I'll be spending the summer in Seattle, doing CPE at Swedish Medical Center's First Hill campus. (CPE = Clinical Pastoral Education, where folks get to be hospital chaplain interns for the summer. This is part of my required work as I pursue ordination in the Presbyterian Church.
It will be a busy 40-hour a week job, I'll spend part of each day in group work with other interns and supervisors, and the other part of the day with patients. We'll do some on-call / overnight shifts. While I cannot say that I am excited about this work, I know it will be a good stretching experience -- unlike any work or ministry I have ever done -- so I am eager to see what I learn about life, myself, and God in the whole process. It is nice to know what I will be doing...and I am excited to be near family and friends, and to finally be able to attend church here for the summer.
(Does that help, MFK?)
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