Tag: Clergy self-care
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Clergy are called to care for their people, but who cares when the carer needs care?
By Marilyn Redlich and Dr Stephen Harrison: Since March this year, COVID-19 has substantially impacted the psychological and emotional wellbeing of our communities. Unsurprisingly, this has had flow-on effects for those in caring careers or vocations. Over the last seven months, our clergy have not only had to contend with the pressures of everyday life…
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Learning to recalibrate
By Bishop John Roundhill: The work we as clergy do can be tough. Very often the post-Sunday-service joke, ‘What do you do on all the other days of the week?’ rings hollow. Clergy work six days a week and we are notorious for not taking our day off. When I lived in Hong Kong from…
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Clergy wellbeing and self-care: questions and discussion points
By Stephen Harrison: Last year the Church of England committed to the landmark ‘Covenant for Clergy Care and Well-Being’ (p.5) as an Act of Synod, agreeing to “undertake to work together to coordinate and improve our approach to clergy care and wellbeing so that the whole Church may flourish in the service of the mission…