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Quote from Paul E. Johnson

In our time we have been uprooted from our former homeland, adrift in a mobile and changing society. We are lonely in crowds who seem not to care, pushed to and from by machines to serve and be served, until we too become mechanical and act like machines. We meet the other persons as strangers, but mostly by external contacts passing by or bouncing away as if we were rubber balls.  We… do not know the inner life of other persons, and so we give attention mainly to the external appearances. Estranged from them or used by them, we are empty within ourselves, lost souls for whom no one seems to care. The need has never been so urgent for someone to care. How can a pastor care for his people in such a world?

Paul E. Johnson (1965)

Paul E. Johnson was a Methodist minister, involved early on in the Pastoral Care movement. This quote comes from an article he wrote for the “Christian Advocate” entitled “Where We Are Now In Pastoral Care” (23 SEP 1965, page 7). Sadly, I have not so far found a copy of this article, and so rely on the quote here that was used by Howard Clinebell in “Basic Types of Pastoral Care & Counseling,” Chapter 3. This quote seemed current, I am sure in 1965, but if anything is more so today.

May 2016 Updates

APR 29. FOFFC Youth training
MAY 2. Ministry Heartlink Monthly Meeting
MAY 24 Chapter Life: Tacay Road and Benguet
MAY 26 CPE Commissioning Service, Baguio City
MAY 28 CPE Graduation, Mary Johnston Hospital

July 4-15.  CPO Intensive.  Ministry Heartlink

August ___.   CPE Extended

Update, March 2015

We are presently nearing the end of our class in Clinical Pastoral Orientation (CPO). 11 trainees will soon be done. But a lot more is coming.  A few events coming up.

March 7.  Ministry Heartlink planning meeting.

March 14.  Final CPO meeting.

March 29.  Pastoral Care project with ministry group from Bocaue.

March 30.  Conflict Resolution with AV-STM training

March 31.  Start of CPE Summer Intensive in Baguio.

April 4.    Start of CPE Summer Intensive at Mary Johnston.

(If you have any questions… please contact us.)

2nd Planning and Prayer Meeting for Minister Heartlink

We are still in the early stages, but look forward to more as we develop a plan for the educative, relational, and psychoemotional needs of pastors, layministers, and missionaries.

Clinical Pastoral Orientation

We will begin Clinical Pastoral Orientation this February. It will be on Monday afternoons from 1pm until 4 or 5pm, for 7 weeks, starting on February 1st. It will be held at the Bukal Life Care office on the grounds of PBTS in Baguio City.

It can be taken for credit with Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary (2 units). However, it can also be taken as a stand-alone course.

Clinical Pastoral Orientation is an introduction to Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) and following the structure and methodology of training of CPE. In actual work, it constitutes about 25% of one full unit of CPE.

CPO is useful for those who seek the benefits of CPE but can’t commit to the time. It is also useful for those who are curious about CPE, but want to know more about it first. NOTE:  CPE with Bukal Life Care is certified by both CPSP and CPSP-Philippines. However, CPO has not formal certification, except as tied to an accredited educational institution, such as PBTS.

September 17 and18, 2015

On September 17, Edgar Chan, a CPE trainee during Summer Session (and presently working on a second unit) gave an inspiring testimony at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary chapel.

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On September 18th, Joel and Celia Munson attended a parenting activity of Baguio City Kalipi Mothers Group and ERPAT Celia was one of the guest speakers. She spoke on “Families Relating Well to Adolescents”

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