CCHF Conference 2015: Hope

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GRAND BALL1 GRAND BALL2 HABERSHAM ANDOVER ASCOT CHANCELLOR WAVERLY WILTON GRAND BALL3&4

THURSDAY, APRIL 23

1:00-2:50PM

CEO & DIRECTORS MEETING Advancing excellence in christian healthcare among the poor

SCIENCE, FAITH & HEALTHCARE: UNAPOLOGETIC APOLOGETICS

Bill Griffin(repeated)

GROWING A CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER FROM THE GROUND UP

Paul Propson INTEGRATED SPIRITUAL HEALTH IN A PRIMARY CARE ENVIRONMENT

Nathan CookDave TellezPaul Lorentsen

DIAMONDS AND DUDS IN FUNDRAISING

Greg Lang

3:10-5:00PMLIFE STORY: A CHRISTIAN GROUP PRENATAL PROGRAM

Greg Mullinax

JOURNEYS IN RURAL HEALTHCARE

John Waits, Lacy Smith,Cindy Siler

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING & SBIRT WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Jim HendersonMatt Rafalski(repeated)

MODELS FOR CHRISTIAN HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES

Dana VallangeonSteve Noblett

SAVING THE COMMITMENT TO MARRIAGE: IBCT

Dorothy O’Neill

YOUR WEBSITE SMELLS LIKE CHEESE - PRACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH IMPRACTICABLE RESOURCES

Jason StevensSarah Dickert

FRIDAY, APRIL 24

1:00-2:00PMNAVIGATING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE BIG GUYS

Holly Lang

CALLED FOR PURPOSE: CONNECTING GOD’S CALLING, MISSION, WORK WITH THE GREAT COMMISSION

Bob Mason

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING EVENT 1:BOARD MEMBER SELECTION, TRAINING & ENGAGEMENT

Jonathan Wildt

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DEPRESSION

Rachel ZahnKarla Torres-Ferrer

BIOETHICS: INTERSECTION OF MEDICINE, TECHNOLOGY, LAW & THEOLOGY

Richard Goad

FOR THOSE WHO WOULD BE THE FUTURE OF A MOVEMENT

John Perkins


Bill Griffin

PALLIATIVE CARE UPDATE & RESOURCES FOR PRIMARY CARE

Beth Delaney

2:30-3:30PMLIVING TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE: CREATING MARGIN IN LIFE

James Brooks

LIVING OUT THE GOSPEL THROUGH HEALTHCARE IN SECULAR SETTINGS

Katy White & Panel

APPROACHING CHRONIC, NON-MALIGNANT PAIN USING QI PRINCIPLES

John BollMatt Rafalski

PRECEPTING AS DISCIPLESHIP - FOR THEM AND FOR US

Kristin Martel

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF CHALLENGE AND CHANGE

Janice Sherman

COACHING IN HEALTHCARE: RX FOR GROWTH & LEADERSHIP

Ken JonesAnn Tsen

LOST IN TRANSLATION: JERICHO ROAD’S JOURNEY TO LANGUAGE INTEGRATIONAnna IrelandMyron Glick

HOPE: IN THEORY AND IN (MEDICAL) PRACTICE

Sr. Mary Diana Dreger

4:00-5:00PMHAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU: BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS!

Rick Donlon

WOMEN ON MISSION: FINDING BALANCE IN LIVES OF SERVICE & PURPOSE

Renee Nicholas & Panel

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING EVENT 2:ENGAGING & RETAINING STAFF IN THE MISSION

Lance Luttrell

ADVANCED DENTAL TRAINING AND YOUR HEALTH CENTER: UNTAPPED POTENTIAL

Jeff Amstutz

COMMUNICATING WITH (OR IN SPITE OF) EHR V2.0

Matt Rafalski

MINISTRY THAT FLOWS FROM GRACE

Susan Post

PROTECTING SPIRITUAL HEALTH FROM VICARIOUS TRAUMA

Daniel StroskyBerry Hulen

FROM RAGS TO RICHES & BACK AGAIN: GOOD SHEPHERD STORY

Fred Loper

SATURDAY, APRIL 25

9:00-10:00AMBEHOLD, I AM DOING A NEW THING: LIVING IN THE NEWNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Jeremy Crider

MISSIONAL & CULTURAL FAITHFULNESS: MAINTAINING A CHRIST-FOCUS IN GROWTH & TRANSITION

Jenny Dittes & Panel

MEDICAL DIRECTOR LEADERSHIP & RESPONSIBILITIES

Yvonne Johnson

CHARITY, COMPASSION & JUSTICE: BIBLICAL RESPONSE TO SERVING THE MARGINALIZED

Dana Vallangeon

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING & SBIRT WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSEJim HendersonMatt Rafalski

