Thank you for considering Kettering Health Network for your Clinical Pastoral Education experience. We offer CPE on two of our campuses in the Greater Dayton, Ohio area. They are: Kettering Medical Center and Grandview Medical Center.
The CPE application process requires several written essays. On this page, we offer a few helpful tips and suggestions for completing the ACPE application form. We hope you find this to be useful. These tips should be used in conjunction with the instructions on the application form.
Style Guidelines:
1. Use 12 pt. Times New Roman font
• For Essay 1 “Reasonably Full Account of Your Life” and Essay 2 “Spiritual Growth” tell us your story and include important events and people in both facets of your life.
Additionally, reflect on how these events and relationships have formed you into the unique person and pastoral care provider that you are.
• For Essay 4 “Helping Incident” tell us a story about a time that you provided emotional and/or spiritual support to someone.
incident and add a couple of paragraphs reflecting what you learned about
yourself and your ministry
• The application packet is complete when we have received the application sheet, all required essays, and the $25.00 application fee. Once we have this, we will review your application and schedule an admissions interview if you meet the criteria.
• Application fees can be paid by check or money order made payable to: Kettering Health Network