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Mellissa Walker-Luckett
Board Chair |
Our
joint meeting
in May quickly approaches and I sincerely hope you will join us in Cleveland, OH. Last year, I went to the APC conference and heard an inspiring, well-researched and documented speech from outgoing APC President Ron Oliver. Some of you may have heard it as it was linked to one of Amy Greene's
articles
last year in the newsletter. There was much to enjoy and be challenged by in the educational offerings.
However, the most gratifying occurrence for me was the ability to celebrate with newly Board Certified Chaplains. I was amazed and gratified to see three folk who had been in "my" program walk across the stage to receive their certificates. There were others, already Board Certified, in whose CPE processes I had been a part. These folks are now staff chaplains, pastoral/spiritual care department managers, and industry executives. It is very gratifying to see their success and know they offer trained and compassionate care to persons across the gambit of industries where spiritual care professionals work. My gratitude and confidence grow knowing these capable folks will provide me compassionate, professional spiritual care in my time of need.
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Russell Siler Jones |
Last week we introduced ACPE's brand-new Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy Program. The SIP Program is an educational and formational outreach to mental health practitioners who want to learn more about integrating spirituality into their psychotherapy practice. It is both a translation of the pastoral counseling tradition, to make it accessible for clinicians whose training has not included theological study, and a repackaging of the pastoral counseling tradition, to make it accessible in the continuing-education-workshop format that meets the licensure needs of psychotherapists.
If you missed that article,
click here
for a quick catch-up. This week we'll continue the introduction and let you know how you can be involved.
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Patricia Wilson-Cone ACPE Certified Educator |
The aim of this webinar is to extend the concept and conversation about multiculturalism and diversity beyond the colloquial perspectives of ethnicity and gender.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET
Presented by Patricia Wilson-Cone
1 NBCC Continuing Education Credit
ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7004. ACPE is solely responsible for sponsored programs, including the awarding of NBCC credit.
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During our time together, ACPE with its partners will: share leading practices in research, professional development, and credentialing; strengthen professional relations; focus our time, talents and resources on those most vulnerable; and grow our practical and professional skills.
Early Bird Registration Rates end February 14th! Host hotels are already selling out!
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Thanks to the generosity of donors to the Foundation for ACPE, this opportunity provides funding support for ACPE students to attend the 2020 Joint Partners for Professional Excellence in Spiritual Care Conference, "20/20 Vision: The Future of Spiritual Care" in Cleveland, Ohio (May 11-14, 2020). ACPE students include Level I and Level II students, Psychotherapy Student Members, Chaplain Residents and Certified Educator Candidates. All ACPE Certified Educators and Psychotherapists should encourage interested students to apply for this opportunity.
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Dr. David Hogue |
Insights from brain studies in recent decades have captured the public's imagination and touched on virtually every dimension of human experience, from love and friendships, to trauma and addictions, to our confidence in free will, to our experiences of the transcendent and our trust in reason. Increasingly the neurosciences are confirming and challenging many of our most cherished notions of what it means to be human. In this workshop, taking place on February 28, 2020, 9am-3pm, we will explore themes in recent brain research, including empathy, memory and trauma,story, ritual, and religious experiences.
ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7004. ACPE is solely responsible for sponsored programs, including the awarding of NBCC credit.
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Katherine Higgins
Director of Communities of Practice
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CoP conveners please contact
Katherine Higgins
if you did not receive the PULSE survey.
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Lisa Battle is a student member of the ACPE and a doctoral student at Grand Canyon University. She is looking for participants who may be interested in her study. The title of her research is Vicarious Trauma: A Descriptive Case Study of Pastoral Counselor Experiences. Your participation in this study can promote awareness and understanding of vicarious trauma in spiritual and pastoral counseling.
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Who? What? When? Images from ACPE's Past
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Do you recognize these folks or the event in the photo above? Send us a note at
webmaster@acpe.edu.
Last week's photo featured Carol Reynolds Green and Beth Newton Watson at the 2008 annual conference in Richmond, VA.
Have any photos from your personal ACPE archive that you would like to share? Send them to webmaster@acpe.edu to be featured in an upcoming newsletter.
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Russell Siler Jones |
2020 marks the official launch of ACPE's Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP) Program. The ACPE Board approved this new initiative in November 2019, and work is now underway to grow this program from dream to reality. In the coming weeks, we'll be sharing news about the SIP Program here in the newsletter - including news about our first Train the Trainer weekend event - but here are some high-level "things to know" about the SIP Program.
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The Editorial Board of
Reflective Practice is looking for a new editor, to begin work in the summer of 2020, for a three-year term. The primary task of the editor is to recruit, evaluate and edit essays for publication, to then organize the material, write introductory remarks, and oversee the publication of the annual volume. An editor should be familiar with the disciplines of pastoral theology, practical theology and clinical supervision in ministry, a member in ACPE or ATFE, and possess proven literary skills. A small stipend is available. If interested or if you wish to nominate someone, please contact
Leslie Veen. A full description of the editor's tasks is available upon request.
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Are you interested in spending a Southern Hemisphere summer (November - February) supervising in the world's most remote CPE Centre? Royal Perth Hospital has established an annual "International Pastoral Education Fellow" position in one of Australia's oldest and most innovative CPE programs. Michael Hertz (ACPE Certified Educator and ACPEWA Educator) is the Centre Director. Ted Hodge (ACPE Certified Educator) was our inaugural International Fellow (2019-20).
The hospital provides round-trip travel for two, a two-bedroom apartment with stunning views across the Swan River to the city skyline, part-time access to a car and a remote "Bush CPE" experience. CPE is part of RPH's nationally-acclaimed "Centre for Wellbeing and Sustainable Practice", which provides CPE-like experiences for hospital staff, including nurses, administrators and medical staff. Perth is a beautiful and culturally diverse city with unending white sand beaches, easy access to ancient forests, rugged coasts of the Southern ocean, historic Aboriginal sites, art, music, great food and more.
For more information visit the website.
If you are interested in considering this opportunity, contact
Michael Hertz
or
Ted Hodge
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Cheers Mates!
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Thanks to support from the John Templeton Foundation, Duke University's Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health is offering eleven $3,600 scholarships to attend the university's 5-day workshop on conducting research related to religion, spirituality, and health. The workshop will be held on August 10-14, 2020. This incredible opportunity involves full scholarships that will cover the $1200 tuition, up to $1500 airfare for international travel, up to $500 for hotel accommodations, and up to $400 for meals and local transportation to the workshop. The scholarships are available only to academic faculty and graduate students living in underdeveloped countries in Africa, Central and South America (including Mexico), Eastern Europe and North Asia (Russia and China), portions of the Middle East, and Central and East Asia. The scholarships will be competitive and awarded only to talented well-positioned faculty and graduate students with the potential to conduct research on religion, spirituality, and health, and serve as research leaders in their part of the world. If you want to know more about this program, contact Harold.Koenig@duke.edu or visit the website.
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Every year ACPE members fill out a form for Ethical Conduct Accountability. The online
form is now available. Please submit the form by February 14. Thank you.
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It is well known that patients who experience significant medical illness often draw upon a variety of coping mechanisms, such as spirituality, to adjust to their new life. Laures-Gore et al., recently showed that patients with post-stroke aphasia (a language disorder affecting speaking, listening, reading, and writing) consider spirituality a positive coping mechanism and source of healing. Because spirituality plays a significant role in the aphasia recovery process, it is important to study whether spiritual healthcare providers both in and out of the healthcare system are trained to address spiritual needs in a way that patients with aphasia can comprehend and process. This study seeks to better understand whether spiritual healthcare providers are aware of and trained to communicate with patients who have aphasia.
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Join us for New Accreditation Process Q&A Sessions. The sessions are your opportunity to ask anything about the new process or building your center's accreditation portfolio.
Dates are currently posted through the new year. The sessions are 12:00pm to 1:00pm eastern time on the assigned days. The number of participants for each session is limited to ensure individual questions are addressed.
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We couldn't help but wonder how true this poem might ring for many of our members right now:
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Poem with an Embedded Line by Susan Cohen
by Barbara Crooker
When the evening newscast leads to despair,
when my Facebook feed raises my blood pressure,
when I can't listen to NPR anymore,
I turn to the sky, blooming like chicory,
its dearth of clouds, its vast blue endlessness.
The trees are turning copper, gold, bronze,
fired by the October sun, and the bees
are going for broke, drunk on fermenting
apples. I turn to my skillet, cast iron
you can count on, glug some olive oil,
sizzle some onions, adding garlic at the end
to prevent bitterness. My husband,
that sweet man, enters the room, asks
what's for dinner, says it smells good.
