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September 11, 2023

Want to get more involved in ACPE? Looking for Leadership Development Opportunities? Submit a Nomination TODAY!

The Leadership Development Committee (LDC) invites you to consider serving in one of the open leadership positions in 2024. Nominations are open now for ACPE’s fall election. The deadline to submit a nomination is September 22, 2023.


Complete the Leadership Nomination Application


The following positions are elected by the membership:

 

Board of Directors:

Chair-elect (1 position)

Director (3 positions)


Accreditation:

Commissioner (3 positions)

Practitioner Member (1 position)

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From Our Members

Chaplain: A sailor in the Ocean

For me, CPE was one simple thing- a boat in a big ocean. This image was in my mind when I entered a room of an elderly woman who was immensely proud to be a sailor for the US Navy. She was struggling with loneliness at the hospital, and I had a beautiful conversation with her. I planned to chat for five minutes, and I ended up spending almost fifty minutes with her because she felt so lonely.


I learned from this conversation that I was a sailor, and she was the ocean. At that moment, I realized that every patient is an ocean because every word, every sentence, every tear of pain, or every smile of joy are different waves that touch and lead the boat of my spirituality.

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In Case You Missed It

Seasons and Becoming 

Dr. Gregory Ellison, a professor of pastoral care and counseling at Emory University (with the words of Luther Sim), penned a poem entitled Canyons in Me.  

 

why question who I become? 

a canyon of lives span in me. 

having their wisdom, 

having their diversity, 

having their years, 

is how my life is Grand. 

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Featuring Dr. Gregory Ellison


Topic: Working Your Working Paper: Care-Full Reflections on Vocation, Value, Voice, and Vision

In a handful of paragraphs and three unpublished sermons, Howard Thurman details the characteristics of the working... Read more

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ACPE Announces Address Change to New Office Location
ACPE will now be operating from the following address:

ACPE, Inc.
1 Concourse Pkwy, Suite 800
Atlanta, GA 30328

We request that members, vendors, and partners update their records by , with the new address to ensure seamless communication and deliveries.

We invite all ACPE Certified Educators 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

Weekly Highlights
Memorials and Milestones
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Visit the ACPE Memorials and Milestones page for more details. Please email webmaster@acpe.edu to add someone to our thoughts.

Bronson Methodist Hospital

Join Team Bronson! Southwest Michigan's Leading Healthcare System... View more

Gundersen Health System CPE Center - LaCrosse

Gundersen Health System, a top-rated healthcare organization based in scenic La Crosse, WI is currently... View More

Other Educational Opportunities

Academy for Clinical Pastoral Training

Depth Psychology Supervision Group

October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3, 2023


Research Study of Chaplains and Spiritual Care Providers

Whose Careers Have Spanned Two Generation-Defining

Pandemics: HIV/AIDS & COVID-19

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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.
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