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Monday, August
4, 2008
9:30am-11:00am
Forum Check-in
9:30am-7:00pm
Conference Check-in
12:00am-5:00pm
Forum (begins with lunch)
7:00-8:30pm
Opening General Session
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
7:30am-9:00am Continental Breakfast
9:00am-10:00am
Morning General Session
10:30am-12:00 noon
Series 100 Workshops
1:00pm-2:30pm
Series 200 Workshops
3:00pm-4:30pm
Series 300 Workshops
7:00pm-8:30pm
Evening General Session
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
7:30am-9:00am
Continental Breakfast
9:00am-10:00am
Morning General Session
10:30am-12:00 noon
Series 400 Workshops
1:00pm-2:30pm
Series 500 Workshops
3:00pm-4:30pm
Series 600 Workshops
FREE Evening
Thursday, August 7, 2008
7:30am-9:00am
Continental Breakfast
9:00am-10:00am
Morning General Session
10:30am-12:00 noon
Series 700 Workshops
1:00pm-2:30pm
Series 800 Workshops
3:00pm-4:30pm
Series 900 Workshops
7:00-9:00pm
Closing General Session
Friday, August 8, 2008
7:30am-9:00am
Continental Breakfast
9:00am-4:00pm
Post-Conference
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General Sessions will
be led by: H. Norman Wright, Tony and Kim Moore, Michael Sytsma, Shawn and Christina
Stoever and Gary Rosberg.
Workshops featuring: Jay and Laura Laffoon, Ben Freudenburg, Clint and Penny Bragg, Ed Gray, Alan and Pauly Heller, K. Jason Krafsky, John Trent, Dave and Dawn Lind, Robert Paul, Tom and Helen Wheeler, Debbie Neel, Rodney Cox, Lorle Campos and over 50 others (see trainers
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Couples, parents, and families in our churches and communities
are in great need of support, encouragement, and skills. In addition, those who
serve families need to be equipped with the resources and training necessary to
address the complexities of family life.
Today's family has changed and will likely continue to do
so in the future. As those who serve and minister to families, we must continue
to strengthen first-time marriages, biological parents, and intact families. At
the same time, we must equip ourselves to respond to the needs of single parents,
stepfamilies, empty nesters and the growing number of individuals cohabiting outside
of marriage.
To address these great needs, a number of today's leading
writers, speakers and counselors have come together to develop the Association
of Marriage and Family Ministries (AMFM). The purpose of this conference is to
train and equip marriage and family helping professionals, ministers, and lay
leaders.
To do so, we have partnered with the experts to showcase
the finest in marriage and family training and resources available today, as well
as those that are emerging with new and creative ideas. The conference will equip,
train, encourage, resource and support you as a leader in your work with couples,
parents, and the full spectrum of family types.
Conference Learning Objectives
- Identify challenges that families are facing today.
- Discuss effective strategies to assist couples, parents
and families.
- Describe the effects of divorce, loss/grief, remarriage,
and/or empty-nest on marriage and individual family members.
- State the challenges of working with couples, single-parent and/or stepfamilies.
- Summarize several ways to best serve families in your setting.
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