The Department of Chaplaincy and Pastoral Education welcomes you to worship service. Our mission is to provide the highest quality of Pastoral Ministries to everyone we serve; individuals, families, churches and organizations within the communities of South Carolina.

Chapel services are held Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings from 11:30 - 11:45 a.m, and on Sunday from 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. You are cordially invited to share in these times of worship and meditation in the Nan Eidson Chapel.

If you cannot come to the Chapel, you may
worship with us by television on hospital Channel 18.

The Chapel and Meditation Rooms on 7 Long and 8 Averyt are available 24 hours a day for use by patients and families. A chaplain is available at all times.

If you would like to request a visit for a patient (or for staff concern) you may call the Chaplain’s office at (803) 296-5455 during regular business hours. On nights and weekends, call the hospital's main number — (803) 295-5010. You may also call our Hope Line at (803) 296-4673 to have your prayer request voiced in our morning staff devotions. (See Hope Line below.)

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the qualifications of Chaplain Residents?

	Strong sense of vocational direction toward ministry.
	Ordination and/or endorsement by denomination.
	Ability to be self-reflective and inquisitive about one’s theology.
	Openness to differences in persons; respect of persons’ spiritual and religious grounding.
	Ability to function in crisis.
	Graduation from college.
	Graduation from seminary (summer and extended students are often in the middle of their seminary education.

What are the educational requirements for clinical training for Chaplain Residents?

	Willingness to reflect on one’s work, including both the how and the why of what one does.
	Openness to supervision.
	Ego-strength to facilitate group interactions.
	Ability to be a self-starter; ownership of learning process.
	Admission of learning issues; desire for learning.

What does the chaplain learn in Clinical Pastoral Education?

	Specialized ministry skills for specific situations.
	Pastoral care to strangers.
	Worship leadership in non-church settings.
	Use of self as resource in ministry.
	Interpersonal skills.
	Theological implications of pastoral care.
	Self-care and boundary setting.

What is Pastoral Education?

Palmetto Health is an accredited training center through Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) to offer both levels of CPE (CPE and Supervisory CPE). Our CPE program is the second largest program in the Southeast. We offer two full-time stipened programs; a year-long residency program for first and second year chaplain residents, and an 11-week chaplain intern summer program. We also offer part-time, or Extended, CPE programs in several locations throughout the state. The Extended programs meet one day per week and allow parish clergy and lay leaders to participate in CPE around issues from their parish and from work in the hospital setting.

Pastoral Education is also offered by the entire Chaplaincy and Pastoral Education staff for local clergy and congregations in the form of workshops, seminars and retreats led in a variety of settings and formats.

Are speakers available for churches and organizations?

Yes. Our Staff Chaplains and CPE Supervisors address the following issues...

Hosted by Irene Henderson
	Anger: Learning to Handle It Constructively
	Grief Issues
	Journaling As A Spiritual Discipline
	Mid-Life Transition
	Sexuality Issues In Male-Female Friendships
	Vales of Supervision for Pastors
	Videos As A Medium of Theological Reflection
	Women’s Development Issues
Hosted by Anna Nobeck
	Anticipatory Grief
	Complicated Bereavement
	Ethics and Education
	How Adults Learn
	How to Develop Grief Support
	How to Make A Hospital Visit
	Ministry To People With Aids
	Pastoral Care and HIV Disease
	Pastoral Care and Heart Disease
	Spiritual Care of the Dying
	The Spirituality of Education
	Tasks of Grief
	Your Own Grief History As A Resource In Your Ministry

The Hope Line

If you have a prayer request for yourself, friends, patients or families, dial 296-4673 and leave a message. You do not need to mention names if you so choose but do mention the circumstance for the prayer; i.e., illness, strength, guidance in decision making, etc. This line is available 24 hours a day. Prayer requests are voiced in our morning staff devotions.

Additional Information

To contact Palmetto Health Baptist's Pastoral Counseling department, call the Chaplain’s office at (803) 296-5455 during regular business hours. On nights and weekends, call the hospital's main number — (803) 295-5010.