Conference
Schedule

 

Thursday, March 14, 2002

11:00 AM - 7 PM Registration

1:30 PM Opening Session
“Vision for the Care & Kindness Movement
- Dr. James R. Kok

2:30 Activity Mixer

3:30 General Session
“Healing Love”
- Rev. David Paap

4:40 Dinner

7:00 Workshops

 
  1. “Loneliness to Loveliness” - Dr. Bill Gaultiere
  2. “Healing Love” - Stephen Ministries
  3. “Care and Kindness to People with Diabetes” - Paul Schickling
  4. “Grandma Calls Me “Precious” - Betty Southard
  5. Emotional First Aid: How To Help The Emotionally Injured After Tragedy Strikes - Freddie Charles
  6. “Creating Space for Telling and Listening To Stories” - Beth Aitken
  7. “Friendship — Catch the Vision” - Ralph and Carol Honderd
  8. Saying Goodbye to Aging Parents” - Rev. John Coulombe

Friday, March 15, 2002

7:30 Devotions - Terry Nyhuis

8:00 Continental Breakfast

9:00 General Session
“Contours of Christian Compassion
- Neil Plantinga

10:45 Workshops

 
  1. “Mental Illness, A Family's Story” - Andrew and Mae Rienstra
  2. “Dealing with Destructive Conflict in the Church” - Stephen Ministries
  3. “Depression: Fighting Back” - Debbie Hutchinson
  4. “Helping Victims Of Domestic Violence Become Survivors” - Merritt Lori McKeon
  5. “The Devastation of Suicide” - Bill Hoy
  6. “Simple Secrets of Care-full Communications” - Sande Herron

12:00 Lunch (included) and Organ Recital

1:00 General Session

“Marching in the Light of God…Dealing with Disabilities”
- Bert Zwiers

3:15 Workshops

 
  1. “Helping Victims Of Domestic Violence Become Survivors” - Merritt Lori McKeon
  2. “Circles of Care with Christ at the Center” - Stephen Ministries
  3. “Ethical Issues in Care Giving” - Dr. Mark Spee
  4. “Art of the Gentle Heart” - Frank Freed
  5. “Take My Hand: Guiding a Child Through Grief” - Sharon Marshall
  6. “Setting Up A Care Ministry Program At Your Church - Jan Pfeffer

4:30 Special Communion Service

Evening:    Dinner
                 Glory of Easter (optional)

 

Saturday, March 16, 2002“Care-iffic Saturday”

7:30 Devotions —Rev. Dr. Vicki Orr
"Lectio Divina"

8:00 Continental Breakfast

9:00 Opening Session

9:45 General Session
“MADD”

- Millie Webb

11:15 Workshops

 
  1.  “Basic Tactics of Caring People” - Dr. James Kok
  2. “Equipping Christians for Care and Kindness” - Stephen Ministries
  3. 12 Steps To Understanding And Connecting To Distractible Or Hyperactive People - Bob Lee
  4. “Loneliness to Loveliness” - Dr. Bill Gaultiere
  5. “Decembered Grief” - Harold Ivan Smith
  6. “Empowering Parents: Choosing to Be Safe” - Bob Stuber
  7. “Friendship — Catch the Vision” - Ralph and Carol Honderd

12:15 Lunch (included) and group photo

1:30 General Session

5 Spiritual Laws of Care & Kindness
- Dr. James Kok

2:45 Workshops

 
  1. “Empowering Positive Change in Others” - Ken France
  2. “How to Care (and How Not to Care) for those Experiencing Pain and Suffering” - Stephen Ministries
  3. “Empowering Parents” - Bob Stuber
  4. “Friend Grief” - Harold Ivan Smith
  5. “S.A.C.K.” - Shirley Zink
  6. “Simple Secrets of Care-full Communications” - Sande Herron
  7. “Caring for the Creation” - Erick Burres

4:00 General Session

6:30 Gala Dinner and Entertainment


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