Thank You Everyone! - Pacific Region ACPE

Newsletter
2011
Pacific Region
Regional Newsletter
CONGRATULATIONS
Inside this issue:
Chair‟s Chat 2
New Emeritus Supervisors 3
Regional Council 3
Moody‟s Musings 4
Utah Conference Committee
Thank You
Foundation Event @ SLC 6
Harlan Ratmeyer Distinguished
Service Award
Elections 7
Certification 8
Learning Project 9
Methodist / Fuller CPE 10-11
Dagmar Grefe Published 11
45 Day Rules -- BOTH 11
Accreditation & Satellites 12
Teresa Snorton Retires 12
ACPE Board
Representatives Report
Calendar 15
5
7
13-14
Kelli Shepard acknowledged as an
Emerging Leader in ACPE.
Regional Office:
Pacific Region ACPE
1245 Young St., Suite 204
Honolulu, HI 96814
Ph: 808-591-1388 / Fax: 808-593-9602
Web: www.pacificregionacpe.org
Email: pacrgionacpe@pacifichealthministry.org
Regional Chairperson Kelli
Shepard was recognized at
the Salt Lake City ACPE Conference
as one of the Emerging
Leaders for our Association.
She was among eight
other recipients from across
the nation. Kelli was nominated
by the Regional Council
at our fall meeting. She
was then selected by the AC-
PE Board to receive the
Award.
This award is given annually.
Please consider others
young (or younger) leaders
who should be recognized for
their exceptional service and
potential to build a strong,
visionary CPE Association.
Suggested names may be
given to any Member of the
John H. Moody, Regional Director / Janet Matsuzaki, Administrative Assistant

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what we all sometimes struggle to figure out on our own.
Chit Chat from the Chair
Well, I have to admit that it‟s hard for me to believe
that three years have almost gone by and when I see you in
person again it will be my last Regional meeting as Chair.
When I reflect on the last three years, this Region has accomplished
A LOT! We started out responding to the 2008 economic
downturn and threats to CPE centers/satellites with
the Phoenix Project researching who/what/where/how we
could be respond and be indispensable rather than discretionary
to our institutions. Three years later and LOTS of involvement
from members of our Region, this has developed
into a full-blown Learning Project to bring us into the 21 st
century and better utilize the amazing gifts/skills of our Regional
Membership. Together we can do so much more than
In the midst of all of this innovation, we were also able to brilliantly plan and execute two “firsts” in terms of
conferences. Initially, many were able to gather in a part of our Region we had never been to before ~ beautiful Girdwood,
Alaska (outside of Anchorage). There we were able to learn about ministry to those who are dispersed and at
times disenfranchised. Many of us encountered a wholly different environment for CPE than most of us are accustomed
and we were reminded of the wonderful diversity in our Region. Exceptional kudos goes to Frank Macht for
coordinating and doing much of the planning for this conference.
And then there was the national conference in Utah where we truly discussed „Creating our Future‟ as a national
association. The hard work of this conference planning committee (led by Linc Ure) was phenomenal in what they
were able to so carefully craft and integrate together on such a short timeline. I truly heard many comments from members
across the nation about how this was one of the „most relevant and informative‟ national conference they had ever
attended. Kudos to all of those involved in putting together such a relevant conference with great speakers and expeditions!
Oh, you may think that I‟m bragging on the Pacific Region…and I AM!! Being Chair of such a phenomenal
Region is a privilege and honor…but it‟s ALL of you who truly make it happen. There are many leaders in our Region
who give of your time and talents in a moments notice to centers around you in big and little ways. It‟s remarkable
what you all do for each other and this Region. Thank you so much for putting your confidence in my leadership (or
not but you can keep that to yourself J) but leading this Region is a delight. So thanks for all of YOUR hard work. I
know that we will continue to be leaders in our centers, in our own Region and in the nation. Please accept my sincere
gratitude for all that you do, everyday!
Kelli
Our Regional Leadership
REGIONAL OFFICERS
Regional Chair - Kelli Shepard
Chair Elect - Kent Schaufelberger
Secretary - Mica Togami
Treasurer - Carrie Buckner
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS
Accreditation -- Earl Cooper
(ACPE Commission)
Certification -- Rod Seeger
(ACPE Commission)
Development -- Susan Freeman
Education -- Kent Schaufelberger
Finance -- Carrie Buckner
Peer Review -- Dave Wendleton
Representation & Nominations -
Yuko Uesugi
(ACPE RANC)
Officers: Carrie, Kent, Kelli, Mica

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Congrats Emeritus Supervisors
Vern Flesner, John Moody, Sandee Yarlott,
Bill Scott, Art Schmidt, Earl Cooper.
