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What is your “elevator speech” about your ministry? How do we talk about our ministry?

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Page 1: What is your “elevator speech” about your ministry?

What is your “elevator speech” about your ministry?

How do we talk about our ministry?

Page 2: What is your “elevator speech” about your ministry?

With Physicians“You all work so diligently to help repair or correct the physiological issues in everyone you care for. But what happens when their fear, or their beliefs or their families create barriers to your efforts?

There is no pharmaceutical or surgical process for removing those barriers – because they are not physical. We are the specialists in helping to reduce -- possibly even remove – those barriers because our expertise falls within the psychosocial-spiritual realm and we will work with you and the Social Workers to support all of your physiological efforts as long as they are not in conflict with the patients own desires.”

Page 3: What is your “elevator speech” about your ministry?

“Your mission is to

_______________________. Our role is to

support that mission as it relates to the

human psyche or soul – an aspect of care

often overlooked in modern medicine,

but one that needs to be aligned with the

efforts of the entire care team if you are

to realize maximum success and the

faith-based market share.”

With CFO’s in secular healthcare

Page 4: What is your “elevator speech” about your ministry?

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“Stewardship is a core value in

all of Catholic healthcare, but the

concept of stewardship

transcends that of the financial

ROI (return on investment). The

concept of Stewardship --

stewarding God’s creation as

sacred -- demands specific

attention to and financial support

for the whole person – body,

mind and spirit. “Stewardship”

must give equal support for and

attention to all three aspects of

the human person (who we call

patients) as creation in order to

be consistent with Catholic

teaching.”

With CFO’s in Catholic healthcare

Page 5: What is your “elevator speech” about your ministry?

“The community in which we all serve is crying for our

system to care! When people are vulnerable, they not

only want the best technology and the most prestigious

physicians, they need to feel as if they are important to

those at the bedside. ‘Caring’ is a non-technical, highly

emotional and deeply spiritually motivated word. As we

continue to be asked to do more and do it more

efficiently, the biggest changes being imposed on

bedside staff are not really technical or medical – they

are psycho-emotional and spiritual! That is the

chaplain’s area of expertise! If we can help to inspire

(or re-inspire) one nurse, we touch hundreds of patients

who in turn improve patient satisfaction scores! Part of

our role is to help inspire mission-centered, patient-

centered care in the caregivers!

With CEO’s and CMO’s

Page 6: What is your “elevator speech” about your ministry?

With Social Workers“Our role overlaps and intersects

with yours because they overlap in

patients. Let’s work together to

see where we can support one

another and how we can avoid

stepping on one another’s areas of

expertise. How about meeting as

departments twice a year to offer

one another feedback and ask

questions that will enable us to all

serve more effectively on behalf of

the patients and their families?”