{"id":631,"date":"2015-01-13T22:54:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T07:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=631"},"modified":"2015-01-14T03:10:53","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T12:10:53","slug":"jan-13-elevator-ministry-riding-the-ups-and-downs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=631","title":{"rendered":"Jan. 13 &#8211; Elevator Ministry &#8211; Riding the Ups and Downs!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Jan. 13 &#8211; Elevator Ministry &#8211; Riding the Ups and Downs!\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=631\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/elevator.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-632\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/elevator.jpg\" alt=\"elevator\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This may seem like a strange title for a post.\u00a0 But please hang in here as you read and I promise to make sense!\u00a0 When we think of Chaplain Visits we envision them taking place in these settings:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patient Rooms<\/li>\n<li>Waiting Rooms<\/li>\n<li>Consultation Rooms<\/li>\n<li>Treatment Areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recently I have experienced a significant increase in pastoral care being provided in elevators.\u00a0 At first this may seem strange because an elevator does not offer either a confidential setting or a long time length for getting to know those who are riding with you.\u00a0 What usually sparks a conversation that leads to pastoral care is when I see a look of emotion on the face of a rider and ask them how their patient is doing and if I can help in any way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Frequently these are responses that arise from my simple inquiry:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I am asked by the family member to visit the patient.<\/li>\n<li>The family member and I find a secluded place to talk after we exit the elevator if they want to have a conversation that affords privacy and a longer length of time than is available on the elevator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These elevator encounters then frequently send be back to an area where I have just been because I did not see the patient whose family member I met in the elevator.\u00a0 I am tempted to write \u201celevator referral\u201d in the reason for the visit when I document, but don\u2019t because that term is meaningful to me but may have a different definition to someone else who reads my entry.\u00a0 So I choose the longer description \u201cmet family member on elevator and received request to visit patient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even though years ago I would not have guessed the elevator is setting which can start a pastoral care encounter I now know it is.\u00a0 Furthermore when I am not sure who to visit I often find an elevator ride gives me a new direction to go in making patient visits.\u00a0 It is funny how a device designed to let us avoid the stairs also can put us in contact with people who can benefit from our caring and tools of compassion!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This may seem like a strange title for a post.\u00a0 But please hang in here as you read and I promise to make sense!\u00a0 When we think of Chaplain Visits we envision them taking place in these settings: &nbsp; Patient Rooms Waiting Rooms Consultation Rooms Treatment Areas &nbsp; Recently I have experienced a significant increase &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=631\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jan. 13 &#8211; Elevator Ministry &#8211; Riding the Ups and Downs!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":633,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631\/revisions\/633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}