In Pastoral Imagination: Bringing the Practice of Ministry to Life, Eileen Campbell-Reed explores the ways that people learn the art of ministry. She tells stories of people as they learn the practice, while offering questions for reflection, and conversation with thinkers and scholars about the practice of ministry. The book grew out of a dozen-year longitudinal study of ministers, beginning when they were in seminary and tracing the arc of their ministry practice as they gain experience and confidence.
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Thank you to all the members who participated in the 2021 ACPE Election! We are especially grateful to all the candidates for their tireless commitment to ACPE. We had 708 (34.6%) of 2049 electors vote in this election.
The election results have been reviewed by ACPE Chair-Elect/Leadership Development Chair Shawn Mai and ACPE Secretary/Treasurer Linda Wilkerson. You can view the election results here.
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The 2022 conference theme, “Freedom, Wonder, and Liberation: Anti-Bias Practices of Spiritual Care and Education” invites the engagement of all our organizational members by facing the urgency of this moment. We need the collective wisdom of our chaplains, our educators, and our psychotherapists as we continue to face the interlocking pandemics of bias, injustice, and COVID-19. The deadline to submit proposals is November 28, 2021.
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Once a month the ACPE Professional Ethics Commission (PEC) posts a couple of statements from our Code of Professional Ethics for ACPE Members. Each posting is accompanied by a brief personal reflection from a member of the PEC discussing some ways this person lives these commitments. Cristina Stephenson, ACPE Certified Educator at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, is the author this month.
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We invite all Educator Candidates who passed their theory papers this year to submit their papers for the Len Cedarleaf Theory Paper of the Year Award. To submit your paper, contact ACPE Educator Rod Seeger, Managing Editor of the Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry journal, at rodseeger@aol.com. The new deadline is Friday, November 12, 2021.
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Join us for the Spiritual Assessment Resource Room on November 19 at 12:30 EST. Two panelists will briefly present their models and approaches to teaching spiritual assessments in different contexts. Danielle Buhuro and Caitlyn Bailey will then dialogue with the group about what informs their assessment practices, the challenges they face in their work with students, and how they navigate those challenges. |
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The ACPE North Central CoP will host a fall gathering on November 19 starting at 10:30am ET. All are welcome.
Please join for any of the sessions and gatherings you are able to or interested in. For more information contact Katherine.Higgins@acpe.edu.
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Save the Date for GivingTuesday at ACPE. GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. ACPE's goal is to raise $10,000 and to invite 20 new donors to make a gift to the Foundation for ACPE. This year GivingTuesday is on November 30, 2021.
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After a national search, Erica Cohen Moore will join the National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC) as the new Executive Director. Erica Cohen Moore comes to the NACC after 21 years in the Archdiocese of Seattle where she provided executive leadership for the diocesan Office of Pastoral Ministries, leading a staff of 20 directors serving the diverse cultural communities within the archdiocese, in addition to housing the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) Athletics program, Pastoral Care and Outreach Services (including health care and criminal justice ministries), Translation Services, the Consultative Leadership Team, and the Deacon Formation Program. Erica brings a strong background in fund development, program management and administration with a demonstrated track record leading growth and expansion efforts for a large faith-based organization. |
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Accreditation Fee 3 rd Quarter Invoices were sent via email on 10/15/2021. Please check your spam folder to make sure you received it. If you registered units in the last quarter (July – September, 2021) and you did not receive an invoice, please contact us at accounting@acpe.edu. |
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We invite all ACPE Certified Educators who are working with Educator Candidates to join us for informal consultations. The drop-in meeting will take place on the first and third Mondays of the month, from 12:00pm to 1:00pm Eastern time.
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A colleague recently shared a quote they hear another peer often say when they get frustrated with human interactions and behaviors: “People are just so people-y.” Of course, people are also just so biased. How often is one willing to be kind, welcoming, even generous, but when compelled to simply share space they completely shut down? This poem from Carrie Allen McCray captures this, reflecting on how the desegregation of her trolley car in Lynchburg, VA radically changed the relationship she had with a white neighbor, one who was kind and generous until the law made her an “equal.” |
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Strange Patterns
by Carrie Allen McCray
When I was a young child
in Lynchburg, Virginia
I could not ride the
trolley car sitting next
to our white neighbor
But could sit, nestled
close to her
under her grape arbor
swinging my feet
eating her scuppernongs
and drinking tall, cold
glasses of lemonade
she offered us on
hot, dry summer days
When I was a young child
moving to Montclair, New Jersey
I could now ride the
trolley car sitting next
to our white neighbor
but did not dare
cross the bitter line
that separated our house
from hers
and she never offered us
tall, cold glasses of lemonade
on hot, dry summer days
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This article made us wonder how CPE interviews and perhaps initial meetings with therapy clients might also be experiencing this same “ghosting” effect:
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Cindy L. Hershberger is a Chaplain Resident at BayCare - Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Florida. She is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America with a MDiv degree from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. She wrote a poem, "In Spite Of."
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This Week on the Calendar |
November 15
The Advent Fast (Orthodox Christianity)
Marks the beginning of the forty-day vegetarian fast in preparation for the Feast of the Nativity or Christmas day.
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This Week in our Thoughts
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- ACPE Psychotherapist David Franzen had surgery on November 3, 2021. David welcomes thoughts and prayers for his recovery.
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Sanford Health is looking for an innovative and strategic-minded CPE Supervisor to enhance and grow our dynamic and established CPE program at Sanford Health - Fargo.
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Ascension Seton in Austin, TX has open positions in our current full-time residency program for completion of three CPE units starting November 29, 2021 and ending on August 19, 2022.
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Other Educational Opportunities |
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ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education |
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ACPE is the standard for spiritual care and education. Our diverse membership includes Certified CPE Educators, Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapists, Spiritual Care Professionals and Practitioners, Pastoral Counselors, Chaplains, Faith Communities, and Seminaries. Our multi-disciplinary, multi-faith, multi-racial community of professionals provides education, connection, and formation through continuing education, networking, and leadership development.
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 members are actively engaged in a wide variety of professional development activities including communities of practice, conferences, spiritual care research, and informal networking. We are more than just an association: we are a movement committed to the transformation of the human suffering.Our opportunities for formation and community enrich our member's work of healing and transforming people and communities in the US and across the globe.
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