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Spiritual Care Australia |
National website
www.spiritualcareaustralia.org.au |
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| ACT Branch |
| Enquiries |
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| Phone |
0409 608 641 |
| Postal |
ACT Branch SCA
PO Box 5748
Hughes ACT 2605 |
| Executive Committee Members |
| President |
Ethel Gavin |
| Vice President |
Debra McCarthy |
| Minute Secretary |
Sally Midgelow |
| Treasurer |
Ethel Gavin |
Publicity |
Susan Miller |
| Committee Members |
Dawn Nicholls
Clair Hochstetler
Arnold Bartholomew
Pam Robertson
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| National Representative |
Denis Fisher |
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Spiritual Care Australia has the following objectives to:
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Promote fellowship amongst its members; |
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Arrange periodic conferences; |
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Strengthen understanding among chaplains and others of the aims and functions of chaplaincy; |
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Conduct and encourage research in areas relating to chaplaincy; |
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Encourage education and maintain standards in pastoral care; |
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Conduct other activities related to chaplaincy as it sees fit. |
The following are entitled to apply for membership of the Association:
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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. |
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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.. |
Diane Kargas AM was our dinner meeting’s inspirational speaker this year at the Dinner Banquet
“The Impact of Pastoral Care
In My Own Life”
Friday evening
9 December at Southern Cross Yacht Club in the Lotus Room - 6:30 for 7 pm
NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2012
DIARY DATE:
APRIL 16-19 2012
SPIRITUAL CARE AUSTRALIA
CONFERENCE
IN CANBERRA
Venue: Rydges Lakeside
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.
CALL for PAPERS
for Elective Sessions (1hour 15 minutes)
for Workshops (1hour)
for Poster Presentations
>> Download details "Call for Papers" (Word file) [ Deadline for proposals: 16th January 2012.]
The conference will be hosted by our local ACT Branch
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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.
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 is yet to be announced.
Invitation: ACT Branch Meeting
ACT Branch meeting of Spiritual Care Australia
9 February 2012 from 4 – 6 pm
Hughes Baptist Church, Groom St, Hughes, Canberra
“Ways and Means of Experiencing Spirituality”
(as Pastoral Care Practitioners)
Facilitated by Rowena Harris
Rowena Harris, originally from Queensland. She has experience as a hospital social worker, parish pastor, jail and aged care chaplain and hospital chaplaincy manager and trainer. She is currently based in Mallacoota on the coastal border of Victoria and NSW and is widely known in those parts as a “quirky” actress and community minister for Frontier Services
(see http://www.frontierservices.org/about-us
Rowena has facilitated this seminar before and hopes to present it at the SCA National Conference 2012, as well. But come to THIS session if you want to be assured of being able to take it in!
Objectives:
• To affirm those who experience spirituality in the usual manner of prayer and journaling, etc
• To discover ways the use of words can open up new pathways to explore spirituality via poetry, fiction, non-fiction, song, etc
• To move beyond words to approach the Divine in the mystical and creative, in art and silence, in bushwalking, etc.
• To challenge the boundaries or artificial divisions people draw between what is of God and what is secular: "Bidden or unbidden God is present!"
For your awareness: Following fellowship and afternoon tea (which will start as early as 3:45 pm) we have some ACT Branch business to discuss at the front end, so our meeting will start promptly at 4:15 pm. Due to the nature and content of Rowena’s session we will likely not end until 6 pm.
A year-at-a-glance schedule of topics and resource persons for all of our ACT Branch meetings and events in 2012 will also be distributed at this meeting.
$5 cover charge for this session will be collected from those who have not yet
officially joined or renewed as members of SCA – to do that please go to:
http://www.spiritualcareaustralia.org.au/website/membership.html |
Program for 2011
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10 March
from 3:45 pm |
Pastoral Care in the Community: "Offering Healing to the Traumatised: When Refugees & Asylum-seekers Settle In Our Community” |
Freddie Stein – from Companion House |
14 April
from 3:45 pm
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Theme: “The Dignity of Difference”
(Utilising good strategies in pastoral care for listening to each other and understanding and working with diverse points of view. e.g. the “Conversation Café” model) |
David Purnell, Pres of the United Nations Assoc of Australia and professional mediator at the Conflict Resolution Centre |
12 May
from 3:45 pm |
Debriefing the SCA National Conference: |
“Ethics and You - Unravelling the Myths” |
Facilitated by those attending the National conference in Perth: May 1-6 |
9 June
from 3:45 pm |
“Wit” -- a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Margaret Edson (now adapted for film, starring Emma Thompson) about a disciplined English professor who finds her rational approach to life overturned when she is diagnosed with cancer. No longer a teacher, but a subject for others to study, Vivian Bearing is about to discover a fine line between life and death that can only be walked with wit.
