Right now we are about as busy as we ever have been. We have four simultaneous CPE groups active right now. Two of them are Intensive and two are Extended. However, all four of them will complete before Christmas. Because of this, however, we don’t have a lot of other activities in the near future. However, 2025 should be busy.

October 14-15. Working with a Missionary Member Care group in training for stress defusing. We are looking forward to that.

November. Our Annual Board meeting

January 2025. We will start up CPE again. One group will be in Palawan, and AT LEAST ONE group will be in Baguio. We have actually had a number of requests. One has been to lead a CPE group for Philippine military chaplains. We have also had queries about holding CPE in Thailand. During the later Spring, we may be partnering with a program in South Korea.

Other things in 2025. We have been asked to hold more Intro to Pastoral Counseling trainings in Quirino Province. We have also been asked to do these trainings in Sarangani and General Santos.

We are continuing to work on our updated version of CPO (Clinical Pastoral Orientation). We are doing it bilingually, and have completed the first seven lessons. Hope to finish in early or mid-2025.

This is enough update for now. If you are interested in CPE in January (or later) please go to the Contact Us page on our website and… well… contact us.

September 5 and 6 our team (Bob and Celia Munson and Bhab Dicang) held training in BBCF, a Bugkalot church in Nagtipunan, Quirino. This was in partnership with the IMB and the local Bugkalot Baptist Association. We led two days of training in Pastoral Care and Counseling. It was a great visit and we had wonderful hosts. We were also able to visit friends and partners in Madella, Quirino and in Aurora Province. Looking forward to expanding this program next year.