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VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital's chaplaincy services are committed to caring for all our patients, their families and our staff. At a time of physical and or emotional stress our chaplain comes to you as a friend to provide compassion, empathetic listening and a nonjudgmental presence.
The chaplain is assisted with over twenty volunteer local clergy. Through their combined efforts, pastoral care is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
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Our chapel is located in between the South and West wings. It is always open to our patients, family members and staff to meditate and pray. A prayer journal is provided for you to record your prayers. Regularly, our hospital chaplain will pray for these requests.
These are ministers from our communities who volunteer their time in providing pastoral care for our patients, their families and staff for our hospital. They compassionately serve in either providing emergency on-call coverage for our hospital or visit hospital and or hospice patients as assigned by the chaplain. Continued training is provided for our volunteer clergy through the Chaplaincy Services.
Individuals desiring to serve in the Assistant Chaplain Ministry shall have Ordination/License or Endorsement by their Faith Group or be enrolled in Religious or Theological Studies in a college or school of Theological Studies, have life experience in a ministry setting and or specialized training for ministry. You’re also required to attend a Hospital Orientation and Chaplaincy Service Training.
