Monthly Archives: November 2013

November 2013 Updates… Updated

1.  Keep those in the Visayas in prayer who are in the process of weathering the Supertyphoon Yolanda. Some in this area have also had been through a major earthquake recently.

2.  Thanks to Sr. Angie in leading a dental/optical mission to Bagulin, La Union. Thanks also to Ptr. Mateo for hosting our team. Thanks for resource assistance from Aquashine and Dr. Alex Alcantara. And thanks to all of the team volunteers for the sacrifice of time and skill.

3.  BOT meeting is planned for November 15th 11am to 1:30pm. Tentative location is Cafe Will in Baguio City.

4.  Mid-November… Half unit of CPE anticipated led by Joyce Gray.

5.  Mid-January… Half unit of CPE anticipated led by Celia Munson.

6.  Mid-January… CPO will begin at PBTS led by Joyce Gray.

7.  Mid March… CPSP Annual meeting in the US. At least two expected to attend from our group. Maybe more.

8.  Late March… CPE Summer intensive (full unit) expected to start.

9. Also note: We have been asked to do crisis care in multiple locations. Please pray with us in how or if we can help in these place.

November Updates

Here are a few updates for the upcoming weeks.

1.  November 7.          Dental and Eye Mission. Bagulin, La Union.

2.  November 8-9.      Global Leadership Summit-Manila

3.  November 11-12.    Final Evals, CPE Batch 2013-4    <Celia’s Group>

3.  November 15.       Board of Trustees Annual Meeting

4.  <Mid-November>    CPE Batch 2013-5  <Joyce’s Group>

5.  January 21.                Clinical Pastoral Orientation (8 weeks) begins

6.  March 24.                  CPE Summer Intensive begins

 

Other News

A.  We will begin our monthly training mini-workshops in December.  These will be 1.5 to 2.5 hour evening workshops with focus on pastoral skills. These we anticipate will normally be held at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary.

B.  Congratulations to Becky Taylor as she assumes the role of Office Manager for our ministry office at PBTS.

C.  Looking to have a refresher training in Disaster Response Crisis Care Training in the next few months.