Education
The Spiritual Resource Center offers Clinical Pastoral Education, (accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. Decatur, GA) a program of pastoral care training for clergy, religious and laypersons. Also, the SRC offers an eight session training program for laypersons and clergy who wish to volunteer as Eucharistic Ministers or Pastoral Visitors to patients. Additionally, the center offers occasional workshops and lectures on topics of interest to the congregations and faith communities in the Greater Burlington area.
An Opportunity to deepen, enrich, and renew your pastoral ministry in whatever setting you serve. An inter-faith program for:
- Clergy
- Professed religious
- Physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals
- Those considering lay or ordained ministry
Clinically supervised ministry
- Lectures and presentations in a major medical center
- Nationally accredited
- Inter-faith
- Credits toward Chaplaincy*
- Associate with other disciplines
- Learning while doing
*Meets part of requirements of Association of Professional Chaplains
Pastoral skill development
- Affirmation of strengths
- Spiritual growth
- Theological reflection
- One to one supervision
- Relating theory to practice
- Accountability and self care
- Listening skill enhancement
Education for all levels
- Dynamics of care giving
- Understanding diverse groups
- Clarify call and/or career direction
- Access to professional libraries
- Team work development
- Individual learning contracts
- Organizational/systems theory
- Non judgmental approach
The Extended Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) regularly meets two days a week, Mondays and Tuesdays. By advanced arrangement, those with an on-going recognized ministry elsewhere may count pastoral work in their own setting as the second clinical day each week. All students are to be in attendance at Fletcher Allen on Mondays. Additional on-call duty at Fletcher Allen is required for all students for some nights and weekends. Please contact us for the starting date for this program.
The Full-time Summer Unit is a ten week program, Monday-Friday, with a week off between weeks five and six. The daily schedule is 8:30am to 4:30pm, except on Fridays when the day ends at 12:30pm. Some night and weekend duty is required. Please contact us for the starting date for this program.
The cost of each CPE Unit is $700. A limited amount of scholarship help is available.
Persons wishing to explore the CPE opportunity at Fletcher Allen should contact the Spiritual Resource Center:
Phone: (802) 847-2770
Email: david.hamilton@vtmednet.org
Fax: (802) 847-5213
Exploratory interviews with the CPE Supervisor, The Rev. David Hamilton are welcome.