HEALTHY FEET FOR THE HOMELESS: A PILOT STUDY

Suzan Couzens

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Lance Luttrell

PRIMARY CARE IN SIERRA LEONE DURING THE EBOLA CRISIS

Myron Glick

10:30-11:30AMJESUS ON THE JOURNEY

Katy White

TOUCHING THE LEPER: TREATING CHRONIC PAIN IN A HIGH RISK ENVIRONMENT

Bob Paeglow & Panel

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING EVENT 3:MISSION DRIFT: HANDLING CHALLENGES TO YOUR MISSION & VALUES

Janice Sherman

LEARNING, SERVING & FLOURISHING: HELPING THE CHURCH FIND ITS PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY

Carol Gates

ASSESSING & ADDRESSING SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF PATIENTS: TAKING A SPIRITUAL HISTORY

Bob Mason

POSTURES OF WORSHIP

Heidi Leyshon

CCHF & THE MOVEMENT

Steve Noblett & CCHF Board Members

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE HEALTHCARE SETTING

Lori Basey

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GRAND BALL1 GRAND BALL2 HABERSHAM ANDOVER ASCOT CHANCELLOR WAVERLY WILTON GRAND BALL3&4

THURSDAY, APRIL 23

1:00-2:50PM

CEO & DIRECTORS MEETING Advancing excellence in christian healthcare among the poor


Bill Griffin(repeated)


Paul Propson INTEGRATED SPIRITUAL HEALTH IN A PRIMARY CARE ENVIRONMENT

Nathan CookDave TellezPaul Lorentsen


Greg Lang

3:10-5:00PMLIFE STORY: A CHRISTIAN GROUP PRENATAL PROGRAM

Greg Mullinax


John Waits, Lacy Smith,Cindy Siler


Jim HendersonMatt Rafalski(repeated)


Dana VallangeonSteve Noblett


Dorothy O’Neill


Jason StevensSarah Dickert

FRIDAY, APRIL 24

1:00-2:00PMNAVIGATING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE BIG GUYS

Holly Lang

CALLED FOR PURPOSE: CONNECTING GOD’S CALLING, MISSION, WORK WITH THE GREAT COMMISSION

Bob Mason

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING EVENT 1:BOARD MEMBER SELECTION, TRAINING & ENGAGEMENT

Jonathan Wildt


Rachel ZahnKarla Torres-Ferrer

BIOETHICS: INTERSECTION OF MEDICINE, TECHNOLOGY, LAW & THEOLOGY

Richard Goad


John Perkins


Bill Griffin


Beth Delaney

2:30-3:30PMLIVING TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE: CREATING MARGIN IN LIFE

James Brooks

LIVING OUT THE GOSPEL THROUGH HEALTHCARE IN SECULAR SETTINGS

Katy White & Panel

APPROACHING CHRONIC, NON-MALIGNANT PAIN USING QI PRINCIPLES

John BollMatt Rafalski


Kristin Martel

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF CHALLENGE AND CHANGE

Janice Sherman

COACHING IN HEALTHCARE: RX FOR GROWTH & LEADERSHIP

Ken JonesAnn Tsen

LOST IN TRANSLATION: JERICHO ROAD’S JOURNEY TO LANGUAGE INTEGRATIONAnna IrelandMyron Glick

HOPE: IN THEORY AND IN (MEDICAL) PRACTICE

Sr. Mary Diana Dreger

4:00-5:00PMHAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU: BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS!

Rick Donlon

WOMEN ON MISSION: FINDING BALANCE IN LIVES OF SERVICE & PURPOSE

Renee Nicholas & Panel

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING EVENT 2:ENGAGING & RETAINING STAFF IN THE MISSION

Lance Luttrell

ADVANCED DENTAL TRAINING AND YOUR HEALTH CENTER: UNTAPPED POTENTIAL

Jeff Amstutz

COMMUNICATING WITH (OR IN SPITE OF) EHR V2.0

Matt Rafalski


Susan Post

PROTECTING SPIRITUAL HEALTH FROM VICARIOUS TRAUMA

Daniel StroskyBerry Hulen

FROM RAGS TO RICHES & BACK AGAIN: GOOD SHEPHERD STORY

Fred Loper

SATURDAY, APRIL 25

9:00-10:00AMBEHOLD, I AM DOING A NEW THING: LIVING IN THE NEWNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Jeremy Crider

MISSIONAL & CULTURAL FAITHFULNESS: MAINTAINING A CHRIST-FOCUS IN GROWTH & TRANSITION

Jenny Dittes & Panel

MEDICAL DIRECTOR LEADERSHIP & RESPONSIBILITIES

Yvonne Johnson

CHARITY, COMPASSION & JUSTICE: BIBLICAL RESPONSE TO SERVING THE MARGINALIZED

Dana Vallangeon

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING & SBIRT WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSEJim HendersonMatt Rafalski

