0:00:12 > 0:00:16Chaplains are modern-day disciples.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19- Ta-dah!- Ye-ey!
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Would you like a bacon sandwich?
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Excuse me, are you Jewish? Have you got any Jewish pals here?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28They take the word of God
0:00:28 > 0:00:31out of the church and into the places we work and play.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34This is what Christ is.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36He came and walked and talked and lived amongst people
0:00:36 > 0:00:39and this is really what a chaplain does.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43They are employed in our hospitals and universities,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46at the football ground and on the street.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49We are here to help everyone who's vulnerable, right?
0:00:49 > 0:00:51- We are very vulnerable! - THEY LAUGH
0:00:51 > 0:00:53SIREN BLARES
0:00:53 > 0:00:55I think all chaplaincy is front-line ministry,
0:00:55 > 0:00:59and it means you're actually out where it's happening.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03It's a kind of "sleeves rolled up and get your hands messy" spirituality.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Bringing people together and trying to do whatever good possible.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09They come to us with a listening ear,
0:01:09 > 0:01:13spiritual guidance and a helping hand when life gets tough.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20This is where we should be.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24These people are not going to be in church at 10:00am on a Sunday,
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- they're going to be in bed. - THEY CHEER
0:01:27 > 0:01:29When the wheels fall off, that's when people pray.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34People don't expect children to die in a hospital like this,
0:01:34 > 0:01:36they expect them to get better.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41It's about real life and sometimes real death situations.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44The streets of Liverpool is going to be in the Lord's presence.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Don't you worry about that.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50We're following chaplains in the city of Liverpool,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53the work they do and the people's lives they touch.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06As congregations continue to fall,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09the church is trying to reach us in different ways.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Chaplains who work in the outside world
0:02:14 > 0:02:16are an increasingly vital link
0:02:16 > 0:02:19between the church and people's everyday lives.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Liverpool's iconic Children's Hospital, Alder Hey,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26is one of the biggest in Europe.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Chaplains have worked in hospitals since the start of the NHS.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Hiya, lovely. Hiya, Lee. You OK?
0:02:38 > 0:02:39Alder Hey's chaplaincy team
0:02:39 > 0:02:42is headed by Anglican priest, Dave Williams.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45This is where you're meeting people in need
0:02:45 > 0:02:48who mightn't necessarily come into church
0:02:48 > 0:02:51because they feel there's a physical barrier of the door.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54There isn't here, and they can just come and talk
0:02:54 > 0:02:57and be honest with you, you know, about their feelings.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Without feeling in any way judged, I hope.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Thanks for seeing me.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Take care, God bless you both. Ta-ta.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09To meet them where they are is really what, I think, ministry is about.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11It's where Jesus would be, I think.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Not in the churches necessarily, but out where the people are.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17She's wonderful, isn't she? How old is she?
0:03:17 > 0:03:21The chaplains are there for patients and families 24 hours a day,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23seven days a week.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24How are you feeling?
0:03:24 > 0:03:27You were fed up being in hospital the other day when I met you.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30You still fed up? Or better than being in jail?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32HE GIGGLES
0:03:32 > 0:03:36David and Rachel Kingsley have just arrived at Alder Hey
0:03:36 > 0:03:39with their son Samuel, who is seriously ill.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45He's had a hard day. Give him a kiss.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Tomorrow, Sam will have six hours of open heart surgery.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52It's a desperately anxious time for the whole family.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56- Are you pleased to come and see where Sam is?- I am.- Good boy.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59You're a bit worried about him, aren't you?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02What are you worried about, sausage?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05There are lots of nurses and doctors here going to look after him.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06That's good news.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Hello? Is that Father David Potter? Hi.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13The family has asked Alder Hey's Catholic chaplain,
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Caroline Ferguson, to make an urgent call to their local priest.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23And the parents have asked could he receive the Sacrament of the Sick?
