by Tom Peterson | Apr 28, 2016 | FaithHealth Community, FaithHealth Stories
By Emily Viverette What happens when three hospital chaplains, one Supporter of Health, one hospital social worker, one hospital volunteer director, and one faith community nurse come together? Abundant learning and powerful networking! For the past 18-months...
by Tom Peterson | Apr 20, 2016 | FaithHealth Community, FaithHealth Education
By Emily Viverette Hugs were plentiful at the concluding session of the first formal Supporters of Health Training program. On March 18, thirty newly-trained Supporters of Health graduated from the inaugural training class. Funded by a grant from NW AHEC, the program...
by Tom Peterson | Apr 18, 2016 | FaithHealth Community
By Carrie McGuffin and Aaron Weaver, CBF Less than 20 years after the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship began endorsing chaplains and pastoral counselors, CBF has named its 1,000th endorsed person. The CBF Council on Endorsement on March 5 selected Erin Lysse, a...
by Tom Peterson | Apr 5, 2016 | FaithHealth Community
Dr. John McConnell, CEO, of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center; Rev. Gary Gunderson, VP for Faith and Health Ministries; and Annika Archie, Supporter of Health, discuss the care services that take place outside the walls of Wake Forest Baptist. They discuss the role...
by Tom Peterson | Apr 4, 2016 | FaithHealth Community, FaithHealth Stories
Latino residents, health care providers, and representatives from government and nonprofit agencies met to discuss health needs in February at Carolinas HealthCare System Blue Ridge in Burke County. By Les Gura The need for providers to reach Spanish-speaking...
by Tom Peterson | Mar 24, 2016 | FaithHealth Community, FaithHealth Resources
Randolph FaithHealth has been busy of late. They just published their first newsletter and have recently trained 30 volunteers from 13 churches. Says Randolph Director of Spiritual Care Barry Morris: Our hope with FaithHealthNC is to be a resource to...