In the process of becoming a Certified Educator, integration is valued above most else. Is there congruence between who you say you are and how others experience you? Between your theoretical foundations and your practice of spiritual care and education? Is your sense of self coherent enough and big enough to withstand ambiguity, and to make space for the unexpected that arises from within or without? Leaning on the integrity at its root, do we approach the world with both honesty and a sense of our wholeness? The process and principle of integration is so central to our work, it is difficult to imagine it might be otherwise. |
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The GWish 20th Anniversary Celebration will be virtual on
October 15, 2021 from 7:00-8:30pm EDT.
This year, GWish is celebrating 20 years of dedication to creating a standard of care that prioritizes spiritual health for all patients worldwide.
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The Leadership Development Committee (LDC) would like to share the open positions for ACPE’s annual elections.
Important Election Dates:
- Slate Published Date- October 15
- Polls Open Date- October 20
- Polls Close Date- November 3
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Trauma. It is a word we hear a lot. It captures the experience of racial injustice, a pandemic with no end in sight, childhood memories and sudden inexplicable suffering. Trauma is defined by the individual and how they name it.
This session will focus on trauma as a theory which can be taught as part of a CPE curriculum as well as a filter for understanding narrative and use of self in chaplaincy and education.
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The ACPE Central States CoP presents an education day focused on Ethics: “How much time do you spend on ethics?”
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 from 10:00am to 5:00pm (Central Standard Time). All are welcome.
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Register for the 2021 Gathering of Spiritually Integrated Practitioners (formerly known as Kanuga) which will be held virtually October 22-24, 2021. Rev. Jill L. Snodgrass, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Pastoral Counseling at Loyola University Maryland, will serve as the keynote speaker. Her presentation entitled “The Spiritual Struggle of the Living in the Liminal” will anchor a weekend filled with thoughtful workshop sessions and beloved community. 10.5 NBCC and GAMFT Hours Available
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ACPE’s Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP) Program has begun data collection in its first research project. This research is an important part of discerning the value of the ACPE SIP training and establishing its credibility in the world of psychotherapy. |
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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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Since 2001, The George Washington University Institute for Spirituality & Health (GWish) has been dedicated to creating a new model of global healthcare that recognizes spiritual health as an essential domain of patient-centered care.
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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 we come to the end of Latinx Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15), Ada Limon, a Latinx poet who calls Kentucky home, writes about her longing for a return to community, to connection and to presence. She writes, “Like many of us, I’ve missed a sense of abandon, of recklessness, of easy laughter that the world sometimes offered. During the last twenty months of the pandemic the joys have become quieter, smaller, sometimes nonexistent, a squirrel’s nest in a tree. But still, I have hope that the world will come back. Maybe a little differently, but maybe that tenuousness will make everything a bit shinier. That’s where this poem came from. That, and of course the word lover, which I adore.” Here’s her poem, “Lover.”
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Easy light storms in through the window, soft
edges of the world, smudged by mist, a squirrel’s
nest rigged high in the maple. I’ve got a bone
to pick with whomever is in charge. All year,
I’ve said, You know what’s funny? and then,
Nothing, nothing is funny. Which makes me laugh
in an oblivion-is-coming sort of way. A friend
writes the word lover in a note and I am strangely
excited for the word lover to come back. Come back
lover, come back to the five and dime. I could
squeal with the idea of blissful release, oh lover,
what a word, what a world, this gray waiting. In me,
a need to nestle deep into the safe-keeping of sky.
I am too used to nostalgia now, a sweet escape
of age. Centuries of pleasure before us and after
us, still right now, a softness like the worn fabric of a nightshirt
and what I do not say is, I trust the world to come back.
Return like a word, long forgotten and maligned
for all its gross tenderness, a joke told in a sun beam,
the world walking in, ready to be ravaged, open for business.
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Amidst so much pain, loss, division, anger and grief that seem so present in our world today, a mindful practice is to attend to the beauty around us. Of course, beauty can also depend entirely on perspective. Christian Spencer captures one such perspective in these photographs of a hummingbird’s wings and tail, images that reveal a spectrum of colors that are not necessarily present to the naked eye:
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This Week on the Calendar |
October 12-16
Ayathrem Gahambar (Zoroastrianism)
A Zoroastrian fall festival in honor of plant and vegetable kingdom
October 13
Navaratra (Hinduism)
Nine-day celebration devoted to Durga, the Divine Mother. During this period the Divine Mother is worshiped through gasting and prayer
October 15
Feast Day ‘Ilm (Baha’i)
The Baha’i calendar has nineteen months, all named after attributes of God. ‘Ilm is the Arabic word for knowledge. The word "feast" suggests that a large meal will be served, but that is not necessary for a Bahá'í Feast. The use of the term "feast," in this case, means that the community should enjoy a "spiritual feast" of worship, fellowship and unity –although refreshments are usually available.
Dashara or Vijaya Dashami (Hinduism)
Celebrates the triumph of the Divine Mother over evil. It also commemorates Rama’s victory over the demon Ravana.
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This Week in our Thoughts
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Longtime ACPE Educator Paul Steinke has been diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. Paul has been a legend of an Educator in New York and Connecticut. He worked many years at Health Care Chaplaincy, NYU, And Lutheran Alliance. He was also responsible for starting the CPE program at Bellevue. Even in retirement, Paul continued to do contract work and was dedicated to teaching students. At a meeting of the former Eastern Region, people who had been supervised by Paul were asked to stand and practically all stood. He is a beloved supervisor. In honor of Paul, the decision was made to receive donations in support of The San Francisco Night Ministry CPE Program which supports the values and teachings that Paul represented for nearly 50 years. The San Francisco program is unique as it does outreach at night to the poor, the homeless, those disenfranchised, and those who are lonely and afraid. If you are someone who was impacted by Paul, either as a student or from his time of service on the Certification Commission, we would so appreciate your donation of any amount. If you wish to donate please visit: Donate Now | San Francisco Night Ministry (givelively.org)
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St. Luke’s Health System in Boise, ID is seeking a Supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education to join our team.
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Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, Grand Rapids, MI, is a faith-based psychiatric hospital.
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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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