About Rev. Glavan Heath
Rev. Glavan Heath has 5 units of Clinical Pastoral Education and has worked in the past as Director of Chaplaincy, supervising 7 hospice chaplains, as well as providing patient care. She was actively involved in the clergy response during the Oklahoma City bombing and, with that experience, has traveled extensively, lecturing for the Clergy Response Institute to train emergency response team chaplains.
When 9/11 occurred, Church World Service asked her to lecture and train response teams throughout New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Washington DC, using the material from the Clergy Response Institute that she created. Denise has also lectured around the United States on her book entitled, “Hospice, A Labor of Love.”
In the past, she was a Minister at First Christian Church in Edmond, Oklahoma and Faith Community Christian Church in Choctaw, Oklahoma. She is an experienced leader in spiritual retreats and prayer. For the past few years she has helped her husband raise her two step children.
She continues to author spiritual books with her latest release, “Pray…Pray…Pray…But How”.
Background
Degree: Master’s of Divinity
Clinical Pastoral Education Training
15 Years experience as pastor of Disciples of Christ churches
2 years experience as Director of Chaplains for Community Hospice, Edmond, OK
Founder, leader, and speaker of Clergy Response Institute, created as a result of the Oklahoma City bombing crisis
Board member of General Board of Disciples of Christ Christian Church
Chair, The Commission on Clergy, Oklahoma Region
Creator and Co-Author, “Hospice, A Labor of Love”
Author, “Pray, Pray, Pray…But How?”
Presentations
2001-2004 - Trauma training for 9/11 work through Church World Service (CWS), New York, Washington DC, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Vermont, and Massachusetts
1999 - Training on the importance of understanding hospice - Topic: “A Good Death - Fact or Fiction”, North Carolina, Arizona, Oklahoma
May 1999 - Leadership Training, Disciples of Christ Seminar - Topic: “Spirituality in the Church”
May 1996-2001 - Baccalaureate speaker, Choctaw High School
May 1999 - Crisis Response Team training for May 3 tornado, Oklahoma City - Topic: “Debriefing of Rescue Workers”
July 1999-2000 - Director and keynote speaker, CYF Camp, Guthrie, Ok
September 1999 – Ministerial Workshop, The Lakes, Oklahoma City – Topic: “Christ and the Hospice Experience.”
October 1999 - General Assembly of the Disciples of Christ, Cincinnati, OH - Topic: “Hospice, A Labor of Love”
1999-2001 - Designed, implemented, and served as keynote speaker for seven spiritual retreats across Oklahoma in 1999-2001 - Topic: “God and the Journey”
All my books
Pray, Pray, Pray...But How?
This book is designed for the beginner, the person new to prayer, and the novice who has found God, but does not yet know how to pray. It is also a refresher for anyone who has known God for a while but wants to add a new dimension to his or her prayer life. Many people do not know how to pray, because no one has ever taught him or her the basics of prayer. This book accomplishes this.
Hospice, A Labor of Love
Sharing stories of real people they have encountered as professional hospice caregivers, the authors explore both the practical and philosophical aspects of the hospice movement. Straightforward and nontechnical in approach, Hospice, A Labor of Love offers help and inspiration to hospice volunteers, pastoral counselors, and the families of those who are receiving hospice care.
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Sojourner of Faith & Love
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