Mid-South Fall Pastoral Care Institute

October 30-31, 2008

Little Rock, Arkansas

Gather this Fall in Little Rock with chaplains, pastoral counselors, pastoral psychotherapists, and other pastoral care givers from across the South for this educational event, beginning at Noon Thursday, October 30 with workshops followed by a dinner and speaker that evening. The Institute continues with a day of educational seminars on Friday. Mark your calendars. More information coming soon!

Presenters:

Thursday evening, October 30

James D. Hester, Ph. D. , Crawford Professor of Religion, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, and Founding Editor of the Rhetorical New Testament Project of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity of the Claremont Graduate University at Claremont, CA.

Topic: "Returning to the Theological Roots of Pastoral Care"

Friday morning, October 31

D. Micah Hester, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Medical Humanities/Pediatrics and Clinical Ethicist, Division of Medical Humanities University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Arkansas Children's Hospital.

Topic: "Can't We All Just Get Along? - Considering the Ethics of Goods, Duties, and Virtues"

A call for workshop proposals will be coming soon.

Co-sponsored by:

CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

There will be four workshops of 90 minutes each, plus two plenary sessions.  Workshop presenters will have their registration paid.  See attached form.

The next meeting of the Mississippi Chaplains Association will be on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at St. Dominic Hospital, NORTH CAMPUS, in Jackson.

We will meet from 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM. Sr. Paulinus from St. Dominic Hospital will provide the educational portion of the meeting.

She will present on "The Spirituality of the Twelve Steps."

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PRE-REGISTER BY FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 so that our hosts will have an accurate count for lunch and for set-up.

Please pre-register by contacting Chaplain Jeff Murphy  by email at jmurphy@mschaplains.org or by calling him at (601) 815-2106.

Enter at St. Dominic's North Campus, rather that the South Campus where the hospital is located. Continue past the parking garage and directly ahead through the stop sign, past the security "house" in the middle of the street. Take the first left turn toward the Behavioral Health building. You will be on the left side of the building You can park there, and can enter through the double glass doors on that side.

The Board Room is just inside. One could also enter through the main entrance and be directed from there.

Our appreciation goes out to Sr. Paulinus, Sr. Thecla, and the chaplaincy staff at St. Dominic for making the arrangements.