The Leadership Development Committee (LDC) invites you to consider serving in one of the open leadership positions in 2023. Nominations are open now for ACPE’s fall election. The deadline to submit a nomination is August 1, 2022.
The following positions are elected by the membership:
Board of Directors:
Accreditation:
- Chair-elect (1 position)
- Commissioner (3 positions)
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It has recently come to the attention of the Accreditation and Certification Commissions that due to a variety of factors outside of anyone’s control, there are programs that are facing challenges in meeting the minimum of 3 students for a unit of CPE. Additionally, some of these programs have Associate Certified Educators and CECs and are seeking guidance to ensure that their certification processes not be negatively impacted by this hopefully temporary problem. |
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We are a special subgroup formed to take a special look at where bias around gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity impact our ACPE Community. We are looking at how our language, experiences, and learned stories impact the ethics, certification, and accreditation processes. Over the next several months we will continue to listen to your stories and comply data to get a clearer picture of how gender and sexuality biases affect our community members. We have our own stories of course and they provide us with the motivation to take on this work to better our process for the next generations of educators and counselors. We welcome new members and stories from others who represent the gender spectrum. Please contact malu@allianceofbaptists.org for inquiries. |
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Join others for this important webinar on June 15!
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The Editorial Board is pleased to announce our new ACPE Co-Editor, Rev. Dr. Danielle J. Buhuro, working alongside the Rev. Dr. Matthew Floding, ATFE Co-Editor. Rev. Dr. Buhuro and the Rev. Dr. Floding bring years of supervisory training as well as connections to a wide variety of practitioners in the field of supervised spiritual care. Each is excited to join the process of producing high-quality writing and reflecting on this work. They look forward to working together as a team to continue the creative and visionary work that the Reflective Practice Journal has offered throughout the years. We thank the Rev. Nancy Wood, who has served for the past two+ years in this role. The Board extends our gratitude for Nancy’s splendid work and dedication |
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We are seeking an enthusiastic, well-organized individual with strong English language skills, excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and a good eye for detail to join JPCP Inc. as Editor of “The Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling”.
The Journal of Pastoral Care Publications Inc. is a not-for-profit agency founded in 1946 by several of the professional associations in the fields of pastoral care, counseling, and education. The Member Associations continue to support JPCP by appointing JPCP’s members to the Board of Managers and providing financial funding.
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As we wake up to the news of more deaths and violence during these challenging and painful days, I think about you and what you hold. The listening and presence you provide are the sources of healing. Holding tension and mystery is challenging when we carry our own grief. Read more
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In March 2021, six Asian women were killed in Atlantations. They exhibit rates of psychological distress at the same frequency as the general population but are more likely to exhibit severe symptoms and less likely to receive any mental health treatment. Read more
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In the United States, Latinx individuals and especially Latinx immigrants are vulnerable and at-risk populations. They exhibit rates of psychological distress at the same frequency as the general population but are more likely to exhibit severe symptoms and less likely to receive any mental health treatment. Read more
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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*.
For June, Julie Hanada, ACPE Certified Educator, Seattle, WA, shares the resources listed from the Certification Phase II Core Curriculum. Read more
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You can share folders or files in your portfolio with other ACPE members with an ‘acpe.edu’ email address and non-members (admins in your center, PAG members, etc.). Due to online security, sharing permissions expire automatically after 90 days. If you want to continue sharing your portfolio with someone, you must repeat this process every 90 days. Read more
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ACPE members are invited to participate in the Standard 6 educational sessions starting May 2. Please review the available slots and sign up. Thank you! Sign up
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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
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One of the key professional development insights for many pursuing certifications, licensing or advanced degrees in spiritual care is the recognition that as much as we want to help others, change begins within. We cannot change others; but we can change how we act, what we believe, and the stories we tell ourselves about life and the way we live it. This poem from David Whyte captures this and so much more. |
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THE GLEAM
Sometimes,
in the midst
of every difficult
and everyday
awkward
way, you try to
make your
onward way,
sometimes
sitting down
at the edge
of everything
that has made you
too tired
to take
another step,
there’s that
caught sight,
now here,
now gone
of a half imagined
wavering light
just among
the trees
just a gleam
or a wisp
of white gold
in the dying sun
a strange kind
of beckoning,
an ache
outlined
so intimately
as it is,
against
all of the doings
you have
labeled
so lovingly
as sins,
the place you
should have gone
all those years ago
still, it seems,
willing
to invite you again,
simpler this time,
not too far away
touchable now,
and within reach
just a single step
on the other side
of what you always
come to call
in the end,
forgiveness.
THE GLEAM
in ‘Still Possible’
Many Rivers Press January 2022
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From the desk of the highly subjective travel experts in honor of the reopening of travel for many and the relaunch of many long-delayed adventures, here is Travel+Leisure’s top 50 most beautiful places to visit in the US. If you go, please post your picture to Yammer (or Facebook) so we can share in the beauty!
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Heather Paul, an online CPE Student at UC San Diego Health, wrote a fictional verbatim about biblical matriarchs in an infertility support group facilitated by a chaplain. Thank you to Allison Kestenbaum, Heather's CPE Educator, for sharing this with us!
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Almost Mid-Year (Almost)
by Jonathan Paul Leonard Sr. M.Div, M.A
Lets take this moment to reflect
A moment of light introspect
Here we are, nearing the middle of this year
Not calendar year, but an academic year
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This Week on the Calendar |
June 12-13
Pentecost begins at sundown (Orthodox Christianity)
Celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles following the Ascension of Jesus. On Pentecost, Christians celebrate the day the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles of Jesus. The word itself comes from the Greek word for "fiftieth," since the feast day takes place the 50th day after Easter. In Italy, it has been customary to drop rose leaves from the ceilings of churches, to signify the descent of the spirit. The French tended to sound trumpets, signifying the sound of the “mighty wind” that is said to have accompanied the Holy Spirit’s descent upon the apostles. Pentecost is usually celebrated with a special church service and or special prayers.
June 16
Corpus Christi (Catholic Christianity)
Corpus Christi, or the Feast of the Most Holy Body of Christ, is a day to honor the Holy Eucharist, and to commemorate the Last Supper. Catholics receive Communion on this day, accepting wine and bread in memory of the blood and body of Christ.
June 19
New Church Day (Swedenborgian Christianity)
The 18th century theologian and scientist Emanuel Swedenborg founded the New Church after a course of divinely inspired revelations. He wrote 35 volumes, which he called The True Christian Religion, to reveal hidden meaning in the Bible and address the mysteries of human life. This day celebrates the book's publication in 1770.
Enlightenment of Kwan Yin Bodhisattva (Buddhism)
The enlightenment of Kwan Yin, who consequently became a Bodhisattva—one who has vowed to attain final, supreme enlightenment and save suffering beings.
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- No news to report this week.
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Erlanger Health System is a nationally-acclaimed, multi-hospital health system situated in beautiful, Chattanooga, Tennessee (also known as the Scenic City). View more
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2022-2023 CPE Residency5 Positions - Pediatrics, Women's & Adult Oncology10 Positions - Adult Acute, Intensive, and Psychiatric Care August 29, 2022 – September 8, 2023 View more
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Other Educational Opportunities |
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July 7-8, 2022
Registration Deadline: June 15, 2022
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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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