These people were granted Emeritus status at the
Salt Lake City meeting. They don’t seem to know
much about retirement. All most all of them have
continued doing ministry and supervising in some
capacity. Congratulations to the group for a collective
over 200 years of service to CPE students.
OFFICERS
“You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.”
Oliver Goldsmith, writer and physician (1730-1774)
Regional Council
Chairperson -- Kelli Shepard
Schau-
Chairperson Elect -- Kent
felberger
Secretary -- Mica Togami
Treasurer -- Carrie Buckner
MEMBERS
Gwen Ingram --
Seminary Representative
(Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, CA)
Tom Harshman -- Supervisor
Susan C.M. Scott -- Clinical Member
(Chaplain, San Diego)
George Fitzgerald -- Supervisor
Blake Arnall -- Supervisory Candidate
Michelle Kirby Randall -- Supervisor
Karen Schnell -- Supervisor
Charles Scalise --
Seminary Representative
(Fuller Seminary, Seattle, WA)
Peter Y. Clark -- ACPE Board
Michele Shields -- ACPE Board
Thanks for Your Leadership
The Regional Council sets the directions for the Region and coordinates the
work between the Committees. At every Council meeting there is a time for
all Committee Chairs to share their work, hear about other Committee activity,
and assist in building a integrated program of services for the Region.

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Moody’s Musings
We’ve had a busy spring in the Pacific Region.
The Leadership Meeting was held in San Diego in February. Chairperson Rod
Seeger and the Certification Committee reported a 100% granting of people’s requests
for a third consecutive meeting. I do not know for sure, but I suspect that is some kind
of a record. The other committees and the Council continued their efforts to grow the Region and build new
educational programs to support Centers and Supervisors.
The “Learning Project” is the outgrowth of the Phoenix Project research we did a couple of years
ago. An expanded Education Committee of 12 people was appointed by the three people who represented
the Region at an international education symposium last summer -
- Birte Beuck, Earl Cooper and Dagmar Grefe. With the assistance
of an educational specialist, Dr. Kathy Busick, that committee
met in both February and May to begin building an integrated
educational program to serve the whole Region. This is the project
approved by the Region at our Alaska meeting last fall. They
are preparing a major report and constructing a program for our 2011 Annual Meeting.
And then in the middle of all this, Linc Ure and the Utah AC-
PE Conference Committee put on a terrific experience in April.
There were three unique speakers all of whom practice within our
Region. There were seven immersion experiences that captured the
uniqueness of Utah and ministry education there. And there were a
dozen workshops on a wide variety of topics. Most all the presenters
were from the Pacific Region. I only listened in on 3 of them, but
the quality and importance of the topics was tremendous.
Well done to everyone who made this a terrific spring in our Region. Blessings, John.
Calendar —
Please use the calendar on the webpage to find AND post information. We hope to have all relevant
information for your planning there. If you are Committee Chairs, please send us your meeting dates
and deadlines. If you coordinate a sub-regional event or peer group, we can post the dates and any
information you may want listed.

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2011 ACPE CONFERENCE
Salt Lake City, Utah
Congratulations
Chairperson Lincoln Ure, St. Mark’s CPE
Center, Regional Conference Planning
Committee, the Volunteers from St.
Mark’s, Episcopal Diocese of Utah and All
Who Planned & Coordinated the Meeting.
IT WAS GREAT!!
THANK YOU FROM ALL WHO ATTENDED.

PACIFIC REGION HOSTS FOUNDATION EVENT
ACPE though its Foundation has launched a $15,000,000 Campaign to create a new Education Center
and fund the endowment. Each Region is asked to help locate donors and provide people power to
solicit gifts. The event at the SLC Annual Meeting was to recognize Generation Circle Donors who have
given a significant gift to the Foundation over the last three years. It was also to announce the Campaign
and acknowledge volunteers.
The Pacific Region provided the food that welcomed the guests and friends. Foundation President
Greg Stoddard thanked the Region for its support. Past President Art Schmidt was among the guests.
