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Chaplains, pastoral counselors, pastoral psychotherapists, and other pastoral care providers from across the South will gather in Little Rock for the Mid-South Regional Fall Pastoral Care Institute. This educational event, begins at Noon Thursday, October 30, with workshops followed by a dinner and speaker that evening. The Institute continues with a day of educational seminars on Friday, October 31.
The Little Rock Chapter of CPSP (the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy), the Deep South Chapter of CPSP, the Arkansas Association of Chaplains and Pastoral Counselors, the Mississippi Chaplains Association and several hospitals are sponsoring the event.
“Those of us in CPSP are committed to affordable, high quality educational events that are open to everyone regardless or organizational affiliation or certification,” said Al Henager, director of the conference and convener of the Little Rock CPSP Chapter. “We trust that if we do a first class job here, it will catch fire as a model for others to follow.”
Dr. James D. Hester, a world renown scholar in New Testament Rhetorical Criticism, will deliver the first plenary address on Thursday evening. He will be presenting Jesus the Healer: The Peasant from Nazareth as Model for Chaplaincy.
Friday morning, Dr. Micah Hester’s will present Can't We All Just Get Along? – Considering the Ethics of Goods, Duties, and Virtues. Dr. Micah Hester is a clinical ethicist for Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Medical Humanities and Pediatrics for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He is also Dr. James Hester’s son.
In addition to the plenary speakers, four 90 minute workshops will be offered. The titles of the workshops are Compassionate Communication, Spirituality Issues: Veterans at the End of Life, Spirituality and Body Image Following a Medical Crisis, and Elder Abuse and Prevention.
To keep everyone updated, Al Henager, convener of the Little Rock Chapter of CPSP, will be “Blogging from the Spot” for Pastoral Report. There is some possibility that he might also have the time to communicate on the spot using Twitter. All of the sessions will be video recorded and posted on the CPSP Pastoral Report to share with those who cannot attend so they, too, may benefit from the quality presentations.
Conference participants will earn 9 contact hours of continuing education credits.
Posted by Perry Miller, Editor at October 28, 2008 8:19 PM
