Photos include Celia leading training in Ministry to the Grieving at Trinidad Baptist Church, Celia with 5 of 8 CPO trainees at PBTS, and Chit and Tootsie at the monthly chaplains meeting at Philippine Children’s Medical Center (Quezon City).
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Training in September 2012
CPE-Baguio is moving forward, supervised by Ms. Joyce Gray. 5 trainees have begun their training, utilizing Baguio General Hospital as their primary point of ministry.
CPE Baguio Batch Sept 2012
CPO is in the 2nd week in Baguio, supervised by Ms. Celia Munson. 8 trainees are working in Baguio General Hospital and in their own churches.
Last Sunday, 09 SEP, Celia provided training at Trinidad Baptist Church in ministries to the grieving. This was part of a larger training in social ministry being held at the church.
Upcoming Schedule September/October 2012
Okay. Things getting focused… finally.
SEP 1 (Saturday) CPO (Celia) and Brent School (Joyce) SEP 3 (Monday) Start of CPE, batch Baguio SEP 5 (Wednesday) Staff meeting (11am) SEP 9 (Sunday) TBC Grief and Loss training (Celia et al) SEP 12-14. PABATS meeting, Cebu (Doc Ryan) SEP 25-27. AofG convention (NE), Aglipay, Quirino (Celia and Jehny) OCT 2. Video conference with Barbara McGuire (Baguio staff) OCT 6. BOT Annual Meeting OCT 13-28. Missionary Member Care (Bob and Celia) OCT 18-29. Dr. Espineda visit.
Basic “About Us” Brochure
We have been trying to keep our CPE brochure up-to-date… but had let our 
general information brochure get more and more out of date.
But our new one is now available. Try clicking below.
August Updates
A few of the things coming up.
1. CPE-Baguio expected to start September 1st.
2. CPO with CSBC-WMU expected to also start September 1st.
3. Brent Group Training (at Brent School, Baguio) on September 1st. Follow-on meeting TBD.
4. Board of Trustees Meeting. October 6, Baguio City
5. Symposium at CPU, Iloilo. October 20
6. CPSP Peer Reviews/Meetings. October 23-26, PBTS Baguio. Exact times and presenters to be determined.
7. Symposium in Baguio City, October 27
CPE Reminder
For those interested in taking Clinical Pastoral Education in Baguio (and surrounding areas):
Meeting at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary, in Room 1, Saturday August 18 at 10am
Will answer questions and concerns.
All welcome.
Updated CPE Brochure
Our CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) Brochure has been updated to its newest Revision (Rev. E).
Covers the following programs:
CPE-Intensive (Units 1, 2, 3, and 4)
CPE-Extended (Units 1, 2, 3, and 4)
CPE-Basic
CPO (Clinical Pastoral Orientation)
It is in “CPE Brochure Rev. E” in This Location
Philippine Medical Mission Research
While we at Bukal Life have mostly shifted to counseling, clinical pastoral education, and disaster response, we still occasionally are involved in medical mission work.
Bob Munson, the administrator of Bukal Life, recently finished his dissertation on the use of medical mission events in the Philippines for long-term local church outreach. Since the focus is on integration of short-term events with long-term ministry, the paper has applicability beyond medical to other forms of Christian relief and development.
Rather than bore people with over 200 pages of unpleasant reading, Bob has reworked the dissertation into a couple of articles and several blogs.
The two articles are on Slideshare, while the posts are on Bob’s mission blog.
Article #1: Visual Model for Church-Based Relief and Development
Blog #1: Medical Mission Events in the Philippines, Part 1
Blog #2: Medical Mission Events in the Philippines, Part 2
Blog #3: Medical Mission Events in the Philippines, Part 3
Announcement from CPSP-Philippines
ANNOUNCEMENT
Ms. Joyce Gray, a CPSP Supervisor-in-Training, has been named as the CPSP Philippines Interim National Coordinator, effective immediately. In this position, she will work closely with Cesar G. Espineda, Director, CPSP Philippines.
Ms. Gray is a staff member of Bukal Life Care & Counseling Center, based in Baguio City, Philippines. She has received her Master of Divinity from Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary, and is presently working on her Doctor of Theology from Asia Baptist Graduate Theological Senminary.
The College of Pastoral Supervision & Psychotherapy is a theologically based covenant community, dedicated to “Recovery of Soul.” CPSP offers accredited training and credentialing for Pastoral Psychotherapy, Pastoral Supervision, Pastoral Counseling, and Clinical Chaplaincy.
Her website is: http://www.cpspjoycegray.webs.com/
CPSP’s website is: www.pastoralreport.com
Leadership Announcement
ANNOUNCEMENT: Rev. Dr. Joel S. Aguirre has resigned from his position as Executive Director of Bukal Life Care & Counseling Center to prepare to join his wife in Canada. Rev. Aguirre is a co-founder of Bukal Life in 2010, expanding its initial focus on Disaster Response Chaplaincy and wholistic ministry, to include clinical pastoral education and pastoral care training. He was instrumental in working with the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP) to get Bukal Lfe Care & Counseling Center certified as a training center of the CPSP. No replacement for Rev. Aguirre has yet been chosen at this time. We wish him heart-felt best wishes in his new life and ministry.
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