Consider working on the regional committee and supporting the Foundation as you are able.
FCPE President Greg Stoddard, Vice President Stu
Plummer & Annual Giving Chair Janet Lutz

UTAH ACPE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
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Utah Chairperson Lincoln Ure
Exhibits -- Lisa Nordlander
Finance -- John Moody
Fund Development -- Duane Parker
Local Arrangements -- Steve Hutchinson
Program -- Rod Seeger
Program -- Gerald Jones -- Program
Publicity -- Garrett Starmer
Worship -- Sandy Walker
Volunteer -- Linda Brewer & Claudia Giacoma
Administrative Assistance -- Terri Fitzsimmons
ACPE Staff Representative -- Terry Izaguirre
ACPE Annual Conference Chair -- George Grant
Dozens of others volunteered, donated, offered
hospitality, gave massages, coordinated
activities, presented workshops and generally
gave of themselves to make it a special event.
Thank You Everyone!
More SLC Pictures
Eastern Region ACPE Distinguished Service Award Recipient
Harlan Ratmeyer formerly from the Pacific Region.
Elections at Annual Meeting
This year we elect a new Regional Chairperson Elect. The person will serve as Chair-Elect for three
years and Regional Chairperson for three years. Kelli Shepard is ending her term and Kent Schaufelberger
will assume the Regional Chair position on January 1. In the summer there will be a
email Nomination Form sent to you. If you nominate someone, that person should be
asked if they want the post, and are able and willing to serve both terms. The Nominations
Committee (RANC) will be contacting you requesting nominees.
There will also be positions on the Council & Committees that will be available. It is
helpful if you are interested to make your interests to serve known to Committee Chair
Yuko Uesugi or any Member of the RANC Committee.
Chair Yuko Uesugi

The following Pacific Region people have been granted a level of certification in 2011.
New Associate Supervisors
Congratulations to all of you!!
Wik Dippenaar, John Harrison, Kevin Park, Teleso Satele
New Supervisory Candidates
Sylvia Tiznado Patrice Mbo, JP Sabbithi, Kido Ahn, Bill Greaver
Extension Candidacy
Certification Update
Va’Nechia Rayford, Philip Chiu, Bryan Ferry, Samuel Bryan, Robin Brinkman, Linda Bos
WELL DONE
Vaughn, John, Teleso, Susan, Kevin
Twila & John.
Blessing as you
Continue in CPE
Supervision!!
Pictures were taken at the AC-
PE Meeting in SLC. Sorry we
don’t have pictures of everyone
above
Delmas & Kevin
Aloysius
Brenda & Teleso
Congratulations to our Newest Associate CPE Supervisors
The people pictured above were recognized at the most recent ACPE Conference. Among the photos are some Not-so-new, but
very proud Training Supervisors. And there is one extremely proud Spouse we captured on film.
Unfortunately not everyone recognized was able to stay for the Salt Lake Conference Banquet so we do not have pictures of everyone.
However, when you see our newly certified people in your sub-regional gatherings or at the Annual Meeting, take a moment to
share your congratulations and appreciation for all their hard work.
Chairperson Rod Seeger Announces Dates
Letter of Intent & Fee Deadline -----------> August 14, 2011
Materials to Send Postmark Deadline ----> September 14, 2011
Certification Committee Meeting ----------> October 15-18, 2011
For complete Certification Information, check that section on the Webpage.

Learning Project at Work
The initiative approved by the
Region in Anchorage
John Kent Susan
The Learning Project is the name of the new initiative approved by
the Region at the Annual Meeting in Anchorage. It is an outgrowth of
the Phoenix Project Study that highlighted areas needing attention for
our Region to prosper and grow. Chief among the concerns discovered
were an inconsistency in the training of chaplains and an inordinately
long time for people to become CPE Supervisors.
John Kathy Adriana
In the summer of 2010, three Regional representatives were appointed
by their respective committees to attend an international Symposium
on Assessment for Learning. It addressed curriculum development,
evidence based assessment and experience based, student directed
education. ACPE people call such learning action/reflection education.
Other educators call it “Assessment for Learning”. Those educators
research confirms what we know intuitively about leaning.
The three representatives were appointed by three of our major committees
- Dagmar Grefe (Education/Council), Earl Cooper
(Accreditation) and Birte Beuck (Certification).
