Cancer can strike anyone and it often brings difficult questions that challenge life perspectives and belief systems. Local clergy understand firsthand how a diagnosis of cancer can change one’s life and even test one’s faith.Cancer Services CEO Dianne May will moderate a panel discussion among an oncologist, two clergymen who have personally faced cancer and a clergywoman who acted as a caregiver for a loved one with cancer.
They will share their experiences and insight about how a cancer diagnosis affected their life perspective. This candid discussion is for people with cancer, their caregivers and family, members of the clergy, healthcare providers and anyone who wants a deeper understanding of how a health crisis can impact the spiritual experience.
Panelists include Bishop R. Sheldon Duecker, retired bishop, United Methodist Church and cancer survivor; Reverend Dr. Richard Frazier, Pastor Emeritus, Trinity English Lutheran Church, and cancer survivor; Gary Gize, MD, medical oncologist, Fort Wayne Medical Oncology & Hematology; Kathleen Haller, pastor, Trinity English Lutheran Church, caregiver.
“Mere Mortals Facing Cancer” will take place Wednesday, July 29, 2009 from 7 - 8:30 p.m. at the Allen County Public Library. For more information contact Gail Hamm or Dianne May at (866)484-9560.
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