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The
Reverend Dorothy E. Shelly serves as chaplain of Phoebe
Richland Health Care Center in Richlandtown, Upper
Bucks County. She is charged with addressing the spiritual
needs of the facility’s residents, their families,
and staff members through pastoral care and counseling.
Much of her role focuses on issues of transition,
change, and loss. Reverend Shelly also mentors chaplain
interns and serves as a liaison for community outreach
to local churches and the wider community setting.
She has been with Phoebe Ministries since August 1996.
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Shelly is an ordained minister of the United Church
of Christ with standing in the North Penn Association
of the Pennsylvania Southeast Conference where she
serves on the Ministry Committee.
Ministry is her second career. She earned an Associate’s
degree in Nursing from Montgomery County Community
College, a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and
Religion from Ursinus College, and a Master of Divinity
degree from Lancaster Theological Seminary. She is
this year’s co-recipient of the Seminary’s
Alumni Meck Award for distinguished service in the
practice of pastoral care. Her background in nursing
focused on gerontology, oncology
and mental health.
Reverend Shelly is board certified with the Association
of Professional Chaplains and is past president of
the Pennsylvania Society of Chaplains. She is also
a member of The International Women’s Writing
Guild. She is an avid reader, a lover of poetry and
is the author of “Anybody
See My Shoes? Poetic Reflections From A Chaplain.”
Her poetry has appeared in “The Journal of Pastoral
Care,” “Chaplaincy Today,” and “Faith
@ Work” along with other periodicals. In her
spare time, she is also a passionate perennial gardener
as well as an advocate for frequent relaxing get-a-ways
to Vermont. She resides in Telford, Franconia Township
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