Anderson Network's 21st Annual Patient and Caregiver Conference
Register today! Call 713-792-2553 or 1-800-345-6324, or visit www.mdanderson.org/patientconference to register.
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.
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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
"A place where the past does not lead up to the present and where the future is hardly imaginable."
--Arthur Frank, The Wounded Storyteller
Sessions: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?
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.
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
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.
Anderson Network's 21st Annual Patient and Caregiver Conference
Register today! Call 713-792-2553 or 1-800-345-6324, or visit www.mdanderson.org/patientconference to register.
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".
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)
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 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.
Emilee Whitehurst
Thursday, June 11
Noon - 1 p.m.
Freeman-Dunn Chapel of the Main Campus
For more information, please call
713-792-7184 or e-mail
mjkenned@mdanderson.org
Virgil Fry has spent most of his adult life as a chaplain serving patients and their families at the institutions of the Texas Medical Center. As the executive director of Lifeline Chaplaincy, he has seen thousands of very sick people during his career but one patient remains freshly firm in his memory. "There was a man at M.D. Anderson who had a series of facial surgeries and by the time I met him most of his face had been removed," Fry remembered. "When you looked at him, you were looking at a gaping orifice." Fry said the man had a prosthesis mask but could talk better without it and asked him if he could take the mask off while they chatted. "We had the most incredible visit after he took that mask off. He began to talk about what he had been through," Fry said. "He had a very tender heart. He said he had spent a lot of time wrestling with God and there were times when he wanted to end his own life but he didn't." Fry said the patient then began asking about him, his family, and how he came to be a chaplain.
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]]>How do you communicate and minister to those with dementia or those who cannot verbally communicate? Join Chaplain Marta Pena on May 8 at 10:30 a.m. at mmLearn.org and learn about how to make the most of a visit with someone whose dementia or other challenges has robbed them of the skill to verbally communicate. Discover practical ways to make the most of a visit with a person in a nursing home or memory care facility.
Through her dynamic presentation, theological perspectives and medical training, Chaplain Pena will help you learn how you can touch the spirit of someone with dementia and learn something about your own spirituality in the process. This training is recommended for pastoral care providers, including lay ministers and volunteers, as well as family care providers.
HOW TO WATCH THE WEBCAST: The web cast will be presented live at www.mmLearn.org. Once you arrive at the website, click on Free Videos in the lower right corner. Once you reach the Free Video page, My Spirit Hears You, will the first video on the page. Click on it and the web cast will begin about 10:30 a.m. You will be able to make comments and ask questions by using the Ask function at the top of the page. Once the web cast is complete, My Spirit Hears You will be available on demand within a week.
For more information: info@mmLearn.org
For her presentation, Milam Allam will lead participants in guided meditation and will teach simple yogic breathing techniques for helping to release stress and for relaxing the mind.
What: "Twelve Moments of Meditation": Hindu meditation
When: 12 noon on Thursday, May 14th
Where: Freeman-Dunn Chapel (Main Campus)
A 17-hour intensive weekend workshop designed to equip spiritual care providers and other interested persons with basic listening, self-awareness and interpersonal relationship skills necessary for effective ministry.
- Required for Lifeline Chaplaincy spiritual care volunteers
- Recommended for ministers, elders, visitation ministry leaders and others involved in providing spiritual care
Topics include:
- Defining a healing community
- Losses and their effect(s) on us
- Basic listening and communication skills
- Perception and its role in listening
- "Why me?"
- Grief and Grieving
- Caring for the Caregiver
- Role play in ministry and listening
This workshop will be held
Friday, May 15, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Light supper provided
Saturday, May 16, 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Continental breakfast and lunch provided
Sunday, May 17, 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
To register: Call Lifeline Chaplaincy at 713-524-1055
Or via E-mail at lifeline@lifelinechaplaincy.org
Registration fee: $50.00 payable at the door
Registration deadline May 11.