0:04:23 > 0:04:26And they have asked could I contact you first.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30They'll be absolutely thrilled.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32See you later, bye.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Oh, that's great. He's coming.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39He's coming. He's coming to see the parents and is going to give him,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41the baby, the Sacrament of the Sick,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43which is what the parents wanted.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46It was a big shock, even though you know in your mind
0:04:46 > 0:04:49that these things are possible and they happen to people.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53When it's actually a concrete experience for you,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56it's a bit difficult to get your head around.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59It was more complicated by the fact that we were told
0:04:59 > 0:05:02when we heard about the heart problem
0:05:02 > 0:05:04that he was also likely to have Down's Syndrome
0:05:04 > 0:05:06and I was more worried about Down's,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- and you were always much more worried about the heart.- The heart.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11And to be honest, since he's been born,
0:05:11 > 0:05:12it's not an issue to me any more.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16He's an absolutely delightful little boy
0:05:16 > 0:05:18and we're really pleased to have him.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20So first thing in the morning,
0:05:20 > 0:05:24we'll be up to theatre and then it'll be a bit of a difficult, um,
0:05:24 > 0:05:29six hours or so while we wait for, hopefully, everything to go well.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32The priest is now on his way to Alder Hey
0:05:32 > 0:05:35and Caroline is preparing the hospital chapel
0:05:35 > 0:05:37for Samuel's service.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44I'm trying to make it just a little bit more
0:05:44 > 0:05:48what you would expect in a church, so the religion comes into it.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52They are a very religious family
0:05:52 > 0:05:55and I think it will be a huge help for them.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59You've got to try and put yourself in Mum and Dad's position.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01"How would I feel if that was my baby?"
0:06:01 > 0:06:04You know, and we try and support them as much as possible.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09We don't usually do it in the chapel but this is a special occasion.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18In another part of the city,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22James Harding, Liverpool University's Anglican chaplain,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25is preparing for the start of the new academic year.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33This place is going to be absolutely buzzing with students.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36It's going to be heaving with students.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42James, a self-styled modern-day chaplain, wants to show young people
0:06:42 > 0:06:46how religion can play a part in their lives.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48It's the most exciting time of year for me, to be honest.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52This is where it all happens, Freshers' Week.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55It goes on for maybe three or four weeks
0:06:55 > 0:07:00and in those three or four weeks, it's just all day, every day.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Once a fresher himself,
0:07:03 > 0:07:06he understands the problems new students come up against.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Working out what your boundaries are in terms of relationships
0:07:10 > 0:07:15and drink and drugs and your social life and all that kind of stuff.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20It's a difficult, difficult life to navigate.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27Hopefully, I can walk with them through that difficult time.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36At Alder Hey, the hospital chaplains have invited Rachel and David
0:07:36 > 0:07:40to the chapel for their son Sam's special service.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42ORGAN MUSIC
0:07:50 > 0:07:55People don't expect children not to get well in a children's hospital.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59It's not like an adult in an acute hospital where people maybe
0:07:59 > 0:08:02do come in in their final years to die.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05People don't expect children to die in a hospital like this.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06They expect them to get better.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09When they're suddenly thrown into these situations,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12they are in absolute turmoil.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17One lady who lost a little one said to me just before she died,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20she said to me, "I've never had to think about this.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22"Heaven is where my 84-year-old auntie went.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24"Not my two-year-old daughter."
0:08:24 > 0:08:27And that's the situation they're in.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- In the name of the Father, and of the Son and the Holy Spirit.- Amen.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- The Lord be with you. - And also with you.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38We welcome David and Rachel and welcome Samuel, especially,
0:08:38 > 0:08:42on the day before his heart surgery.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46As the gospels relate...
0:08:46 > 0:08:50The family's priest will give him the Sacrament of the Sick
0:08:50 > 0:08:53for the dying and the gravely ill, to give them spiritual strength.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57A prayer of faith will save the sick persons
0:08:57 > 0:08:59and the Lord will raise them up.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Now in our prayer of faith, we appeal to God
0:09:04 > 0:09:08for Samuel's health and well-being.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Through this holy anointing, may the Lord in his love and mercy
0:09:13 > 0:09:17help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23May the Lord, who frees you from sin...
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- ..save you and raise you up. - Amen.- Amen.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Samuel, may the Lord be with you to protect you,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41may he guide you and give you strength,
0:09:41 > 0:09:44may he watch over you, keep you in his care
0:09:44 > 0:09:46and bless you with his peace.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49And may Almighty God bless you all.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53The Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- Let us bless the Lord. - Thanks be to God.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29James, the university chaplain, has moved to a house
0:10:29 > 0:10:32near the campus with his wife, Kate, and their young family.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37When they met, he hadn't even dreamt of becoming a vicar.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40That almost looks like spaghetti!
0:10:40 > 0:10:43James was ordained over the summer.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46He's wondering whether to wear his new vicar collar
0:10:46 > 0:10:48for the first day of term.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50So I'll try it on.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57It's, it's just an unusual feel.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01I've been talking to Kate about whether, erm,
0:11:01 > 0:11:06when I'll wear it and what does it mean?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Is it, is it more than a uniform?
