Community Minister

Rev. Rebecca Senoglu, Community Minister

 

Rev. Rebecca Senoglu was ordained by The Chaplaincy Institute in May 2002. "The range of ways to serve interfaith ministry is very broad. Fortunately, in my time at ChI I developed a framework for my ministry that I am still using 10 years later to keep my vision clear. In the work I did for my ordination presentation, I defined my ministry as a flower with five petals—Healing Through Arts; Death and Dying; Rituals and Celebrations; Nurturing the Growth of Interfaith Ministry; and Personal Creativity. ChI gave me solid foundations in each of these areas, and my ministry has bloomed.”

 

Rev. Senoglu has also completed a certificate program in Children’s Spirituality at First Steps in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Rebecca works as the Cancer Support Program Coordinator at Enloe Cancer Center in Chico, California, where in addition to traditional support groups she has developed award-winning healing art projects like the Enloe Cranes Project and Banners of Hope. She did an extended unit of CPE at UC Davis Medical Center and has served as a volunteer chaplain at Enloe Hospice. For seven years she was Treasurer of the Chico Area Interfaith Council. She performs meaningful memorials and weddings for those who do not have a pastor, and she is employed by Chico funeral homes as an officiant.

 

In 2011, Rev. Senoglu attended the 22nd annual conference of the Society for Arts in Healthcare. The theme of the conference was “Advancing Patient Centered Arts.” While in attendance, she represented ChI by spreading the word about our interfaith programs and services. "It has been a great joy to me that ChI has continued to develop.... What started as the dream of a visionary has taken form and solidified into an institute where adult learners can come and focus their own callings and gather very practical tools to develop their own ministries."

 

If you would like to learn more about Rev. Senoglu’s work as a community minister, please visit her website: AllKindsOfBlessings.com.