What Does the Community Chaplain Do?

The Louisburg Community Chaplain will:

· Visit community family members who do not claim identity with a church home wherever care can be expressed and help given: hospitals, nursing homes, funeral homes, family homes, or other neutral sites.

· Assist in planning, officiating or attending weddings for immediate family members, including pre-marital discussions and follow-up contact with newlywed couple.

· Help plan, conduct or attend funerals for immediate family members, including follow-up support and encouragement to immediate family members during the grief period.

· Make jail visits to immediate family members who are incarcerated; assist the family during times of separation; help with the transition of individuals back into mainstream society.

· Serve on the Death & Serious Injury Notification Team to families of community members killed or injured in a job-related accident or who die of natural causes while on the job.

· Provide Chaplain Emergency Care for crisis intervention, and work closely with community leaders on any emergency situation or employee needs.

· Speak at in-house or outside events as requested by community leaders.

· Provide, as appropriate, self-improvement materials (books, pamphlets, booklets, tracts, and audio tapes) to help employees and immediate family members deal with specific issues/problems and provide principles for successful and happy living.

· Provide confidential chaplain discussions for problem issues of community members and their immediate family members, including, but not limited to, marriage, divorce and remarriage, serious illness, care of aging parents, death and grief recovery, parenting, as well as any other personal issues.

· Coordinate assistance for community members or immediate family members who require professional help in issues related to drug or alcohol dependency and/or psychiatric problems through outpatient or hospitalized care.

· Provide referral service and act as coordinator for specialized assistance to employees and/or immediate family members with specific needs.

Other services will be provided to schools or neighborhoods:
* Abstinence Education in schools, apartment complexes and churches
* Attend school related activities
* Provide crisis intervention to schools
* Provide Chaplain services to youth and/or parents
* Intentionally engage youth in discussions and activities