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Volunteer Lay Chaplaincy Training

Please join us for our upcoming Training!

To Request Training for your Church, please email us at PRAYERSOFTHEPEOPLE@popministry.org

 

Training Session

English or Spanish Speaking – Lay Chaplaincy Training

Next Training Date: Saturday, October 14, 2023
Time: 8:30 am – 4 pm

The Training will be held in the Summit Room at:

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church
11612 Memorial Drive
Houston, Texas 77024 

Please register here: Registration for POP Training

 

 

Pieces of the heart, pieces of the soul, poetic and deep. Here are thoughts patients share with POP Lay Chaplains…

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Congratulations!

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE would like to congratulate
our recent Lay Chaplain graduates on their newfound
assignment of serving the sick and suffering
in the hospitals. Here is where they will be serving.

Ron Massey, Bob Shepherd, John Haller, Pat Hudson at
First Presbyterian Church of Conroe

Beth Slater
HoustonMethodist Hospital – Texas Medical Center

Johnie Wood
HoustonMethodist Hospital – Willowbrook

 

POP Lay Chaplains participate in a one-day training course, covering key pastoral care techniques. The two days consist of: one day of a classroom-style didactic session with a training manual, and one day of experiencing visits by shadowing in a hospital clinical setting. This training can best be described as a micro-version of a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), equipping students with techniques learned in hospital chaplaincy training. The following texts are provided during the training and a Certificate of Training is provided upon completion.

The well-established excellence in our Lay Chaplain training program has come from a commitment to offer quality Spiritual Care in our service to God and His people. As a result, we continue to produce hundreds of wonderful Spiritual Care Volunteers that serve those needing this care, in hospitals across the City of Houston and beyond.

POP Training is free of charge. Our goal is to demonstrate, through our dedicated service and gift, the grace of God and love for His people. Please join us in prayer by reading the living Word of God.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
II Corinthians 1:3-4

To discuss the POP Training please feel free to contact our office at prayersofthepeople@popministry.org or call 832-377-7442.


“I truly experienced the presence of God.“

(A reflection from a patient after a visit from a POP Lay Chaplain)


PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE (POP) is a ministry designed to carry Christ’s Gospel into the medical community.  Offering church members the opportunity to serve others who are in great need of care and support, POP provides an avenue to put compassion for one’s neighbor in action.

 

The POP Training encourages all who participate to grow in their faith, compassion and knowledge of suffering. The focus of the POP ministry is to provide comfort, care, and love to those in the hospital while keeping the focus on the Gospel and God’s love.

“For learning about wisdom and instruction, for understanding words of insight… let the wise also hear and gain in learning, and the discerning acquire skill…” (Proverbs 1:2 & 5)

 

The POP Training Manual, “The Practice of Hospital Lay Chaplaincy: 6th Edition.”

Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices that Transform Us by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun[/one-half]

 

Next Training Date:

Next Training Date: Saturday, October 14, 2023
Time: 8:30 am – 4 pm

The Training will be held in the Summit Room at:

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church
11612 Memorial Drive
Houston, Texas 77024

Please register here: Registration for POP Training
Location:

Future Training Dates: TBD

 

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