 Thursday,
March 15, 2007
8:00 AM - 7 PM Registration
10:00 AM Opening Session
10:30 “How Loving Kindness Wiped Out Pagan Religion”
- Dr. James Kok
11:00“Overflowing 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, 2007 “Care-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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