(Opportunities for viewing this 97 min. movie prior to the meettng will be announced.) |
We will view and discuss excerpts from the film version of this powerful drama and utilise a discussion guide. This has been promoted by the Assoc of Professional Chaplains as a resource to challenge chaplains and pastoral carers to do theological reflection.
An excellent review of Wit for the medical community is published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, 2 November 1999, pp. 718-719 |
14 July
from 3:45 pm
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The Integral Role of Pastoral Care: early intervention and support in the continuum of care of people with Neurological Degenerative Diseases (e.g. Motor Neuron Disease, MS, Parkinsons, , Huntington’s, spinal ataxias, etc) |
Jennifer Carless – pastoral carer at Bethlehem/Calvary Health Care in Victoria; presenter of SCA National Conference workshops in Melbourne and Perth. |
Saturday, 13 August 2011
At the Pavilion of the ACCC
15 Blackall Street, Barton, ACT
(cnr King's Avenue)
(Gathering at 9 for a 9:30 start
Closing by 3:30 pm)
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“A Quiet Day” (Spiritual life retreat)
Effective pastoral care involves the power of companionship and friendship, of caring and providing a healing presence, enabling “the other” to engage their own personal and spiritual resources and to reach inside to respond creatively to challenges in their own situation. To be very attentive to the agenda of the other. Being there. That is the emotional and spiritual power of "presence” in pastoral care and it requires a great deal of energy and focus.
This facilitated Quiet Day is designed to “refill your well” and help sustain such a level of spiritual engagement. Pastoral carers from all faith groups and religious backgrounds are most welcome! |
Co-facilitated by Lorraine Gatehouse & Meryl Bollard from The Gathering Place in Canberra
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8 September
from 3:45 pm
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“The Integral Role of Pastoral Care:
Suicide -- Prevention & Bereavement”
>> Details (.doc) |
Johann Sheehan, Ph.D. (Psychologist) and chair of the Anglican Bishop’s committee on mental health – from Canberra |
27 October
Registrations Commence:
9 am
Cost:
$50 for members of SCA
$55 for non members
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International
Pastoral Care Day
At The Chapel - Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture
Blackall Street, Barton ACT
Finishing with Dedication Service then Afternoon Tea @ 3.00pm.
[Followed @ 3.15pm by AGM for Canberra and Region Center for Spiritual Care and Clinical Pastoral Education]
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SPEAKERS include
Ms Rhian Williams
She will focus us on developing good rapport with our clients and patients, building our personal capacity in cross-cultural communication, and bridging gaps with persons different than we are by "listening" with ALL of our senses.
Mr Hong Sar
Companion House is a non-profit community
based organisation working with people who
have sought refuge in Australia from
persecution, torture and war related trauma.
Most are asylum seekers or from a refugee
background who are newly arrived and some
are longer term settlers who need support.
>> Download Program (.pdf) |
10 November
from 3:45 pm |
Ethical Issues in Pastoral Care:
What is a “Good” Death?
(or Dying Process?)
(exploring various perspectives - from a patient’s, soc wrker, physician’s, theologian’s, chaplain’s POV) |
Panel of experts to be lead by ethicist Patrick McCardle from ACU; panel to include others such as a local Palliative Care Soc Worker or Psychologist, a Physician, a Nurse, a Theologian & at least one Chaplain |
Friday evening
9 December
Southern Cross Yacht Club in the Lotus Room - 6:30 for 7 pm
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Dinner Banquet
“The Impact of Pastoral Care
In My Own Life”
To Book, send $45/person with name(s) and contact information of attendees to: SCA - ACT Branch,PO Box 5748, Hughes, ACT 2605.
Any questions? Contact Clair Hochstetler:
0466 623 261
or Jean Shannon:
0418 213 073
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Personal testimonial from a CEO selected among the “Women Chiefs of Enterprise”
Diane Kargas AM will be our dinner meeting’s inspirational speaker this year
Originally from Adelaide, Diane has lived in Canberra since 1965 and has been a tireless contributor to the Canberra community. She is a member of Women Chiefs of Enterprise International, which is a recognition of her career success. Use this link to access more of her biography and an interview on the ABC which highlights some of her many accomplishments and community involvements: http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/04/27/3201648.htm
Diane is a strong mentor for people in the charity and not for profit sector. She was recently listed on the Honour Roll of 100 inspiring women in the ACT as part of the 100 year celebration for International Women’s Day 2011.
Diane has also had an up-close personal health experience that changed her life and therefore we have asked her to share at our dinner meeting on the theme of “The Impact of Pastoral Care On My Own Life.” You won’t want to miss this! |
Planned by the Education Subcommittee of the ACT Branch Spiritual Care Australia:
Clair Hochstetler (Chair), Jean Shannon, Geoff McCormack.
This Program is subject to change
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Spiritual Care Australia, ACT Branch 
