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In The Round Clergy Conversations: Renewing, Refreshing, and Relaxing
February 18, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
The NBTS Center for Clergy Care presents
In The Round Clergy Conversations
Renewing, Refreshing, and Relaxing
Our conversation will focus on techniques and resources to help clergy to relax, refresh, and renew:
- Learn simple meditation practices.
- Discover a proven program to ensure your well-being.
- Hear what is available through RWJH to assist you in self-care.
We will have resource tables in the lobby with information that will enhance your ministry and offer you care. We are partnered with government, industry, medical personnel, health care specialists, mental health providers and professional healers with the goal to be of service to clergy!
Schedule for the day:
Breakfast at 9:30 a.m.
Program from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Moderator:
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Rev. Dr. Willard Walden Christopher Ashley, Sr., SCP, NCPsyA Vice President of Community Relations, Director of the Center for Clergy Care, & Associate Professor of Practical Theology, New Brunswick, Theological Seminary |
Our panelists:
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Dr. Carla J. Cooke is a licensed psychologist, the author of the On Being Well Workbook: Foundations of Positive Emotional Health, and the founder of Sanctuary of Hope and Healing which is a counseling center, a refuge, and a place of restoration located in Scotch Plains, NJ. She is a national and international speaker on the efficacy of trauma-informed forensic evaluations in child welfare and custody matters. Dr. Cooke is also the founder of the On Being Well Institute which promotes emotional empowerment to the general public. Dr. Cooke is a licensed minister at Bethlehem Judah Christian Fellowship Church where Bishop Anthony W. Gilyard is the pastor. She provides leadership workshops for churches and frequently speaks at Christian women’s conferences. Dr. Cooke is a vessel of God who is passionate about helping others mature in faith in order to fully operate in their divine purpose and powerfully contribute to the Kingdom of God. She is the proud wife of Ronald Collier and loves Jesus who is the head of her life. |
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Rev. Christine Davies, Director, Pastoral Care, Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, and Adjunct Professor, NBTS Rev. Davies is a Certified Educator with the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education. She is ordained as a Minister of Word & Sacrament within the Presbyterian Church (USA). She holds a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Master of Social Work from Rutgers University. Prior to entering chaplaincy, Christine was a counselor for addiction and mental health. She has led the Chaplaincy Services department at NYU Langone Medical Center in NYC, was the CPE Coordinator at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a staff chaplain at Methodist Hospital in Philadelphia. Christine and her husband are raising two energetic sons. Some of her self-care activities include time with friends, yoga, running, reading, gardening and beekeeping. |
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Laura Giacobbe, Public Services Librarian, NBTS Laura is a librarian, certified reiki master teacher, and meditation teacher. She holds a Master of Science in Library and Information Science from Drexel University. Currently, she is the public services librarian at the Gardner A. Sage Library. Previously, Laura was an adult services librarian at the Ocean County Library. At the Sage Library, she curates collections with a special emphasis on meditation and mindfulness practices. With over twenty years of meditation experience, she has been teaching reiki and meditation with a focus on mindfulness. Laura is trained in the vipassana, insight meditation, and metta/loving-kindness meditation methods of practice. She is trained in the Johrei, spiritual white light, method of reiki instruction.
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