Workplace Ministry Recruitment
Most local chaplains are volunteers who can undertake to visit one, or occasionally two, workplaces.
Chaplains may be lay or ordained church members and they come from all types of background and occupations. Many are recently or early retired people with a great love for others, who are willing to commit a few hours a week or a fortnight to visiting a local workplace.
To do what?
To listen. To learn about the work being done, and to understand the aspirations of individuals and enterprises. To engage in many conversations, from the apparently trivial to the deeply significant. To build trusting relationships and to share with people the joys and successes, the setbacks and the stresses of working life.
On occasion, to stand-by in times of crisis, to reflect back to an organisation the chaplain’s perception of its life, perhaps to ask searching questions and to engage in constructive dialogue about key issues. You are the sort of person who will find chaplaincy rewarding, if you:-
- enjoy meeting people
- can listen more than talk
- respect confidentiality
- know how to be cheerful
- are willing to learn
- enjoy working as a team member.
What support can a chaplain expect ?
Chaplains are recognised by the principal churches and commissioned to minister with their support.
There is an approved appointments procedure, which includes ample opportunity to explore chaplaincy before a commitment is made.
All chaplains operate within teams, which are coordinated by a senior chaplain. core team >>
Training is provided appropriate to individual need and experience.
Chaplains derive satisfaction from their exercise of care for others, their recognition of the essential importance of daily work in providing for the needs of humanity and their appreciation of the potentially spiritual dimension to individual employment and to collective economic activity.
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