Interest Group Email Archive

Good morning members!

Please find attached the 2023 Annual Report which includes the agenda for the AGM this Saturday, Nov. 25.

See you then!

FCNIG

This year’s hybrid Annual General Meeting (AGM) is focused on wholistic health across the lifespan! Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate our strengths as nurses, network, plan FCNIG’s future, and learn about caring for the spirit, ourselves, and one another across the lifespan! We have some exciting presentations for you: 

Hello FCNIG members. There is an event coming up on Thursday, Nov. 16 that we thought you may like to attend. Please see the information below.

Take care!

The Spiritual Practice of Self-Care for the Faith Community Nurse

When: Nov. 16, 2023 starting at 7 p.m. ET or 6 p.m. CT 

Hello members! Need help with a writing project? This is a space for you! This Saturday September 9th from 12 pm to 2 pm ET, or 11 am to 1pm CT, FCNI is hosting the " Aspiring Authors Artistic Space." A sacred space to promote writing! The intent is to create creative artistic space, set aside the time, and establish the discipline to write. Bring your current project, which might be a prayer, manuscript, book, or devotional. You will be focusing on your project within the support of a writing community.

 Preparation-please bring:

Hello members! This is a notice for a pending part-time position as a faith community nurse at Calvary Memorial United Church in Kitchener, Ontario this fall.

If you are interested or want more information, please contact:

Gerti Emslie, RN
Faith Community Nurse
Calvary Memorial United Church
email: parishnursege@calvarymemorial.ca
Phone/Text: 519-897-2774

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Michelle Solomon, RN

Communications ENO

Hello again FCNIG members.

Faith Community Nursing International is hosting “Gray Matters: Understanding Substance Use Disorders in Older Adults”, a presentation by Kay King, President of MN National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Hello FCNIG members. I hope this email finds you well!

This is an announcement for the upcoming virtual conference for Faith Community Nursing International. This year's topic is "Exploring Dimensions of Grief and Bereavement". See attached for presentations at this conference, and register here: https://www.fcninternational.org/event-5374669 

Dear member,

Do you enjoy speaking out for nurses, health and health care? Would you like to assist us in our mission to support and encourage the ministry of parish nurses in their holistic practices, in specialized areas of the nursing profession?

We welcome members to join the Faith Community Nursing Interest Group (FCNIG) Executive. 

Dear member,

Do you enjoy speaking out for nurses, health and health care? Would you like to assist us in our mission to support and encourage the ministry of parish nurses in their holistic practices, in specialized areas of the nursing profession?

We are looking for members to join the Faith Community Nursing Interest Group (FCNIG) Executive. 

Save the date for our upcoming in-person networking event on Saturday, June 24, 2023, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. in Toronto!  

Join other Faith Community Nursing Interest Group members at this annual event which traditionally takes place during RNAO's AGM. If you're not able to join us in person, please see the Zoom registration information below for virtual participation options. 

Agenda:

Dear member,

The FCNIG executive wishes you a Happy Nursing Week. Attached please find the spring edition of our newsletter.

The feature articles for this edition, both by Dot Klein, are: 

• What I have done for Nursing? The first 60 years (1963-2023) of My Professional Nursing Practice
• Why am I a Nightingale and not just another bird like a pigeon or a vulture or a doodo?

In these two articles, Dot talks about the history and career of her nursing journey! Don't miss reading them!!

Hello FCNIG! We are at the half-way point since the “Getting to know you-Pulse Survey” was first sent out! Please fill out the three-minute survey if you haven’t already. https://myrnao.ca/fcnig_survay_2023. The survey will close on April 28.

Many of you are acknowledging religious holidays this month! Whichever you happen to be commemorating, I would like to wish you happy:

Good day FCNIG members,

I hope this message finds you well!  For the “Getting to know you” Pulse Survey, an email with the wrong link was sent out on March 24. Please ignore that email and complete the survey here: https://myrnao.ca/fcnig_survay_2023.

This survey is to get to know you better so that we can better serve your needs in faith community nursing. It is due Friday, April 28! We look forward to connecting and seeing you this year.

Good day FCNIG members,

I hope this message finds you well!  I'm writing to let you know that you have until Friday, April 28 to complete this short three-minute "Pulse Survey": https://myrnao.ca/fcnig_survay_2023  

This survey is to get to know you better so that we can better serve your needs in faith community nursing. If you have already completed the survey, thank you!

Greetings,

Suffering & Spirituality: Clinical Practices that Promote Healing is a timely workshop for nurses and health-care professionals. The workshop, sponsored by the Canadian Association for Parish Nursing Ministry and Nurses Christian Fellowship Canada, will be led by internationally-renowned nursing clinician, author and speaker, Dr. Lorraine Wright. 

The workshop will be held in Montreal, Quebec on Friday, June 30, 2023, the day before the International Nurses Congress starts in Montreal. You can attend onsite or by Zoom.

Hello members. We hope you are doing well. FCNIG would like to get to know you better so that we can better serve you and your needs for Faith Community Nursing. We are sending out this Pulse Survey for that reason and would appreciate it if you can respond to the survey by April 28th! It is estimated to take about 3 minutes of your time. This is the link to the survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/278JQCB.

Please join the Faith Community Nursing Interest group on ‘Educational Day’ Saturday January 28^th. The topic is “What to do in an Emergency”. We will explore how the pandemic has affected the delivery of emergency services, how nurses and health care providers have been impacted, and how Faith Community Nurses can disseminate all that we have learned to provide health services and spiritual care! We welcome two very special guest speakers to guide the conversation: Ms. Siobhan Carlin-Advanced Care Toronto Paramedic, and Mr.

Please join the Faith Community Nursing Interest group on ‘Educational Day’ Saturday January 28^th. The topic is “What to do in an Emergency”. We will explore how the pandemic has affected the delivery of emergency services, how nurses and health care providers have been impacted, and how Faith Community Nurses can disseminate all that we have learned to provide health services and spiritual care! We welcome two very special guest speakers to guide the conversation: Ms. Siobhan Carlin-Advanced Care Toronto Paramedic, and Mr.

We are happy to release our winter newsletter.  In it you will find:

President's Message
Canadian Nurses Association Memorial Book: Mary Teresa Lynch
Introduction to our New Communication ENO and Her Updates
Political and Policy Action and Region 11 updates
Reflection FCNIG AGM
Mary, Did you ever know? : A Reflection
Resources & Inspirations

We wish you and your families a healthy and prosperous New Year!

Hello FCNIG members,

I hope this message finds you well. Thank you to all of our members and guests who contributed to our annual general meeting held on Nov. 5, 2022. Your hard work and dedication to the spiritual dimension in faith community nursing is appreciated by many. Please find the minutes attached.

I look forward to working with you all this year to come. Take care and blessings.

Michelle Solomon, RN, PhD(c)

Communication executive network officer