Spiritual Care Australia, ACT Branch
 
Purposes Spiritual Care Australia has the following objectives to:

	Promote fellowship amongst its members;
	Arrange periodic conferences;
	Strengthen understanding among chaplains and others of the aims and functions of chaplaincy;
	Conduct and encourage research in areas relating to chaplaincy;
	Encourage education and maintain standards in pastoral care;
	Conduct other activities related to chaplaincy as it sees fit.

Membership The following are entitled to apply for membership of the Association:

	Chaplains and Pastoral Workers who are ministering in agencies, institutions and areas which are acceptable for this purpose by the Association and whose chaplaincy ministries are endorsed by their respective Church authorities.
	Membership is annual for the calendar year by payment of the prescribed membership fee. The final date for payment of the membership fee is 30th June..

 

NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2012

DIARY DATE:

APRIL 16-19 2012
SPIRITUAL CARE AUSTRALIA
CONFERENCE
IN CANBERRA

Venue: Rydges Lakeside

THEME: Communication

“Where words meet silence:
connecting through pastoral care”.

Silence in Encounter
The Silence of the Voiceless
Silence in Contemplation

Keynote speaker: David Augsburger, USA, renowned lecturer, author and Fuller Seminary Professor. Areas of expertise include pastoral counselling, conflict management, cross-cultural issues, forgiveness and reconciliation.

The conference will be hosted by our local ACT Branch

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Pastoral Care Practitioner Continuing Education
 
Objective for the Continuing Education Program is to encourage and empower each other within a caring ministry, to provide best practice in clinical pastoral care and to aspire to our full potential.
 
Meetings The ACT Branch meets usually on the second Thursday of each month at Hughes Baptist Church {Groom St., Hughes} for a Professional Development seminar for members and friends. Most of these meetings, unless otherwise advertised, start with tea and fellowship time at 3:45 pm , with opening business commencing at 4:10 pm followed by speaker/discussion, with the aim to close by 5:30 pm.

Program for 2012

Date	Details	Speaker
Thurs 9 Feb	“Ways and Means of Experiencing Spirituality - as Pastoral Care Practitioners”	Rowena Harris – currently a community minister with Frontier Services in Malacoota, VIC, she has been a hospital social worker, parish pastor, jail and aged care chaplain and hospital chaplaincy manager and trainer
Thurs 9 Mar	“Encountering Cultural Differences among persons of Asian Origin: Korean, Chinese, Filipino, Indonesian – Implications for Spiritual/Pastoral Care” Panel discussion & interaction regarding Asian cultural implications and preferences, with special focus on the impact these aspects may have for the provision of appropriate care, especially for those with no other apparent source of spiritual or pastoral support. Goal: to increase awareness of cultural nuances e.g. gender issues, forms of address for elders, and more...	Panel members involved: • Rev. Kevin Kim – pastor of the Korean Uniting Church in Canberra • Rev. Diana Williams – pastor, English cong of Canberra Chinese Christian Ch. • Rev. Eric Marquez (Filipino) – pastor of Jesus is Lord congregation which merged with the International Christian Ch in Woden • Rev. Adam Chessum – associate pastor of the Canberra Austral Asian Christian Ch. • Mr. Yama Radimin, a leader at the Canberra Indonesian Christian Fellowship (interdenom)
Thurs 12 April	Work “party” to prepare participant information packets/books and bag stuffing for the SCA Natl Conf in Canberra the following week!	c/o ACT Branch Exec Committee and Conference Planning Group members
16-19 APRIL	NATIONAL CONFERENCE Rydges Lakeside	Communication “Where words meet silence: connecting through pastoral care”
Thurs 10 May	“Handling Patient Rejection”	Panel Discussion with a PC Practitioners panel (among “us”)
Thurs 14 June	"Breaking the Barriers with Stroke Patients"	Dawn Nusa, RN at the Canberra Hospital
Thurs 5 July	“Our Language Matters! Understanding and Developing the Skill of Framing” (utilising principles taught by George Lakoff and others.)  Note: June & July themes/resource persons may get switched.	WORKSHOP Facilitator: (under consideration by) Jake Lynch, Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney.  See his profile at: http://bit.ly/Hn2mMx
SATURDAY 11 Aug at the ACCC Pavilion.	A Quiet Day (Spiritual life & Self-care Retreat) Theme: “The Practice of Wellbeing: Exploring the Links Between Spiritual, Physical & Emotional Fitness”	Ross Kingham, former director of Barnabus Ministries in Canberrra (now retired) and experienced retreat leader
Thur 13 Sept	"Mental Health & Pastoral Care:  Suicide Prevention and Support"	Johann Sheehan, Ph.D. – Canberran psychologist and chair of the Anglican Bishop’s Committee on Mental Health
Full Day Seminar Thurs 25 Oct	ACT Pastoral Care Day the theme for International Pastoral Care Week in 2012 is “Giving Voice” – ours to be determined one idea for us.	Two presenters/discussion facilitators to be involved: (Anglican) Bishop Stuart Robinson confirmed availability from 1-3 pm that day. (continuing what we started in one of our workshops last year on topic of “Approaching Death: Theological, Pastoral, and “Best” Practices”)
Thurs 8 Nov	“Balancing Inner Authority and Humility To Foster Team Building in Pastoral Care”	WORKSHOP
Thus evening 6 December	Dinner Banquet

Arranged by the Continuing Education Committee: Clair Hochstetler (Chair), Jean Shannon, and Nic Platt This Program is subject to change Clair Hochstetler      (mobile) 0466 623 261        clair.hochstetler@act.gov.au Jean Shannon    (mobile) 0418 213 073        jean@jeanshannon.com Nic Platt                (mobile) 0428 179 169        npl83461@dodo.com.au