0:11:08 > 0:11:14Does it mean something more than just like a policeman's uniform
0:11:14 > 0:11:17or a nurse's uniform?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20I guess one of the things I've thought about
0:11:20 > 0:11:24is when I'll wear it and when I won't wear it.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Probably feel like I should wear it when I'm just walking around campus.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31I'll just try this actual collar.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38I'm more of a jeans and T-shirt person.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41I know someone, you know, that wears theirs all the time.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44I've even seen them mowing the lawn!
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Kate's getting used to her new role, as well, as a vicar's wife.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58I feel like I won't really fit the usual stereotype.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02Although I have just got a new sewing machine.
0:12:02 > 0:12:08No, I think, I think James won't be a vicar in the traditional sense.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16It will be an interesting new chapter.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23It's a little bit weird, you know, men in long black dresses.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27I don't even really know how to get into it.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31It's a bit like you wrestle into it.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Do you like it, Noah?
0:12:36 > 0:12:41Ta-dah! What do you think to Daddy's vicar outfit?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43What you think?
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Shall I do a twirl?
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Shall I do a twirl for you? Look.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51You look beautiful, James!
0:12:52 > 0:12:54At Alder Hey Children's Hospital,
0:12:54 > 0:12:58it's the morning of baby Samuel Kingsley's heart operation.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02His parents, Rachel and David, are getting him ready.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- Oh my goodness, it's enormous. Is it front to back?- Yeah.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Don't they need to open up the front?
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- They'll just take it off? - They'll probably take it off.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Yeah, there'll be no gowns in theatre.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Silly bows, aren't they?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17That's a nice tall boy. Look at you with your head up.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19You look ridiculous, don't you?
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Does nothing for your street cred, baby.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28I'm just very grateful that they can do it and they're so experienced
0:13:28 > 0:13:32and I feel very hopeful that he's going to come out the other side
0:13:32 > 0:13:37with a brand-new heart that works really well.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41And I've got great confidence in all the people working here,
0:13:41 > 0:13:42they are very good.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46They do their jobs very well, in a very caring way.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- So I'm hopeful. How about you? How do you feel?- Yeah, I'm OK.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- Nervous. Nervous. - HE GIGGLES
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Hey, baby.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08It's time to take Samuel down to theatre for his operation.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12The surgery is expected to take at least six hours.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Samuel's now in the care of Alder Hey's heart surgeons.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37All the family and the chaplains can do now is wait
0:14:37 > 0:14:40and pray for good news.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Liverpool's freshers' fair is under way.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59So what we'll do is poster, poster, poster, poster.
0:14:59 > 0:15:04It's the most important event of the year for the University chaplains.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07There is a green one somewhere.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10We're serving everyone breakfast and coffee and tea
0:15:10 > 0:15:13and muffins and doughnuts and things like that.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15I'm trying to get non-Christians to be interested in faith,
0:15:15 > 0:15:19I'm trying to get Christians to be interested in church
0:15:19 > 0:15:24and I'm trying to get new Anglicans to the city to be interested in my church.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Thousands of students are coming along
0:15:27 > 0:15:29to join clubs and societies,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32but how many will want to sign up for church?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Uni life for me is about obviously learning
0:15:37 > 0:15:39and enjoying the course you are doing,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42socialising, meet new people, being in a new city.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Faith doesn't really come into it that much for me.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50I will be drinking and I'll be socialising and going out
0:15:50 > 0:15:52and the church doesn't really, sort of,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54come into that aspect of my life.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58Signing up new students isn't going to be easy
0:15:58 > 0:16:01but James Harding has a sales trick up his sleeve.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06He's come up with an offer he hopes freshers will be unable to refuse.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09What we've got is the voucher system and it you write your name
0:16:09 > 0:16:12and your details in return for a bacon butty,
0:16:12 > 0:16:15fresh coffee, a doughnut, a muffin, that kind of thing.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19So it's a bribe, effectively.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21But everyone's bribing people over there.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24You've got, you've got to bribe them somehow with something.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28At the 11th hour, James goes for the traditional look.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33OK, right. Let's give this a go.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36I'll see if it either attracts students or repels them
0:16:36 > 0:16:39and then I'm going to get changed in 40 minutes back into my T-shirt
0:16:39 > 0:16:41if it's not going well.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50The most recent statistics
0:16:50 > 0:16:52about what university students believe
0:16:52 > 0:16:57still points to the fact that the vast majority, 45, 50%,
0:16:57 > 0:17:01still classify themselves as Christian
0:17:01 > 0:17:06yet only 1% of Christian... of university students go to church.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11So clearly, people believe but they don't have a sense of belonging.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16So I'm looking at how to transfer that 50% of students
0:17:16 > 0:17:19that are saying, "I have some kind of Christian belief,"
0:17:19 > 0:17:23how to translate that into actually belonging to a church community
0:17:23 > 0:17:25where they can grow in their belief.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30At Alder Hey Hospital,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33baby Sam is still in theatre having open-heart surgery.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38It will be several hours before his family hear
0:17:38 > 0:17:40whether it's been successful.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43It's not very nice to wait
0:17:43 > 0:17:45and every time you have a minute to stop, you think,
0:17:45 > 0:17:49you catch your breath, "what's going on, is he all right?"
