Spiritual Pathways

Golf Tournament Helps Serve Spiritual Needs of Patients

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Looking for a good excuse to golf?

The 4th annual Loving Hearts/Caring Hands golf tournament,
benefitting Chaplaincy and Pastoral Education, is only weeks away.

Save the date and sign up:

Monday, Nov. 16, 9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at BlackHorse Golf Club
12205 Fry Road, Cypress, TX, 77433.
Bag drop, registration and breakfast begin at 7:30 a.m.

Your participation will support the recruitment and education of fellows accepted into M. D. Anderson's pastoral education program, who provide spiritual care to our patients. Funds also will go to expand interdisciplinary research that explores the relationship between spiritual care and the fight against cancer.

"The spiritual guidance services offered through Chaplaincy provide strength to patients or caregivers who are dealing with uncertainties, difficult treatments, grief or end-of-life issues," says Gloria Koenning, director of The Chaplaincy Fund, which plans, hosts and manages the event. "If there is any reason to tee-off, this is it! We are excited and look forward to the participation of M. D. Anderson employees."

The deadline to register is Friday, Nov. 13. Get involved on your own or form a team. The registration fee for individual players is $250 and teams of four are $1,000. Sponsorships are available at several levels.

GREAT DISCOUNT AVAILABLE TO GOLFERS !!!
CONTACT GLORIA KOENNIG AT Gloria Koenning [gkoenning@chaplaincyfund.org] OR 713-862-8482

Visit the event site to access sponsorship and registration forms. Updated forms for the 2009 event are not yet available. However, the forms currently posted on the site can be turned in. Please write "For Nov. 16, 2009, event" in the upper right hand corner.

For more information, call 713-862-8482.

Announcing Two Bereavement Support Groups

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Community wide - For anyone experiencing grief


Every Wednesday for 8 weeks beginning November 4th, 2009
Two groups: 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
No charge
Pre-registration requested at 713-524-1055 (Marlaina)

Being held at
Lifeline Chaplaincy Conference Center
1415 Southmore Blvd @ LaBranch (Museum District)

Facilitators
Virgil Fry, D.Min., Debra Sivesind, MSN, Marilyn Ladin, LCSW-B

PICKING UP THE PIECES: RE-CREATING YOUR LIFE AFTER LOSS

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A Seminar in Dealing with Loss and Recovery
By Charles M. Rix

"A place where the past does not lead up to the present and where the future is hardly imaginable."
--Arthur Frank, The Wounded Storyteller

Have you recently experienced loss through any of the following?
  • Death
  • Relationship Failures
  • Disappointments
  • Failing health
  • Financial Collapse
  • Catastrophic Events
  • Failed expectations in life or
  • Any unexplainable circumstances beyond your control?
Sessions:

Special Seminar for Clergy and Religious / Ministry Professionals
Friday, Oct 9 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Plenary Workshop for Everyone
Saturday, Oct 10 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Location:
Lifeline Chaplaincy
1415 Southmore Blvd.
Houston, TX (in the Museum District)

Registration:
By phone 713-524-1055
E-mail lifeline@lifelinechaplaincy.org

Deadline: Tuesday, Oct 6
Lunch will be served each day. Suggested donation $ 5
No registration fee.

Lifeline Chaplaincy Houston Invites you to its . . .

Continuing Education Seminar For Pastoral Care Providers

"Playing Injured - How to Function in Ministry When Your Heart is Hurting"

Dr. Virgil Fry
Executive Director, Lifeline Chaplaincy
Houston, Dallas, Central Texas & Tarrant County

Thursday, October 29, 2009
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Host: Lifeline Chaplaincy
1415 Southmore Blvd. (in the Museum District)
Houston, Texas

To register: Call Lifeline Chaplaincy at 713-524-1055
Registrations are requested by October 25th.
No registration fee.

A light meal will be provided. Donations for food and drink will be accepted.


This invitation is sent to you by:
Paul Riddle, D.Min., BCC
Director of Spiritual Care
Lifeline Chaplaincy Houston
1415 Southmore Blvd.
Houston, TX 77004-5845
713-524-1055
E-mail: priddle@compassnet.com

The Case for God

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Karen Armstrong

Thursday, October 8 at 7:30pm
Wortham Center, Cullen Theater

Tickets Start at $14, All Seating In Orchestra Level

Sponsored by The Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance at Rice University

Karen Armstrong is "arguably the most lucid, wide ranging, and consistently interesting religion writer today," according to Salon.com. In The Case For God, she moves from the Paleolithic age to the present, detailing the great lengths to which humanity has gone to experience a sacred reality, with a focus on the kind of faith that speaks to our polarized modern times. She first gained prominence with her groundbreaker, A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (1993). Others have included The Battle for God, A History of Fundamentalism (2000); Buddha (2001); and The Bible: A Biography (2007). Armstrong participated in Bill Moyers' remarkable series called Genesis on PBS. Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, Armstrong has been in demand as an authority on Islam and religious compassion. She has addressed members of the U.S. Congress, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum in Davos. Armstrong will greet fans and sign books at the end of the evening.

The Progressive Forum is producing this event in association with Brazos Bookstore.

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Education Event

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Living With, Through and Beyond Cancer

Anderson Network's 21st Annual Patient and Caregiver Conference

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Register today! Call 713-792-2553 or 1-800-345-6324, or visit www.mdanderson.org/patientconference to register.

Upcoming TMC Chaplains "Brown Bags"

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September 15, 2009 - Memorial Hermann (Room TBA)

Mary Bradley
"Healthcare for the Homeless/chaplaincy with the homeless and underserved"


October 20, 2009 - M. D. Anderson (R11.1671 Rooms C/D)
"Spirituality and Chronic Pain."
A presentation to an interdisciplinary conference on chronic pain.

November 17, 2009 - Methodist (conference room TBA)
Linda Sharon
"A Theology of Organ Transplantation".


Spirituality and Healing from a Baha'i Perspective

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The "Twelve Moments of Meditation" August program will feature a presentation by Felora Derakhshani from the Baha'i tradition. Emphasizing the unification of humanity and the building of a peaceful, global society, Baha'i principles include, among others, the recognition of the unity and relativity of religious truth and the responsibility of each person to independently search for truth http://www.austinbahai.org/.


A native of Iran, Felora Derakhshani was educated in Oxford, England, and is the founder and President of ACT Women (Advancing Community Through Women: http://www.actwomen.com), whose mission is to educate, encourage, and empower women to become agents of change. An electromechanical engineer by training, she is the owner of Felora Image Consulting Company, and currently serves on the Board of Austin Area Interreligious Ministries (AAIM).


What: "Twelve Moments of Meditation": Baha'i meditation
When: 12 noon on Thursday, August 13th
Where: Freeman-Dunn Chapel (Main Campus)

Community-Wide Grief Groups Begin

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Lifeline Chaplaincy, Inc. announces the start in August of two, separate community wide grief support groups. The groups will meet just outside of the Texas Medical Center in the Museuin District at Lifeline's main location at

1415 Southmore, Houston, TX 77004-5845.
Parking is free and gated.

The daytime group, facilitated by Virgil Fry, D.Min., will meet on Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for eight consecutive weeks beginning on August 6, 2009 and ending on September 24, 2009.

The evening group will be led by Marilyn Ladin, LCSW-BCD (Social Work Psychotherapist TMHS Palliative Care Department) and Debra Sivesind, MSN, PMHCNS-BC (Nurse Psychotherapist, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Department of Palliative and Rehabilitative Medicine). It will meet on Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. beginning on August 6, 2009 and ending on September 24,2009.

Each group will be limited in number. For further information and application form, please contact Marlaina Patterson at 713-524-1055.

Laughter Yoga Meditation for Relaxation and Stress Release

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In June, the "Twelve Moments of Meditation" series will feature a presentation by Chaplain Christiana Liem on Laughter Meditation--an unstructured session of laughter which allows participants to express their laughter like a fountain.

Laughter Meditation is a part of Laughter Yoga, which is the brain-child of a physician from Mumbai, Madan Kataria, M.D. The practice of Laughter Meditation emphasizes deep breathing and long exhalations. It begins with laughter exercises and ends with a guided relaxation exercise and positive affirmations, an experience which often leads to a healthy catharsis--a feeling of emotional and spiritual release that may last for days.

Christiana Liem is a staff chaplain and a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader and Teacher affiliated with Dr. Madan Kataria's School of Laughter Yoga.

What: "Twelve Moments of Meditation": Laughter Yoga meditation
When: 12 noon on Thursday, July 9th
Where: Freeman-Dunn Chapel (Main Campus)

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