Could you be a Chaplain?

COULD YOU BE A CHAPLAIN?


Taunton Team Chaplaincy provides chaplains who serve in:

 

  • Taunton's Magistrates Courts
  • Care Homes
  • Retail premises
  • Offices
  • Town centre and open spaces
  • Working with the marginalised community
  • Taunton Rail station

 

As well as supporting associated chaplaincies with Reserve forces, Sea and Royal Marines cadets, Air cadets and the Royal British Legion.


The qualifications to be a chaplain include:

 

  • Active membership of a local Christian church
  • To be a ‘people’ person with good listening skills
  • Satisfactory references from their church leader and someone else
  • A willingness to undertake appropriate training
  • A commitment to give time regularly at their placement, attend team meetings and pray for the Chaplaincy
  • Agreement to wearing at least one item of identifying uniform
  • A willingness to have a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check where required by their placement

 

Next Steps

 

  • Contact our Lead Chaplain for an informal chat. It may be possible to observe one of our chaplains in their placement to provide a guide to the work of a chaplain in that setting
  • Telephone 07581 424420
  • Email Adrian@tauntontc.co.uk

 


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