Chaplain

Chaplain to Seniors

• Plan and lead diverse spiritual care programs among 200+ residents, many with dementia;

• Pastor to over 200 staff;

• Initiated ministry transition and growth during community crises;

• Provided regular palliative care and support for families;

• Facilitated “first in Canada” training models for spiritual care volunteers.

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Prison Chaplain

• Led weekly chapels and study groups;

• Coordinated over 20 volunteers and several “Protestant groups”;

• Successfully re-integrated inmates into society and local churches.

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I Remain So Much of Me

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Please don’t ask if I remember,

Don’t assume I understand;

When my mind begins to flounder,

Simply smile and hold my hand

 

Show our photos, play our music;

This brings joy! Such luxuries!

All those songs! so therapeutic,

They restore my memories.

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Sometimes I’ll sit in silence,

Other days, a wandering soul;

In those moments of your presence,

I’m revived. I’m almost whole.

 

Do not scold me when I’m crying,

Change the subject, if you will;

I can’t help it, though I’m trying,

Please be gentle, ever still

 

With my memory partly vanished,

There remains so much of me;

Gaze inside my eyes and listen,

You’ll uncover much of me!

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Written by Daryl Busby

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