In Memoriam 2013 Association of Professional Chaplains Annual Conference

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1 In Memoriam 2013 Association of Professional Chaplains Annual Conference Rev. George Ambrose Jr. BCC, Virginia American Baptist Churches USA Rev. Larry D. Bridge BCC, Arizona Disciples of Christ Chaplain Billy D. Dunn BCC, Texas Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Rev. Alan W. Grant BCC, Minnesota Episcopal Church Chaplain Forrest F. Kinzli BCC, Pennsylvania Seventh-day Adventists Rev. Florence Lewis, Florida Presbyterian Church Rev. Loran D. Long BCC, Missouri Baptist General Conference Chaplain Ernest Luehrman BCC, Missouri College of Chaplains Past President United Church of Christ Chaplain James B. Martin BCC, Florida Roman Catholic Church Chaplain Charles J. Parker BCC, Arkansas Baptist General Conference Rev. Paul Phelps BCC, Michigan Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Chaplain Christopher Quail BCC, Louisiana Roman Catholic Church Rev. John Shepard BCC, Kentucky United Methodist Church Chaplain Patricia S. Singleton BCC, Deleware Presbyterian Church (USA) Rev. Donald A. Swanson BCC, Illinois Evangelical Covenant Church Chaplain Kevin G. Traughber BCC, Kentucky Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Rev. C. Leland Udell BCC, Vermont Episcopal Church APC Annual Conference

2 Russell Dicks / Anton Boisen Memorial Service Friday, June 28, 2013 Responsive Reading Diedre Jarrett BCC Leader: To everything there is a season Time for everything under the sun A time to plant and a time to reap A time to be silent and a time to speak All: This is the time during which we remember Those who gave special meaning to our life This is the time we remember the bonds that tied us together; We remember the love that we shared, And the memories that remain with us still. Song We Remember You Jesse Palidofsky BCC Reflection Pearls of Wisdom, by Rachel Naomi Remen MD Roosevelt Hanna BCC Jill Bowden BCC Russell Dicks/Anton Boisen Memorial Service 3

3 Reading Each of Us Has a Name Tom Samuel BCC given by the Source of Life and given by our parents given by our stature and our smile and given by what we wear given by the mountains and given by our walls given by the stars and given by our neighbors given by our sins and given by our longing given by our enemies and given by our love given by our celebrations and given by our work given by the seasons and given by our blindness given by the sea and given by our death. Zelda APC Annual Conference

4 Remembering Our Colleagues Memorial Bell Ringing Dierdre Jarrett BCC Lori Lynn Wachter Quiet Reflection Healing Harp Melodies II by Virginia Bethune Responsive Reading Jill Bowden BCC Leader: Into the darkness and warmth of the earth All: We lay you down Leader: Into the sadness and smiles of our memories All: We lay you down Leader: Into the cycle of living and dying and rising again All: We lay you down Leader: May you rest in peace, in fulfillment, in loving All: May you run straight home into God s embrace. Leader: Into the freedom of wind and sunshine All: We let you go Leader: Into the dance of the stars and the planets All: We let you go Leader: Into the wind s breath and the hands of the star maker All: We let you go Leader: We love you, we miss you, we want you to be happy All: Go safely, go dancing, go running home. -Ruth Burgess Participants are invited to exit quietly or remain seated for a time of quiet reflection Russell Dicks/Anton Boisen Memorial Service 5

5 Resources: Each of Us Has a Name, excerpted from The Spectacular Difference: Selected Poems of Zelda, translated from the Hebrew by Marcia Falk (Hebrew Union College Press, 2004). Copyright 2004 by Marcia Lee Falk. We Lay You Down, by Ruth Burgess, appears in the The Book of a Thousand Prayers, Angela Ashwin, 2002 Healing Harp Melodies II by Virginia Bethune We Remember You, lyrics and music by Jesse Palidofsky APC Annual Conference

6 Russell Dicks / Anton Boisen Memorial Service The Russell Dicks/Anton Boisen Memorial Service is a long-celebrated tradition, established in 1971 by the College of Chaplains at the Brown Place Hotel in Denver, CO. For the Association of Professional Chaplains, and shared in meetings with others, this event has offered colleagues the opportunity to remember the lives and gifts of members who have died during the previous year. Russell L. Dicks was coauthor, with Richard D. Cabot MD, of the pioneer chaplaincy care text, The Art of Mentoring to the Sick (1936). Among his many contributions to the professional training of chaplains, Dicks developed the method of capturing clinical experience in the form of a verbatim as a valuable tool for learning. He called for the first meeting of the chaplains and became its first president in Philadelphia in Anton T. Boisen, founder of the modern clinical pastoral education movement, is noted for his explorations of the relationship between mental health and spirituality. The first to establish chaplaincy in psychiatric settings, Boisen envisioned close cooperation between medical and religious professionals in a clinical setting. His evocative image of the living human document has become a paradigm of our call to learn from one another s life stories. This year s memorial service is being held in honor of these two outstanding leaders and in memory of our colleagues. Russell Dicks/Anton Boisen Memorial Service 7

February 24, Dear Mr. President and Members of Congress:

February 24, Dear Mr. President and Members of Congress: February 24, 2010 Dear Mr. and Members of Congress: We are communities of faith who have supported comprehensive health care reform for decades. We have also offered vocal support and occasional constructive