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Bishop’s Advisor For The Care Of Older People
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Charles Tyrrell is the Bishop’s Advisor For The Care Of Older People & Chaplain To Retired Clergy for the Anglican Diocese. |
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I have been preparing for this role for the whole of my professional life. After qualifying as a registered nurse in Liverpool, UK, I was ordained deacon in 1977 and priest the following year. A great deal of my ministry time was spent with older people and their families. Active ministry has been the best preparation for this new ministry. More recently I have attended some courses sponsored by the Selwyn Foundation in Auckland to build on my experience.
I have begun the process of visiting as many rest and retirement homes
as possible to
introduce myself and to explain the new diocesan ministry. I have also begun to
visit parishes with specific ministries for older persons and will be visiting
every parish to discuss their ministry with older people.
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I was also commissioned by Bishop Richard to be the Chaplain for the retired
clergy of our diocese. I regard this as a privilege and look forward to visiting
them at home as I travel around the diocese. I was honoured that the New Zealand
Faith Community Nurses Association board invited me to become the first Patron
of this parish nurse ministry. As a consequence, I have been encouraged to use
some of my time promoting parish nursing both locally and nationally as one way
we may respond to the increasing numbers of older persons both in our parishes
and in our communities. I am happy to respond to invitations to preach and teach
in the parishes of our diocese.
The Very Reverend Charles Tyrrell
QSO,
Bishop’s Advisor for the Care of Older People.
Contact Charles at the Anglican Centre
(03) 548 3124, or
charlest@nelsonanglican.org.nz |
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