Spiritual Care
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The Spiritual Care Program is dedicated to providing holistic support to participants, volunteers, and staff across all Mission Services of London's sites and programs.
We acknowledge that for some, having the option to address spiritual needs is as crucial as meeting physical and emotional needs. Our program offers a compassionate approach to nurture hope, resilience, and a sense of community through spiritual care.
For participants, volunteers, and staff, engagement with spiritual care is strictly voluntary. Mission Services of London respects every individual's choice, and meeting participants, volunteers, and staff where they are at is a priority— specifically with their belief, their understanding of faith, their comfort level discussing spirituality (or not), and their physical location in a multi-sited organization.
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Our Trauma-Informed Chaplain
Mission Services of London has a trauma-informed Chaplain, Harry Soedarmasto.
Harry supports worship, devotional services, foundational biblical teachings, and spiritual care programming that's in alignment with Mission Services of London's mission and values.
While participants, volunteers, and staff are welcomed to talk with Harry regarding their spiritual needs, many individuals reach out to Harry for a variety of reasons that don't involve religion, including for a listening ear, a confidant, a laugh, and a friend.
Chaplain Harry practices trauma-informed pastoral care. Providing trauma-informed pastoral care involves understanding, anticipating, and responding to issues, expectations, and special needs that are often present in survivors of trauma. This also includes reducing the risk of re-traumatization.
Mission Services of London's Chapel is located within the Men's Mission site, at 459 York Street, London, Ontario.
How You Can Help
Your support makes a difference. Please consider supporting the spiritual care program by donating to the Chaplain's Challenge:
The Chaplain’s Challenge is designed to help sustain, equip, and sow the spiritual care program.
- To help sustain, you can direct a monthly gift to the spiritual care fund or make a one-time gift that helps cover operating expenses.
- To help equip, you can direct a one-time gift to the spiritual care fund for special projects, including musical instruments, sound equipment, books, and more.
- To help sow, you can direct a one-time investment into the spiritual care fund to support the program to take root and last for many years and generations to come.
To make a donation to the Chaplain's Challenge, please visit:
Thank you for your interest in Mission Services of London. Together, we can be a pillar for our neighbours in need to lean on.
For more information or to seek assistance, please visit our Contact Us page.
