October 10. 2022
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*. October’s statements are:

In conducting business matters, ACPE members:

a. Carry out administrative responsibilities in a timely and professional manner.

b. Implement sound fiscal practices, maintain accurate financial records, and protect the integrity of funds entrusted to their care.
The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab invites chaplains of color to learn more about the Lab's upcoming Conversation Circle cohorts. This program provides a venue for connection, conversation, and emotional and spiritual processing for chaplains of color working across the United States. Chaplains from all sectors are welcome to join in a conversation led by paired facilitators over a series of bi-monthly, 90-minute sessions on Zoom for a period of six months. 
The Accreditation Commission is in search of Certified Educators willing to serve as NSTCs for Six-year Reviews starting in 2023. The NSTC model has served ACPE well and is a key element in the relational model of accreditation that fosters mutual accountability. The NSTC leads a team, with at least one other CE and a practitioner in the field of spiritual care, to provide consultation for the variety of the CPE programs in ACPE. The team also guides programs to both the common and unique indicators for how a program demonstrates compliance with ACPE Standards.
In Case You Missed It
On Wednesday, September 28, and Thursday, September 29th, a group of 10 ACPE Certified Educators and 2 ACPE Psychotherapists met at the Georgia Tech Hotel to move into our next phase in the strategic planning process. Read more
The 2022 ACPE Foundation Grants Cycle is now open! The ACPE Foundation is excited to announce our expanded grants program to support initiatives that advance justice, diversity, equity and inclusion within ACPE.  Read more
As we all know, the rapidly changing conditions created by COVID-19 and its variants, as well as the differences in infection rates and responses from state to state, necessitate that event sponsors like ACPE constantly evaluate and update health and safety protocols for upcoming in-person events. Read more
We invite all ACPE Certified Educators who are working with Certified Educator Candidates to join us for informal consultations and conversations via Zoom. The drop-in meeting (no RSVP required) will take place on the first and third Mondays of the month, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET. Read more
Upcoming Community of Practice Events
The following is a central list of the upcoming community of practice events! Click the links below to learn more about each event.
Weekly Highlights
This Week's Reflection
What are you carrying? How does your body hold it? How precious is this thing you carry? Naomi Shihab Nye offers this beautiful image of a father and child, reminding us that what we carry is not only ours but the larger world’s as well. We cannot endure if we do not carry one another when it is most needed:
 
Shoulders
by Naomi Shihab Nye
 
A man crosses the street in rain,
stepping gently, looking two times north and south,
because his son is asleep on his shoulder.

No car must splash him.
No car drive too near to his shadow.

This man carries the world's most sensitive cargo
but he's not marked.
Nowhere does his jacket say FRAGILE,
HANDLE WITH CARE.

His ear fills up with breathing.
He hears the hum of a boy's dream
deep inside him.

We're not going to be able
to live in this world
if we're not willing to do what he's doing
with one another.

The road will only be wide.
The rain will never stop falling.

From Red Suitcase. Copyright © 1994 by Naomi Shihab Nye. Accessed at https://poets.org/poem/shoulders.
Many of us gasped when we learned of the death of Hilary Mantel, the author of the incredible historical fiction account of the life of Thomas Cromwell. Now a BBC series as well, this trilogy is simply breathtaking. Here’s a lovely interview with the ever-trenchant Eleanor Wachtel of the BBC:
Memorials and Milestones
  • No news to report this week.
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CAREER & RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITIES
The Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education is an ACPE Educator duly qualified and fully authorized by ACPE, Inc. View more
We have chaplain residency opportunities at Moses Cone Hospital and Alamance Regional Medical Center starting January 2023 View more
Other Educational Opportunities
ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education
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.