HEALTHY FEET FOR THE HOMELESS: A PILOT STUDY

Suzan Couzens

#BLESSED

Lance Luttrell

PRIMARY CARE IN SIERRA LEONE DURING THE EBOLA CRISIS

Myron Glick

10:30-11:30AMJESUS ON THE JOURNEY

Katy White

TOUCHING THE LEPER: TREATING CHRONIC PAIN IN A HIGH RISK ENVIRONMENT

Bob Paeglow & Panel

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING EVENT 3:MISSION DRIFT: HANDLING CHALLENGES TO YOUR MISSION & VALUES

Janice Sherman

LEARNING, SERVING & FLOURISHING: HELPING THE CHURCH FIND ITS PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY

Carol Gates

ASSESSING & ADDRESSING SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF PATIENTS: TAKING A SPIRITUAL HISTORY

Bob Mason

POSTURES OF WORSHIP

Heidi Leyshon

CCHF & THE MOVEMENT

Steve Noblett & CCHF Board Members

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE HEALTHCARE SETTING

Lori Basey

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THURSDAY, APRIL 23Morning Registration 9:00am-7:00pm

Lunch On Your Own

Afternoon

Exec Meetings 1:00-2:50

Intensive Session 1 1:00-2:50


Dinner On Your Own

EveningPlenary 1 7:00-9:00

Ice Cream Social 9:00-10:00

FRIDAY, APRIL 24Breakfast On Your Own Exercise & Running (6:30am)

MorningBible Study w/John Perkins 8:00-9:00

Plenary 2 9:30-11:30

Lunch Box Lunches provided in The Village

Afternoon

Breakout 1 1:00-2:00



Dinner On Your Own

Evening Trivia Night 7:00-9:00

SATURDAY, APRIL 25Breakfast On Your Own Exercise & Running (6:30am)

Morning

Bible Study w/Nathan Cook 8:00-8:45

Breakout 4 9:00-10:00

Breakout 5 10:30-11:30


AfternoonPlenary 3 1:00-2:15

Closing Corporate Prayer 2:15-2:30

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At a GlanceWorkshops At a Glance 2Schedule 4Map & Village 6Board Of Directors 8Cardio & Cadence 10Worship Team 11

ThursdayThursday Schedule 13Executive/Intensive Sessions 14Plenary Session 1 16Trivia Night 20

FridayFriday Schedule 21Plenary Session 2 22Workshop Sessions 24Role of CCHF 30

SaturdaySaturday Schedule 31Workshop Sessions 32Plenary Session 3 36

ConnectionsSponsors 40Attendee List 62

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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EXHIBIT SPACES

ORGANIZATIONS IN THE VILLAGE

CCHF is a Community more than it is an organization. That is what we hope to capture in The Village at this Conference. The Village will be open throughout the conference as a gathering place, a place of fellowship and connection and prayer. It is where relationships can form, and where you can learn about others who are part of the CCHF community. The Wall around The Village is a living gallery where every known Christian clinic in America is represented. Find yourself on The Wall. See who else is working with you. Get a feel for how God is using you in a larger strategy to extend the love of Christ through healthcare to those who are marginalized.

- Mission to the world - Cedarville university - Blessings international - Medsend - CMDA - National Health Service Corps

Jericho Road Community Health CenterEsperanza Health CenterWilliamsport Family Medicine ResidencyButterfield Memorial FoundationLawndale Christian Health CenterOasis of Hope CenterLower Lights Christian Health Center

Cahaba Family Medicine ResidencyTennessee Rural PartnershipDayspring Family Health CenterChrist Community Health Services (Memphis, TN)Visible Music CollegeCMDA Dental ResidencyHope Health Center

In His Image Family Medicine ResidencyBeacon Christian Health CenterJohn Peter Smith Family Medicine ResidencyNeighborhood Christian Health CenterLos Angeles Christian Health CenterResurrection HealthResurrection Health Family Medicine ResidencyWellspring Family MedicineMercy Med of ColumbusChrist Community Health Services of Augusta, GA

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BOARD OF DIRECTORSCCHF is blessed to be led by a Board of exceptional servant-leaders who embody the mission and values of CCHF in their personal lives and ministries. Board members typically serve 5 year terms, and do so at their own expense. Please keep the Board of Directors in your prayers.

