Pastoral Formation Learning Goal-To learn the difference between Chaplain/Pastor’s response to different faith beliefs or disbeliefs than that of Protestant Christians.
Addressed this Goal- Within the first goal I have learned that the Catholic patients use the Lord’s prayer for comfort. The difference here is that within my Protestant faith we recite the whole prayer without stopping and the Catholic community stops after “… deliver us from evil” then after another section goes on to, “Thine is the kingdom… and the glory forever. Amen.” I have learned how to stop and not do what I instinctively have done within my Protestant faith. The Jewish tradition also has their way of praying by using what Protestants refer to as the Old Testament. I have learned to not include Jesus within any prayer because they do not consider Jesus to be the Son of God, but rather a prophet. I have also learned that when a Jewish person passes away that the spirit and body are considered still in the room and deserve respect. The family must have someone in the room continuously and only the family may touch the body; until the body is to be removed and placed in the morgue. …show more content…
Pastoral Competence Learning Goal-To learn of other religious beliefs and understandings without prejudice by continuing to approach others with grace that may reject me. Learn to deal with rejection.
Addressing this Goal- I have learned that patients may require and ask for a specific faith representative, other than myself, to visit them. There are reasons that I am not able to serve these people. A Catholic person may ask for a Priest because the patient needs to have confession with a priest to feel exonerated from past discretions before going into surgery. The Jewish tradition patients may need to have specific Rabbinic need met that I am unable to provide as a Christian. There are also numerous Jewish holidays that need special recognition with the Jewish community that are different than Christian holidays. While I have been at MMC this Fall, some of those holidays have been; Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Yom Kippur, and Rash Hashanah. Each of these holidays has specific significance to the Jewish community. Yom Kippur is a time of fasting and repentance. This is also their holiest of holy times. A ram’s horn, also called a Shofar, is blown to represent Abrahams Son’s release when God provided a ram to be sacrificed instead of Isaac. This is a celebration of the New Year. Rash Hashanah is also a time of celebration and considered one of the high holy times. The Sukkot is a week where they set-up a tent or structure outside. This structure is lived in for that week. All activities of life are lived within this tent. It represents the journey through the dessert and how they relied on God to provide for them. This is a time to celebrate God’s blessings. This ends with the Simchat Torah once again in celebration of God. Just to also note that I was educated in the Jewish tradition that whenever God is referred in writing the whole name is never written out; G_d. During many of the holidays and Sabbath times the Rabbi does not visit patients this includes when they are dying or have died and
Addressed this Goal- Within the first goal I have learned that the Catholic patients use the Lord’s prayer for comfort. The difference here is that within my Protestant faith we recite the whole prayer without stopping and the Catholic community stops after “… deliver us from evil” then after another section goes on to, “Thine is the kingdom… and the glory forever. Amen.” I have learned how to stop and not do what I instinctively have done within my Protestant faith. The Jewish tradition also has their way of praying by using what Protestants refer to as the Old Testament. I have learned to not include Jesus within any prayer because they do not consider Jesus to be the Son of God, but rather a prophet. I have also learned that when a Jewish person passes away that the spirit and body are considered still in the room and deserve respect. The family must have someone in the room continuously and only the family may touch the body; until the body is to be removed and placed in the morgue. …show more content…
Pastoral Competence Learning Goal-To learn of other religious beliefs and understandings without prejudice by continuing to approach others with grace that may reject me. Learn to deal with rejection.
Addressing this Goal- I have learned that patients may require and ask for a specific faith representative, other than myself, to visit them. There are reasons that I am not able to serve these people. A Catholic person may ask for a Priest because the patient needs to have confession with a priest to feel exonerated from past discretions before going into surgery. The Jewish tradition patients may need to have specific Rabbinic need met that I am unable to provide as a Christian. There are also numerous Jewish holidays that need special recognition with the Jewish community that are different than Christian holidays. While I have been at MMC this Fall, some of those holidays have been; Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Yom Kippur, and Rash Hashanah. Each of these holidays has specific significance to the Jewish community. Yom Kippur is a time of fasting and repentance. This is also their holiest of holy times. A ram’s horn, also called a Shofar, is blown to represent Abrahams Son’s release when God provided a ram to be sacrificed instead of Isaac. This is a celebration of the New Year. Rash Hashanah is also a time of celebration and considered one of the high holy times. The Sukkot is a week where they set-up a tent or structure outside. This structure is lived in for that week. All activities of life are lived within this tent. It represents the journey through the dessert and how they relied on God to provide for them. This is a time to celebrate God’s blessings. This ends with the Simchat Torah once again in celebration of God. Just to also note that I was educated in the Jewish tradition that whenever God is referred in writing the whole name is never written out; G_d. During many of the holidays and Sabbath times the Rabbi does not visit patients this includes when they are dying or have died and