Chaplains Spot
What door do I need to open?
I like to have a fresh focus each year. This year is about opening doors, discovering what feelings are behind those doors, and working through them towards a better outlook on life. I have created a poster to use – ‘WHAT DOOR DO YOU NEED TO OPEN?’, and a worksheet, ‘What’s behind the ……… door?’ I have included the worksheet below. These resources are to help students to discover areas of their life experience that are perhaps holding them back, and stopping them from flourishing as they can.
The categories are: grief and loss, fear, loneliness, sadness, regret, jealousy, negativity, injustice, depressed, excluded, hate, victim, unloved, tormented, weak, offended, broken, panic, and other [for anything else].
We all have times when we are dealing with certain issues that seem beyond our control. At some stage we need to explore how to process them and move on with life. We can do this best when we are in a safe place, with safe people. I aim to be that safe space for students at GRPS. If you would like to discuss this further, please contact me.
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What’s behind the _______ door?
Name: _____________________ Date: _________
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Toast Tuesday: Our free Toast Tuesday program is running again, with the great assistance of my wife Bonnie, plus some of our GRPS community. Our roster is filled for this term, but if you would like to visit us to see if you might like to help on the team some time, feel free.
Meal Train roster: We will again offer a weekly emergency meal to families in our school community. Several parents cooked delicious and nutritious meals last year. If your family would appreciate a meal at any time of emergency, please let me know. If you would like to contribute a meal, please go to the following link. mealtrain.com/vlwooz
Contact: If you need to contact me, you can email me, or phone or see me at school on my days listed below.
Joke of the week: What is brown, hairy, and wears sunglasses? A cool coconut.
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Alan Silverwood: Chaplain - Pastoral care for our community. [Tuesday, Friday]
[alan.silverwood@education.vic.gov.au] Supporting the School community in emotional, social, spiritual and practical wellbeing.
Our Chaplaincy program is funded by the Federal Government’s ‘National Student Wellbeing Program’, the GRPS School Council and donations.