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The Tri-State Chaplaincy Committee recently held its annual Volunteer Appreciation Banquet at the First United Methodist Church in East Liverpool. This annual event is to recognize On-Call Chaplains and Chaplain Volunteer Associates for their service to the committee.
Awards of recognition were given to the following for their years of service as Chaplain Associates: Bob Kidd was awarded for one year’s service. George Ann Frischkorn and Jim Lockwood were honored for serving for fifteen years.
Entertainment for the evening was provided by the group “RE-KONCEPTION,” a gospel group comprised of Joseph and Miriam Brown and Darlene Wilcox. ( www.rekonception.com )
Entertainment for the evening was provided by the group “RE-
Rev. Duane Hetzer is the Chaplain at East Liverpool City Hospital and he provides pastoral services to patients and their families in times of grief and emotional distress. He also trains the volunteer chaplain associates and supervises their visits to hospital patients.
Linda Cormany is the Assistant to the Chaplain. Linda serves to work at the hospital to relieve the chaplain on weekends, during vacations, on seminar days and personal days.
Chaplain Associates work out of the Pastoral Care Department at East Liverpool City Hospital. They visit patients in the following hospital areas: medical/surgical, telemetry, and the Skilled Nursing Facility to provide emotional and spiritual care to patients and their families. Chaplain Associates will also have contact with patients and their families in the various waiting rooms and lounges of the hospital.
On-Call Chaplains are a part of the Pastoral Care Department. They have volunteered to be on call 24 hours a day. On-call Chaplains are a select group of trained clergy and laity who deal with emergency situations as they arise. They are chosen because of a proven history of being pastoral in their behavior.
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