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Spiritual services welcome new hospital administrator |
Sisters of Providence pay for Larry Bowe's
successful completion of organization's mission |
By Schellene Clendenin, Newberg
Graphic Reporter
E-mail Schellene at sclendenin@eaglenewspapers.com
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The new chief executive of Providence
Newberg Hospital knew the mission of the entire Providence Health
System is a lot more than a plaque hung in a forgotten hall. After
this week, three months after taking the reins, there’s no way Larry
Bowe could forget his and his employees’ responsibility to fulfill
that mission.
No less than a hundred employees of the Providence Health
System – including many of the higher-ups from its Seattle
headquarters, as well as a number of the Sisters of Providence, the
Catholic sisterhood that founded the system more than a century ago
– gathered at the Newberg hospital Tuesday afternoon. They
congregated in a conference room and sang and prayed for Bowe’s
success carrying out the mission.
“It’s an awesome responsibility,” Bowe said afterward of what he
felt during the ceremony “as you listen to those words.”
The mission is: “Providence Health System continues the healing
ministry of Jesus in the world of today, with special concern for
those who are poor and vulnerable. Working with others in a spirit
of loving service, we strive to meet the health needs of people as
they journey through life.”
Dr. John Koster, chief executive of Providence Health System, read
at the beginning of the ceremony the fitting passage of I
Corinthians 12:4-11.
“There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all
of them in all men,” reads verse six. “Now to each one the
manifestation of the spirit is given for the common good. To one
there is given through the spirit the message of wisdom ... to
another gifts of healing by that one spirit.”
Employees of the Columbia Gorge Service Area, where Bowe was chief
executive from 1998 to 2004, presented their former leader.
Employees of the Yamhill Service Area, which lost Mark Meinert to
retirement in March, received Bowe, and presented him with gifts,
including a Bible, as he embarks on his journey.
Closing remarks were provided by the Rev. Jim Ringseth of Open
Bible Church. The survivor of a quintuple bypass heart surgery last
year, he was living proof of one of Providence’s missions
accomplished. |
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From
Aug. 7, 2004,
Newberg Graphic
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