Hospice & Palliative Care

Biography

Staff Chaplain assigned to Palliative Care. Works with interdisciplinary team to provide pastoral care, bereavement care and counseling in end-of-life issues to terminally ill patients and their families. Involved in community outreach with local pastors and volunteers in the education of senior adults. Assists with facilitation of advanced directives, decedent care protocol, and Clinical Pastoral Education didactics at Baylor and at Parkland Hospitals. Member of the Baylor Ethics Committee, past co-chair of Pastoral Care Human Resources self-directed ministry team. Coordinator, Pastoral Care “Doula” Volunteer Program. Facilitator of Faith & Grief Luncheons in partnership with Faith Presbyterian Hospice. Public speaker on palliative care, grief, and spirituality at the end-of-life. Campus Worship Coordinator - has raised worship totals from 8,000 to 13,000 in past 4 years. FORMER ASSISTANT PRIEST, ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH, DALLAS Liaison for church ministries, with particular oversight over the Prayer Team, Lay Eucharistic Visitors, and the St. James Community Lecture Series. Duties included regular at St. James worship services, leadership of the Wednesday night worship team, special events, disaster preparedness, and Adult Education. Bible class teacher on Sundays and Wednesdays. She is skilled in volunteer recruitment, training and facilitation of programming. In addition, Marci is a published author of articles, reflective essays and poetry.

Abstract

Abstract : MFACTS©A New Spiritual Assessment Tool For Palliative Care Chaplains