 Thursday,
March 10, 2004
11:00 AM - 7 PM Registration
1:00 PM Opening Session
 “Increase Kindness: How and Why, Part 1”
- Dr.
James R. Kok
1:45 General Session
“The Art of Helping”
-
Lauren Littauer Briggs
2:45 Table Talk
3:15 Workshops
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- “Dying With Diversity — Grief Cross-Culturally” - Bill Hoy
- “When Things Won't Get Any Better ” -
Lauren Littauer Briggs
- “Building a Safe Marriage: Making Sense of your Differences” -
Dr. Archibald and Kathleen Hart
- “Soul Care with Jesus” - Dr. Bill Gaultiere
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4:15 Panel: Care and Kindness Questions - Dr. James Kok, Moderator
5:30 Dinner
6:30 General Session
7:00 Plenary Speaker
“Hope Givers: Understanding how to Grow, Heal and be an Encourager in your Relationships” - Dr. Archibald and Kathleen Hart
8:00 Closing
Friday, March 11, 2004
8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:30 General Session
9:00 Plenary Speaker
“Being a Blessing to the Blended ” -
Sandra McMullen Hayhurst
10:00 Table Talk
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10:45 Workshops |
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- “How to Begin a Care Ministry for your Church” -
Bev Michielson
- “Visiting the Sick: Practical Ways to Give Care, Comfort and Courage” -
Leah Stout
- “Guiding a Child Through Grief” -
Sharon Marshall
- “Identifying Barriers to Expressing Care and Kindness” - Rhonda McCloud
- “Don't Panic: You're the Boss!” - Dr. Debbie Hutchinson
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12:00 Lunch
1:00 Plenary Speaker
“Bearing One Another's Burdens: the Spiritual Imperatives of Caring”
- Margaret Cottle, M.D.
2:00 Break
2:15 Panel Discussions
“Retirement Issues”
- Rev John Coulombe, Moderator
3:15 Break
3:30 Workshops
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- “Practical Care and Kindness ” -
Dr. James Kok
- “When Someone has Bipolar Disorder ” -
Rev. Dr. Jim Stout
- “Emotional First Aid” -
Freddie Charles
- “The Church and Post-abortive Women” - Traci Hildebrant
- “Aging with Grace” - Sandra McMullen Hayhurst
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4:30 Open Forum
“Care and Kindness in Africa”
- Bill and Harriet Bierling
6:30 Care and Kindness Banquet (included) and
Entertainment
“Gentleness”
- Dr. Robert H. Schuller
Saturday, March 12, 2004 “Care-iffic
Saturday”
7:30 Communion Service
7:30 Continental Breakfast
8:15 General Session
8:30 Plenary Speakers
“Caring for Creation: We are Stewards of this Planet ”
- Dr. Juan Carlos Ortiz
“Increase Kindness: How and Why, Part 2”
- Dr.
James R. Kok
9:45 Break
10:00 Plenary Session
“Creating a Culture of Caregiving”
- Marcia Potter
11:00 Table Talk
11:30 Workshops
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- “The Gift of Forgiveness” -
Dr. Vicki Orr
- “SOS for ADHD ” -
Carolyn Harmes
- “Parenting Skills for Troubled Teens” - Eric Evenhuis
- “Someone has Alzheimers: How to be Present” - Dr. Jan Pfeffer
- “Grief after Suicide” -
Bill Hoy
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12:30 Lunch (included)
1:15 General Session
1:30 Plenary Speaker
“The Secret of Transforming Power”
-
Dr. Siang-Yang Tan
2:30 Plenary Speaker
“The Game of Life and How to Play It”
- Art Linkletter
3:30 Final Session
“Taking Care and Kindness Home”
- Dr. James Kok
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