RESTORING HOPE Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Pre-Conference: October 15-17, 2010 Conference: October 17-21, 2010 Hotel Info / Facebook Video / Conference Schedule / General Info & Online Registration Greetings, From the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky region. On behalf of the Ohio Federation of Fire Chaplains, Cincinnati Fire Department, Colerain Township Fire …
As Emergency Services Chaplains, we are routinely called upon to respond to scenes where a death has occurred and offer emotional and spiritual support to traumatized and grieving family members. This service requires an incredible amount of observation, sensitivity, and composure. Because of the unique identity that we hold as …
O Lord, deliver me in my distress! O God, listen to my cry for help! I was trapped in the place of danger. Closed in, and there was no escape. The flames cut off my way out and the smoke burned eyes. The way to safety was obscured from me
If you are like me, your pager has gone off for more years than you have fingers and toes. The calls come in at the most inconvenient times; they come with trauma, they come with heart ache and they come with loss. Then there are the fire fighters who need …
As Emergency Services Chaplains, we are routinely called upon to respond to scenes where a death has occurred and offer emotional and spiritual support to traumatized and grieving family members. This service requires an incredible amount of observation, sensitivity, and composure. Because of the unique identity that we hold as Chaplains, people in crisis identify us with someone who is safe, compassionate, and grounded. It is not uncommon to be introduced as Chaplain, and immediately have a family member reach out to be touched or embraced. This activity is a demonstration on behalf of the individual to make contact with someone who is offering a sense of stability in a moment of utter chaos and unpredictability; no different than a drowning person reaching for a life ring surrounded by a thrashing sea. Because of this sense of steadiness we as Chaplains become a point of contact, offering a presence of hope and a spirit of courage as we partner with the individual or family, assuring them that they don’t have to face the pain alone.
If you are like me, your pager has gone off for more years than you have fingers and toes. The calls come in at the most inconvenient times; they come with trauma, they come with heart ache and they come with loss. Then there are the fire fighters who need your good counsel and wisdom.
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