It is a particular privilege of hospital chaplaincy to have the time to attend to the concerns and needs of patients.
Illness and hospital stays are often significant turning points in life. They invite moments of reflection and pause, during which many things lose their importance while new priorities emerge.
As a chaplain, I am available to support you and your relatives. I offer a listening presence, accompany you in your questions, and respond to your individual needs for spiritual or religious support. Naturally, I respect your personal beliefs and values and am bound by strict confidentiality.
I am employed as a minister of the Evangelical Reformed Church. Should you wish to receive pastoral care from a representative of another religion or faith community, I will be pleased to assist in arranging this.
Our offer at a glance
Visits to patients
We accompany people from an open, Christian basic attitude across denominations and religions and respect their religious convictions. We regularly visit patients of different denominations and religions, as well as people who do not belong to any religious community. We do not have a missionary mandate and do not impose our conversation on anyone.
Church services
On Sick Sunday, Easter, Day of Prayer and Christmas, we celebrate services at Klinik Im Park and, depending on the denomination, support people with religious expressions such as prayer, liturgical signs and sacraments.
Accompanying the relatives
We are also the contact persons for the patients' relatives and accompany them where this makes sense and is desired.
Blessing ceremony for newborns
For the blessing of your newborn we offer a small celebration. The new addition to the family is blessed with gratitude and a look to the future. The celebration can take place according to individual wishes in the room or in a common room of the clinic.
You can find more information here (in German).
Reformed hospital pastor
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday half-day each