New Life Church An Oasis of Love
with Pastor Marti and Jessica McGrail
HOSPITAL MINISTRY Hosptital Ministry We attend three of the area's hospitals. Monmouth, Riverview and Jersey Shore Medical Centers providing Pastoral Care. If you or a family member are admitted to one of these Centers and would like a member of our team to visit with you contact Sandy Hammond at 732 872-2745. Nursing Home and Shut-In Ministry In addition to the area's hospitals our Pastoral Care Team also visits our local Nursing Homes as well as anyone that is homebound. If you need Pastoral Care contact Reverend Sandy Hammond at 732 872-2745. Pastoral Care at Jersey Shore Jersey Shore University Medical Center Pastoral Care Department Pastor Marti is part of a five man Chaplaincy Group providing Pastoral Care at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey
Either he or other members of the group are available (on-call) seven days a week, 24 hours daily. Call the operator or call 732.775.5500 to speak to the chaplain on duty.
Our Staff Chaplains are ministers of varied denominations, ordained, who have graduate degrees in theology, post-graduate residencies in Clinical Pastoral Education, and professional certification by national certifying agencies. Many of our chaplains are bi-lingual; and are trained in multi-cultural competencies. Our chaplains are available at all times. You may call the operator, or ask your nurse to call for a chaplain. If you would rather speak with someone who is from your place of worship, the Chaplain will gladly assist in contacting them. What Do Chaplains Do? Chaplains are trained to assist persons, using spiritual and religious resources, in times of crisis and wellness. Our Chaplains can provide: •spiritual assessment and pastoral planning •Advance Directive consultations (over age 18) •end-of-life care •grief and bereavement support •value education and lifestyle guidance •connection to faith communities •meaningful prayer, scriptural, sacramental and ritual experiences as resources for healing. Chaplains are members of the interdisciplinary team, documenting their ministry in the patient's chart for the holistic care of patients and families. At JSUMC our chaplains also: •provide Children's Prayer Time when needed for pediatric patients and families •minister in times of prenatal death •facilitate complementary healing modalities •assist with short term spiritual direction When to Call a Chaplain •At the request of any patient or family member •When a patient appears anxious or fearful of treatment •At the time of a Code Blue or Trauma situation •As death nears, or after death •When someone appears to need consolation •When difficult medical decisions need to be made •When organ donation is being requested •When religious beliefs appear to conflict with health care needs •Before a serious procedure or surgery •When clinical staff members are struggling with personal and professional stress •When patients must adapt to lifestyle changes related to a diagnosis •For Advance Directive consultation •When a Patient Care Team Conference is needed •When a serious change occurs in the patient's condition •For conflict mediation •When family members appear to need emotional or spiritual support
Chapel •Located in the Brennan Building Contact Information Director of Pastoral Care is Reverend David Cotton other members of the Group are: •Reverend David Harrington •Reverend (Fr.) Everest •Rabbi Zylberber/Albert Azar •Reverend Marti McGrail To contact any member of our Pastoral Care Team call 732.776.4991 or phone Reverend Marti at 732.872.7797 and ask to have him paged.
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