Upcoming Webinars and Other Events

Check out our upcoming events below; some are free and open to the public, while others are for Chaplaincy Innovation Lab individual and organizational subscribers.

We also invite your organization to consider sponsoring one or more webinars. Sponsors are listed on all pre-event publicity, during the event, and in all follow-up and archival materials. Sponsorship is an excellent opportunity to reach an incredibly diverse community of chaplains, educators, and others contributing to the work of spiritual care. For more information, write to us at info@chaplaincyinnovation.org.

Candler School of Theology invites the Lab community to two information sessions on the school’s new DMin with Chaplaincy Track.

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From our partner:

Candler School of Theology at Emory University offers an online/hybrid Doctor of Ministry so you can earn your degree benefit from a top-25 university while staying rooted in your place of ministry, no matter where you are.

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Mainstreaming Spiritual Care in Healthcare

Date: May 6, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Zoom
Webinar
2025-05-06 WIDE Mainstreaming
Join us for a discussion of our project Mainstreaming Spiritual Care in Healthcare Organizations, including our new working paper! The project, and this paper, discusses how healthcare executives can maximize their utilization of spiritual care providers to enhance workforce wellbeing, patient experience, and access to care.

We thank John Templeton Foundation for its support of this work and Transforming Chaplaincy for supporting this event.

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How chaplains are involved in clinical ethics varies widely from organization to organization. This webinar will provide an overview of how clinical ethics is integrated into healthcare, best practices of chaplain involvement, and the state of the field of spirituality within healthcare ethics.

We thank Healthcare Ethics Consultant Certification Commission, a legal entity of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, for their support of this event. Learn more here.

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Explore the profound role of the animal-human bond, particularly in palliative and hospice care. This webinar will highlight the benefits of animal-assisted chaplaincy, including emotional comfort, spiritual support, and stress reduction for patients and families. We will also examine the chaplain’s role in companioning individuals through pet separation and loss in hospital environments, offering compassionate presence and ritual guidance.

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[External] Moral Injury Certificate Program

Start date: September 8, 2025
End date: November 19, 2025
All-day event
Location: Zoom
Webinar
Logo of Shay Moral Injury Certificate Program
The Moral Injury Certificate Program is designed to increase participants’ knowledge of trauma, moral distress, and moral injury, drawing from research and work in various disciplines. These disciplines include the fields of social work, psychology, spiritual care, mental health counseling, religion, and arts and healing. It will also increase competency for developing and implementing peer support strategies for processing distressful experiences as a means of facilitating moral repair and building moral resilience.

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Why Subscribe?

The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab is an amazing resource for learning, networking, and building careers.

Each Lab member is entitled to attend live webinars at no cost, join our popular Facebook group, access all future Lab eBooks and our constantly growing catalog of publications, and so much more! 

Learn more here!