With the virtual Annual Conference approaching, summer groups being planned, and fall programs on the docket, I imagine we are all busy. Sometimes I recognize that I’ve not come up for air to observe all that others are doing around me or taken a moment to absorb all that is steadily accomplished. This week, I received information from our commissions on their good work.
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The Accreditation Commission continued their work in 2020 utilizing virtual visits and conferencing in lieu of in-person visits. With 303 Accredited Centers and 450 total training sites, twelve Ten-Year Reviews were completed for Continued Accredited Membership with an additional eighteen Six-Year Reviews for Continued Accredited Membership completed. |
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ACPE rolled out a new Salesforce database, website, and SharePoint sites in 2020.
Join John Roch, Director of Communications & Technology, and Carl Jones-Reid, Technology Specialist for a Tech Talk ACPE.
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Informal Consultation for Certified Educators will resume June 7
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Informal Consultation will not take place during the month of May. We invite all ACPE Certified Educators who are working with Educator Candidates to join us for informal consultations and conversations via Zoom starting June 7, 2021. |
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In March, the Boards of Directors of ACPE and APC met concurrently and approved a proposal to merge. Each association’s membership will now vote on the proposed merger in July. To help ACPE members make an informed decision, ACPE is hosting town halls, Q&A sessions, interviews, and SharePoint conversations.
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In The Applied Power of Positive Thinking, author Dr. Curtis E. Smith presents a how-to formula to help those without hope to transform obstacles into opportunities. Using a variety of real-life scenarios and vignettes, he shows how to achieve successful living through positive thinking by combining three dynamics: positive mental attitude, the power of positive thinking, and possibility thought. The Applied Power of Positive Thinking focuses on both the individual and the family and addresses an array of topics, including stress, goal setting, communication, anger management and resolution, respect, parenting, tough love and marriage.
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What an exciting time to witness such historic transitions in our organization.
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Jennifer Macchia, of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Caleb Pusey, of Asheville, North Carolina, are the first persons to complete the process for ACPE’s new Certification in Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy.
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ACPE Spiritual Care Professional and Editor of the ACPE Research articles John Ehman reports data from an international survey about how chaplains were affected in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Accreditation and Certification Commissions are excited to share two innovative opportunities for the continued development of CEC programs in our centers!
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The ACPE SIP Program offers trainings to help mental health practitioners work more competently with spirituality in the context of psychotherapy. The 30-hour NBCC-approved continuing education curriculum is a specialty training for persons who have previous training in psychotherapy.
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Have you discovered the poetry collection called How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope, James Crews, Ed.? Many of these are familiar (and have run in this space previously). Here’s a good example: |
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How It Might Continue
by Rosemary Wahtola Trommer
Wherever we go, the chance for joy,
whole orchards of amazement—
one more reason to always travel
with our pockets full of exclamation marks,
so we might scatter them for others
like apple seeds.
Some will dry out, some will blow away,
but some will take root
and grow exuberant groves
filled with long thin fruits
that resemble one hand clapping—
so much enthusiasm as they flutter back and forth
that although nothing’s heard
and though nothing’s really changed,
people everywhere for years to come
will swear that the world
is ripe with applause, will fill
their own pockets with new seeds to scatter.
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How is your community remembering those whose lives were lost to COVID-19? If you’re looking for ideas, this wall in London offers a lovely example:
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This Week on the Calendar |
May 8
Lailatul-Qadr: Night of Power begins at sundown (Islam)
Commemorates the night when the Qur’an was first revealed to the prophet Muhammad. It is known as the “Night of Power.” Often set on the 27th day of Ramadan, Sunnis may observe it on the 21st, 23rd, 25th or 29th and Shīʿite (Shiite) observe it on the 19th, 21st or 23rd day of Ramadan.
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This Week in our Thoughts
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ACPE Retired Educator David F. Carlson died in Minnesota on February 3, 2021, at the age of 82. He served as a Lutheran pastor, chaplain, ACPE educator, and then as creator of the Minister of Health program at Iowa Lutheran Hospital (Des Moines, Iowa) in the 1980’s.
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After a nine-year battle with dementia, ACPE Retired Educator Dr. Roland Jack Follis passed away April 23, 2021, in Rush Foundation Hospital with family by his side.
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IU Health seeks ACPE Certified Educator to serve as Director of Chaplaincy for IU Health West Hospital
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Join our dynamic CPE program nestled in the majestic bluffs along the Mississippi River.
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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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