Thursday,
March 15, 2007
8:00 AM - 7 PM Registration
10:00 AM Opening Session
10:30How Loving Kindness Wiped Out Pagan Religion
- Dr. James Kok
11:00Overflowing with Living Water for Thirsty Souls
- Dr. Bill Gaultiere
12:00 Lunch (provided)
1:00 PM General Session
Uncommon Graces: Helping the Wounded Understand Grace
- Dr. John Vawter
2:15 Workshops
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- Restorative Justice for Ex-offenders and Families - Jim Vander Schaff
- Peace in the Storm: Pain and Illness through the Ages- Maureen Pratt
- Loving and Understanding People (Part 1)- Dick Innes
- Circle of Care - Glen and Dottie Giffin
- Care and Compassion Through the Media - Gail Williamson and Blair
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3:15 Break
3:45 Panel: Disability Awareness Q&A Panel
Norm Coombs, Maureen Pratt, Glen Giffin, Ralph Bus, Gail Williamson and Blair
4:45 Closing
Friday, March 16, 2007
7:30 Lectio Divina
8:00 Continental Breakfast (included)
8:30 General Session
9:00 Plenary Speaker
Attitudes, Platitudes, and Gratitude
- Rhea Zakich
10:00 Break
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10:30 Workshops |
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- Passing the Torch — Leaving a Legacy - Glenn DeMaster
- The Healing Power of Prayer - Vicki Orr
- Living with Chronic Arthritis: Making it a Joint Effort with God- Ralph Bus
- Personalities: Giving and Receiving Care - Dr. Debbie Hutchinson
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11:45 Lunch (included)
12:45 General Session
Presence as Prayer
- Dr. Jan Pfeffer
2:00 Break
2:30 Workshops
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- Kind People Can Have Boundaries, Too - Dr. Bill Gaultiere
- Personalities: Giving and Receiving Care - Part II - Dr. Debbie Hutchinson
- Loving and Understanding People (Part 2) - Dick Innes
- Candor: Speaking the Truth in Love - Dr. John Vawter
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3:30 Break
4:00 Special Video Presentation - "Clean Comedians"
6:00 Doors open for Banquet
6:30 Care and Kindness Banquet (included) and
Entertainment
7:30 Self Esteem and Loving Kindness
- Dr. Robert H. Schuller
Saturday, March 17, 2007Care-iffic
Saturday
7:30 Communion
8:00 Continental Breakfast (included)
8:30 General Session
9:00 Plenary Speaker
Small Acts of Kindness Heal the Human Spirit and the Body
- Dr. James R. Kok
9:30 Plenary Speaker
Ethical Considerations in Death and Dying
- Kenneth Schemmer, M.D.
10:30 Break
10:45 Workshops
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- Take Hold of Your Faith - Dr. Edith Ever Eger
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Don Pederson
- Listening to Empower - Susan Balk
- Care And Kindness In A Cross Cultural Environment - Rev. Karyn Reddick
- 90% of Helping is Just Showing Up! - Dr. James R. Kok
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12:00 Lunch (included)
12:45 General Session
Caring about Other People of Faith
- Rev. Donald Postema
2:00 Break
2:15 Workshops
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- The Dying Experience - Ken Schemmer
- A Heart for Grief Ministry - Carol Collins
- Hope and Autism - Christine Iradj
- Take My Hand: Guiding a Child Through Grief - Sharon Marshall
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3:30 Plenary Speaker
Allow God to Define You
- Dr. Edith Ever Eger
4:30 Final Session
Taking Care and Kindness Home
- Dr. James R. Kok
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