Birte, Earl & Dagmar made a major presentation at the
fall 2010 Annual Meeting. Their recommendations were to
approve this major initiative and form three Work Groups
to begin addressing the issues raised in the Phoenix Project
Report. The group of three reps was expanded to twelve.
Susan, Dagmar, Wes,
Lisa, Stina, Earl, Birte
Kent Earl Lisa
The Work Groups (Curriculum, Shared Faculty Services,
Regional Resource Center) met at the Leadership Meeting
in February and again in May. They outlined a great deal of
work and an ambitious schedule. They planned the fall
educational program and will make a major report with recommendations
for building an integrated region-wide CPE
resource and education system. They are helping us create
a more comprehensive program to assist us with the
work we all do. It will be an exciting and challenging experience
to see the program emerge. It will change how we
educationally relate and support each other in the Region.
Dr. Kathleen (Kathy) Busick.
Joining us as presenters at our Annual
Meeting & SOS in October will be Dr. Kathy
Busick from the Symposium faculty. Kathy
worked with Learning Project in February
and May. Joining her is Dr. Anne Davies,
an international consultant in curriculum
development and assessment. Both Anne
and Kathy are terrific and will challenge us
all to think more broadly and in a more integrative
fashion about our work.
Dr. Anne Davies

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Methodist Hospital and Fuller Seminary CPE Program -- A Development Committee Project
This is a unique program that was developed
by Supervisor Brenda Simonds and
Gwen Ingram of Fuller Seminary. Gwen is a
member of the Regional Council. This is
Brenda’s report to the Development Com-
I would like to give you a follow up on the
grant you gave to Methodist Hospital and
Fuller Theological Seminary to pilot a CPE
program for students in the Recovery Ministry
emphasis at Fuller.
We started in the fall 2010 and will finish
on March 29, 2011. Five students (4 men
and 1 woman) are in the CPE unit. Each is
either in the Recovery Ministry M.Div. program
or has taken Recovery Ministry classes
as part of their M.Div. program. Two
students are placed in the Loma Linda
Behavioral Medicine Center, two are in
Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles, and one
is in Hollywood Park/Santa Anita Race
Tracks.
All of the placement sites deal with ministry
to patients, inmates, and workers who
struggle with one or more addictions. Getting
the individual sites recruited and the
contracts and requirements met for the
students to be placed has been a challenge
and time consuming but eventually
successful.
Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center
(BMC)
The BMC deals with in patients and out
patients with alcohol, narcotics and prescription
medicine addictions. The also
have a unit for eating disorders, geriatric
psych and adolescent psych. They focus
strongly on the 12 Step Program so are
open to spirituality in the broad sense of
the word. The students participate with
therapists in coed therapy groups, men and
women groups, and family groups. They
design and facilitate spirituality groups and
they meet with patients individually. The
site coordinator there is Rev. Art Earll who
years ago was a CPE Supervisor in Supervisory
Education before being hired as the
Director of the BMC.
Men’s Central Jail, Los Angeles
This is the largest jail in the world with
over 5,000 inmates. Inmates are waiting
trail and sentencing and can be in the jail
for weeks to years during this process.
Addictions of every type abound but drug
addiction, possession, dealing and violence
are very common offenses. It is a very
intimating environment and from my point
of view only suitable for male students.
The students lead Bible Studies, meet individually
with inmates in the chaplain’s office
and “walk the rows.” Walking the rows
is when the chaplain walks down the rows
of cells talking to the high security inmates
through the bars in their cells. The two
students placed in this site have been
mentored by Ed Walsh, the Director of the
jail’s Chaplaincy program. This is a volunteer
position as are all of the many chaplains
that visit in the jail. Ed is an exprisoner
himself and is very savvy regarding
the jail setting although he has no formal
theological education and his ministry
style, as with all of the jail chaplains, is very
evangelical and evangelistic.
Hollywood Park and Santa Anita Race
Track
Each horse racing track houses about
1,500 employees when the races are on.
Even when the races have moved between
the tracks there are always at least 500
employees living in the stables and caring
for the horses. Many of the workers are from
Guatemala and most of the workers speak
primarily Spanish. Fortunately the student
placed at the track is bilingual even though he
is not Latino. Workers at the track struggle
with gambling and alcohol addictions. They
are very poor and have little access to resources
in the community. Much of the chaplain’s
work is social-work type ministry, counseling
and worship leadership. The site coordinator
is Eddie Meza who is the one and only
chaplain employed by the track through Race
Track Chaplain’s of America. He provides the
ministry for Santa Anita, Hollywood Park, Del
Mar, and the track at the LA County Fairgrounds.
Eddie is a former jockey and knows
the Track environment and needs of the people.
However, Eddie has no formal graduate
education and certainly no Theological education.
While many of the workers are Catholic,
Eddie is a fundamental evangelical but crosses
theological differences through his practical
social ministry.
Challenges of CPE
Orientation in this type of a CPE unit was
quite different and had some unique challenges.
Because the three sites are so radically
different it took a while for the students and
supervisor to begin to understand the type of
environment each was trying to offer ministry.
It took a couple of verbatims, reflections and
discussions to begin to understand ministry
site dynamics. Visiting each other’s sites was
not feasible because of the high level of security
in each site and the time of day the group
met. It was a positive to have two students
placed at each site except the Race Tracks.
This gave at least one other person besides
the supervisor who knew their site. I have
been at each of their sites at least twice so far
and am in contact with their site coordinator
through phone and e-mail.
Having two students at each site could have
the potential to group students and divide the
peer group. Our group was very aware from
the beginning of this danger and was intentional
to name these dynamics when they surfaced
in the group.
Ministry approaches are also very unique in
each setting. From the BMC where God is a
higher power to the jail where Jesus is the only
answer to the track where the Virgin Mary and
Jesus work in conservative Social Gospel ways
to set the rules of behavior and action. The
theological approaches of the site coordinators
in the jail and at the track are very directive
and concrete. This is a style of ministry that I
have never seen in CPE and certainly not in the
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Initially one of the students in the jail found
that inmates were very frustrated with him
when he would reflect back what they said
trying to practice good active listening skills.
Raising controversial topics in a Bible study
and trying to facilitate healthy dialogue has
proven to be folly nearly inciting a riot
(literally). Issues of race and age play an
important role in the jail and my young white
male student was often poked fun at and
ridiculed by the inmates. He had to develop
thicker skin and his personal and pastoral
identity. It has been a difficult struggle and
not one every student could manage.
Needless to say this is just a sampling of
the unique challenges of CPE in these sites.
Where from Here
Each of the three sites has had a really
good experience with the CPE program and
their students. They welcome the help.
There is no doubt that each site has proven
to be a powerful learning site. I spoke to the
students last week about whether they
would recommend continuing CPE in these
sites. They all said yes and recognized the
unique experience each of them have been
a part of. They also valued the group experience
because without it they did not feel
they would have been able to overcome the
challenges of these difficult environments.
Methodist / Fuller Community CPE Program -- Continued
They used the group to process their feelings,
experiences and to strategize new ministry
approaches for their settings.
The funding for the program will continue to
be the greatest
challenge. It is very
unlikely that any of
these three sites
will be able to provide
funding. There
is a chance that in
time if students
continue to contribute
in meaningful
ways funding may
emerge. For example
at the jail all
chaplain funding is
done through donations.
At the race track funds are very limited
and I do not see them developing there. At the
BMC there is a possibility that CPE students
could be offered stipends as they have had in
the distant past. But I do think it would take
additional rounds of students for them to see
the on-going benefit. Fuller has valued the
program but is unlikely to provide funding unless
we can work out a tuition deal with the
CPE supervisor being an adjunct faculty member
and charging the students regular tuition
for this type of unit of CPE. Because Fuller
gives such a good deal to their students to
take CPE (they only pay CPE fees and get
up to 8 units of academic credit) I have
great hesitation to mess with that arrangement.
I think all of Southern California
benefits from the way Fuller makes CPE
Development Committee: Sue Turley, Chair
Susan Freeman, Susan Conrad, Cheri Coleman,
Landon Bogan, Oliver Le not pictured
such a benefit to students. However, I do
have a meeting planned to talk with Fuller
representatives to see if this program could
be viewed differently than their normal CPE
units. Bottom line continuing funding
would be a real benefit to allow this program
to continue and build steam.
Respectfully Submitted,
Brenda Simonds
Dagmar Grefe is Published
Dagmar Grefe, Supervisor at LA Children’s Hospital
was published this spring in the Journal of Pastoral
Psychology. She wrote the following in describing her
work..
“There will be an article of mine in the next Pastoral
Psychology. It’s a tribute to Bill Clements [retired
Professor of Pastoral Psychology]. In the article I am
referring to his membership on the regional council
and how his use of “spiritual autobiography” with
older adults has inspired many CPE Supervisors to
adopt the spiritual autobiography as part of the curriculum
of CPE units.”
Dagmar has two other writing projects. She prepares
articles for Hospital Chaplaincy of New York. She is
also completing a book that is currently at the publishers.
We will hear more in the fall.
Consider sharing your experience and wisdom for
publication. The Region helps sponsor the Journal of
Reflective Practice. Contact Managing Editor Rod Seeger
is you have some ideas that might be publishable.
45 Day Rules
Many of you are familiar with the 45 Day Standard regarding
the completion of Final Supervisor Evaluations.
It is important to know, the same 45 period of reporting
exists for Student Unit Reports.
Failure to give evaluations to students within the specified
period may lead to an ethics review. Failure to submit Student
Unit Reports is an automatic notation from the Accreditation
Commission. For notations, letters are sent directly to
the chief administrative officer (CEO) of the institution. The
letter of notation are not sent to the Supervisor.
To avoid notations & administrators getting upsetting letters,
please submit reports in 45 days. See ACPE webpage.

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Accreditation News -- Two Satellite Centers Moving Forward
The Accreditation Committee has several other responsibilities
beside Site Visits and Annual Reports. One of the areas of service is
assisting new Centers form. Part of that process usually is creating
Satellite Centers. Two of those Centers are pictured here.
Pacific Region
St. Camillus Center for Spiritual Care in Los Angeles has had a
long relationship with various CPE Centers as it has moved toward
accreditation. Recently Methodist Hospital of Southern California
agreed to act as the host Center. The group responsible for the planning
and development met at Methodist Hospital at Arcadia, CA in
May. A clear development plan was outlined and steps toward Accredited
Membership were set forward. Pictured are Fr. Chris Ponnet,
St. Camillus Administrator, Rambhoru Dasi (aka Robin
Brinkman), Earl Cooper, Brenda Simonds, Amy Furth, Esturado
Bazini-Barakat and Advisory Committee Chair Catherine Klose,
Hoag Hospital in Newport, California, has recently employed a
CPE Supervisor who is new to our Region -- Evans Mulima. He has
developed a satellite relationship with Oliver Lee at St. Joseph Hospital
as the first step toward Accredited Membership. Dr. Oliver,
Director of the Pastoral Care at Hoag, has been instrumental in
creating this new ACPE CPE Center .
Pictured are Don Oliver, John Moody, Oliver Lee, Earl Cooper
and Evans Mulima.
NATIONAL SITE VISITOR TRAVEL POLICY -- There is a revised policy
statement for people traveling from outside the Region. Copies
are sent to Site Visitors & Centers preparing for 10 Year Reviews.
Please check the webpage. It will help with planning your Center’s
Site Visit.
ACPE Executive Director Retires
The Rev. Dr. Teresa Snorton will retire at the end of the
summer as ACPE Executive Director. Teresa was Called to serve
as Bishop in her church. Originally she was serving with Africa.
With the death of her colleague, she will now serve in Alabama
and Florida.
Additionally Teresa will also assist with the continued
development of the ACPE Foundation. Teresa has guided
ACPE through many changes in the last decade. We wish
her blessings as she continues to serve her church as Bishop.
Please take a moment to acknowledge Teresa as she moves
ACPE Search Committee Appointed
A Search Committee has been appointed
by ACPE President Sally
Schwab. The members are:
Mid-Atlantic = Mark Jensen (Chair)
Pacific = Sandee Yarlott
Eastern = Nancy Anderson
East Central - Marla Coulter-McDonald
North Central = William DeLong
South Central = Sally Schwab
The Committee was charged with the
following. “The Search Committee is
charged with developing a profile and
process for identifying candidates
ready to help lead ACPE in the next
chapter of our life and mission. The
committee will begin organizing
themselves in dialogue with the
Board in early summer. Their work
will be complete when they have
recommended a candidate to the
ACPE Board for employment. When
a profile and process have been
established, they will notify the
membership about the way to
route applications and/or recommendations.”
