School and medical news
My summer job has been great in some ways but they want me to go full-time and really do need a full-time person. I just can't be that person, what with a 50-ish hour/wk school load this Fall. So, I gave my notice (effective mid-Aug) and offered to train whoever they hire to replace me. I also got in touch with someone at school for an on-campus, part-time job. In an email about the interview tomorrow, I got this: "The professor with whom you will be working will be here on Monday at 2:00, so you'll be able to meet him at the end of your interview."
So, I guess I have the job already? :) I've had a mini-interview with the person who'd be my immediate supervisor but still have to meet the director of the department. Apparently the first meeting went really well. Yay!
Also, I went to meet a pastor today, who called to ask if I'd serve on a board for a free health clinic in town. His church wants to provide health care and preventative health classes to impoverished people because the cheapest option is currently the county clinic, which still costs money (although very little). Carpenters and electricians, nurses and a nurse practitioner have already offered to donate time. This sounded great to me at first and some of the barriers they're facing in politics and zoning are difficult but not insurmountable. A red flag went up, however, when the R.N. who's heading up the board started telling me that she wants to be sure that people have the chance to have hands laid on them and to be prayed over by the medical team.
These people are Pentecostal, and I have no problem with that, but I'm not so sure about mixing the two. I especially don't know about being affiliated with what will undoubtedly be considered a pentecostal clinic. It would be so wonderful to see a free clinic here because there are a lot of people who could really use it and this church, located downtown, serving free meals, has done a lot for the community. They also have resources and contacts, but I wonder how it's going to work out. Am I just being stuck up?
What about people who don't feel welcome in the Pentecostal community? Aren't they going to feel excluded? Will everyone who comes to the clinic be subject to religious questioning and preaching?
So, I guess I have the job already? :) I've had a mini-interview with the person who'd be my immediate supervisor but still have to meet the director of the department. Apparently the first meeting went really well. Yay!
Also, I went to meet a pastor today, who called to ask if I'd serve on a board for a free health clinic in town. His church wants to provide health care and preventative health classes to impoverished people because the cheapest option is currently the county clinic, which still costs money (although very little). Carpenters and electricians, nurses and a nurse practitioner have already offered to donate time. This sounded great to me at first and some of the barriers they're facing in politics and zoning are difficult but not insurmountable. A red flag went up, however, when the R.N. who's heading up the board started telling me that she wants to be sure that people have the chance to have hands laid on them and to be prayed over by the medical team.
These people are Pentecostal, and I have no problem with that, but I'm not so sure about mixing the two. I especially don't know about being affiliated with what will undoubtedly be considered a pentecostal clinic. It would be so wonderful to see a free clinic here because there are a lot of people who could really use it and this church, located downtown, serving free meals, has done a lot for the community. They also have resources and contacts, but I wonder how it's going to work out. Am I just being stuck up?
What about people who don't feel welcome in the Pentecostal community? Aren't they going to feel excluded? Will everyone who comes to the clinic be subject to religious questioning and preaching?