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CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE:
www.ipcnsr.org
"They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning
hooks;
nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any
more."
-- Micah 4:3
OUR TASK: To find HOPE in the midst of contemporary global crises & give it LIFE
The International Pastoral Care
Network for Social Responsibility, IPCNSR, is an interfaith network of Pastoral
Care Specialists and Educators working together to foster and promote spiritual,
emotional and environmental health for all persons, institutions, and the
planet. There are members in more than fifty countries and on every
continent. Each regional section of IPCNSR is a separate organization.
Since its founding some 20 years ago, we have worked together to develop
communication among pastoral caregivers through the exchange of news and views
on our website and in our newsletter, through cooperative action on behalf of
justice-centered peace-making, through periodic international theory-building
conferences, through network gatherings in conjunction with other pastoral care
and counseling conferences, and by issuing and publicizing statements of concern
on significant issues of justice, peace and the integrity of creation.
MISSION STATEMENT
We affirm our faith heritages that
proclaim peace through justice as the intension of God. We commit ourselves to
reverence for this planet and all its inhabitants. We pledge to work for a new
community that protects peace, justice, and the integrity of creation — the only
true security and hope for our planet. We therefore join hearts. Hands
and voices throughout the world in an interfaith network of specialists in
pastoral care and counseling working toward the creation of a more peace-filled
world that is ecologically whole, economically fair, and socially just.
As members of this network we unite,
with God's help, to use our dual training in theology and psychology to create a
global community of pastoral caregivers who support and empower one another in
individual and collective responses to the spiritual, ethical, ecological,
economic, and political crises that threaten the well-being of the earth and the
human family. We seek to illuminate the relevance of these issues to the
theory, the training, and the practice of pastoral care and counseling. We
develop and share with one another constructive, prophetic responses to this
impact, utilizing the insights, skills, and resources derived from our
experience and training, to support the continued development of care of the
earth, peacemaking activities and theory-building on these issues in all
pastoral care organizations. We are committed to cooperating with our brother
and sister specialists, across national, religious, and cultural boundaries, to
help save God's creation, our precious planet, from ecological disaster,
epidemic violence, over population and dehumanizing poverty and oppression.
WHAT ARE THE AIMS AND PURPOSES OF THE IPCNSR?
A. To sustain an international,
interfaith network of individual specialists in pastoral care and counseling and
of groups within pastoral care associations all of whom are committed to
justice, peace and the integrity of creation, all working toward spiritually
empowered wholeness and the transformation of life.
B. To serve as a channel for
communication of news and views on justice, peace and ecological issues by
individuals and associations involved in pastoral care in many countries.
C. To serve as a network for
collaborative action for justice, peace and the integrity of creation among
individuals and associations involved in pastoral care across boundaries —
national, ethnic, and religious.
D. To keep the concern for justice,
peace and the integrity of creation before individuals pastoral caregivers and
also before national and regional pastoral care associations in the countries
represented.
E. To relate to the International
Council on Pastoral Care and Counseling and to regional committees, to support
and maximize a strong emphasis on justice, peace and integrity of creation
issues in the programs of both international congresses and regional
conferences.
F. To consult with and advise the
governing boards and committees of national and regional pastoral care groups on
matters of international concern and action.
G.
To sponsor or co-sponsor international conferences and consultations on justice,
peace and the integrity of creation as related to pastoral care and other
helping professions.
H.
To explore the spiritual roots of violence against people and the biosphere, and
engage in collaborative action to contribute to a positive, justice-based future
for all members of the human family.
I. To cooperate with other
professional groups with similar purposes.
INTERNATIONAL PCNSR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair: Jim Farris, Reaves Brazil;
Treasurer: Lerrill White, USA;
Newsletter Editor & Webmaster: Michael
Cordner, USA;
International Coordinators. Carlos and Sarojini Welch;
Members at Large: Wilhelmina J. Kalu,
Nigeria; Nalini Arles, India; Steve Sangkwon Shim, S, Korea.
[New members from
other regions of the world will be elected at the next International Congress
for Pastoral Care and Counseling in Bangalore, India, August 2004.]
PCNSR - NORTH AMERICA BOARD
Nancy Chambers: Co-Chair, ACPE; George Grant:
Co-Chair, ACPE; Lerrill White: Treasurer, ACPE, APC;
Michael Cordner: Newsletter Editor & Webmaster; Howard Clinebell: Liaison with
IPCNSR, AAPC;
Sr. Barbara Arneson: Immediate Past Chair, NACC; John Thomas, Chair Emeritus,
ACPE, APC;
Terry Culbertson, ACPE, APC; Sherron Hughes-Tremper: Past Chair, ACPE, APC, CPSP;
Diana Dale, NIBIC;
John DeVelder, ACPE, CPSP; Shirley Winn, APC; Gale Unterberger, AAPC; Tom
Summers: Member at Large, ACPE, AAPC; John Bell, Website coordinator; Dave
Randle, AAPC; Alvin Embry, ACPE; Will Sieburg, ACPE;
John Grindler Katonah, ACPE.
"Teach your children what we have taught our children, the
earth is our mother. . .
The earth does not belong to humans; humans belong to the earth . . .
Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth.
People did not weave the web of life; they are merely strands of it.
Whatever they do to the web, they do to themselves."
--Chief Seattle, 1854
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MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN HANDS AND HEARTS IN
OUR WORLD-WIDE CAREGIVING NETWORK
COMMITTED TO JUSTICE-BASED EARTHKEEPING AND PEACEMAKING
Please use this form to (1) send dues
payments ($25 US from those who can afford it, or some lesser amount from those
who cannot); (2) request the IPCNSR Newsletter; (3) give our members information
about yourself.
Name:
Address:
Phone: E-Mail
address:
With what pastoral care organization(s) are you affiliated?
Amount of dues payment enclosed ____________
Would you prefer to receive hard copies of the monthly newsletters or read them
on the IPCNSR Web Page? ____________
Information about you, your activities and interests:
Please return completed form to: Lerrill White, Treasurer, 418 Mill Pl. Ct.,
Sugar Land, TX, 77478, USA., or
Michael Cordner,
233 South Street,
South Hero, VT 05495, USA.
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