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Sally Schwab |
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Nomination for Sally Schwab for President, ACPE I am pleased to stand before you today to nominate Sally Schwab as President-Elect of ACPE.
During my tenure as President of ACPE from 1998-99, I had the task of leading Board Meetings which included Bill Russell and Cal Brand who, as we all know, appreciate the opportunity to debate and speak their mind. In the midst of hearing many voices there was one voice I always paid attention to and that was Sally Schwab. Representing the South Central Region, Sally was a quiet member in comparison to her Presbyterian brethren. She would sit quietly with much attention in her listening. I always knew that when Sally wanted to speak, that her ideas, her response, her voice was going to be one that offered much thoughtfulness, a bright mind and a willingness to engage in what might be conflict or controversy.
Her quietness was not about a reticence to act, a lack of knowledge about the issue or a tendency towards shyness. Sally's demeanor represents what she brings to her work and to her organizational commitments: a high level of integrity, a desire to find solutions that make sense both philosophically and economically and, a quiet determination. Sally is one of those persons for which the descriptions solid presence and team player are most accurate.
She has served for 18 years in her institution as a leader; she has worked within the South Central Region in a variety of capacities on the Regional Board, Accreditation, Certification, and most recently the Chair of the Region. She worked at the national level as a member of the Board of Representatives, appointed to fill the unexpired term of Maxine Glaz and then elected on her own for 2 terms. She has helped plan national conferences and will again be leading that task as we anticipate meeting in the South Central Region in 2010.
Sally has the knowledge, the experience and the commitment to serve ACPE in leadership and I am delighted to place her name before you today as a candidate for President-Elect. Thank you.
Jo Clare Wilson Eastern Regional Co-Director Director of Training and Pastoral Services Griffin Hospital Derby, CT |
Nominating Speech for Sally Schwab as President-Elect
I am delighted to nominate Sally Schwab as President-Elect of ACPE! She is an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church, and currently is Team Leader, Spiritual Health Services & Palliative Care at Heartland Health in St. Joseph, Missouri, where she has served for approximately 18 years.
Sally is a highly respected leader at both the regional and national levels in our Association. She is presently completing a term as Chair of the South Central Region ACPE, and over the years has ably held numerous leadership positions within our regional family. In addition Sally is highly regarded nationally for her many years of service as a member of the ACPE Board of Representatives. She is a committed and incisive thinker, able to sort out complicated questions and issues, and to offer reasoned and reasonable solutions for consideration. Sally will lead us ably, thoughtfully, creatively, and caringly as President.
Sally is a dear friend and colleague whom I respect and trust. I thus am honored to nominate her as President-Elect!
Stu Plummer |
Nomination Acceptance Response
I accept the nomination for President of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. I am honored and humbled that I have been invited to consider this awesome work. Once I work through some feelings about inadequacy, I am inspired by the possibilities of relationships and new opportunities to create, enhance and sustain the vision and mission of our beloved ACPE.
I entered the United Methodist ministry early in my life and have been ordained since 1978. The call to serve has been shaped and renewed again and again as I have moved from parish ministry to chaplaincy, to CPE supervision and department leadership. I did my clinical pastoral education training at Saint Luke's Hospital and Baptist Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. My first position as CPE supervisor and staff chaplain was at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. I began my work at Heartland Regional Medical Center in 1989 and have functioned as a department director for the spiritual care department which includes clinical pastoral education. I have also worked as the department director for the Hands of Hope Hospice program and developed the palliative care consultation team at Heartland Regional Medical Center.
I have represented the South-Central region on the ACPE Board of Representatives for twelve years (1992-2004). I have been the Chair of the South Central Region, just completing my term as the past chair on Regional Council. I am a member of the regional certification committee.
Prayerful discernment and collegial consultation leads me to say Yes to the decision to accept this nomination. I have a poet's heart and recall an e.e. cummings poem about the eternal yes. “i thank you God for most this amazing day:…and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes.”
I will bring to the office of ACPE president the ability to listen with empathy and hear the meanings being communicated. I am a facilitative, conciliatory, flexible and encouraging leader. I seek to bring persons and organizations together for common purposes while recognizing the values of diversity and healthy differentiation. I believe in the outcomes and strategies of the current strategic plan and pledge my support and leadership. I am equipped to lead with competence and compassion what I perceive the future work of our organization is. I have the faith, wisdom and integrity to respond to the not yet known that is also our future.
Thank you for your trust in me and I ask that you support me in the process toward becoming the President of the ACPE!
Sally A. Schwab |
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