Chaplain Craig Weber
Hospice Chaplain
Craig was hired in May of 2006 as a Per Diem Chaplain.
In September of 2007 he became a member of the Hospice House chaplaincy
team. He tag teams with Chaplain Art Rasch to provide 7 day coverage for our
patients and their families and staff at the Hospice House.
Craig was born and raised in North Dakota. He
graduated with a BA in Communications from the University of North Dakota,
and a Master of Divinity from Bethel Theological Seminary in St. Paul,
Minnesota. His first CPE unit was in North Memorial Medical Center,
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ordained as an American Baptist Minister in 1982, he
served 3 churches in the Midwest, primarily in the St. Louis, Missouri area.
When he first moved to the Tri-Cities, he received training from Emergency
Services Chaplain Bill Lotz and volunteered for several years as an
Emergency Service Chaplain. Craig finished his final 3 units of CPE under
the supervision of Rev. Wes McIntyre, The Chaplaincy’s CPE Supervisor.
During CPE he did his clinicals at Kadlec Medical Center, the Benton County
Jail, and Kennewick General Hospital. It has been said by several of his
peers that Craig exemplifies the unique multiple site, cross-disciplinary
chaplain ministry The Chaplaincy offers to the community. Craig completed
his peer review in August of '08 and will become a Board Certified Chaplain
with the Association of Professional Chaplains in February of 2009.
Craig wishes to ‘companion with’ patients, inmates,
and their families. He believes that declining health, accidents, tragedies
and crises of different kinds can cause even the most effective individuals
to suddenly freeze in shock or feel life is spinning out of control. He
walks with individuals and families during times of crises and grief hoping
that he may help them find the resources and strength they need within
themselves, their family and their faith structures to meet their specific
challenge. For Craig, it is a special privilege to companion a dying person
to the point where this world begins to fade, and Another comes to escort
them into the next.
Craig can be contacted at (509) 783-7416
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