An exciting new chapter in serving God’s Children in the Greencastle community has arrived at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church.
Marilyn Culler, Bobbie Lancaster and Lisa Trigg are now Chaplains serving on-call for Putnam County Hospital.
In a rotating schedule, Marilyn, Bobbie and Lisa will serve with other local faith leaders to provide spiritual care to patients, families and staff at the hospital.
Marilyn and Lisa are both Certified Lay Ministers in the Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. Marilyn is assigned to ministry at Beech Grove UMC in rural Putnam County. Lisa is co-lay leader for the 11-county West District of INUMC and volunteers in the Asbury Towers community.
Bobbie is pursuing certification as a candidate for ministry in the Indiana Conference, and is a well-known worship leader, musician and advocate in the community.
The program is overseen by PCH’s Tammy Hunter, patient advocate and community health worker.
Gobin Senior Pastor Bryan Langdoc said the Gobin involvement in the PCH Chaplaincy Program began with a voicemail from Hunter.
“She said she was calling area pastors to try to staff a chaplaincy program,” Langdoc recalled. “I said I’d be happy to help. But I also said I had even better news — I had a church that could do it.”
Gobin is a faith community that encourages its lay people to be part of the world’s transformation through lay servant ministry, which offers training in ministry areas such as caregiving and visitation.
“God is always working in our lives, showering us with blessings and surprises,” Culler said. “ I woke up one morning wondering what other ministry opportunities were out there in the community for me. A few short hours later I got an email from Bryan regarding the Putnam County Hospital chaplaincy needs.”
