have made boats – the idea being ‘what has kept you afloat during this time?’; there were droplets of water of what people want to let go of, and lights could be lit to remember someone. The pictures were taken at the start of the week – the river has been really used by staff this week.” (rivers pictured below)

Perhaps these images and the film they have made will help us all to take

some time to reflect in these strange and difficult times too?

They have so benefitted from other colleagues sharing what they have been doing, and they hope and pray that the week of reflection at York, may also spark healing/reflective ideas off for people.

"I lift up my eyes...." - further resources to help you in your ministry

Revd Meg Burton, Secretary for Healthcare Chaplaincy for the Free Churches, has been gathering 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:

• An adapted version of Psalm 121- I lift up my eyes…

• Facing the Storm - support in the time of trauma

• Support materials for ‘psychological first aid’

• Life after Lockdown - tackling loneliness (report from the British Red Cross)

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 Andrew Coelho at Unsplash)

Tea and cake - a get together for healthcare chaplains - Fridays @ 4!

Revd Meg Burton, the Free Churches Secretary for Healthcare, invites you to bring a cuppa and have a get-together each Friday at 4pm through Zoom. Healthcare chaplains welcome!

Meg says, “I will be there between 4pm and 5pm if anyone would like to join me for an informal chat about anything.”

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

(image courtesy of Reyhaneh Mehrnejad at Unsplash)