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Spiritual Care Services

Spiritual Care Services Volunteers

Supported by nearly 190 volunteers, the Spiritual Care Services volunteer program represents over 42 different faiths and 23 different languages.

Volunteers assist with patient and family visits; the "No One Dies Alone" program; prayers, rituals and sacraments.

This vibrant program offers training in listening, communication and hospital protocol twice a year and sponsors a speaker series four times a year.

TO GET INVOLVED

Contact the Spiritual Care team at SpiritualCare@
stanfordhealthcare.org

Who Volunteers

Spiritual Care Services volunteers range in age from their 20s to their 80s.

Many, but not all, are members of area churches, synagogues, mosques and temples across the religious spectrum. 
 

Why Volunteer

Being a Spiritual Care Services volunteer provides an opportunity to meet interesting people at important moments in their lives, and to perform the sacred opportunity to visit the sick.

Patients and volunteers often describe moments that are heartfelt or deeply meaningful, as well as profound, gratifying, sacred or holy.

Being a Spiritual Care Service volunteer is an opportunity for personal and spiritual growth.
 

What Volunteers Do

Spiritual Care Services volunteers visit patients and families at the bedside and in waiting rooms in Stanford Hospital. They offer comfort and reassurance, provide a listening ear, express concern and encouragement and offer prayers, blessings and communion when appropriate.

Volunteers help patients and families overcome loneliness and find hope. They can provide a connection to their religious traditions and the larger community.
 

What commitment do volunteers make?

Volunteers make a year-long commitment to visit patients two hours a week (or at least several times a month). Scheduling is flexible.