If you have questions or suggestions,
please forward them to
our ACPE Board Representatives
-- Michele Shields or Peter Yuichi
Clark. Their contact information
is on the webpage.
Blessings &
God go with
you on your
new journey
in ministry &
service.

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Pacific Region
Report from the ACPE Board Representatives
ACPE Board of Directors Report to the Pacific Region
Spring 2011 in Salt Lake City
1. The ACPE Academy for Continuing Education - continued improvements to the website and seminars are being made.
Please note the following offerings for the summer:
June 16 - Pastoral Professionals as Leaders in the Institution and Community taught by Martin Montonye, Vice
President, Academic Affairs, Health Care Chaplaincy, New York, NY
July 21 - The Neuroscience of Leadership taught by Scott McRae, Director of Spiritual Care & CPE Supervisor,
Park Nicolette Methodist Hospital, St. Louis Park, MN
Please note the following offerings for the fall:
September 22 - CPE Curriculum Development taught by Greg Stoddard, Director of Chaplaincy Services and CPE,
Reading Hospital, Reading, PA
October 20 - Working with Group Process in CPE: Advances in Theory and Practice taught by Meigs Ross, Manager
of Pastoral Care and Education, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Michele Shields
November 17 - Working with Theological Reflection in CPE: Advances in Theory and Practice
taught by Teresa Snorton
2. Bill Scrivener, the ACPE History Manager, encouraged the regions to put their Regional histories
on their regional websites. So we have asked Art Schmidt, our Regional Historian, to look into
that.
3. Based on an issue raised by the Pacific Region and brought forward to the Board for consideration,
the Board directed the Certification Commission to review its
practice concerning the writing of committee action reports and develop
a quality improvement plan that assures the quality of these
documents by eliminating inconsistent, inaccurate and/or imprecise
language. The Board requested an interim report on progress at its
Fall 2011 Leadership meeting, and revised implementation policies
in effect by the 2012 Annual meeting.
4. All regions are being encouraged to develop workshops at their annual meetings that would
be open to students from nearby graduate schools of religion as a way to build stronger relationships
with those GSR's.
5. There is a National Conference Committee that is planning the Annual Conference site selection,
structure, budget oversight, and programming consultation. The NCC appoints the
"destination and year" Conference Chair for each Annual Conference and provides a template
for the business part of the planning. This relieves the Conference Chair and his/her planners Peter Yuichi Clark
to focus on the program. The Utah Conference was the last of the regional/rotational model.
The 2012 Conference will celebrate REM's 25th Anniversary, with Harry Simmons as the Conference Chair (dates of the conference:
February 8 - 11, 2012, in Arlington, VA). The first example of an event implemented by the NCC will be the 2013
Annual Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana (dates TBD).
6. The Board asked the Certification Commission to design a protocol by which Supervisory Candidates submitting theory
papers can request representation on their readers' panel on the grounds of accommodating diversity.
7. The Board continues to move forward to develop a strategic plan for 2015 and into 2020. Toward that end, the Board
approved a contract with the Center for Congregational Health to assist as a consultant reviewing the work so far and to recommend
a process to advance our strategic planning.
8.. The Personnel Committee presented a proposal about the transition period for the Executive Director. Teresa Snorton will
retire from ACPE on August 31, 2011 (in keeping with Emory University's human resources protocols), and on September 1,

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2011, Deryck Durston will begin service as Interim ED. Teresa and Deryck will both report to the Personnel Committee and
the ACPE President during the transition, and the Personnel Committee will work on a job description for the next ED. The
Board will appoint an ED search committee, and in July the Personnel Committee will present a compensation proposal to the
Board during its conference call; the expectation is that this proposal will be budget-neutral. The Board approved this
plan. Teresa will be hired as the Development Director for the FCPE on a part-time basis effective September 1, 2011. Plans
to celebrate Teresa's work will occur at the ACPE/REM Annual Conference.
9. Please see the ACPE website for history on the ACPE/CPSP mediation
agreement. A collaboration team of CPSP and ACPE members met and created
a joint statement on March 26, 2011. CPSP team members included John
DeVelder, Jim Gebhart, and Annari Griesel. ACPE's team members were Deryck
Durston, Kathleen Gallivan, Eugene Robinson, and Tim Thorstenson. The Board
affirmed only the following points of the joint statement:
Share Your Comments!!
