Clinical Pastoral Education | On-Site Clinical Pastoral Education
On-Site Units
On-Site UNITS
Residency Program
August 25, 2025 – September 4, 2026
This professional, experienced based education program is an opportunity to develop one’s pastoral leadership and ministry skills. We are accepting applications for 3 ACPE Level I/II 12-month Residency positions that begin August 25, 2025. Three units are offered with four weeks in each unit for ministry and integration. Tuition is $1,000 per unit, for a total of $3,000 for the year-long residency. Residents receive a stipend of $36,539 plus full-time employee benefits.
Qualifications are as follows:
- MDiv degree or equivalent
- Satisfactory completion of 1 ACPE unit of CPE
Application deadline: February 1, 2025.
Please send ACPE application along with a $75 application fee, to:
Rev. Karl Van Harn, DMIn
Pastoral Services & CPE
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services
300 68th St SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49548
Karl Van Harn: 616.281.6363 x2902 | karl.vanharn@pinerest.org
Autumn Extended Unit
October 2, 2025 – March 26, 2026
This professional, experienced based education program is an opportunity to develop one’s pastoral leadership and ministry skills. This part-time unit meets one day each week on Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for 24 weeks. An additional 16 hours of ministry in one’s own ministry site or through Pine Rest is required.
Application deadline: July 1, 2025.
Summer Unit
May 27 – August 9, 2025
This professional, experienced based education program is an opportunity to develop one’s pastoral leadership and ministry skills. This full-time unit runs for 11 weeks at 40 hours per week.
Application window now closed.
Pine Rest CPE: Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
- Pine Rest has a Christian heritage in which compassion, care, openness and hospitality are at the center of all we do.
- Pine Rest CPE welcomes and honors women and men of diverse faith traditions, spiritualities and existential beliefs as well as all race, ethnicity, and cultural backgrounds.
- Pine Rest CPE desires a diverse group of chaplains and CPE participants to bring a range of experiences and perspectives to our reflective learning process and spiritual care.
