The 2021 Foundation for ACPE Grants Cycle is now open!
Interested applicants are invited to submit a Letter of Inquiry for an Innovative Program Award or MAP Fund Award.
Contact Jasmine Okafor for more information about these funding opportunities
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Polls are open for ACPE’s Implementation Workgroup election. Ballots were mailed via SimplyVoting. ACPE members will elect eight representatives to work with eight APC members to draft the bylaws, a governance structure, membership categories, and staffing requirements of a consolidated organization.
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The August Article of the Month explores religious and spiritual struggles among transgender and gender-nonconforming adults, and the article may also be useful for chaplains to consider the practical value and utility of cross-sectional data.
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Dr. Jasper N. "Jap" Keith, Jr.'s memorial service will be held Saturday, August 28, at 11:00 am at First Presbyterian Church of Gainesville, 800 S. Enota Drive, NE, Gainesville, GA 30501. The service will be livestreamed on the church's website for those unable to travel.
For those who would like to extend their sympathies to Betty Keith, please send notes to:
Mrs. Betty Keith
503 Birch River Drive
Dahlonega, GA 30533
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Chaplains are increasingly being approached to discuss or support applications for exemption from COVID-19 vaccine mandates in healthcare systems and other institutions.
This webinar on August 27 at 12pm EDT will help chaplains, spiritual care managers, and others to prepare for those conversations. Attendees will hear legal, HR, administrative, and spiritual care perspectives on this critical issue.
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To keep Veterans or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees safe, the VA’s Secretary will now mandate anyone in contact with patients within Veterans Health Administration, including health professions trainees, to receive the COVID vaccination by October 7, 2021. Please get in touch with ACPE Certified Educator Kimberly R. Willis at Kimberly.Willis4@va.gov with questions.
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Did you already get your #ACPEproud gear? It's not too late! The #ACPEproud store will remain open through September 30, 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.
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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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As ACPE has worked to be more intentional in our collective work to integrate diversity, equity and inclusion into our practices and theories, we are aware of the many rich traditions that have informed the development of ACPE around the US. This poem is the first stanza of the story of creation from the Hawaiian peoples. We offer it in both English and the original language: |
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Translated by Queen Lili'uokalani
Hawaiian creation chant
At the time that turned the heat of the earth,
At the time when the heavens turned and changed,
At the time when the light of the sun was subdued
To cause light to break forth,
At the time of the night of Makalii (winter)
Then began the slime which established the earth,
The source of deepest darkness.
Of the depth of darkness, of the depth of darkness,
Of the darkness of the sun, in the depth of night,
It is night,
So was night born
O ke au i kahuli wela ka honua
O ke au i kahuli lole ka lani
O ke au i kukaiaka ka la.
E hoomalamalama i ka malama
O ke au o Makali’i ka po
O ka walewale hookumu honua ia
O ke kumu o ka lipo, i lipo ai
O ke kumu o ka Po, i po ai
O ka lipolipo, o ka lipolipo
O ka lipo o ka la, o ka lipo o ka po
Po wale hoi
Hanau ka po
This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on May 22, 2021, by the Academy of American Poets.
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Jure Tovrljan (a Slovenian graphic designer) decided to redesign several corporate logos to make them more appropriate for the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of them feel too soon, but hopefully others will bring a smile to your face (even if its behind a mask):
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Natalia A. Shulgina is an Educator Candidate at UNC Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, NC. She wrote a poem entitled "Another Summer Unit Ends..."
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This Week on the Calendar |
August 29
Beheading of John the Baptist (Christianity)
This day commemorates the martyrdom of St. John the Baptist, a mission preacher and religious figure. Jesus was among the many people that John baptized in the Jordan River. He was imprisoned by Herod Antipas, because he publicly disapproved of Herod's divorce and unlawful remarriage. Herod feared that John would lead a revolt, thus had him executed.
August 30
Krishna Janmashtami (Hinduism)
This day celebrates the birthday of Lord Krishna, the eighth avatar, or incarnation, of Vishnu. Upon his birth, his life was threatened by his uncle, King Kansa, who believed that Krishna was fated to kill him. Kansa ordered that Krishna be brought to him, but the baby was miraculously carried away to a safe hiding place. Hindus celebrate this day with a large feast. Sweets are given to children, and a clay statue of Krishna is worshipped.
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This Week in our Thoughts
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Dr. Jasper N. "Jap" Keith, Jr.'s memorial service will be held Saturday, August 28, at 11:00 am at First Presbyterian Church of Gainesville, 800 S. Enota Drive, NE, Gainesville, GA 30501. The service will be livestreamed on the church's website for those unable to travel. For those who would like to extend their sympathies to Betty Keith, please send notes to: Mrs. Betty Keith at 503 Birch River Drive, Dahlonega, GA 30533.
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The VA St Louis Health Care System is currently recruiting for an ACPE Certified Educator to manage the excellent educational program
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St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA Competitive benefits, stipend of $36,000, Healthy work/life balance
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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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