Upon his retirement, Rev. Dr. Paul Yeun was honored October 14, 2017, at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Chambersburg for his 18 years of service as a chaplain at Summit Health Pastoral Services, which includes all the health agencies of Summit Health and Chambersburg and Waynesboro Hospitals.
Yeun has trained one of the largest groups of pastoral services volunteers in the U.S. over his 18 years in Chambersburg. At the retirement dinner, Paul received honors from the volunteers, the Summit Health Community, and from the State of Pennsylvania.
Representative Rob Kauffman and Representative Paul Schemmel presented Rev. Yeun with a citation honoring his ministry to his country and to pastoral services. The citation is entered into the records of the State of Pennsylvania.
Summit Health Service honored Chaplain Yeun with a paver, which now is on the wall at the entrance to Chambersburg Hospital Chapel.
Rev. Yeun is an adjunct professor at three seminaries, and prior to his hospital chaplaincy, served 20 years as a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force.
Rev. Yeun is available as a guest preacher and to teach congregations how to do pastoral care and counseling, particularly hospital and nursing visitations. “Being a Healing Presence: I Want to Help, but Teach me How,” is a short course on teaching laity to visit patients effectively in hospitals and health care institutions. He has taught and trained hundreds of lay people and local pastors over the last 18 years at the Chambersburg Hospital. Their pastoral care program received the first ever Achievement Award from the Hospital and Health System Association in Pennsylvania.
His doctoral concentration was on pastoral care of the older persons, and he also has a presentation entitled, “Ministry to the Spiritual and Emotional Needs of the Aging.”
Contact Rev. Yeun at pyeun@summithealth.org or call 717-360-1616 for more information.
