E-Newsletter, Edition 1 New Year 2012

We are delighted to present the first edition of CNM's new E-Newsletter, available to download here

This will be coming out every two to three months (next edition in February 2012). It will be sent by email to all CNM members, or by post on request.

Heart of the Matter: keeping a pure heart in professional practice

A conference for Christians working as allied health professionals, nurses and midwives, 10 March 2012, Beeston Evangelical Church, Nottingham

Working in healthcare is a rewarding, stressful, challenging, frustrating experience. Our careers shape the focus and direction of our lives. But as Christians we are also called to put God at the centre of everything. So how do we continue to have Jesus at the centre of lives when pressures of work and career take so much of our time and energy.

Giles Cattermole (a consultant in emergency medicine in London, and the Head of Student Ministries for the Christian Medical Fellowship) will be helping us to explore what the Bible says. We will also be taking time to discuss, pray and reflect together.

Programme

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee & Registration

10:30 - 11:00 Welcome, prayer & praise

11:00 - 11:45 Bible Talk 1

11:45 - 12:00 Coffee

12:00 - 12:30 Bible Talk 2

12:30 - 13:00 Small Group Discussions

13:00 - 13:45 Lunch

13:45 - 15:00 AGMs

15:00 - 15:30 Regional Groups/prayer

15:30 - 15:45 Tea

15:45 - 16:30 Final talk/Seminars

16:30 - 17:00 Close

Food, tea and coffee are provided, and there will be a bookstall available, plus free resources.

There will be opportunity to meet and network with other Christian health professionals.

Price
Early Bird Discount (before 13 February)
Qualified: £20
Student/Retired: £10

Full Price (13 Feb onwards)
Qualified: £30
Student/Retired: £15

For more information and to download the booking form click here

London Carol Services for Health Workers

CNM and the Christian Medical Fellowship warmly invite you and your colleagues to a carol service for health professionals at All Souls Church, Langham Place at 18:30 on Tuesday 20 December 2011

The service will be led by Rev Hugh Palmer, Rector, All Souls Church and the speaker will be Prof John Wyatt, Emeritus Professor, Neonatal Paediatrics at University College, London.

Mulled wine and mince pies will be served after the service.

All are welcome.

You can download a poster for your notice board here.

Further invites for colleagues and friends available on request from info@cnm.org.uk

To Live or not live - that is the question

Christian Student Nurses and Midwives invite you to an evening to discuss the dilemmas and challenges that the Euthanasia debate has highlighted for nurses, to listen to God’s response and look at how Christian nurses can make a difference!
Date: Thursday 27 October 2011Time: 7.15pm – 8pm food. Meeting from 8pm – 9.30pm.Cost: £3.00 (food only)
Venue: Christian Medical Fellowship, Johnson House,6 Marshalsea Road, London SE1 1HL

RSVP: Annie Leggett at CMF by Tuesday 25 October
E: Annie.Leggett@cmf.org.uk

Nurses Christian Fellowship International EuroNews

The summer 2011 of the NCFI European Newsletter, EuroNews, is now available online - this edition includes news from Spain, Armenia, England and Wales, plus articles from Finland and Norway on the meaning of Joy and a review of a new book on the practice of spiritual care for nurses.

Also, the advance programme for the NCFI International Conference in Chile, November 2012 is now available to download - more details to follow over the coming weeks and months

5th International Student Nurses Conference

A unique opportunity to meet international colleagues and friends and learn and discuss about your professional role regarding spirituality and spiritual care.

Spiritual Care and Health Professions: Context and Practice

November 3 and 4, 2011
Moses & Aaron Church, Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Spiritual care forms an integral part of holistic health care delivered by nurses, midwives, social workers etc.

Although healthcare workers are expected to care for the spiritual dimension of the patient, many questions persist about what exactly is their professional role.

This conference will help students and other healthcare workers to find answers regarding their
professional role in spiritual care. The objectives of the conference are to explore:
• The opportunities of spiritual care in clinical practice
• The social  context of spiritual care
• The role of spirituality in illness and care
• The role of the professional in spiritual care
• Personal aspects of spiritual care
ParticipantsInternational health care students (nursing, midwifery, medical, social work e.g.) are
especially invited for this conference. We also welcome health care practitioners and
scholars.

For more details and a booking form, click here

Rediscovering your calling

A residential spiritual retreat for Christian nurses, midwives and health visitors
21-23 September 2011
Emmaus House, Bristol


We apologise, but this event has now been cancelled

watch this space for other news and events coming soon

2011 London Regional Conference

Resetting our compass: seeking God's direction in a confused ethical landscape

When: 2 April

Where: Johnson House, 6 Marshalsea Road, London SE1 1HL

Time: 10:00 - 16:15

Hosted by: Christian Medical Fellowship

The London and Southeast Regional Joint Conference for CNM and Allied Health Professions Christian Network (formerly CTN).

The ethical landscape in the NHS is changing fast, as new technologies and new social attitudes make it increasingly complex to know what is in the best interests of our patients and in keeping with God's values. From end of life to start of life, resource allocation and ethics in the staff room - how do we reflect God's life and values in our professional ethics?

This day conference aims to help Christians in the health professions re-orientate themselves ethically; to grapple with the current issues and with a Biblical basis for healthcare ethics across the spectrum.

With an emphasis on the allied health professions, nurses and midwives, this event is open to Christians in all the health professions, and is run in partnership between Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) Allied Health Professions Christian Network (AHPCN) and Christian Nurses & Midwives (CNM).

Programme:

10:00 - Coffee & registration

10:30 - Start - worship & intro

10:45 - First Seminar

12:00 - discussions

12:30 - lunch

13:15 – AGMs for AHPCN and CNM

14:15 - Regional/workplace Networking Time & praying for one another

15:00 - Second Seminar

16:00 - prayer & worship

16:15 -Finish

Click here to book online