Membership Categories
Diocesan:
The diocese and diocesan bishop are members of record. The diocesan bishop names one Chaplain of the diocese to serve as Diocesan Representative to the Assembly. The diocesan bishop and representative are entitled to receive all mailings of the Assembly and have voting privileges at its Annual Meeting.
Annual Dues: $150.00
Institutional:
Category appropriate for health related institutions or any church organization or agency. This membership entitles two person, ordinarily an administrator and a chaplain to receive all mailings of the Assembly and to voting privileges at the Annual Meeting.
Annual Dues: $100.00
Professional:
Membership Category for any person serving as a chaplain, administrator, trustee or related professional in a health care institution. This membership entitles one to all mailings of the Assembly, to one vote at the Annual Meeting.
Annual Dues: $50.00
Associate:
Membership category for volunteer chaplains students or retired persons of any discipline who wish to continue to receive all mailings of the Assembly.
Annual Dues: $25.00
The diocese and diocesan bishop are members of record. The diocesan bishop names one Chaplain of the diocese to serve as Diocesan Representative to the Assembly. The diocesan bishop and representative are entitled to receive all mailings of the Assembly and have voting privileges at its Annual Meeting.
Annual Dues: $150.00
Institutional:
Category appropriate for health related institutions or any church organization or agency. This membership entitles two person, ordinarily an administrator and a chaplain to receive all mailings of the Assembly and to voting privileges at the Annual Meeting.
Annual Dues: $100.00
Professional:
Membership Category for any person serving as a chaplain, administrator, trustee or related professional in a health care institution. This membership entitles one to all mailings of the Assembly, to one vote at the Annual Meeting.
Annual Dues: $50.00
Associate:
Membership category for volunteer chaplains students or retired persons of any discipline who wish to continue to receive all mailings of the Assembly.
Annual Dues: $25.00
Benefits of Memberhip
- Activities at the Annual meeting (commonly scheduled in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Association of Professional Chaplains [APC]): the Episcopal Eucharist, participation in the Episcopal Breakfast, and the AEHC business meeting
- The Episcopal Banquet at APC. Ours is the function to attend, contributing to fellowship and networking with colleagues from across the country. The President, President-elect, and Executive Director of APC are also invited to attend each year. Recently we have tried several different alternatives to a banquet to allow us to gather.
- The AEHC web site (http://www.episcopalchaplain.org/; but, then, you've found your way here!). We share information with the membership, including membership information and web links. We have recently completed an upgrade to the site.
- The AEHC Facebook Pages. AEHC maintains an open page in Facebook Page and a closed Facebook Group to share information and to raise the visibility of our work. It's another opportunity for members and supporters to hear about events and stories of interest.
- Our email list. For those members who choose to join, it provides an opportunity for rapid communication and feedback from the Executive Committee, and from other Episcopalians in healthcare ministries. (We use the Mailchimp service, so you may need to review your Junk settings to allow our emails through.
- Our Relationship with the Endorsing Officer for Healthcare Ministries, currently the Rev. Margaret Rose, Deputy for Ecumenical and Interfaith Collaboration, with the Office of Mission and Program of the Episcopal Church Center. Her Administrative Assistant, Terry Foster, has long processed our applications for endorsement. We benefit from their faithful ministries.
- Our relationship with the Office of the Bishop Suffragan for Federal Chaplaincies, currently the newly elected Rt. Rev. Carl Wright. The Bishop of Federal Chaplaincies has been another voice to advocate for healthcare ministries in the offices of the Episcopal Church and the House of Bishops. The AEHC Executive Committee works to maintain clear communication and collaboration with the Bishop’s office.
- Presence and visibility of healthcare chaplains at General Conventions of the Episcopal Church. AEHC members have served as Deputies, as representatives of AEHC in the General Convention Exhibit Hall, and have assisted with the Office of the Bishop of Chaplaincies. We’ve been present for most Conventions since 1994, raising the image of our work. In Denver in 2000 that put us in a position to respond to resolution 2000-A079a, “Create an Association of Episcopal Health Care Groups and Individuals,” on advocacy in healthcare. AEHC was noted by name in that resolution. Two results of that resolution were the Formative Symposium for Healthcare (2001), and the conference “Waging Reconciliation: an Episcopal Response to Barriers to Health Care.” (2003). In Salt Lake City in 2015 current and former members of AEHC were able to touch base on the sidelines of Convention.
- Participation and representation in events of the Episcopal Church such as the Formative Symposium for Healthcare, “Waging Reconciliation: an Episcopal Response to Barriers to Health Care,” and the 2008 and 2012 meetings of the Standing Commission on Health. AEHC officers have represented the organization in these meetings, allowing us to participate in shaping the church's positions on healthcare.
If you would like to become a Member of AEHC or to renew your Membership, please download and print the Membership Form. Complete it and mail it in to participate in all of our activities.
- The Episcopal Banquet at APC. Ours is the function to attend, contributing to fellowship and networking with colleagues from across the country. The President, President-elect, and Executive Director of APC are also invited to attend each year. Recently we have tried several different alternatives to a banquet to allow us to gather.
- The AEHC web site (http://www.episcopalchaplain.org/; but, then, you've found your way here!). We share information with the membership, including membership information and web links. We have recently completed an upgrade to the site.
- The AEHC Facebook Pages. AEHC maintains an open page in Facebook Page and a closed Facebook Group to share information and to raise the visibility of our work. It's another opportunity for members and supporters to hear about events and stories of interest.
- Our email list. For those members who choose to join, it provides an opportunity for rapid communication and feedback from the Executive Committee, and from other Episcopalians in healthcare ministries. (We use the Mailchimp service, so you may need to review your Junk settings to allow our emails through.
- Our Relationship with the Endorsing Officer for Healthcare Ministries, currently the Rev. Margaret Rose, Deputy for Ecumenical and Interfaith Collaboration, with the Office of Mission and Program of the Episcopal Church Center. Her Administrative Assistant, Terry Foster, has long processed our applications for endorsement. We benefit from their faithful ministries.
- Our relationship with the Office of the Bishop Suffragan for Federal Chaplaincies, currently the newly elected Rt. Rev. Carl Wright. The Bishop of Federal Chaplaincies has been another voice to advocate for healthcare ministries in the offices of the Episcopal Church and the House of Bishops. The AEHC Executive Committee works to maintain clear communication and collaboration with the Bishop’s office.
- Presence and visibility of healthcare chaplains at General Conventions of the Episcopal Church. AEHC members have served as Deputies, as representatives of AEHC in the General Convention Exhibit Hall, and have assisted with the Office of the Bishop of Chaplaincies. We’ve been present for most Conventions since 1994, raising the image of our work. In Denver in 2000 that put us in a position to respond to resolution 2000-A079a, “Create an Association of Episcopal Health Care Groups and Individuals,” on advocacy in healthcare. AEHC was noted by name in that resolution. Two results of that resolution were the Formative Symposium for Healthcare (2001), and the conference “Waging Reconciliation: an Episcopal Response to Barriers to Health Care.” (2003). In Salt Lake City in 2015 current and former members of AEHC were able to touch base on the sidelines of Convention.
- Participation and representation in events of the Episcopal Church such as the Formative Symposium for Healthcare, “Waging Reconciliation: an Episcopal Response to Barriers to Health Care,” and the 2008 and 2012 meetings of the Standing Commission on Health. AEHC officers have represented the organization in these meetings, allowing us to participate in shaping the church's positions on healthcare.
If you would like to become a Member of AEHC or to renew your Membership, please download and print the Membership Form. Complete it and mail it in to participate in all of our activities.
| AEHC Membership Form 2020 |