Watching faith grow

One of the joys of my role as Nurses' Student Staffworker is seeing nursing and midwifery student leaders grow in their faith, confidence and gifting [writes Staffworker Pippa Peppiatt]. As I travel the country trying, with God's grace, to start new CMF groups, my prayer is that I can spot and recruit the right student leaders who will truly serve the groups and personally flourish at the same time.

Sophie, a rep from Southampton, writes: 'I have loved being a student rep for CMF Nurses and Midwives this year. The group has allowed us to establish a great support network of students, helping us to explore issues that we face as Christians in healthcare, and share experiences and coping mechanisms.'

Membership among nurses and midwives continues to grow slowly. CMF now boasts 210 qualified nurse-midwife members. Some 18 qualified nurses attended the CMF National Conference. Social media is proving an excellent way to contact nurses and the CMF Nurses' Facebook Page has over 700 participants.

Lighting the Way

The title of our new Handbook for Christian nurses, due for publication later this year. Lighting the Way runs to 40 chapters and includes biblically-based advice on some of the key spiritual, ethical and professional issues nurses face. There are, in addition, 40 devotional 'thoughts'.