What if we closed our doors?
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Spirited Adventure to Cuba!
Purchase your tickets for a night of hot fun and cool drinks in the heart of "Havana!" Tuesday October 20, 2015 5:30- 8:00 p.m. DS Tequila Restaurant $35 for appetizers and drinks Bring item of winter clothing for the CORE Center Learn how to become a Friend of the House Be a part of our BAH family and help serve people who are hungry...for community and connection. Pastoral care is our passion--providing care and training others to do the same. Join us for a night of cigars, dominoes, Cuba Libres and all things Cubano as we celebrate our newest [...]
Exploring End of Life Spiritual Care Conference
We are pleased to invite you to our daylong conference: Exploring End of Life Spiritual Care: Learning from Case Studies. The conference will be held on June 2, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Room 994 of the Armour Academic Center, Rush University Medical Center, 600 South Paulina. Our conference begins with Chaplain Steve Nolan PhD teaching how four moments in the chaplain-patient relationship comprise a model of the chaplain as ‘hopeful presence.’ Critical discussion of Nolan’s model will be offered by both a pastoral theologian and a palliative care nurse practitioner. The rest of the day features [...]
Latest news in our March e-Newsletter
Click to read our March-Newsletter Prayer Shawls Templeton Grant awarded to George Fitchett 2015 Spring Benefit Arthur Kleinman recap
Kleinman presentation for Spiritual Care Providers
Bishop Anderson House is delighted to present Dr. Arthur Kleinman, leading figure in medical anthropology, cultural psychiatry, global health and social medicine, on February 16 and 17, 2015. On February 16, Kleinman will present two lectures. The first, at 12 noon, is entitled "Caregiving as Moral Experience: Why it Still Matters for Medical Students and Physicians" and will be directed toward medical students and clinicians. The second lecture, at 3:30 p.m., will be held in room 994 of the Armour Academic Facility at RUSH University. Kleinman's presentation for Spiritual Care Providers, "The Moral, Emotional, and Religious Sides of Caregiving" is based on his extensive research [...]
Self Care in the New Year
You are your most important resource. We annually offer this simple self-care assessment tool to help get the new year off to a great start. EMOTIONAL __ I am well loved __ I get my RDA of hugs and close physical contact __ I play regularly __ I smile and laugh regularly __ I have fun in my life __ I give myself permission to cry occasionally __ I express anger appropriately __ I have frequent periods of recreation SPIRITUAL __ My life has meaning __ I am aware of my ultimate concern in life __ I regularly take time [...]
Join our discussion of Kleinman Book: What Really Matters: Living a Moral Life amidst Uncertainty and Danger
One Book, One BAH: Getting Ready for Arthur Kleinman at Rush In preparation for Dr. Arthur Kleinman's visit to Rush in February, Bishop Anderson House invites you to read What Really Matters: Living a Moral Life Amidst Uncertainty and Danger. To purchase or borrow a copy from the BAH library, please email Ann Ryba. Join us on Wednesday, January 28 from 5:30 pm to 7 pm for a wine, cheese, and a discussion of the Kleinman book This is a great opportunity for graduates of the Lay Chaplain Training Program to gather together and catch up. From 5:30 pm to 6 pm [...]
December newsletter features story of volunteer police chaplain
Please enjoy our December newsletter. Featuring recent Volunteer Chaplain Training Graduate Scott Baeseman, this issue highlights his work as a police chaplain. Also included are an Executive Search update and One Book, One BAH: Getting Ready for Arthur Kleinman at Rush, a book study in anticipation of Dr. Kleinman's February 16 & 17 visit.
The ABCs of Hospital Chaplaincy
We love this blog by Stacy Sergent, "a thirtysomething hospital chaplain learning (and unlearning) about life, death, God, myself, and other things along the way." Her ABCs of Hospital Chaplaincy start with Advanced Directives and the Bible...and winds it's way thoughtfully through the alphabet. We hope you can find some relevance in her insight. Click to begin the series.
We are thankful
Bishop Anderson House has had a bountiful and beautiful year. Thank you for being a part of keeping the CARE in health care, whether as a graduate of our Volunteer Chaplain Training, a financial supporter, a member of Operation Bear Hug, or a friend who shares our mission with others. We are thankful for you. Let us give thanks to God our Father for all his gifts so freely bestowed upon us; For the beauty and wonder of creation, in earth and sky and sea, For all that is gracious in the lives of men and women, For our daily [...]