He could live on garlic and onions
slowly turning to gold. The water
is boiling, so I throw in some peppers,
halved, cored, and seeded, let them bob
in the salty water until they're soft.
To the soffrito, I add ground beef, chili
powder, cumin, dried oregano, tomato sauce,
mashed cannellinis; simmer for a while.
Then I stir in more white beans, stuff the hearts
of the peppers, drape them with cheese and tuck
the pan in the oven's mouth. Let the terrible
politicians practice / their terrible politics.
At my kitchen table, all will be fed. I turn
the radio to a classical station, maybe Vivaldi.
All we have are these moments: the golden trees,
the industrious bees, the falling light. Darkness
will not overtake us.
"Poem with an Embedded Line by Susan Cohen" by Barbara Crooker from Some Glad Morning © 2019.
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As we begin another Black History Month, it seems appropriate to launch the month with the Morehouse College Glee Club's version of "Lift Every Voice and Sing." We are so privileged to have so many wonderful HBCU's in and around Atlanta!
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February 3
Setsubun-sai (Shinto)
This festival marks the end of "Kan," the coldest season. Beans are commonly thrown to keep demons away.
February 9
Triodion begins (Orthodox Christianity)
Triodion is the three-week preparation period before Lent begins. Followers gradually modify their diets and meditate on themes like humility, repentance and forgiveness, to prepare for the great fast, prayer, and worship that happens over Lent.
Magha Puja (Buddhism)
Magha Puja is the day the Buddha addressed a meeting of 1250 arhats: spiritual practitioners that had reached a certain level of enlightenment. The Buddha introduced to them these principles: cease from evil, do what is good, and cleanse one's mind. On this day, temples in Thailand hold candlelight processions, walking clockwise three times around the Uposath Hall-- once for the Buddha, once for the Dharma, and once for the Sangha.
February 10
Tu B'Shvat (Jewish)
New Year's Day for Trees, and traditionally the first of the year for tithing fruit of trees. Now a day for environmental awareness and action, such as tree planting. This day is known as the new year for trees, as it is the day that the age of trees is calculated for tithing. In tradition, fruit from trees may not be consumed in the first 4 years of life - as the first three years are forbidden, and the fourth year the fruit is for God. One tradition on this day is to eat from the seven species abundant in Israel: wheat, barley, grapes, pomegranates, olives, figs, and dates.
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| Community of Practice Event Highlights |
Registration is now open for the following Community of Practice events:
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This Week's Career Opportunities & Residency/CEC Openings
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Position
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Center/Organization
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Location |
Posting Date |
| Chaplain/CPE Educator |
Allina Health |
Minneapolis, MN |
1/31/20 |
| Director Pastoral Care - Chaplain |
Hoag Hospitals and Community |
Newport Beach, CA |
1/31/20 |
Chaplain Education Coordinator
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Nationwide Children's
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Columbus, OH |
1/24/20 |
| Chaplain Manager |
Indiana University Health |
Indianapolis, IN |
1/17/20 |
| Certified Educator |
University of California San Francisco |
San Francisco, CA |
1/3/20 |
| Pastoral Care Team |
Adrian Dominican Sisters |
Adrian, MI |
1/3/20 |
| Assistant/Associate Professor and Program Director |
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities |
St. Paul, MN |
1/3/20 |
| Staff Chaplain |
Gundersen Lutheran Health System |
La Crosse, WI |
1/3/20 |
| Certified Educator |
Sanford Health |
Fargo, ND |
12/20/19 |
| Certified Educator |
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University |
Baton Rouge, LA |
12/20/19 |
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Position
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Center/Organization
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Location
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Posting Date
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| CPE Residency |
University of Colorado Hospital
Fort Collins CPE |
Aurora, CO
Fort Collins, CO |
1/31/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Parkland Health and Hospital System |
Dallas, TX |
1/31/20 |
| CPE Residency |
CaroMont Health
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Gastonia, NC
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1/24/20
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| CPE Residency |
Jackson Health System |
Miami, FL |
1/24/20
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| CPE Residency |
Harborview Medical Center |
Seattle, WA |
1/24/20
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Master of Science (MS) in Patient Counseling with CPE Residency
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Virginia Commonwealth University
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Richmond, VA
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1/24/20
