The following individuals have completed a unit of Clinical Pastoral Education at Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston. From left, Earl Rogers, a student at Andover-Newton Theological School of Newton, Mass., from South Paris; Rev. Alicia Kellogg of Winthrop, an Episcopal deacon serving at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Hallowell; and Martha Tucker, a student at Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Mass., from Wallingford, Pa. Rev. Jay W. Turner, far right, is director of Pastoral Care and Clinical Pastoral Education at CMMC. CMMC’s pastoral training program is accredited through the U.S. Department of Education and is one of only two such programs in Maine. Students in the graduate education program explore gifts for ministry, deepen self-understanding, develop skills in visitation, discern vocational direction, enhance leadership skills and meet denominational and seminary requirements. The program includes visitation, individual and group reflection, didactics, written materials and pertinent readings. For more information, contact Rev. Turner at 795-2291.

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