

Welcome to the Congregation-Based Clinical Pastoral Education of Western New York website.
Congregation-Based CPE is a continuing education program offered in Western New York that teaches pastoral care and leadership and systems theory for clergy and lay ministers in the church. It is designed for experienced pastors as well as ministers and seminarians new to pastoral work.
| The Jamestown area unit will begin August 11-12 (Wednesday & Thursday) and run through November 17-18. The group will meet two days per week (Wednesday & Thursday), gemerally every other week. Sessions will be 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with some variation to allow for an earlier ending time on Thursdays. The schedule will be as follows: August 11-12, August 25-26, September 1-2, September 15-16, September 29-30, October 13-14, October 27-28, November 10-11 and November 17-18. Sessions will be held at Falconer United Methodist Church, 201 North Work Street, Falconer, NY 14733. The Fall/Winter Buffalo group will begin in mid-October and end in late February at the Samaritan Pastoral Counseling Center in North Tonawanda. The unit will meet from 2 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. Applications are still be accepted for this unit. Planning is underway for a Congregational-Based CPE unit in the Cortland/Ithaca (NY) area for the summer of 2011. It is not too early to make inquiries into the program or to reserve a place. Contact Bob Spilman ((716) 479-7933) for information. A new Systems Theory and Pastoral Leadership Seminar is being planned to coincide with the Summer/Fall Session in the Jamestown area beginning this summer. Click on the "Seminars" tab on the left side of this page to get the details. |
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If you have any questions concerning this program, contact Reverend Robert Spilman at: robertspilman@congregationbasedclinicalpastoraleducationwny.org
Accredited As A Satellite of Sisters of Charity Hospital, Buffalo, New York
Accredited by the Association
for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE)