Southern Cross Ministries
Southern Cross Ministries
Providing a spiritual and emotional compass to emergency services personnel in Northwest Georgia
The mission of Southern Cross Ministries, Inc. is to provide critical incident stress management to emergency services personnel while providing comfort and spiritual support to citizens affected by a traumatic event in Northwest Georgia and surrounding areas.
To create and support an environment that provides critical incident stress debriefings, individual and group counseling, emotional and spiritual support for emergency services personnel and citizens who experience unexpected events in their lives.
Duties of Chaplains
Provide emotional, moral, & spiritual help to emergency services personnel
Assist agencies should there be a line of duty injury or death
Make visits to hospital and/or funeral home to support personnel during difficult times
Provide counseling for personnel & their family members
Provide critical incident stress debriefings to personnel
Provide support to families in the community during crisis situations
Assist personnel in making death notifications to members of the community
Responds to the scene of any law enforcement shooting
Responds to all major disasters whether man made or natural
Serve as a liaison with religious leaders of the community, as well as other groups
All Chaplains volunteer their services. All funds received are returned to the community through ministry efforts.