Specifics: the Pastoral Consultant (chaplain) would:
Assist all employees find and sustain communities of faith for worship and nurturing that can support their spiritual journey.
Provide mentoring for the personal journey in pastoral counseling.
Offer courses on mentoring so that employees can learn to mentor each other.
Construct and provide a curriculum for the discernment of spiritual gifts for one's life-vocation and a personal mission statement that includes a faith commitment.
Develop and Provide a nonjudgmental sacramental ministry to all divorced and alienated Catholics and other Christians.
Lead and facilitate both Days of Recollection and weekend retreats on a variety of Spiritual topics.
Help Provide worship, both interdenominational and Catholic: Word and Eucharist.
Demonstrate how the servant leadership model of Jesus is related to the best of current leadership theory and practice: workshops, retreats, discussion groups, and modeling.
Encourage a deeper faith commitment by all employees by faith study and prayer support groups, that is, willingness to be more deeply committed to their own spiritual journey.
Visualize ministry of as a team effort, in which we are all co-disciples for the sake of the Reign of God. The priestliness of the laity from their Baptism is the primary source of grace.
Contribute informational and educational materials and processes that would help all employees integrate their faith practice and spiritual journey into their regular daily work.
Suggest and explain a wellness model that is balanced between the physical, mental, emotional, religious and spiritual aspects of life.
Recognize the importance of every employee and volunteer having a need for a spiritual center and providing a variety of opportunities for this to be accepted and embraced.
Demonstrate by an interdenominational acceptance and respect, the basis for further cooperation between the various faiths in the local community.
Realize that we come to the community table from a variety of wisdom traditions, and that in a post-denominational world, new forms of worship and cooperation can be found.
Respect the stages of moral development and the stages of faith and spiritual development and would meet each employee and volunteer where they are, in their own situation.
Assist care-givers be more at ease and skillful in helping recipients realize the central role of a personal faith. Little professional development in any discipline today addresses the central role of faith in healing. Even when their own faith is strong, most care-givers are hesitant to do this.
Serve as a bridge builder between all community services led by faith values. As Merton said in Asia: "We are already One." The challenge is in recognizing and building on that awareness as we have now done for four years in the Many Faces of Spirit community in Lexington and for ten years with the Spiritual Growth Network of Kentucky. Bridge-building will relate the best of current leadership practice to gospel values.

Requirements: Experience in pastoral counseling, with a background in behavioral science and organizational dynamics: a track record of already performing the above activities; background in theology, ordination, experience in interfaith dialogue, facilitating retreats, and in empowering others for their spiritual journey; recognition of the central role of grace and Mystery; ease in working in interfaith, interdenominational settings.

In short, I would offer that if each organization had someone helping the executive team and staff (and volunteers?) develop and sustain this spiritual focus, the entire organization would be stronger and more effective, more inspired by grace and led by the Spirit. Intentionally. Motivation for work could become more intrinsic: more guided by a desire to develop and to sustain high performance.

A bibliography can be offered regarding a national industry-wide movement that encourages "faith at work," values discussion groups of employees, held over lunch time, usually. This is a voluntary movement that has a number of resources and guides. Note: this is NOT doctrinal because when the basic metaphor becomes the personal spiritual journey, then each of us is equal, and everyone can learn from one another. Learning to talk about and share values increases the ability of each person to live an authentic spirituality, and to be more comfortable and encouraged to express a values-driven motivation at work. This is an empowering experience. Send for more explanation if needed.

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