Educational Opportunities

Caring Connections will provide information and links about educational opportunities for clergy, chaplains, seminarians, and lay professional visitors offered by ELCA and LC-MS related organizations.  If you are aware of a program that you would like to promote, please email the editor. kevinamassey@yahoo.com





Gundersen Lutheran Health System, LaCrosse, WI 
 
There are 5 - 6 positions  available  beginning  at the end of August 2008 for
a 3 unit,  12-month  residency.   The  total  cost  for the 3 units is $500.00.  

We offer health insurance, tuition scholarships & other benefits.  

Resident  I  $26,000,  II $27,000. 

GLHS is a Level II Trauma Center, a 325-bed comprehensive hospital and clinic
nestled in  the  scenic  bluffs  along the Mississippi River Valley with a  reasonable  cost  of  living.  In this year-long program, we offer 6-month rotations in our hospital, hospice program and at Hillview Health  Care  Center.  
Minimum  of  one  CPE  unit  required for residency.  

Visit our Web Page at
         www.gundluth.org/web/ptcare/pastoral.nsf   

No  application fee is required. 

Apply to:
                   Rev. Stephan W. Brunelle, Manager of CPE
                  Gundersen Lutheran Health System
                  1900 South Avenue – Mail Stop H01-022
                  La Crosse, WI  54601-9980

                  608-775-3620, 1-800-362-9567, ext 53620
                  FAX  608-775-3557
                  E-mail swbrunel@gundluth.org
                     www.gundluth.org



"Give Something Back" Scholarships

This year will mark the inaugural distribution of "Give Something Back" Scholarship funds. The "Give Something Back" endowment fund began as a three-year campaign in 1992. Funds raised for the endowment were to provide financial assistance to recipients seeking clinical educational preparation for service in ministries of Chaplaincy, Pastoral Counseling, and Clinical Supervision. In addition, the endowment created an opportunity for those who had received financial assistance for their own education to "give something back" by helping others with similar needs.

The Inter-Lutheran Coordinating Committee for Ministries in Chaplaincy, Pastoral Counseling, and Clinical Education (ILCCMCPCCE) has appointed a scholarship committee and has designed an application process that will enable it to begin awarding $6,000 in scholarships per year.

The "Give Something Back" endowment will make a very limited number of financial awards available to individuals seeking ecclesiastical endorsement and  ertification/credentialing in ministries of chaplaincy, pastoral counseling, and clinical education. Applicants must:

*Have completed one (1) unit of CPE.

*Be rostered or eligible for active roster status in the ELCA/LCMS.

*Not already be receiving funds from the ELCA/LCMS national MCPCCE offices.

*Submit an application with a financial data form for committee review.

Applicants must complete the Scholarship Application and Financial Data forms that are available from ELCA and LCMS Offices for Ministries in Chaplaincy, Pastoral Counseling, and Clinical Education. Contact information, including web links that provide further information about ELCA and LCMS ministries of chaplaincy, pastoral counseling, and clinical education, is provided below.

LCMS
Judy Ladage
Administrative Assistant
Judy.Ladage@lcms.org

www.lcms.org/spm
800-248-1930, ext. 1388

ELCA
Theresa Duty
Administrative Assistant
Theresa.duty@elca.org

www.elca.org/chaplains
800-638-3522, ext. 2417

Application deadline in 2006 will be August 15, with awards made in November.


 

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