The Wayne E. Oates Institute is a Connected Learning Community exploring spirituality and health as a way to advance integrative care for the whole person. The Oates Institute is a non-profit educational organization made up of caregivers from the medical, spiritual and counseling communities providing a forum for joining together as an interdisciplinary dialogue toward understanding the relationship between spirituality and the healing process.

There is still time to register for one of the October online seminars. Individuals can participate from anywhere and according to his or her own schedule. Registration closes this Thursday, October 1, and seminars begin on Monday, October 5. The seminars offered are:

• Baseball, Ghosts, and Field of Dreams: The Journey Toward Wholeness
• Care at the End of Life
• Fighting the Tiger: The Psychological and Spiritual Effects of Emotional Trauma
• Preaching and Pastoral Care
• Spirituality of the Ghost Story
• Working (and Ministering) with Net Gens 101

Each of these seminars have been approved for 12 contact hours of continuing education credit. The Oates Institute is an Approved Provider of continuing professional education with the National Board of Certified Counselors. These continuing education credits may be used to satisfy credentialing requirements for chaplains, counselors, social workers, and health care ministers.

Each of these seminars are three weeks in duration and utilize the Oates Institute's Connected Learning approach to provide participants with the benefits of interactive and reflective peer group learning. Registration for each of the seminars is limited to 12 participants.