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Richard D. Meadows Jr., M.Div
Virginia, USA |
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Richard Meadows is an experienced pastor and educator specializing in grief and loss. His pastoral experience include the Herbert Baptist Church in Wachapreague, VA; the Queen Street Baptist Church, Norfolk VA; New Horizon Community Development Corporation; and Mt. Ararat Baptist Church in Buffalo, NY. He has facilitated many support groups for families experiencing the death of a loved one. As an educator and grief expert, he has been invited to talk at the 4th Annual Palliative Care Conference, Developing Excellence in Palliative Care: at The Thomas Johns Cancer Center Annual Palliative Care Conference on Organ Donation: Is it an Option? and as a Medical Instructor at the Virginia School of Practical Nursing. Through Lifenet, he provides on-line services and resources for anyone in the community, and offers specialized services to donor families.
Membership in Educational / Professional Organizations:
- The Sentara School of Clinical Pastoral Education Professional Advisory Group Norfolk General Hospital
- Committee on Multiculturalism and Diversity LifeNet Health
- UNOS Donate Life Partnership Richmond VA
- Virginia Chaplains
- Bereavement Coalition of Central Virginia
- Episcopal Diocese of Southern VA
- American Baptist Churches of the South
- Eastern Shore Maryland Virginia Baptist Association
- NYS Licensed Funeral Director
Education / Credentials:
- Virginia Union University, Master of Divinity
- The Sentara School of Clinical Pastoral Education ACPE
- Tidewater Pastoral Counseling Service AAPC
- Hampton University, Hampton VA
- Simmons School of Mortuary Science, Syracuse NY
Ecclesiastical Status:
- Postulant Episcopal Church USA
- Ordained Queen Street Baptist Church American Baptist Church 2003
- Ordained Minister Church of God in Christ 1987
Workshops, Presentations and Educational Seminars:
- Tidewater Pastoral Counseling Service/Resident and Counselor
- Sentara Norfolk General Hospital The Sentara School of Clinical Pastoral Education 2006-2007 Clinical Pastoral Education Intern Five Units /Chaplain
- NY State Funeral Director
- Pathology Assistant Roswell Park Memorial Institute
- Support Group: Good Grief Workshop Southwest Church of Christ, Richmond VA
- University of Virginia Pediatric Core Curriculum Grief and Loss Facilitator Pediatric Death Charlottesville VA 2008
- Sentrara Norfolk General Hospital, The Sentara School of Clinical Pastoral Education Ministry to Angry Families, Facilitator
- LifeNet Health Donor Family Advocate
- SNGH Clinical Ethics Committee
