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St. John's chaplain can provide compassionate listening and
non-judgmental guidance at a time of physical or emotional stress.
Pastoral professionals can help you find
the peace and comfort that come from turning to your own religious
traditions and rediscovering your spiritual center.
The chaplain's role is not necessarily a
problem-solving one. It is rather one of helping you to integrate what
is happening to you with your relationship to God and others.
Pastoral Services is staffed by trained
and board-certified professionals of various faith backgrounds. They are
skilled in listening and supporting on the spiritual and emotional
level. A ministry of presence and acceptance guides the chaplain's
visits. Pastoral Services are
available 24 hours a day. To contact a chaplain, please call
417-820-2735 or the hospital operator.
What you can expect from a chaplain:
¢ Confidentiality.
¢ Compassionate
listening.
¢ Availability to simply be there for
you.
¢ Support for you and your loved ones.
¢
Religious services, sacraments, prayer and other spiritual resources.
¢ Information and guidance regarding
questions such as medical ethics,
living wills, organ and tissue
donation, life support decisions, and end-of-
life issues.
¢ Information about support groups
related to your needs.
¢ Grief ministry in dealing with loss
or death.
We routinely:
¢ Function as members of the
health care team.
¢ Make an initial visit with
newly admitted patient and are available to
outpatients.
¢ Continue to visit, developing a
relationship with patient and family.
¢ Listen and allow people to talk
about the illness and it's spiritual,
emotional and social
impact on their lives.
¢ Support patient and family
members in times of crisis and in their
decision -making process.
¢ Allow patients to talk and work
through feelings.
¢ Work with your minister or
spiritual leader.
¢ Respond to pastoral care
referrals from medical staff and spiritual leaders
of the
community.
¢ Serve as resources on pastoral
care issues for hospital staff and the local
community.
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