The College of Pastoral Supervision & Psychotherapy is a theologically based covenant community, dedicated to "recovery of the soul" and promoting competency in the clinical pastoral field.
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Juliet K. Choi, JD, Senior Director,Partner Disaster Services of the American Red Cross, and Raymond J. Lawrence, General Secretary of CPSP, signed a Memorandum of Agreement on January 11, at Red Cross National Headquarters in Washington. The agreement formalizes the availability of various qualified CPSP certified persons for temporary volunteer placement in the context of disasters. Present at the signing and featured in the photo above were Earl E. Johnson, Red Cross's Senior Associate for Spiritual Care Partner Services, and CPSP-Red Cross liaison Linda Walsh-Garrison. Also present were CPSP Registrar Barbara McGuire, and Diplomates David Plummer and Kay Myers.
CPSP is privileged to have this formal relationship with the American Red Cross, and to provide personnel assistance in its humanitarian support to victims of disasters.
We also commend Earl Johnson for his many years of service to the Red Cross in the arena of disaster relief. Earl may be contacting CPSP personnel for possible disaster work in Haiti. We encourage all in the CPSP community to support the work of the Red Cross as well as other agencies in disaster relief.
Haiti is the poorest economic area in the Western hemisphere. Our common humanity requires that we do what we can to offer the people of Haiti moral and material support as far as we are able.
-Raymond J. Lawrence, CPSP General Secretary
Posted by Perry Miller, Editor at January 14, 2010 8:31 PM
