Episcopal ChurchComing NEHM and Related Events:
- Refresh Your Soul: Medicine, Religion and Health- Where Science and
Spirituality Meet Conference, March 12 & 13, 2010, Cincinnati Ohio
The ERH Parish Health Ministry Program and the Parish Health Ministry Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio wants to invite you to our 2010 Refresh Your Soul: Medicine, Religion and Health- Where Science and
Spirituality Meet conference which will take place March 12th and 13th at the Crowne Plaza in Blue Ash (Cincinnati) and we are excited to announce that Harold G Koenig will be our keynote presenter on Saturday. Dr. Koenig
is the founder and former Director of Duke University's Center for the Study of Religion, Spirituality and Health, and is founding co-director of the current Center of Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University Medical Center. On Friday Night, Rev. Maggie Sebastian will present "Winter Grace". She will share the important role spiritual xperiences and traditions have on health and wholeness in the latter seasons of life.
As you can see, we are just thrilled about our event this year and what to get the word out to as many people as possible. The event is open to the general population as well has health professions. Please feel free to share
this brochure with those your network as well.
The brochure is also available at www.ParishHealthMinistry.com and this year we are offering online registration which is also available at our website. We have approval for continuing education for nurses, counselors, social workers, and marriage & family therapists. 
April 28-30, 2010 - 2010 Conference: Called To Serve:
The Episcopal Church Responds To Domestic Poverty at the
Robert Treat Hotel,
Newark, NJ
Registration begins in January 2010! - Keynote Speaker: The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Conference highlighting the work of: Jubilee Ministries, Episcopal Community Services in America, National Episcopal Health Ministries Click here to go to the conference web site Click here to download the Conference Brochure (Word)- Rekindle the Spirit of Nursing - June 8-18, 2010 - London and Salisbury, England (this is not an officially sponsored NEHM event) Click to download the brochure/reservation form and the tour arrangement information Part 1 and Part 2
Indianapolis, IN, Tuesday, December 22, 2009-- National Episcopal Health Ministries (NEHM) is pleased to announce that Ms. Pat Barnett has agreed to become the Province II Representative for Health Ministry. Ms. Barnett brings a wealth of experience and skills to this ministry.
“We are so pleased to have Pat joining our team. She will be a wonderful resource for this province and brings a unique blend of skills that will be critical in moving health ministry forward,” said Matthew Ellis, executive director of NEHM.
Background
Pat is a psychiatric nurse, who went to law school while working for the Illinois Nurses Association and in recent years she has worked for various Pharmaceutical and biotech companies focusing on public policy including, Medicare, Medicaid and patient access to care.
While much of her background is in advocacy and legislative issues, Pat is now looking forward to putting her expertise into advocating for wellness in local congregations. “I have been involved in healthcare since I was 16 and volunteered at a local hospital. The changes in health care are both exciting and disturbing. We have better medicines, highly trained health professionals and centers of clinical excellence which do amazing things at the same time many people do not have a good understanding of basic health issues or access to primary care which will help them live longer, happier lives. I am troubled by the needless suffering and hardship many people face. I have been praying for a mission where I can use the gifts I have been given to help others. The chance to work with NEHM and the dioceses of Province II to identify the greatest needs and to work with others in the Province to take the many great programs that exist and bring them to other dioceses and parishes is a wonderful gift for me.”
Pat became an Episcopalian in 2002 when her mentor introduced her to St. Andrews Church in Lambertville, NJ. She said, “I felt I had come home.”
Please contact Pat Barnett at patbarnett@barnetthc.com or 609-937-4667 for more information about health ministry in Province II.
Click here to download the entire press release in pdf format
Province II is comprised of the six dioceses of the State of New York, Albany, Central New York, Long Island, New York, Rochester and Western New York, the two dioceses of the State of New Jersey, Newark and New Jersey, and the Diocese of Haiti, the Diocese of the Virgin Islands and the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe.