Taylor’s prayer moves Chappy

School chaplains offer social and emotional support to young people in need. They also offer children a safe person to connect with on matters of faith. For grade 4 student Taylor in North Queensland, having Chappy Karina to confide in has been a true blessing. 

Curious to know more about God, Taylor is always full of questions.

“I met Taylor through one of the programs I was running,” Karina says. “She is a very sweet girl, often hanging around my chappy room during lunch breaks and she brings up God a lot in conversations. 

“One morning after Breakfast Club [Taylor] came up to me with two-pages of prayers she’d handwritten.

“I opened it and was so moved. When I asked her about it, she told me she’d written the letter with her mum.”

Taylor says she was encouraged to write the letter because of Chappy Karina’s kindness.

“I know Chappy loves God and she loves letters, stories and pictures. I wrote the prayers down because I love writing, and when she wrote me a letter back I felt really happy,” says Taylor.

“Chappy Karina is really kind and she loves people so much. She’s always helping others.”

School chaplains are invaluable to their school communities because they are trained to support students in crisis and those in need of a listening ear, but they also offer spiritual support for young people and their families who choose to explore those bigger questions about life, meaning and purpose. 

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