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| CPE Residency |
UAB at Birmingham |
Birmingham, AL |
1/24/20 |
2020-2021 CPE Residency Program
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Community Regional Medical Center
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Fresno, CA
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1/17/2020 |
| Yearlong Residency |
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare |
Tallahassee, FL |
1/17/20 |
| Yearlong Residency |
Norton Healthcare |
Louisville, KY |
1/17/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Michigan Medicine |
Ann Arbor, MI |
1/17/20 |
| 2020-2021 CPE Residency |
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health |
Lancaster, PA |
1/17/20 |
| CPE Residency |
WellSpan Health |
York, PA |
1/10/20 |
| 2020-2021 CPE Residency |
Kettering Health Network |
Dayton, OH |
1/10/20 |
| CPE Residency |
St. Mary's Medical Center |
Huntington, WV |
1/10/20 |
| Residency Program |
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center |
Temple, TX |
1/10/20 |
| Yearlong Residency |
Sutter California Pacific Medical Center |
San Francisco, CA |
1/10/20 |
| Residency 2020-2021 |
UnityPoint Health - Des Moines |
Des Moines, IA |
1/10/20 |
| CPE Residency |
Deaconess Hospital |
Evansville, IN |
1/10/20 |
| CPE Residency |
BayCare Spiritual Care |
Clearwater, FL |
1/3/20 |
| Level 1/Level 2 CPE |
The Christ Hospital |
Cincinnati, OH |
12/20/19 |
| Summer CPE Program |
St. Cloud Hospital |
St. Cloud, MN |
12/13/19 |
| 2019-2020 Residency Program |
Mayo Clinic Health System |
Eau Claire, WI |
12/13/19 |
| Residency Program |
Ascension Seton |
Austin, TX |
12/13/19 |
| Residency Program |
Gundersen Health System |
La Crosse, WI |
12/13/19 |
| Residency Program |
Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center |
Toledo, OH |
12/6/19 |
| Residency Program |
St. Luke's University Hospital |
Bethlehem, PA |
12/2/19 |
| Residency Program |
East Jefferson General Hospital |
Metairie, LA |
12/2/19 |
| Residency Program |
St Thomas/Nashville CPE Partnership
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Nashville, TN |
11/22/19 |
| Residency 2020-2021 |
Mayo Clinic Hospital |
Rochester, MN |
11/15/19 |
| Yearlong Residency |
CHI Memorial |
Chattanooga, TN |
11/8/19 |
| Yearlong Residency |
Albert Einstein Medical Center |
Philadelphia, PA |
11/1/19 |
1st & 2nd Year Residencies
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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Cincinnati, OH
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9/13/19 |
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Event
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Location
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Date
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| 'She's already done so much,' Compassionate chaplaincy care |
Online |
February 6, 2020 |
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Conyers, GA
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February 20 - 23, 2020 |
| The Collective Soul Symposium |
Houston, TX |
February 21, 2020 |
| CPE and Emotional Intelligence |
Online |
February 25, 2020 |
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San Diego, CA
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March 18, 2020
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| Intensive Bioethics Course |
Houston, TX |
April 20 - 24, 2020 |
| Evolution of Psychotherapy |
Anaheim, CA |
December 9 - 13, 2020
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Transforming Chaplaincy
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Online |
Winter, Spring and Fall sessions |
Chaplaincy Innovation Lab
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Online |
N/A |
Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Care Education and Leadership
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Union Theological Seminary/Online |
Rolling Enrollment |
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San
Francisco Theological Seminary/Online
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Rolling Enrollment |
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Online |
On Demand |
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ACPE members and centers may post "happenings" in the weekly newsletter. ACPE does not accredit, review, or endorse the events listed above. Send your "happening" to webmaster@acpe.edu.
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ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education
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ACPE is the premier, Department of Education-recognized organization that provides the highest quality CPE programs for spiritual care professionals of any faith and in any setting. We do this through a rigorous accreditation and certification process for centers and educators that provide CPE. The depth of our training enables students to realize their full potential to strengthen the spiritual health of people in their care as well as themselves.
ACPE is also the professional home of a growing number of spiritually integrated psychotherapists and pastoral counselors. ACPE supports Psychotherapist and Practitioner members through continuing education programs, networking, and leadership development.
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