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From Pulpit to Bedside Seminar
VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care
Our 6th Annual From Pulpit to Bedside Seminar,
for pastoral and spiritual care providers and allied
professionals, is offered during National Pastoral Care
Week (pastoralcareweek.org).
Why do we offer this seminar
n Many religious professionals and lay pastoral
visitors have rich ritual traditions at the time of
dying and death, but lack a personal comfort
level in being with the dying or their grieving
loved ones.
n Surveys indicate that dying persons want their
religious leaders to provide spiritual support,
but clergy and lay pastoral caregivers report
they are unsure what to say during conversations
with the dying and the bereaved.
n Ministry to the dying can deplete a care providers
own spiritual and personal resources.
For more information about the Seminar,
please contact:
The Rev. Paul A. Metzler, D. Min.
Director of Community Education
212-609-1406
paul.metzler@vnsny.org
We are grateful for the generous
support of this seminar from
Dignity Memorial
VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care provides
expert, compassionate care for patients living with
serious illness at the end-of-life that addresses the
physical, emotional, spiritual, and bereavement
needs of individuals and families. VNSNY Hospice
patients live at home, in nursing homes, in assisted
living communities, and in our Goodman-Brown
Hospice Residence in Manhattan. The Haven, a
25-bed specialty care unit located at Bellevue
Hospital, provides inpatient level of care. The
SPARK program provides palliative care through
partnerships with managed care organizations.
Licensed by the NYS Department of Health,
VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care is the only
NYC hospice serving all five boroughs with a staff
of nearly 300 nurses, doctors, social workers,
spiritual care specialists, bereavement counselors,
support staff, as well as hundreds of volunteers.
To make a Hospice referral, please call:
1-212-609-1900
Visit us online at VNSNY.ORG.
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
1250 Broadway, New York, NY 10001
www.vnsny.org
Perspectives On
A Graceful Death
VNSNY Hospice
and Palliative Care
Proudly Presents
the Sixth Annual
“From Pulpit to Bedside”
Seminar
Friday, October 26, 2012
8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.

‘‘Perspectives on a
Graceful Death” Friday, October 26
It’s easy to register.
Featuring
The Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs, BCC
Our four-hour program will
feature the Rev. Dr. Martha R.
Jacobs, an ordained minister of the
United Church of Christ. The Rev.
Dr. Jacobs completed her Masters
of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry
at New York Theological Seminary. Her dissertation,
“Death is Not the Enemy,” became the basis for her
book, A Clergy Guide to End-of-Life Issues. An ordained
minister of the United Church of Christ and Board
Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional
Chaplains, she was the founding Managing Editor of
PlainViews, an e-newsletter of HealthCare Chaplaincy
that connects chaplains and other spiritual care
providers worldwide. She was honored with the
President’s Award for Distinction in Ministry from
New York Theological Seminary and the Julius Varwig
Award for Distinguished Chaplaincy for her work with
recovery workers at Ground Zero.
The Rev. Dr. Jacobs will sign
copies of her book, A Clergy
Guide to End-of-Life Issues,
a “must have” for chaplains,
clergy, lay pastoral care
providers and seminarians.
It will be available for discounted purchase of
$12.00 (cash or check only).
Seminar Location:
VNSNY Headquarters Auditorium
107 East 70th Street, Manhattan
(Between Park & Lexington)
8:30 a.m. Check-In, Continental Breakfast
Welcome by Patricia Helms,
Vice President of Clinical Operations,
Responders:
The Rev. David Anglada and Rabbi Samuel Kastel
are Spiritual Care Counselors with VNSNY Hospice and
Palliative Care in Staten Island and Brooklyn, respectively.
Seminar Coordinator:
VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care
8:45 a.m. Learning Segments by Dr. Jacobs
What’s Important at the End-of-Life
What Clergy & Lay Pastoral
Caregivers Can Do
Our Personal Resiliency and
Self-Transformation
12 noon Response
The Rev. Angel-David Anglada
Rabbi Samuel Kastel
12:15 p.m. Conclusion and Book Signing
The Rev. Paul Metzler, D. Min., an Episcopal priest and
licensed NYS Marriage & Family Therapist, is Director
of Community Education and Spiritual Care Coordinator
for the VNSNY Haven Specialty Care Unit for VNSNY
Hospice and Palliative Care.
Registration Fee:
Received by Oct. 12th: $35
Full-Time Student: $15
After Oct. 12th or walk-in: $50
(Checks only; no credit cards)
Check payable to:
VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care
Cancellation refund: October 19, 2012
Mail to:
The Rev. Paul A. Metzler, D. Min.
Director, Community Education
VNSNY Hospice—F.P.T.B. Seminar
1250 Broadway, 7th Floor, NY, NY 10001
Seminar Location:
VNSNY Headquarters Auditorium
107 East 70th Street, Manhattan
(Between Park & Lexington)
Further information please contact:
paul.metzler@vnsny.org or 212-609-1406
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