Companionship Training
A three hour companionship training based on the work of Craig Rennebohm, D.Min., founder of the Mental Health Chaplaincy, is being offered from 9 AM till noon on Saturday, May 19 at George: Center for Community, 2212 Northeast 125th Street, (Lake City) Seattle, WA 98125. Kae Eaton will lead a two and a half hour presentation and training, and then, for groups working on a common ministry, there will be time at the end to focus on how this training can be used in their particular setting. Suggested donation of $10/person to cover costs.
To pre-register, contact Elizabeth Maupin @ elimaupin@gmail.com. The doors will open at 8:30 AM to allow time for registration and light refreshments. We will start promptly at 9 AM.
What is Companionship Training?
Companionship, as a practice, is a side-by-side compassionate attendance given in a neighborly way to a person who is struggling with the isolating issues that life can bring.
Through the nourishment of a hospitable welcome, the intention of the trained Companion is to listen consciously and with openness and awareness, to the stories and difficulties of others; and to enable at least a momentary reprieve, and to encourage at best a strengthening for the journey ahead, whatever it may be.
The Mental Health Chaplaincy is committed to the training of Companions in a variety of settings and is designed to facilitate the compassionate inclusion and awareness of the commonness of the human endeavor both within communities of faith as well as in the wider marginal communities in which we live. We believe that in our commonality, we walk through our struggles better together than we do alone.
