June 8, 2020

As a nation, we are living through a pandemic that has claimed thousands of lives and a social justice movement that rivals that of the 1960s. These two events are impacting us all in monumental ways, all while we attempt to work, raise children, support family members and build communities. Our Spiritual Care Department would like to remind employees of several options for support. They are also seeking additional information that might help meet employee needs even more.

Reminders
The West Tower Chapel is open 24/7 and can be accessed for prayer and meditation. The Tree of Hope is also available for employees to write and post prayers.

If you’d like to speak directly with a chaplain, please call the main number at 832-824-0000 and ask for the Chaplain-on-Call to be paged.

If you would like to receive a daily prayer from the Texas Children’s Spiritual Care Department, send an email to Spiritca@texaschildrens.org. You will begin receiving the Nurture Notes daily email.

What else would help?
Please help the Spiritual Care Department gather even more information by sending answers to the following questions to connectnews@texaschildrens.org

Which services would you be interested in?

  • Virtual prayer sessions
  • Virtual meditations
  • Video counseling
  • Passages or scriptures
  • Devotions
  • Other?

How often would you like to hear from spiritual care leaders?

  • Daily
  • Weekly
  • Monthly
  • Other?

How do you receive spiritual encouragement best?

  • Individual conversation
  • Group conversation
  • Music
  • Reading
  • Other?
November 21, 2017

Texas Children’s Hospital Spiritual Care Department is asking you and your faith community to consider participating in No Crib For A Bed, a program that helps provide safe-sleeping accommodations to children and families in need.

Due to limited resources, many families in the Greater Houston area are forced to co-sleep with their infants. Such sleeping accommodations pose serious risks of injury and possible death to a child. The Spiritual Care Department is trying to minimize such risks by facilitating the provision of new mobile cribs, such as Pack N Plays, and new baby blankets to families in need. Along with the mobile cribs and blankets, the department, through its No Crib For A Bed program, provides safe sleep information provided by our Childhood Injury Prevention Department.

Donations of the mobile cribs and blankets and/or money are facilitated through various faith communities throughout the area.

“We are asking you to help and to please discuss with your faith community about donating one or more new Pack N Plays and a corresponding new baby blanket,” said Chaplain James Denham. “Your help goes a long way in helping the families in our community and especially the youngest among us find protection and safety.”

For more information or if you have questions, please contact Denham or the Spiritual Care Department at ext. 4-7223.