–Staff meeting.Thursday, September 11. 11am. Review of visioning
meeting and plans of action.
-CPSP planning meeting. September 17, 1pm
–Baguio Chapter (CPSP). September 18-19. 8am and onward.
-Video and Discussion, “Healing the Shame that Binds You.” Thursday,
September 18, 6:30pm.
-Korea trip and training. October 4-13
-Parents Congress. Saturday, October 11..
-Pastoral Care Conference (Pasig City). October 17-19.
Category Archives: Seminar
July Mini-Workshop. Pastoral Diagnosis
June 2014 Updates
Here are a few things in the recent past, present, and recent future.
1. Gabby Mecca (from Virginia in the US) is joining our group for a few weeks… assisting us in Disaster Response, and Hospital work and more.
2. May 25 – June 5th. Visayas Trip. This was our… 4th or 5th trip to the area devastated by Typhoon Yolanda (aka Haiyan) since December. This trip was in partnership with PBTS, PWMU, and others. 6 team members went. Celia, Alexis, Joylene, Jeanard, Gabby, and Lea were at two evacuation centers in the Tacloban (Leyte) area for half of the trip. Half did Vacation Bible School (Faith, Hope, Love) with the children, while the other half did Psychosocial Processing with the adults. Joylene and Jeanard went on to Mindanao, while the other four travelled to Concepcion, Iloilo. They split their work there between two islands, Mangalabang, and Baliguian. Their they continued the work done in Tacloban, and added the initial groundwork towards a community development program there.
3. June 2nd. This was the start of an introductory clinical pastoral training group led by Celia and assisted by Jehny and Becky. 6 trainees are Fr. German, Sr. Amelia, Alexis, JB, Gabby, and Joel. Most of their practical ministry work will be done through Baguio General Hospital.
4. June 19th. “Models of Pastoral Care and Christian Counseling.” This will be a mini-seminar on various forms of Christian ministry in the area of counseling and pastoral care. The goal is a basic understanding of hte different goals of each and their belief regarding the relationship between psychology and theology. This is a free seminar starting at 6:30pm and ending at 9pm at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary (Baguio City, Philippines)
Children in Mangalabang Island
Baliguian Island
Mediation Mini-Workshop
Date: Saturday, February 22. 9am – 11:30am.
Location: Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary. 19 Tacay Road, Baguio City
Topic: Mediation
Facilitator: Dr. Simplicio Dang-awan
Doc Sim presently heads “New Heights Coaching and Development Center.” He is a retired military chaplain and is former pastor of UCCP-Baguio. He has years of experience with conflict resolution and tribal war mediation. Space is limited.
Text 0933-302-0373 to reserve a seat.
Intentional Conversation Presentation
<div style=”margin-bottom:5px”> <strong> <a href=”https://www.slideshare.net/bmunson3/intentional-conversation” title=”Intentional Conversation” target=”_blank”>Intentional Conversation</a> </strong> from <strong><a href=”http://www.slideshare.net/bmunson3″ target=”_blank”>Bob Munson</a></strong> </div>
Intentional Conversation Mini-Workshop
We recently started our Mini-Workshop series. It started last year with two trainings related to disaster response and stress defusing. This year we started with “Intentional Conversation” especialy focusing on the use of intentional conversation in gaining understanding and or seeking change in a relationship. 
We had 38 attendees with 1 hour of more standard lecture and an hour of group discussion and roleplay. Thanks to PBTS for giving us space to use for this training, as well as providing snacks for attendees.
We are looking into doing our next Mini-Workshop in February on the topic of “Mediation.”
Mini-Workshop Series Starting
In 2014, we plan to hold periodic (perhaps once or twice monthly) mini-workshops on various topics of pastoral care.
These will be held at the campus of Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary. Very small groups could be held at our office there. Larger groups will be at in classrooms.
Our fist one will be on the topic of “Intentional Conversation.” It will be on January 30th (Thursday) from 6pm to 8pm.
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.
CPSP Farrell Symposium. October 25-26, 2013
2013 Annual Viola and William Farrell Symposium on Pastoral Care & Counseling. At Philippine Children’s Medical Center. October 25-26, Quezon City. See Flyer.
Child Abuse Seminar
Celia Munson, Training Coordinator of Bukal LIfe Care, led the first half of a morning seminar at Benguet State University on Child Abuse. It was done for the Education majors at the school. The second half was led by Atty Angiwan. Approximately 170 attended. The powerpoint is in the Training Aids section of http://www.bukallife.org. Thanks to Prof. Marcy Bolona, and others of the Education department for inviting us and making us feel so welcome.
While four of us (Celia, Bob, Alexis, and Fhey) were at this, others from our group were at the PMHA-led training on depression, held at Benguet General Hospital. A good day for learning overall.
Bukal Life Care 