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Oates
Award Nominations Due by March 17
The Wayne
Oates Award is given annually to a person that has demonstrated
exceptional qualities in the ministry of Pastoral Care and
Counseling. The Wayne Oates Award was established in 1989 as an annual recognition of pastoral caregivers
who have demonstrated exceptional Ministry, Leadership,
and Personal Service. The deadline for accepting nominations for the 2008 Wayne E. Oates Award Recipient is Monday, March 17, 2008.
For
more information about how to submit a nomination, click
here 
15th
Anniversary Scholarship Fund
This year we celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Wayne E.
Oates Institute. Since our beginning, individuals like
you have sustained this ministry.
Almost every week we receive requests for scholarship funds to
help people participate in our seminars and certificate programs. Unfortunately,
we do not have adequate funds and we need your help. By
making a contribution today of $20, $30, or whatever amount you
choose, your gift combined with others will make an immediate
difference.
Please make a donation today.
Human
Values and Health Care and The
Power to Bless
Among
the Seminars Offered in April
Human Values and Health Care is a three week seminar developed to help professional
care givers address ethical questions raised
by patients and family members in the care of the aged, the impaired,
and the institutionalized. This seminar
engages participants in reflective dialogue around presentations
by biomedical ethicist Dr. Paul Simmons, medical ethicist and
neurosurgeon Dr. Robert Sexton, and nursing professor Dr. Kay
Roberts.
The Power to Bless seminar uses the writings
of Dr. Myron Madden and three popular
films to consider the meaning of the presence and absence of blessing. Seminar participants will also explore the interaction
between parents and children in the giving and receiving of blessing
as well as the giving and receiving of blessing outside the family.
Other seminars being offered in April include:
- Baseball, Ghosts, and Field of Dreams:
A Narrative Journey Toward Wholeness
- Care of Troublesome People
- Hope as a Dynamic
for Healing
- Integrating Spirituality and Health
- Substance Abuse and the Family
Subscriber
Bonus: "The
Institutional and the Personal "
from Pastoral Counseling by Wayne Oates
Continuing
with the next chapter from the book, Pastoral Counseling,
Wayne Oates writes, "The pastoral counselor usually walks the
narrow ridge between the demands of the institutions that support
him and the needs of the personal lives of the people with
whom he counsels. Often the needs of these persons coincide
with the needs of the institutions. ... More often
they conflict." This chapter
provides a careful study of this twin demand upon the pastoral
counselor and the suggestion of some ways to manage this demand.
We
invite you to read this newly republished chapter in
the Center for Oates Studies by clicking on the link
below. If
you are not a member of the Oates Institute, we invite
you to read the full text of this article by subscribing
to Lifelong Learning @ Oates.OrgeNewsletter
Click
here to read "The Institutional and the Personal"
Non-members
Have
you Considered Putting the Oates Institute in Your
Will or Estate Plans?
If you would like information about putting
the Wayne E. Oates Institute in your will or estate
plans please contact Vicki Hollon, 502-459-2370 or vicki@oates.org.