0:17:50 > 0:17:52I'm sure he's all right.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59This is open surgery.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02They open the chest, they open the heart. They stop the heart.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06They work inside. They start the heart up again.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08They close the chest. It's a big thing.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11It's a big thing and it's a small baby.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14What's your biggest concern?
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Obviously, that he will die.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20And I think people find it hard to say that
0:18:20 > 0:18:24but I'm a very pragmatic person when it comes to life
0:18:24 > 0:18:28and that's our biggest fear, isn't it, always?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31So we have to keep hopeful.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46I think a huge part of our work here
0:18:46 > 0:18:48is to be with people in dark times.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Everyone wants to be with people in happy times
0:18:51 > 0:18:53but maybe not so much in the dark times.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Sometimes that's really great
0:18:55 > 0:18:57and it's a wonderful part of this ministry,
0:18:57 > 0:19:00that we can just be with people in dark times and just say,
0:19:00 > 0:19:01"Look, I'm here,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04"because I believe God's here and you're not on your own."
0:19:04 > 0:19:06And that's what people need to hear.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Everything's in God's hands. You know.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17He's got a plan and a purpose and all that's happening is part
0:19:17 > 0:19:20of a big picture he has for our lives
0:19:20 > 0:19:22and the more we trust in that,
0:19:22 > 0:19:24the more free we are to live really fully.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Would you girls like a free breakfast?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I'm cooking breakfast in the chaplaincy all morning.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- I've got a team of people. - At the freshers' fair,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57James's breakfast strategy seems to be working.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- Thank you very much.- I've got a free breakfast this morning.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- Would you like a voucher for that as well?- Thank you.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06I can offer you a free bacon butty and fresh coffee.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Bacon butties, doughnuts, muffins.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10We've got three vouchers left,
0:20:10 > 0:20:13that means we've given away 497.
0:20:13 > 0:20:19Mike's gone to print off another 500 because it seems to be working.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21James is feeling super confident.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Even the free beer team are trying to get in on his patch.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Can you guys do your signing in front of your stall
0:20:28 > 0:20:32so I can get people in front of my stall? That's fair, isn't it, yeah?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40It's a dog-eat-dog marketplace today.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Would you like a free breakfast in Mulberry Court?
0:20:51 > 0:20:54It's time to head back to the chaplaincy
0:20:54 > 0:20:58to see how many students have turned up for the free breakfast.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01It might be that they've had loads of people in,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04it might be that people take the voucher,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06walk around for a bit and go later.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Hopefully, we'll see how that's going.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19The news isn't good.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- Has no-one come in for a breakfast? - No.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Just one person.- OK.
0:21:24 > 0:21:29James handed out 500 vouchers but hardly anyone's taken up his offer.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33It's time for James to up his game.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36The students won't come to the chaplaincy for breakfast
0:21:36 > 0:21:38so he's taking it to them.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41"MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
0:21:45 > 0:21:48These'll go in like 30 seconds.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Right, what we need to do is get someone
0:22:04 > 0:22:07signing in return for this stuff, OK?
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- Do you fancy a bacon sandwich? - Yeah, OK.- We've got some ketchup.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13We are just taking people's e-mail addresses.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Would you like a bacon sandwich?
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Take an invite to my church as well.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Do you ever feel like this is a funny place
0:22:23 > 0:22:25for someone doing God's work?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27It's exactly where I need to be doing God's work.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31- You think so?- Yeah.- Why?
0:22:31 > 0:22:33I've a proactive attitude.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35There you go, ketchup, bacon.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Take a bacon sandwich. Great.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- And there is an invite to church. - Thank you.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45You'd like a bacon sandwich?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48You know, you didn't find Jesus in the temple, in the synagogue,
0:22:48 > 0:22:53you found him out and about with the people, making friends with them,
0:22:53 > 0:22:57feeding them, feeding 5,000 people with just a bit of bread and fish.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01That's exactly what Jesus would be doing today.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Bacon sandwich?
