M.Div./M.Min. – Pastoral Care Emphasis
Pastoral care ministry cares for and counsels others in understanding their personal stories through a spiritual or religious lens. Coursework for this emphasis prepares students to address a range of difficult or challenging issues that confront people at all stages of life.
Pastoral care emphasis courses include: Introduction to Pastoral Care; Human Sexuality in Ministry; Pastoral Care to the Dying and Their Families; Emergency Pastoral Care; Group Leadership; Anger, Guilt and Shame; and Pastoral Care with Family Systems. In addition, residential students are required to take one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education.
Students emerge from ESR with a sound, basic foundation in pastoral care that prepares them to pursue certification, through a one-year residency program, as a chaplain or member of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.
Recent and Upcoming Pastoral Care Courses
| 2017 | Fall | PC 333 | Human Sexuality | residential |
| 2018 | January | PC 328-T | Emergency Pastoral Care | two-week intensive |
| 2018 | Spring | PC 101-O | Introduction to Pastoral Care | online |
| 2018 | Spring | PC 258 | Anger, Guilt, and Shame | residential |
| 2018 | Fall | PC 368 | Pastoral Care with the Dying and Their Families | residential |
| 2018 | Fall | PC 348-O | Family Systems | online |
| 2019 | January | PC 348-T | Family Systems | two-week intensive |
| 2019 | Spring | PC 101-O | Introduction to Pastoral Care | online |
| 2019 | Spring | PC 2XX | Community Organizing | residential |
See complete course listings at Student Academic Services web site.
Recent and Upcoming Pastoral Care Conferences and Events
Students, prospective students and others interested in pastoral care should plan to attend the Quakers in Pastoral Care and Counseling Conference, held each year in Richmond at nearby Quaker Hill Conference Center.
| Introduction to Pastoral Care |