Rev. Maureen Jenci Shelton

Maureen Jenci Shelton, MDiv, ACPE Certified Educator, Senior CBCT Teacher and CCSH Registered Teacher presents to the Oncology Yoga Trainees April, 2026.

Maureen attended Candler School of Theology of Emory University and completed her MDiv in 1991. She then went on to pursue her Chaplain Residency through the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at Emory Healthcare’s Clinical Pastoral Education program. Upon completion of her Residency, she began her training to become an ACPE Certified Educator and completed this training in 1999. In 2001 she became the Director of Education at Spiritual Health at Emory Healthcare’s CPE program. Maureen became a Certified CBCT® (Cognitively-Based Compassion Training) instructor in 2016. 

Maureen is interested in innovation in the field of Spiritual Health and CPE Education and has an abiding interest in nurturing the next generation of leaders in ACPE. To contribute to this effort, she has served on the Regional Certification Committee for ACPE for the last 15 years as well as recently completing a term of service on the National Certification Commission for ACPE.

Additionally, Maureen has been interested in Contemplative Practices, frequently attending personal retreats at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, GA. Maureen is an ordained United Church of Christ Minister and part of her on-going involvement in serving her Faith community has been through the writing and playing of music which promotes contemplative spaces for her local Church. She has also contributed two hymns for the United Church of Christ’s “Sing” Hymnal.

For more info check out Spiritualhealth.emory.edu or CCSH.emory.edu