WIRELINE ISSUE 31 SPRING 2015

OIL AND GAS CHAPLAIN

PROFILE

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The appeal for me is getting out among the workforce – among primarily non-church people – responding to people and their needs in these circumstances is very fulfilling.

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Open doors With hundreds of thousands of people under his pastoral care, UK oil and gas chaplain Reverend Gordon Craig is always on the move with regular offshore trips and home visits all over the country. Wireline caught up with him to find out more “I greatly admire my colleagues who work in churches and parishes, but to be honest I don’t think I could do that,” reflects With over 20 years under his belt as chaplain in the Royal Air Force (RAF), Gordon is no stranger to working at the very heart of a sector with an important national role. would be. For me, chaplaincy is about building relationships with people and until they can see the real person beyond the clergyman label, this can be pretty difficult.

Reverend Gordon Craig. “The appeal for me is getting out among the workforce – among primarily non-church people – responding to people and their needs in these circumstances is very fulfilling.”

“I’d have probably felt pushed into the deep end coming straight from a parish into this job, but the experience >

He recalls: “When I applied for the role in oil and gas in 2012, I remember being asked what I felt the biggest challenge

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