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This document discusses a faith and healthcare event at the Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center. It explores how God uses everyday healthcare efforts to heal patients and bring change. The chaplain prays that the staff will devote themselves to serving patients and be agents of change, guided by God's strength. The chaplain hopes the hospital can be a place set apart for God's work.
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Faith on Friday for Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center
This document discusses a faith and healthcare event at the Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center. It explores how God uses everyday healthcare efforts to heal patients and bring change. The chaplain prays that the staff will devote themselves to serving patients and be agents of change, guided by God's strength. The chaplain hopes the hospital can be a place set apart for God's work.
This document discusses a faith and healthcare event at the Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center. It explores how God uses everyday healthcare efforts to heal patients and bring change. The chaplain prays that the staff will devote themselves to serving patients and be agents of change, guided by God's strength. The chaplain hopes the hospital can be a place set apart for God's work.
In the Gospel of St. Matthew Jesus sent out the twelve disciples to the work of God. Where these first to be sent out scared, feeling perhaps diminished in their own abilities to do what Jesus had commanded, or were they confident in the promises that Jesus had spoken over them?
How exactly does God use the everyday efforts that we offer to our patients and their families? Seems like such a tall orderhealing the sick, raising the dead, driving out demons. Do we have such power in us to do such things? The apostle Paul was clear to point back to Christ who grants such strength to carry out the tasks of serving, healing, and bringing back life. God who grants life will so grant the power to bring change. Insomuch we do become differ- ence makers. The mundane nature of procedures, surgeries, medical challeng- es, and life altering conditions takes on new life we recognize the power God gives to bring change and be agents of change. As simple prayer that I try to pray before leading worship on Sunday mornings speaks truth to the humbleness and openness that God asks for in us. Lord God, You have appointed me as a Bishop and Pastor in Your Church, but you see how unsuited I am to meet so great and difficult a task. If I had lacked Your help, I would have ruined everything long ago. Therefore, I call upon You: I wish to devote my mouth and my heart to you; I shall teach the people. I myself will learn and ponder diligently upon You Word. Use me as Your instrument -- but do not forsake me, for if ever I should be on my own, I would easily wreck it all. Before we begin our day of service here at MMSC let us pray together that God would be our helper. May we devote our hands, feet, mouths and intellect to be agents of change in the lives of those we are called to serve. Collectively our prayer is that God would use us as instrumentsto be difference makers and a hospital set a part for the work of God. Peace in your Journey! Chaplain Kris L. Snyder Friday, 26 September 2014
O God, early in the morn- ing I cry to you. Help me to pray and to concentrate my thoughts on you: I cannot do this alone. In me there is darkness, But with you there is light; I am lonely, but you do not leave me; I am feeble in heart, but with you there is help; I am restless, but with you there is peace. In me there is bitterness, but with you there is patience; I do not understand your ways, But you know the way for meRestore me to liberty, And enable me to live now that I may an- swer before you and before me. Lord, whatever this day may bring, Your name be praised. Reverend Dietrich Bonhoeffer MORNING PRAYER ON CALL CHAPLAIN Chaplain Kris Snyder will be on call through Monday, September 29. at 1630 Are you a difference maker? Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, [a] drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give. (Matthew 10:8) SAVE THE DATE CENTENNIAL CHAPEL DAY FOR MMSC AT FIRST UCC MARSHALTOWN Thursday, October 9, 2014 GRADUATES OF THE EVANGELICAL DEACONESS SCHOOL OF NURSING ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND 6 PM
Fellowship/Gathering Time Historical items relating to the Evangelical and Reformed Church roots of the hospital and Peace E/R Church (now First UCC) will be available. 6:30 PM Address from the Hospital A representative of the current hospital admin- istration will address those gathered. Acknowl- edgement of past nursing classes and spiritual care volunteers will be presented. 7 PM Evening Vespers with Rev. Kim Wilson Current pastor of First UCC will preside over Evening Vespers in the main sanctuary of the church.
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