Events Calendar
ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7004. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. ACPE is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Plenary Sessions
Featuring Dr. Gregory Ellison
Topic: Working Your Working Paper: Care-Full Reflections on Vocation, Value, Voice, and Vision
In a handful of paragraphs and three unpublished sermons, Howard Thurman details the characteristics of the working paper—a living document that is guided by an audacious goal, governs daily practice, and is rooted in a deep commitment to God.
This highly interactive three-part workshop will engage head and heart, welcome fearless dialogue, and challenge caregiving leaders to critically analyze vocation, value, voice, and visions for the unfolding future.
- Session 1: Vocation and Value(s), Beyond the Mule’s Path: Howard Thurman’s Working Paper Introduced
- Session 2: Voice, Not for Rent: Freedom Papers for the Trained Mind
- Session 3: Vision, The Fellowship of Shade Trees: Love, Proximity and the Courage to be Free
Workshop Speakers and Topics
- Rosalind Stanley, Healing of the Soul For African Americans
- Carol McGinnis, Virtual World Psychospiritual Interventions: Counseling Xbox "First Person Shooter" Videogamers
- Ryan Noel Fraser, “The Cloud of Witnesses”: An Imaginal Audience for Personal Narratives of Travail and Triumph
- Jaye Peabody & CaTrice Glenn, The Joys & Struggles of the Spiritually Integrated Bi-vocational Practitioners
- Paula Swinde, Understanding the Basics of Religious Abuse
- Shama Panjwani, Meditation & Mindfulness Practices in Counseling
- David Thornton, Spiritual Abuse and Healing - Clinical Insights and Ethical Response
- Karen and Travis Webster, Moving Together Towards Greater Health for Seminarians and Clergy
- Jack Evert, Spiritual Care and Art: How Metaphors Bring Them Together.
- Pauline Doty, Experiential Workshop: Telling a “Better Story” -- Presence in the Midst of Suffering
- Ronald McDonald, Passing the Torch: What Do the Old Need from the Young? and the Young Need from the Old?
- David Harris, Making Friends with AI: Practical Applications & Considerations & Our Ethical Mandate (2 CEs, Ethics)
Draft Schedule
(all times in Eastern Time Zone)
Friday, October 20, 2023
- SPECIAL EVENT: SIP Music Therapy Training: 9:00am-5:00pm
- Conference Kick Off with Lunch: 12:00pm - 1:30pm
- Workshop Series I: 1:30pm - 3:00pm
- Workshop Series II: 3:15pm - 4:45pm
- Opening Reception: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
- Plenary Session 1: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday, October 21, 2023
- Workshop Series III: 9:00am - 10:30am
- Plenary Session 2: 10:45am - 12:00pm
- Lunch 12:15pm - 1:30pm
- Workshop Series IV: 1:45pm - 3:15pm
- Plenary Session 3: 3:30pm - 5:30pm
- Toast & Jam: 7:30pm -
Sunday, October 22, 2023
- Breakfast & Workshop 8:30am - 10:30am
Conference Registration Fees
Full registration includes all workshops, lunches, and snacks on Friday and Saturday.
A Day Pass includes sessions and lunch and snacks on one day.
Streaming Pass includes access to the 3 Plenary sessions with Dr. Gregory Ellison.
Sunday Breakfast and CE is not included with any package and can be added to any registration type.
| Non-member, Full Registration | $330 |
| Member, Full Registration | $270 |
| Student/Retired Member, Full Registration | $150 |
| Non-member, Day Pass | $165 |
| Member, Day Pass | $135 |
| Streaming only | $100 |
| Sunday Breakfast and CE (optional add-on) | $35 |
Event Accommodations
The Fall 2023 Gathering of Spiritually Integrated Practitioners is being held in the Emory Conference Center Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. We have reserved rooms for conference attendees, and you must use this link to access those rooms.
Click here to reserve a room at the Emory Conference Center Hotel.
Cancellations and Refunds
Registrants for this event may cancel their registration up to 24 hours before the event begins. There is a $50 cancellation fee.
Continuing Education Credits
Upon completion of requirements, NBCC and GAMFT continuing education certificates for workshops and plenary sessions will be provided at no additional charge.
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) credit hours are available in keeping with NBCC requirements. Attendees must complete the Contact Hours and Program Evaluation form following the event in order to receive their certificate.
ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care &
Education has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7004. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. ACPE is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
GAMFT credit hours are available in keeping with GAMFT requirements.
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Dr. Gregory Ellison
Professor of Theology
Candler School of Theology
The Rev. Dr. Gregory C. Ellison II joined the Candler faculty in 2009. His teaching draws primarily from his work with the organization he founded called Fearless Dialogues, a non-profit organization that creates unique spaces for unlikely partners to have hard, heartfelt conversations on taboo subjects like racism, classism, and community violence.
Ellison’s research focuses on caring with marginalized populations, pastoral care as social activism, and 20th and 21st century mysticism. He is the author of Cut Dead But Still Alive: Caring for African American Young Men, and Fearless Dialogues: A New Movement for Justice and has one book in progress with Westminster John Knox Press—Anchored in the Current: The Eternal Wisdom of Howard Thurman in a Changing World.