The ACPE has much to celebrate from past year:

• We increased our number of accredited centers; 
• We conducted more certification sub-committees than ever before;
• We increased completed student units by more than 5%;
• We opened a new national office;
• We more than doubled the participation rate of the annual campaign;

Our association is thriving - learn more in the 2014 Year in Review!

By David C. Johnson, ACPE President

Usually I leave on a jet plane to get there but this year I am able to cruise down the interstate highway to make my connection. I think I will play my Indigo Girls albums to put myself in the mood for this conference.  I cannot relate in this article how excited I am about our Annual Conference to be held in partnership with the Racial/Ethnic/Multicultural (REM) Network in Atlanta, Georgia May 6-9, 2015.  I can only say to you that if you have not registered at this time you can still register onsite.

It is the connections I have made over the last 30 years that make we want to return again and again to our annual conference.  I attended my first annual conference in 1984 when I was a supervisory education student in Columbia, SC.  The conference was held in Chicago, IL.  Though I did not know anyone except for my supervisors, I will never forget the experience.  That is what makes it so thrilling for me to be in partnership with REM at this annual conference.

REM is about students and the students will be there in record numbers.  The excitement that these individuals bring with them is infectious to all the participants.  REM's traditions will also give this conference a different feel and atmosphere as it did in 2012 when we last met together in Arlington, VA.

By Ute Schmidt, 2015 Annual Campaign Chair

Many of us will be traveling to Atlanta next week to gather for our Annual Conference. Every year I am looking forward to catching up with longtime ACPE friends, to making new connections and to being inspired. Going to the annual conferences are like taking a refreshing trip to the well of my call as CPE supervisor.

This year I invite you to connect with the 2016 Annual Campaign chair-elect, the Rev. Biju K. Chacko from the Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. Biju serves there as an ACPE supervisor and chaplain. I am thrilled to be joined by an enthusiastic and creative colleague for the Annual Campaign. Biju brings fresh ideas and his experiences as a Regional Champion to the Annual Campaign.

Making connections goes both ways. We are also connecting with you via our Annual Campaign kick-off letter that will be sent out the beginning of May. Please be on the look-out for that. Our goal for the 2015 Annual Campaign is 100% participation from all of you, our ACPE membership. Please join the ACPE leadership in making the connection between supporting the Annual Campaign and your passion for the holy work ACPE facilitates.

The Final Case Review Panel of the ACPE and APC Joint Ethics Process found Rev. R. Evans Mulima in violation of ACPE Standards 100; 101.3; 102.2; 102.3; and 104.1.

The Sanction is Withdrawal of Certification.  

We are excited to release our new ACPE app for the 2015 Conference. This is a brand new app so, please delete our old app from your device and download the new ACPE app from the app store. Click here to download or search for ACPE in the app store. 

We will have giveaways at the registration table for attendees who have the app downloaded when they pick up their registration packet!