Let Michele & Peter
know what you think so
they can represent us all.
1. When the Mediation Agreement is violated by individual supervisors
or centers, each organization agrees to immediately investigate and
resolve the concern and inform the other of the outcome. In addition, we will henceforth avoid the general characterizations
of the other organization and will address all specific complaints individually. (Please direct your concerns to
Tim Thorstenson.)
2. A joint statement will be issued by the ACPE/CPSP Collaboration Team to all members of both organizations that
detail each organization's educational philosophy, administrative structure, and training, accreditation and certification
processes.
3. Each organization commits to developing common quality criteria for student/trainee evaluations, including a 45
day deadline.
The ACPE/CPSP Collaboration Team will continue to work together on these items, as well as other issues discussed in its
March statement, and report its progress back to the Board.
10. In response to the Pacific Region and other parties who critiqued the timing of the 2012 annual meeting and its impact
on certification appearances, the Certification Commission surveyed SES's and training supervisors about that timing. 110
responses were received and it appears that the impact will be minimal. However, the Certification Commission has extended
the deadline for submitting materials for appearances until January 4th, 2012, and has opted not to hold a 3rd meeting in
2012 based on fiscal and personnel considerations.
11. The Board approved a standard protocol for reviewing requests from organizations seeking reciprocity status, based on
ACPE's recent experience of reviewing and accepting a request from the Norwegian CPE group last year. This protocol will be
included as part of ACPE's Governance Manual.
12. A work group of the Board submitted a supervisory core curriculum document for review and consideration. The intent of
the document is not to dictate how ACPE centers should design their curriculum, but rather it is meant to serve as a resource
to assist supervisors as they create and/or review what they already do in training Supervisory Education Students. This document
will be made available soon to the membership, and comments and feedback on the document will be welcomed.
13. The FCPE is moving forward with its annual fund campaign and a capital campaign. The capital campaign will last 3 to 5
years and will seek to raise a total sum of $15M, including $10M for a new headquarters and education center; $1M for a
maintenance reserve fund; $2M for an operating endowment to supplement ACPE's operating budget; and $2M toward a program
endowment to cultivate and nurture new and innovative CPE opportunities. Members will be asked to consider pledging
THANK YOU …..
to all who represent our us nationally on the ACPE Board, Commissions & Committees from a grateful Region.
BOARD of REPRESENTATIVES-- Michele Shields & Peter Y. Clark ETHICS -- Wilma Reichard
ACCREDITAION --- Earl P. Cooper
STANDARDS -- Gordon Hilsman
CERTIFICATION -- Rod Seeger, Sandy Walker, Yvonne Valeris RANC -- Yuko Uesugi

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Upcoming Regional Events
Mid-Summer Conferences
Bay Area July 13 @ SFTS Coordinator: Peter Y. Clark
Sacramento Fall (TBA) Coordinator: Lisa Nordlander
Hawaii July (TBA) Coordinator: Deborah Whisnand
Oregon July 7 @ Silver Springs Coordinator: Kent Schaufelberger
Washington July (TBA) Coordinator: Julie Hanada
CPE Day at Seminaries
GTU October 12 @ CDSP Coordinator: Peter Y. Clark
Fuller November 9 Coordinator: Brenda Simonds
Claremont TBA Coordinator: Brenda Simonds
Annual Regional Meeting -- Humphrey’s Half Moon Inn, San Diego, California
Council/Committee Meetings
Annual Regional Meeting
SOS Coincides with Meeting
Registration Materials to Arrive in July
SOS will be a part of the regular Regional Educational Program .
Note the reimbursement policy in the Registration Materials.
October 16 -- 18 (Dates & times set by Chairpersons)
October 19 -- 20 (Two full days of presentations)
October 19 -- 20 (Meets with whole Region)
ACPE Leadership Meeting -- Atlanta, Georgia November 2 -- 6
ACPE Conference & 25th REM Invitational -- Arlington, Virginia
Leadership Meetings February 4 -- 8, 2012
Annual Conference & REM February 8 -- 11, 2012
Spring Leadership Meeting -- Humphrey’s Half Moon Inn, San Diego, California
Date moved to late spring because of early ACPE Meeting
Council/Committees/SOS Only April 15 -- 19, 2012