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Gideon’s Macarthur |
Meets each Saturday Morning alternating between Camden and Campbelltown 7.00 till 8.00am. for information contact Rob Hazel on 4628 5205 |
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Pastoral Care
Pastoral Care in the Macarthur Health System – Update.
The Macarthur Health System Pastoral Care Service is going well and we thank God for His blessing. The Pastoral Care Team which is voluntary comprises of more than 50 Trained Pastoral Carers.
This allows for visitation of Hospital Patients on regular and mostly on a daily basis. The Pastoral Carers are drawn from many areas of the Community covering many Denominations and Religious groups so that all members of the community can be cared for. The Pastoral Care Service shares with Hospital patients alone with their families and friends when called upon along with Hospital Staff when required.
Are you interested in becoming a Pastoral Carer?
The Pastoral Care Ministry is an important and significant in the Health System. There are many< stories of patients who have been blessed and helped by the visit of a Pastoral Carer in Hospital.
If you are interested in becoming a pastoral carer and joining the Team, then the next CPE Training Course will be held in November 2011. This is the first step in qualifying as a Pastoral Carer. Details as follows;
The course is a 40 hour CPE Course. (Note, CPE stands for Clinical Pastoral Education).
When: each Friday 8.45am to 4.00pm On the 4th 11th 18th 25th November and 2nd December 2011
Where: Campbelltown Hospital Training Centre (final location to be advised).
Cost: Approx $110
Trainer: Rev Alan Galt
Course Material: will be provided
Application Form: Contact Marian Martin (Pastoral Care Coordinator | Camden/Campbelltown Hospitals)
PO Box 149 Campbelltown 2560 | Tel. 02 4634 3869 | Fax. 02 4634 3850 |
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Feel free to contact Marian for the application for or just to find out further information. You will
gain many significant insights through doing the CPE Training. Absolutely worth it!
Then there is Further CPE Training available;
ALSO current Pastoral Carers may be interested in further CPE Training.
If so you may consider an upcoming 400 hour CPE Training which will be starting in Mid 2012.Dates have not been confirmed. The cost is approx $1000 per participant.
The Trainer will be Rev Colin Berriman who is well known in this field and has conducted many CPE Courses. This will be good. More information - Contact Marian Martin see above.
Prison Fellowship
Prison Fellowship offers hospitality to those attending Campbelltown Court on Tuesdays 8.30am
to 12.30pm where Christian folk serve Tea Coffee Biscuits also cordial and milo to the people
going to court. It is a simple way of visiting those in need of comfort and care.
Here is another chance to serve God with other likeminded Christian folk.
Contact: Ruth Craven on 02 9603 5227
Kairos
Kairos is an ecumenical ministry in prison.
The mission of Kairos Prison Ministry Australia is to bring Christ’s love and forgiveness to all incarcerated individuals, their families,
and those who work with them, and to assist in the transition to becoming a productive citizen. The focus of the Kairos ministry is on the common belief of all Christians: that God loves us all, and He saves us from our sin through the sacrifice of His son Jesus, who gives us eternal hope and joy through His resurrection.
Churches are stakeholders in what happens in Correctional Institutions, not because churches are focused on the Institution, but because the family of Christ is called to ‘visit the prisoner’. Mt 25:36. For most of us this is a foreign concept.
Kairos provides an opportunity for Churches to participate at a number of levels in their calling to ‘visit the prisoner’. Church members can serve on a team that actually goes inside the Institution, or they can offer support to those who do. In either case the aim is to bring changed hearts that lead to changed lives for the prison inmates, Institution officials, and Church members.
Prayer is the foundation of all we do in Kairos.
Part of the Kairos Leaders prayer is:- ‘Grant that we may be united in a common purpose and share is a single spirit. . . your spirit, Lord Jesus. Grant that your attractive goodness may be seen in all of our faces, your warm accents of love heard in all of our words. In our lives, may we show something of you to the world, something which proclaims your living presence among us. . . Amen
Kairos is active in the US (33 States), Costa Rica, England, Australia, South Africa and Canada. Currently 20,000 men and women are introduced to the program worldwide each year. In Australia in 2005 more than 2,000 volunteers enabled over 3,000 prison residents the opportunity to attend a Kairos Short course, and continuing Journey Program.
Does Kairos really make a long-term difference?
In the US, the Florida Department of Corrections performed a study covering 505 inmates of Union Correctional Institution who had attended Kairos on eleven short courses. This study looked at the rate of the re-offense of the 505 to a non-Kairos control group. The control group re-offended at the rate of 23.4%. Those who attended a Kairos Short Course and remained active in the program reoffended at the rate of 10% i.e. a 57% drop in the recidivism rate.
It appears from current trends that a similar drop in re-offense is becoming evident in Australia.
For further details see www.kairos.org.au
Several of us from local churches participate with Kairos Prison Ministry at Emu Plains Woman’s Correctional Institution. We run an ongoing program each Wednesday afternoon. There are many ways church members can offer support to this ministry, including, financial,
practical, and prayerful. Perhaps God is calling you to put you name forward to attend a closing ceremony of a short course and hear from the residents the impact Kairos has made on them. To offer your support please contact Anne Willott,
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or phone Anne at the Ambarvale Recreation Centre on 46263033.
Women Aglow
Camden Aglow is a network of caring women from all denominations who meet each month to host the presence of the Holy Spirit. Our meetings include morning tea, singing, prayer and always a wonderful speaker.
Women from across Macarthur are invited to Woman Aglow
...at 10.00am till about 12.00pm on the 3rd Wednesday of each month January to November
(Upstairs) at the Narellan Library
Child minding is available.
For information contact Sue Peacock on :-
Ph: 4633 8261 Mob: 0425 203 429
Email:
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