The Rev Derek Johnston, Belfast Trust Lead Chaplain, talks about his experience of hospital chaplaincy in Belfast during the COVID pandemic…
It is said that more people pass through our healthcare institutions every week than through our churches. So, how we care for people in our healthcare places matters!
There is real pastoral, spiritual and religious need. People are still people, wherever they are! As chaplains we are privileged to be welcomed to come in and have a chat. The pastoral encounter can be a therapeutic encounter, can still give opportunity for sharing the Gospel and for prayer…
