Chaplain

The Rusk County Chaplains are non-salaried volunteers whose duties are provided on an on-call basis twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, anywhere in Rusk County:

• Support the efforts of law enforcement agencies in Rusk County by offering spiritual guidance and assistance to persons confronted with crisis experiences, when requested.

• Serve as a communication link between persons in a crisis and their own spiritual advisors.

• Coordinate follow-up counseling for those indicating both a need and an interest in such help.

• Lighten the burden of the law enforcement officer in Rusk County by assisting when requested in performance of tasks which tend to have a greater spiritual rather than legal implication; i.e. death notification, spiritual counseling requests, etc.

"Bearing witness to the comfort, hope, justice and love of God."