The official launching of Bukal Life Care & Counseling Center will be on the 16th of October 10am – 1pm at West Baguio Baptist Church. Looking forward to a great time.
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2010 Batch 2 CPE
CPE trainers and trainees.
Photo of 2010 Batch 2 CPE trainers and trainees. Eden and Gem were unable to be in the picture (Sayang!!) but Bernard, Sofia, Jheny, Celia, and Ptr. Joel were.
BTW, completed a smallgroup training in psychometric testing and learning styles with teachers from Immaculate Heart of Mary School in La Trinidad. We think it went well, and look forward to working with other schools in the Northern Philippines in this area.
BLCCC Brochure
New brochure for the care and counseling center is in the Downloadables Section. This is in addition to the CPE program brochure that is also there. Check it out!!
What Does Shepherd’s Oikos Do?
Training:
1. Shepherd in Every Pew. Provides a simple format look at pastoral counseling with the goal of having helping church members be an effective part of the pastoral care ministry of a church.
2. Disaster Response Counseling. Provides training for counselors to effectively provide relief to disaster victims through counseling leading to stress mitigation and finding “a new normal”. Focuses primarily on the NOVA model.
3. Introduction to Pastoral Care and Counseling. Somewhat like Shepherd in Every Pew, but less targeted. Provides a basic understanding of the purpose and methods of pastoral care.
4. Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). We work with Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary (PBTS) and the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP) in this. Rev. Joel Aguirre is the head of Shepherd’s Oikos, as well as the CPE Supervisor at PBTS.
4. We are regularly expanding in this area… adding new training as the need arises.
Symposium:
1. Our first Shepherd’s Oikos Pastoral Care Seminar was in 2009 with Dr. Raymond Lawrence (General Secretary of the College of Pastoral Care and Psychotherapy) as our lead speaker. This year, our 2nd annual symposium will be on May 1st (2010) with Rev. Charlie Benton (Virginia Baptist Mission Board Disaster Response Trainer) as the lead speaker.
Literature:
1. We are hoping to begin developing materials contextualized for the Philippines. We are also looking to develop an electronic journal.
Practical Ministry:
1. We look to help people who are suffering by providing pastoral care services. We started this by working with hospitals and shelters (through CPE) as well as with Disaster Relief (after Typhoon Pepeng in November 2009).
CARTS Project Report
CARTS Police Cadets Project.
Police Cadets Doing Landslide Recovery Work
Chaplain Benton leading training at CARTS
One of the hidden victims of disaster is recovery workers afterwards. We had the wonderful opportunity to develop a relationship with many of these people. One such group is the CARTS (Cordillera Administrative Region Training School) for police cadets. They had to set aside from their normal studies to work over 12 hours a day digging out landslides and search for victims. This is a very difficult job and one that, sadly, often does not get appreciated. We were able to work with a number of doctors, businessmen, and churches in providing vitamins, facemasks, gloves, and other needed items for their work. After their digging work was done, they needed to return to classes, but the memory lives on. For many, this was their first face-to-face encounter with the recovery of the dead. We were invited to speak to them on November 2nd. The day was divided up into 4 major sessions, each about 90 minutes. The first session was crisis intervention, where cadets were given the opportunity to share their experiences and discover meaning in this situation. The 2nd through 4th sessions were to help cadets and instructors in providing emergent crisis care. Since many of these cadets will become law enforcement officers who regularly meet people undergoing crises, this training should be a great help. We provided some Crisis Care manuals from the Virginia Baptist Mission Board Disaster Relief Program, and most of the discussion was led by Chaplain Benton of the same group. We provided merienda in the morning and afternoon, while CARTS provided a wonderful lunch for our team. Follow-up medical screening is planned for November 10th since a large number of cadets are suffering from coughs and other similar symptoms after the disaster relief work. Thanks to Colonel Paredo Jr., and Major Benitez in inviting us to be partnered with their work at CARTS. Approximately 221 cadets were helped and trained, along with several staff.
Thanks Charlie!!
Crisis Care Chaplain, Charlie Benton
Chaplain Charlie Benton, of Virginia Baptist Disaster Relief, was able to join us in Baguio to work in providing crisis care intervention for those who suffered with the ravages of Typhoon Pepeng, which left hundreds dead, and thousands with destroyed or damaged homes. He also did training with our team and other groups so that we can provide effective crisis care in the future. The following is an abridged list of the activities that we did together.
The following shows list of activities:
1. October 31 Medical Disaster Mission, Coroz, Tublay
-180 total people served
-85 received medical care and crisis counseling
-40 received dental care and crisis counseling
-70 children did songs, games, and craft time.
-5 teachers received training in crisis care intervention
2. November 2 At CARTS (Cordillera Administrative Region Training School) for police cadets.
-90 minute intervention for 221 cadets
-4.5 hours of crisis counseling training for 241 individuals
3. November 3 and 5 Student Training, Philippine Baptist Theological
Seminary (Part 1)
-30 students
-3 hours training in Crisis Care
4. November 4 Teacher Training, Union School International (Empathic listening)
-16 students
-60 minutes
5. November 5 International Red Cross, Baguio Chapter training
-14 students
-2 hours in Crisis Care Training
This was a wonderful time to learn, fellowship, and help people (who, sadly, have suffered so much during this time).
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