Heaven in Healthcare

Pete Carter has been leading Eastgate (formerly North Kent Community church in the U.K.) since 1988 as well as practising as a G.P. in the National Health Service, full-time for the first six years and then doing sessional work alongside church ministry until November 2016. He has been involved in developing leadership structures through the various phases of church growth and working with other church leaders, throughout Europe particularly. As well as pioneering in local churches to see the full potential of Christianity realised through the daily lives of individuals, he has a particular passion to see the world of medicine affected by the power and love of God, and for Christian healing to sit alongside good medicine for the sake of any who choose to benefit from it.






Dave Carter is a director at Eastgate, with specific responsibility for youth and young adults, and also works as a full-time GP. Dave grew up in the church his parents planted and then lived in Southampton for 7 years before moving back in 2009 having felt called to be part of what the church was doing. He is passionate about making disciples and teaching people to live wholeheartedly for Jesus.








Elizabeth Lunt studied at the University of Cape Town, graduating in 1996. Following in the footsteps of generations of family before her, she moved back to the United Kingdom. There she trained as a GP and met her husband. She currently works in South East London as a part of a team of 8 doctors, 5 nurses and 3 Health care assistants serving a population of 11 000 patients. Her interest is in mental health and health prevention. She has also worked in commissioning healthcare over the last 10 years, being initially involved with the roll-out of improving access to psychological therapies in Kent. She is involved in the Healing Center at Eastgate. She believes that medicine is a wonderful gift and an important science, but that we have sometimes over-medicalised people’s needs and she is passionate about exploring ways that communities can thrive. She is also a talented musician and with her husband plays in a jazz band, raising money for local charities.





Kim Carter is a director at Eastgate Church and a leader in the Eastgate School of Supernatural Life. She oversees World Changers (children’s ministry in Eastgate) and is passionate about education and community development.








Jan Kunene, graduated from University of Cape Town medical school in ‘97. After completing his community service, toured Southern Africa as the CMF student secretary (paying his way as a locum doctor) till mid-2006. From 2006 to 2009 he worked at the GF Jooste Hospital in Manenberg. Since 2009, he has practiced in a clinic in Khayelitsha where he presently is the Family Physician.













Sue Ford is a G.P. in private practice. She qualified at the University of Cape town in ‘98 and worked in McCords hospital Durban and Kosi Bay hospital before relocating to U.K. where she studied for a further 3 years post graduate General Practice degree at Cambridge University. She lived and worked for several years as a family GP in Cambridge before returning to South Africa in 2009. Since February 2015 she has practised at the Femina Health Clinic in Kloof, KZN and has a special interest in women’s health as well as family medicine. She believes not only in treating the specific illness but in helping the entire person in a holistic manner.






 

Lasting the Distance Breakfast

Healthcare workers train hard to enter some of the toughest professional spaces on earth - but what makes the difference when you finally get to run the race? Andrew Pickford, a well-known and respected specialist psychiatrist from Pietermaritzburg shares on "resilience" - how to run the race of life and work as a marathon, not a sprint.

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Help, I’m married to a health-care worker!

Healthcare workers know well that their families often pay a huge price for their choice of career and the demanding working conditions that may accompany it. If you have a partner who would like to meet other partners and share some supportive ideas, please send us their details.
(This is an optional session to be run if there is sufficient demand for it.)