0:23:03 > 0:23:07And let me give you an invite to church as well, while you're here.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10I did take one of his cards.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12And, like, I'm going to read into it further.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16I'm going to go on his website and have a look at everything so yeah.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20It was good and it's nice to see them at freshers' fair,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22giving out bacon sandwiches,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25showing they're in touch with what students want.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27The last bacon sandwich has got your name on it
0:23:27 > 0:23:29if you just sign up on the e-mail address.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31No, I don't know what I signed up for.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33I just wanted the bacon sandwich.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43God, bacon and ketchup have been a winning combination.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46This is it. This is the last of the bacon. There is no more after this.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50We've just had such a good last half-hour in terms of names,
0:23:50 > 0:23:52contact details and people stopping.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54So it's working really well.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I've sent people out to buy more toast and bread,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59then we are going to just go down to just free toast.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01But this has worked brilliantly.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04I'm just so pleased I've got so many people signed up
0:24:04 > 0:24:07and stopped to chat to me in the last 20 minutes or so.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09So I'm really pleased.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15I've made those contacts, now I've got to follow them up.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17I've got to offer them something relevant,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20something exciting, something interesting.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24The hard work begins now.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33At the Children's Hospital, baby Samuel's heart surgery is over.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35But there are complications
0:24:35 > 0:24:38and he's in the intensive care unit.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46So Sam kind of didn't get going very quickly in a way.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49He needed a lot of oxygen when he came out
0:24:49 > 0:24:52and he's continued to need a lot of oxygen
0:24:52 > 0:24:55because there are various issues with his lungs.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59His heart is working very well but his lungs are under a bit of strain.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06He is ventilated and he's completely sedated
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- so he's more or less unconscious. - BEEPING
0:25:11 > 0:25:14It's a case of taking things and hour and a day at a time
0:25:14 > 0:25:18and then just trying to plan to keep everything going.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26As Samuel fights to recover from his surgery,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Rachel and David's hospital vigil continues.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41It's a week and a half since baby Samuel's operation
0:25:41 > 0:25:45and chaplain Caroline Ferguson is going on a visit.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- Hello, Caroline.- How's things? - He is doing really well.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Samuel's operation has been a success.
0:25:55 > 0:26:01He's recovering well and will soon be heading home.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04He's pulled through and he's done so well.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06When you come back for outpatients,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09do come back, do come down to the chapel to say hello.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- Definitely.- Cos I really want to see how he's doing.- Yeah.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13It's home from home.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16I've left a little prayer down there on the board to say,
0:26:16 > 0:26:20"Thank you, God. For all the care he's had."
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Well yes, I think the Lord was sort of around, keeping an eye on things.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- Definitely. Yeah.- Take care.
0:26:27 > 0:26:32- Have a safe journey. Bye. - Thanks, Caroline. See you. Bye-bye.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34I feel ready for the next step,
0:26:34 > 0:26:38which is to not to worry too much about his physical health now
0:26:38 > 0:26:42but to get on with helping him to be the person that he is
0:26:42 > 0:26:44and he's going to be,
0:26:44 > 0:26:48but great to go and to be on the other side of it all.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53And to know, you know, that he's doing well, his heart is fixed.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56So here's to the future, hey?
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Good boy.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06I actually get quite a buzz from something like today,
0:27:06 > 0:27:09when I'm saying, "Bye-bye, have a safe journey home."
0:27:09 > 0:27:13He's so much better than he was two weeks ago and it gives me,
0:27:13 > 0:27:17really gives me a buzz as well.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21It's just giving them the support
0:27:21 > 0:27:25and it's been a pleasure with the family. They're a lovely family.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30We see miracles here every day and we do.
0:27:30 > 0:27:35Medical miracles and God's miracles. We see them every day in this place.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Wonderful things happening.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39And that's the great thing about this hospital,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42is that people expect their children to get better.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44And praise God, most of them do.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Next time:
0:27:48 > 0:27:52On the town with the street pastors.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56I feel like we are here for a reason and God sent us.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Now I don't think it any more, I know it.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00Please contact us.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04And Rabbi Shmuli Brown mounts a charm offensive.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07He's going to be getting 24/7 love, that guy,
0:28:07 > 0:28:08if he wants it or if he doesn't want it.
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