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Welcome to the inaugural issue of
This Week @ ACPE, our new weekly digest to keep you connected, better informed, and well-resourced for this week.
This Week @ ACPE combines the best features of the Monday Briefing and monthly newsletter. More importantly it will be member driven - providing the news and information you want to hear and share.
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| Amy Greene, Board Chair |
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One morning well before dawn, a couple of weeks ago, I was having a really bad dream. In it, I was sitting in a hotel somewhere waiting for someone to come and get me for my Associate committee. I was pretty anxious, of course, but I suddenly thought, "Hey, this is weird...I've already done that....didn't I?" Then all sorts of anxious thoughts poured out in rapid succession: "I'm sure I passed that already, didn't I?
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New for Certification in 2018, the usual functions of the Certification Commission are moving to strategically located hubs throughout the country. Meetings at these hubs will replace both regional and national appearances, enabling persons seeking any level of certification to appear at any of the hubs, space permitting.
The May 4-9, 2018 Atlanta Hub has reached capacity. Registration is now closed. Please review the other dates and locations available in 2018. |
Did you see Kerry Egan, author of, "On Living" on PBS News Hour? Kerry is a keynote speaker at ACPE's annual conference. Register now!
Help ACPE host a terrific conference! Please consider making a sponsorship gift to support a specific conference event or scholarships for students.
ACPE's first Silent Auction & Raffle was a great success! All funds raised support ACPE's transformational educational programs. Click here to learn how you can help and participate.
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Do you have a picture that beautifully captures CPE and /or spiritual care? ACPE is looking for great pictures that highlight the transformative work our educators and students make happen. To enter the contest, send your photo to
foundation@acpe.edu by March 15, 2018.
The winning photo will be featured
with credit in this year's
ACPE Year-in Review and other ACPE publications!
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Please complete the online form to report on your status regarding ACPE ethics by February 15, 2018.
The Professional Ethics Commission will follow up with any questions or concerns. |
ACPE now requires that active Certified Educators participate in a peer review every three years. That means that Certified Educators who did not do a peer review in 2015, 2016 or 2017 will need to do one in 2018.
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The aim of this series is to help leaders and emerging leaders in professional chaplaincy and chaplaincy education develop and strengthen their ability to think strategically about advancing chaplaincy both at the level of the profession and at the level of their institution.
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This Week from the Members
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| Caroline Peacock |
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This week's contribution is from Caroline Peacock. She is an ACPE Certified Associate Educator at Spiritual Health at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, GA. She may be contacted at
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Quiet
My weekend took me inside me
Glad to slowly fold the laundry in quiet
Actually taking the time to put the right black sock with its proper match
When I felt overwhelmed by the messy kitchen I was content to reset my
slowness and sweep spilled flour
and scrape crusted pancake batter off the stovetop
This world became enough.
My task of breathing deeply to avoid an outburst at my wild son felt to me as profound as
a nation leader pausing in summit with another to avoid an arms race
In reconciliation, bringing my boy onto my knee, he folded under my wing in a perfect fit that only
thousands of years of evolution could fashion
The old cat on her ninth life left piles of mess
I cleaned the mess
And lit incense
The smoke drifted through the house cutting into wooden crevices
I have never noticed
And I pet the cat
And I discovered that in this world, my house
There are spaces I have never pondered
And in my mind
There are spaces where my thoughts like smoke haven't reached
There are lines of poetry queuing be crafted in years to come
And my world is vaster than I can imagine in all of its quiet
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Something Extra This Week
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Have a thought-provoking article or video you'd like to share with the ACPE community? What new tools are you incorporating into your curriculum? Send
Something Extra to
Tiffany Kindred
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Wednesday, February 7
* Mulk - Bahá'í
Beginning of the eighteenth month of the Bahá'í year, the name "Mulk" means "dominion."
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Visit the ACPE website for more information.
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- ACPE Retired Educator John Howard Dillingham, 87, of Schulenburg, Texas passed away on Jan. 24, 2018 in Schulenburg.
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Visit the ACPE Memorials and Milestones page for more details. Please email Tiffany Kindred to add someone to our thoughts.
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- Career Opportunities
- ACPE Certified Educator: New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC
- Director of Spiritual Care: Mercy Health - St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, OH
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- Residency/CEC/CPE Unit Openings
- Baptist Hospital, Pensacola, FL
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
- Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford CT
- Banner-University Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
- The Center for Spirituality and Health at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Harris Health System, Houston, TX
- The Christ Hospital Health Network, Cincinnati, OH
- Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC
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Visit the ACPE website for a complete list of Career Opportunities and Residency/CEC Openings.
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ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education
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