1. Allow me to introduce myself…
Steve Forward
Married / Family Man
SUQ - Research & Innovation,
Chaplaincy Development
Background in Social Work,
Youth Work & Chaplaincy
Excited to be here !!!

2. What
How
Why
... of SU Qld Chaplaincy.

4. Personal Reflection: Write down your own personal ‘why’ statement...
What motivates you to live your life as you do...???
Write down your own personal ‘why’ statement...
What motivates you to do chaplaincy...???

5. What parents think I do
What the media thinks I do
What atheists think I do
What I really do
What teachers think I do
What Christians think I do

6. What Is Going On For Kids ?
What Do We Have To Offer ?
What Is God On About ?
Some
things to think about...

7. What Is God On About ?

9. Luke 4:14-21
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for those in prison and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, and to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.”
Luke 4 / back story and context...

10. Luke 7:18-22
Jesus said to the messengers sent by John, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard. Blind people are now able to see, and the lame can walk. People who have leprosy are being healed, and the deaf can now hear. The dead are raised to life, and the poor are hearing the good news.”
Luke 7 – just to hammer the point home – when asked later to prove whether he was God’s anointed one, he pulls out all the same stuff...
When the Messiah is present, this is what goes one / tell John that this is what is going on around me and he’ll know I’m on the one...
Matthew 25 – ever wonder about this parable – how the criteria for salvation becomes “what you did or didn’t do” / what goes on shows evidence of the presence of the Messiah
Is Jesus present in your Youth Work?

11. “The glory of God is a human being who is fully alive”
- St Irenaeus -
“I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of”
- Jesus (John 10:10) -

12. - Paul (Colossians 1:18-20) -
“He [Jesus] was supreme in the beginning and—leading the resurrection parade—he is supreme in the end. From beginning to end he’s there, towering far above everything, everyone. So spacious is he, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the cross.”
- Paul (Colossians 1:18-20) -

13. What Is Going On For Kids ?

14. Small Group Discussion:
What does the life of a young person
look like when it is “properly fixed and fit
together in vibrant harmonies”?
look like when it is “broken and dislocated”...?

16. So... The ‘properly fixed and fitted together
in vibrant harmonies’ things are the
‘protective factor’ things
The ‘broken and dislocated things’ are
the ‘risk factor’ things

17. What Is Going On For Kids ?
What Is God On About ?

18. What Do We Have To Offer ?

19. Group Activity: Draw a picture together of the ‘ideal chaplain’
performing the
‘ideal chaplaincy role’

20. Origins of Chaplaincy Early 4th Century
The ‘half cape’ of St Martin given
to a beggar
This ‘cappella’ became an early
Christian relic housed in a ‘chapel’
The ‘chaplain’ was the clergyman
in charge of the ‘chapel’

21. The Role of a Chaplain Usually Includes:
Ongoing presence and participation in the community
Assessment of pastoral needs and provision of pastoral care
Facilitation of spiritual, religious and ethical conversations
Provision of support for spiritual, religious, ethical matters
Provision of support and comfort in times of crisis and distress
Performance of religious rituals and ceremonies
Referral to appropriate services
Liaison with local religious communities and groups

22. The Role of an EQ Chaplain:
Ideal Chaplaincy Role
Social & Emotional Support
Spiritual Support
Community Development
Mentoring & Role Modelling
Extra-Curricular Activities
Educational Support
The Role of an EQ Chaplain:

23. The ‘EQ Learning and Wellbeing
Framework’:
Learning Environment
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Policies and Procedures
Partnerships

24. Focus on how it all comes together in the middle
What Is Going On For Kids ?
What Do We Have To Offer ?
What Is God On About ?
Focus on how it all comes together in the middle