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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

11:00Overflowing 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

 
  1. “Restorative Justice for Ex-offenders and Families” - Jim Vander Schaff
  2. “Peace in the Storm: Pain and Illness through the Ages”- Maureen Pratt
  3. “Loving and Understanding People (Part 1)”- Dick Innes
  4. “Circle of Care ” - Glen and Dottie Giffin
  5. “Care and Compassion Through the Media” - Gail Williamson and Blair

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

  10:30 Workshops
 
  1. “Passing the Torch — Leaving a Legacy” - Glenn DeMaster
  2. “The Healing Power of Prayer” - Vicki Orr
  3. “Living with Chronic Arthritis: Making it a Joint Effort with God”- Ralph Bus
  4. “Personalities: Giving and Receiving Care” - Dr. Debbie Hutchinson

11:45 Lunch (included)

12:45 General Session
“Presence as Prayer”
- Dr. Jan Pfeffer

2:00 Break

2:30 Workshops

 
  1. “Kind People Can Have Boundaries, Too” - Dr. Bill Gaultiere
  2. “Personalities: Giving and Receiving Care - Part II” - Dr. Debbie Hutchinson
  3. “Loving and Understanding People (Part 2)” - Dick Innes
  4. “Candor: Speaking the Truth in Love” - Dr. John Vawter

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

 
  1. “Take Hold of Your Faith” - Dr. Edith Ever Eger
  2. “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” - Don Pederson
  3. “Listening to Empower” - Susan Balk
  4. “Care And Kindness In A Cross Cultural Environment” - Rev. Karyn Reddick
  5. “90% of Helping is Just Showing Up!” - Dr. James R. Kok

12:00 Lunch (included)

12:45 General Session
“Caring about Other People of Faith”
- Rev. Donald Postema

2:00 Break

2:15 Workshops

 
  1. “The Dying Experience” - Ken Schemmer
  2. “A Heart for Grief Ministry” - Carol Collins
  3. “Hope and Autism” - Christine Iradj
  4. “Take My Hand: Guiding a Child Through Grief” - Sharon Marshall

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