How can Someone Cares help me?
If you are a family in Alder Hey then we are so sorry that you are in this situation right now.
If you feel able to make contact with the Alder Hey Spiritual Care team via the information on the flyer, they would love to visit you and offer a listening ear. More information about the Spiritual Care services provided by Alder Hey can be found here.
Why Someone Cares?
Our motivation for Someone Cares comes from Psalm 147:3
“He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds”
It can be heart breaking to be the parent of a child who is ill in hospital and whole families can end up with invisible wounds as they emotionally (and practically) deal with the difficult and intensely painful situation. Our aim is to show God’s love to these families in any way that we can.
What is Someone Cares?
Someone Cares is a project run by Freedom Church Liverpool. We support the work of the Alder Hey Spiritual Care Department to provide care to the families of children and young people who are admitted to the hospital. We do this in three ways:
1. Care Packs - We provide items that hopefully make an unplanned hospital admission a little easier: pyjamas for children who arrive without any and toiletry bags for the parents/carers, which contain the essentials for that first night in hospital.
2. Support – Spiritual Care is for those of all faiths, including those with no faith. We have a team of people from Freedom Church who are proud to be part of the Alder Hey family, volunteering with Spiritual Care to visit families on the wards - offering a listening ear, conversation and prayer if requested. Here are some of the faces you may meet if you would like a visit while you are in hospital.
3. Prayer - Freedom Church loves to pray for the families and staff at Alder Hey. If you have a specific prayer request then you can get in touch via the ‘Contact Us’ page. You may also value spending time in the Chapel at Alder Hey, where you can spend some quiet time with God, light a candle and add a prayer to the prayer tree.
How can I connect with God?
God knows you and cares for your situation.
It is often during tough times that we turn to God, so we have put together the following resources to help you spend time with Him.
Here is a playlist of songs that you might find comforting to listen to. Songs can be particularly helpful at expressing our emotions when we can’t find the words ourselves.
Resources
Bible Gateway - a free web-based searchable Bible. Try the Message version for easy reading. You could search for words such as ‘peace’ or ‘hope’ to find bible verses that speak into your situation.
YouVersion - an app containing the bible plus lots of short reading plans on many topics such as anxiety, fear, hope and peace. It also has a daily devotional that is easy to access.
Lectio 365 - short daily prayer meditations that you can listen to.
Inner Room - a prayer journalling app for daily prayer and reflection.
321 Speak Life - an opportunity to explore faith in either a web-based or app format
The Chosen - watch the story of Jesus unfold in this brilliant dramatisation.
Super book - an interactive bible app for kids.
Saddleback Kids - a YouTube channel of bible stories in cartoon form for children.