An Appeal from the American Red Cross to Support those Impacted by the Devastating Tornadoes

By Earl E. Johnson, MDiv, BCC

Senior Associate, Spiritual Care, Disaster Partnerships American Red Cross NHQ

It is surreal.  I'm sitting in a hotel room now in Kansas City at National VOAD with a colleague who lives in Guthrie, Oklahoma, who an hour ago called her husband and children and went over the disaster plan in a calm, reassuring, mother-knows-best voice.  Take these tornado warnings seriously.  Pack up your laptop, chargers, and journals, and go to the basement or storm cellar.  Text messages get through; cell phone calls do not.  The Oklahoma weather radioman repeats the two rules: 1) Get as low as you can; 2) put as many walls between you as you can.

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by Sally Schwab, ACPE President

The ACPE Board of Representatives has taken action to assure a quality transition process for Teresa Snorton, as she completes her work with the ACPE as Executive Director on August 31, 2011.  The ACPE Board has named Deryck Durston the interim ACPE Executive Director effective September 1, 2011.

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By Ken McCullough, ACPE Supervisor

Hazard Kentucky is located in the heart of Eastern Kentucky. With a population of 5,000, it is the county seat of Perry County. Hazard and environs comprise coal country where miners, and those who support them, live and often die. In spite of much effort, public and private, this is still one of the most impoverished areas of the country. Because of the Appalachian Mountain terrain, GPS and cell phones do not work as efficiently as they may in Central Kentucky. 

Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling has published its latest issue at

Please keep ACPE staff member, Beverly Shinholster and her daughter Cherish in your prayers.  On May 6, 2011, Beverly's 36-year old son, Demarius Foster, was murdered.  Expressions can be sent to Beverly at beverly@acpe.edu.

You are invited to submit a proposal for a workshop at the 2012 REM 25^thInvitational and ACPE Annual Conference.

It will be held at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Virginia on February 8-11, 2012.  The theme of the conference is "Celebrating our Past, Embracing the Present and Proclaiming our Future."

The deadline for submitting a proposal is June 30, 2011.

Please submit questions/proposals to Sharon Garlington or Carlos Bell.

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Don't forget to register for the upcoming webinars with the ACPE Academy for Continuing Education. Register in the Members Only section or follow this link to the registration form.

College of Mount St. Joseph 2011 Summer Spirituality Institute, June 27-July 1, 2011

Duke University's Summer Research Workshops, July 18-22, 2011 & August 15-19, 2011

HealthCare Chaplaincy Webinars