Deepening Our Roots: Nurturing the Soul and Growing in Connection Spring 2026 Conference April 24–26, 2025 | Linthicum, MD **CLICK HERE TO REGISTER HERE** Join us for a transformative weekend retreat designed to deepen inner awareness, strengthen relational roots, and foster professional sustainability. Guided by the theme Deepening Our Roots: Nurturing the Soul and Growing in Connection, this retreat invites therapists, chaplains, clergy, spiritual directors, educators, and all who are drawn to this meaningful work. We celebrate diverse spiritual orientations and welcome everyone—whether you come with clarity, curiosity, or quiet openness. Workshops and Presenters Visit Our Presenters Page Explore a rich array of workshops led by experienced practitioners: * Kathryn Summers: Our thoughtful, experienced, and energetic Master of Ceremonies * Carol Smith & Lacrecia Dangerfield: Connection through Storytelling * Melissa Lemons: Possibilities and Patterns: Emotional and Spiritual Benefits of Knitting * Russell Siler Jones: Channels of Spiritual Presence: Exploring Spiritual Dimensions of Therapeutic Presence * Selena Coleman: Garden of Personal Peace * Janet Dean: Bearing Holy Sorrow: Practitioner Grief and the Practice of Lament * Carol McGinnis: Spiritually Integrated Therapeutic Drumming * Aaron Pawelek: In the Event of My Death or Incapacity * Wayne Gustafson: Identifying, Understanding, and Challenging Assumptions in Psychotherapy and Life * David Harris: Rooted and Responsive: Engaging AI as a Mirror for Formation, Presence, and Sustainable Practice Visit Our Presenters Page Shared Learning and Community Our time together will include reflective dialogue, experiential practices, and embodied exploration—creating space for renewal, insight, and integration. You’ll leave with tools to enrich your clinical and spiritual practice. Continuing Education Earn up to 10.0 hours of continuing education credit. You don’t need to attend every session; feel free to take space and rest as needed. ACPE is an approved provider for NBCC, ASWB, and NY State Education Department. Location and Amenities The retreat takes place at the Maritime Conference Center (692 Maritime Boulevard, Linthicum, MD). Enjoy free parking, complimentary Wi-Fi, a fitness center, walking trails, and a pet-friendly environment. Check-in begins at 3pm on Friday, and check-out is at 11am on Sunday. Cost and Lodging * ACPE Members: $99 * Non-members: $200 Your registration includes all sessions, materials, meals, and snacks. Single rooms are available at a discounted rate of $169/night. Reserve your room here or call (410) 859-5700. For special accommodations or questions, contact Latasha Matthews at latasha.matthews@acpe.edu. We look forward to growing in connection with you! Registration **CLICK HERE TO REGISTER HERE**

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April 24-26th, Deepening our Roots: Nurturing the Soul and Growing in Connection (24 Apr 2026) Deepening our Roots: Nurturing the Soul and Growing in Connection April 24-26, 2025 Linthicum, MD 14.0 hours of continuing education credit possible “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is a progress. Working together is success.” - Henry Ford Guided by the theme Deepening Our Roots: Nurturing the Soul and Growing in Connection, ACPE’s Psychotherapy Commission, warmly welcome practitioners from a variety of disciplines — including therapists, chaplains, clergy, spiritual directors, educators, and others who feel drawn to this work. We also honor and celebrate diverse spiritual orientations: those grounded in specific faith traditions, those drawing from multiple paths, and those still discovering their spiritual language. Whether you arrive with clarity, curiosity, questions, or quiet openness, you belong here. Our shared learning will unfold through reflective dialogue, experiential practices, embodied exploration, and meaningful connection within community — creating space for renewal, insight, and integration that can be carried back into your clinical and spiritual practice. This weekend retreat is focused on: · Deepening Inner Awareness · Strengthening Relational Roots · Honoring Cultural and Spiritual Diversity · Practicing Embodied Presence · Supporting Professional Sustainability · Engaging in Shared Learning and Reflection · Growing in Community and Belonging Learning Objectives- TBA Location and Schedule We will be meeting at Maritime Conference Center, Linthicum, Maryland (692 Maritime Boulevard) from Friday 4pm- Sunday 12pm. We have a block of hotel rooms at the conference center. Check-in is open at 3pm. Check-out is 11am. Maritime Conference Center offers: · Free Parking · Complimentary Hotel Shuttle · Snack and Convenience Shop · Deck Club bar · Complimentary Wi-Fi · Fitness Center, walking and jogging trails · 100% smoke free facility · Pets welcome Program Cost ACPE Members $ 99 Non-members $200 Program cost includes all sessions, materials, continuing education certificates, and all meals and snack time (Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast, lunch and dinner, Sunday breakfast, and lunch). Participants are responsible for costs of lodging and travel. Registration You can register here OR you can use this link (where you will need to login as a member or create a profile): Nimble Registration link: https://profile.acpe.edu/nc__event?id=a0lPh000001fFP7IAM Hotel Reservations link: https://gettaroom.b4checkin.com/mccbwi/rlp/ACPE     Lodging Lodging Single rooms are available for an ACPE-discount rate ($169/night) at Maritime Conference Center Hotel. Reserve your room using this link https://gettaroom.b4checkin.com/mccbwi/rlp/ACPE If the website gives you trouble, call (410) 859-5700 and ask for the ACPE rate. We have reserved a limited number of rooms, so book now if you’re planning to attend! Continuing Education Credit Participants who attend all sessions can earn 14.0 hours of continuing education credit. ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7004. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. ACPE Provider 2045, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ACPE maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/01/2024-11/01/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 14.0 Social Work Clinical continuing education credits. Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0301. This program is offered in person. If you need special accommodations or have questions, please contact Latasha Matthews (latasha.matthews@acpe.edu). Other Questions? Contact any member of the conference planning team if you have thoughts or questions: Ashlee Pierson, Lacrecia Dangerfield, Anita Colburn , Russell Siler Jones, Latasha Matthews, Carol McGinnis, Sahndra Parks, Beth Burdick, Margaret Conley

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