YABESH Nyakang’o MAROKO

Savage MN • 612-***-**** • adsp20@r.postjobfree.com

Experienced and dedicated pastor passionate about supporting the spiritual and emotional needs of health care patients wherever I will have an opportunity to serve. My goal is to extend the healing ministry of Christ. Caring for patients with a compassionate heart and helping them feel loved, important and appreciated. Clinical Experience in serving hospital patients, relational skills, creating rapport and positive relationships. Spiritual assessment skills, identifying the needs of the care-recipients and providing whole person care. Equipping skills, empowering care-recipients to identify and meet their own needs. Multi-lingual in English, Kiswahili and Kisii.

NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Star award in compassionate service March 2018

WellStar- Kennstone Hospital, Marietta Georgia.

Endorsement by ACM November 2017

Ecclesiastical Recognition by North American

Division of SDA Church as a Chaplain in Health Care.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HEALTHCARE CHAPLAIN 2017 - 2021

WellStar-Kenerson Hospital Marietta, Georgia

• Provide counseling and spiritual guidance to patients, their families and stuff.

• Provide emotional and spiritual support to patients and help them find meaning and purpose through difficult times.

• Assist patients to cope with the psychological, social, and spiritual aspect of their illness and difficulties arising from them.

• Offer counselling on fear of death, guilty and forgiveness.

• Lead worship and ordinances.

PASTOR - CENTRA STATES CONFERENCE AND MINNESOTA CONFERENCE 2000- 2010

Conference pastor for the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Shepherding, counseling, conducting seminars

Served as an ambassador to the community by attending funerals, preach sermons

and visited church members.

EDUCATION

NEWBURGH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Newburgh, Indiana

Ph.D.- Doctor of Philosophy in Pastoral Ministry. From 2019-2021.

BETHEL UNIVERSITY

D. Min. Doctor of Ministry-Pastoral Care and Counseling. From 2011-2015

OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY

Huntsville Alabama

Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry. From 2008-2010.

ASIA ADVENTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

B.Th. Bachelor of Theology

Silang Cavite -Philippines. From 1989-1994.

LUTHERAN HOMES OF OSHKOSH- C.P.E. CENTRE-RESIDENCY

Oshkosh -Wisconsin

Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education From 2014 to 2015.

• Direct patient involvement

• Dynamic interfaith dialog with peers

• Peer group relationship and support

• Experience in crisis intervention and end of life ministry

• Verbatim reports of patient interaction.

SKILLS

• Experienced in trauma and other grief-producing situations.

• Public peaking.

• presentations.

REFERENCES:

Available upon request.

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