CAPPE 2008

All right.. so you are probably wondering what's been going on. I haven't been writing anything. Well I have finally gotten around to working on my CAPPE 2008 conference stuff. We are having the annual National conference in Victoria next year. My group is the host and I got roped into not just helping but co-chairing the event. So I haven't really been able to focus until lately. (And none too soon I might add.) We have 9 months left!! and I haven't gotten food, or entertainment or whatever nailed down. We have "feelers" out there but no real definites.. there is a meeting on Monday so I have to be able to tell them something in the way of progress......

The theme we have chosen is "Return to the Garden". This is a conference for CAPPE members and others in the spiritual care/counseling field, and for anyone who is interested enough to pay the money to attend. Never know what we are getting as the presenters are always different, the plenary/keynote speakers vary and the attendance as well.

So, have to go do more but I'll get back on this in a moment... FYI: the bullentin boards from previous post are getting comments/good feedback, so I must be doing something right.

Bulletin Board

This past week I changed the bulletin board. We were given this space in a high traffic area of our hospital. The first 2 uploads are what was there... "Take time for the small pleasures in life... take time for you."

It has been changed to educate about grief. We plan to do education/inspiration variations every month.

From the mouth of babes ..

Yesterday in church, the minister started the sermon with a story. He said that he was at a meeting when one of the men told them of something his 5 year old daughter did.

She was sitting at the table for dinner. Her mother put 5 peas on her plates and told her that she had to eat them before she could have dessert. The mother left the room but watched the girl to see what she would do. The girl took the peas and hid them under the edge of her plate.
Her mother returned to the room and asked if the girl had finished her peas.
The girl replied. "Yes I did."
"Are you lying to mommy?"
"No, I not."
Her mother looks at her. "Does God think that you are lying to mommy?"
"Yes He does." came the reply.

At this point, the audience burst into laughter.
(The point of the illustration was to say that even a 5 year old knows what is right or wrong, but often we adults blur the lines.)