Former student recommends CPE:
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) has helped me professionally to deal with systemic issues in the church such as conflict management and  triangulation in the church.  It has helped me to identify personal emotional triggers and develop the skills to disarm them…  Would I highly recommend C.P.E.?  Absolutely!  It is a must for pastors!  My only regret in taking CPE is that I didn't do it sooner as a pastor.    Rev. Daniel B. Dellinger, Pastor, First Southern Baptist Church Westminster

Clinical Pastoral Education is theological and professional education for ministry.  In CPE, pastors, church staff, theological students, and qualified laypeople provide spiritual care to people in intimate and sometimes critical life situations while being supervised.  It focuses on the development of self-awareness, formation of pastoral identity, professional functioning, and the ability to address issues from a competent clinical and pastoral perspective.

Benefits- Listed below are only a few of the many benefits:  

• increased pastoral care and counseling skills
• increased self-awareness and self-confidence
• skill development for working through relational and conflictual challenges
• ability to understand the systemic issues related to congregational and other institutional settings
• preparation for vocational ministry in chaplaincy
  
  

Volunteer Chaplaincy has many areas of interest.

Attached is the application instructions and application form to go about getting endorsed by the North American Mission Board (NAMB).

 Chaplaincy ministry is flourishing in Colorado and we desire for you to join us in this unique ministry of reaching and touching others in the name of Christ. Some have described chaplaincy as a means of taking the church into the community and workplace. Currently we have over seventy (70) ministers and laypersons providing chaplaincy ministry in a variety of settings. These include such places as: