Care Years Experience
Resume:
Rev. Vicki L. Penner
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
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Objective: To serve as a hospice or hospital chaplain.
Summary of Qualifications:
> Ordained Mennonite Church USA 1998
. Experience in parish ministry
. 5 years experience in continued care retirement center and end-of-life
care
. Clinical training at inner city hospital with trauma center and
premier heart care programs
. Experience with multidisciplinary health care teams
. Culturally competent care
. Interfaith competency
. Provides spiritual care for diverse religious and spiritual needs
. Board Certification eligible
Professional Experience:
Clinical Pastoral Education Resident, Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City,
MO September 2010 - Current
> Primary chaplain to St. Luke's Cancer Institute and oncology unit
> Unit chaplain to Mid-West Heart Institute floor which provides step-
down care for after heart surgeries or intensive care
> Partnered with peer to provide primary chaplain service to neonatal
intensive care and mother/baby unit
> Responded to on-call pages to emergency situations, traumas or code
blues
> Researched grief experiences of oncology nurses when their patients
die
Contract Chaplain, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, KS August 2008 -
Current
> Back up full time Chaplain so that spiritual wellness services are
provided 24 hours.
> Provided chaplaincy care in oncology center
> Created and shared Memorial Service presentation for oncology staff to
remember their patients who had died
Chaplain, Lawrence Presbyterian Manor, Lawrence, KS March 2005 - July
2010
> Managed spiritual wellness for continued care retirement facility with
50 health care beds and 30 assisted living beds. Including independent
living apartments had a total of 150 residents.
> Supplied hospital visitation and offered pastoral care and counseling
to residents
> Officiated memorial or funeral services
> Organized and taught educational events for residents such as Bible
Studies, grief groups, and world religions presentations.
Pastor, Peace Mennonite Church, Lawrence, KS August 2000 - May 2004
> Led congregational worship including preaching
> Carried out administration services such as bulletin writing,
newsletter compilation, and management of church committees
> Provided pastoral care to congregation members
Associate Pastor, Faith Mennonite Church, Newton, KS August 1995 - July
2000
> Delivered pastoral leadership to youth and young adult programs
> Gave pastoral care to all members of the congregation
> Interim leadership during pastoral change of lead pastor
Education:
Clinical Pastoral Education Residency (Units II - IV), Saint Luke's
Hospital, Kansas City, MO 2010- 2011
Clinical Pastoral Education Internship (Unit I), Saint Luke's Hospital,
Kansas City, MO 2008 - 2009
Master of Divinity, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA 1992 -
1995
Bachelors in Social Work, Bethel College, N. Newton, KS 186 - 1990, Cum
Laude
Research:
Lived Experience of Oncology Nurses at the Death of Their Patients,
Presentation July 2011
Professional Affiliations:
Association for Clinical Pastoral Education
Mennonite Chaplains Association
Community Involvement:
Warm Hearts of Douglas County, Lawrence, KS 2008 - present (Chair 2009 -
present)
> Provides financial assistance for heating and cooling to Douglas
County residents in need
Womanspirit Connection, Lawrence, KS 2004 - present (Chair 2005 - 2010)
> An interfaith spiritual network for women that sponsors
opportunities for community dialogue on interfaith issues and
spiritual growth programs for women
Delaware Street Commons, Lawrence, KS 2000 - present (Homeowners
Association Chair 2001 - 2010)
> Co-founding member of 23 home co-housing neighborhood which
balances personal privacy with intentional community living
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance, Lawrence, KS 2000- 2004 (Co-chair, 2003 -
2004)
> Alliance of minister in Lawrence, KS to provide support to each
other, administer funds for community needs, coordinate
community programs
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