Wayne Aoki, PhDBoard ChairLos Angeles Christian Health Center, Los Angeles, CA

John Boll, DO, FAAFP Williamsport Family Medicine Residency, Williamsport, PA

Renee Nicholas, RN, BSNIntervarsityChicago, IL

John David Williamson, MDVice ChairChrist Community Family Medicine Residency, Memphis, TN

Beth Cox Brown,Butterfield Memorial Foundation,Oklahoma City, OK

Bob Paeglow, MD Koinonia Primary Care, Albany, NY

Jonathan Wildt, MS, AMSecretaryLawndale Christian Health Center, Chicago, IL

Jenny Dittes, PA-C Hope Family Health Westmoreland, TN

Susan Post, DMiv, MBAEsperanza Health Center, Philadelphia, PA

Dana Vallangeon, MDTreasurerLower Lights Christian Health Center, Columbus, OH

Myron Glick, MD Jericho Road Community Health Center, Buffalo, NY

Bruce Rowell, MDLawndale Christian Health Center, Chicago, IL

Bettina Lewis, MBALos Angeles Christian Health Center, Los Angeles, CA

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VISIONWe envision a movement of God’s people who choose daily to promote healing in marginalized communities in the name of Jesus.

MISSIONThe mission of CCHF is to educate, encourage and equip Christians to live out the gospel through healthcare among the poor.

VALUES• Supremacy of Christ: Honoring the Lordship of Christ and submitting ourselves to his authority

and person.

• Prophetic Voice: Challenging God’s people to choose to go against the status quo; to be incarnational, sacrificial, and to enter into the suffering of the poor.

• Wholistic Care: Encouraging excellent, compassionate health care, ministering to spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of people and their communities.

• Reconciliation: Restoring right relationships to God, to one another, and to all of creation, addressing barriers that commonly divide, including race, social status, and economic oppression.

• Justice: Working toward God’s kingdom, setting all things right for the oppressed, the forgotten, and particularly the marginalized in our health care system.

• Partnership: Listening to and working alongside churches, patients, our communities, and one another.

“INSPIRED BY A VISION, FOCUSED ON A MISSION, ROOTED IN KINGDOM VALUES”

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CARDIO & CADENCEREFIT with Katie Parsons6:30AM Friday & Saturday MorningsHabersham Ball Room

REFIT ® is a cardio dance fitness program designed to engage the body and soul. This community-centered program focuses on building relationships, as well as endurance... engaging muscles as well as hearts. In this 30-45 minute fitness class, participants will find easy-to-learn movements designed for beginners and fitness enthusiasts, exhilarating music, and a family-friendly environment. Come move with us!

RUNNING GROUP with Matt Rafalski6:30AM Friday & Saturday Mornings Outside Hotel Main Entrance

Two of the top running trails in the greater Atlanta area are near the hotel: the West Palisades Trail and Cochran Shoals Trail, both just up the street from the Waverly Renaissance Hotel, and both along the scenic Chattahoochee River. Meet Matt and others outside the hotel main entrance at 6:30.


VISIBLE WORSHIPa special thanks to

for leading our worship

CD’s and shirts available for purchase at the book table

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“I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.” (Matt 18.19-20)

Prayer is a tangible admission that we are dependent on God. It is perhaps the greatest way to grow in our intimacy with Him through Christ, and with-out doubt, the most important thing we do at this conference.

Take advantage of our time together to pray with one another, pay at-tention to God’s presence and His leading, and make space for prayer throughout the conference.

Here are some prayer opportunities: • Use the Prayer Room There is a beautiful room just off the side of the

Village that is designated as a Prayer Room. Please use this space as a place to quiet yourself before the Lord and to dialogue with him. We ask that you not use the Prayer Room as a place for conversation and fellowship with others, except as it relates to prayer.

• Corporate Prayer during the plenary sessions. These will be led by people on stage and will give us time to pray for one another.

• Prayer Team After plenary sessions and throughout the conference members of the “Prayer Team” are available to pray for and with you. These are select, trusted, balanced Christians who will be wearing Prayer Team t-shirts. They have already been praying for you, and are ready to stand with you as you respond to God’s word and the Spirit’s conviction.

• Pray with others. Please pray with one another! Pray with those you already know and those you are meeting for the first time. We are all discovering what it means to live out the gospel as a community, and it is almost never inappropriate for us to pray for one another.

We look forward to hearing how God has met you at the conference, how he used you in the lives of others, and how He used others to speak to you.

A CULTURE OF PRAYER “…the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express… the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.”

“Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.” (Rom 8:26-27,34)

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Matt 7:7)

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schedule

THURSDAYAPRIL 23

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Lunch On Your Own

Afternoon




Dinner On Your Own



FRIDAY, APRIL 24Breakfast On Your Own Exercise & Running (6:30am)


Plenary 2 9:30-11:30


Afternoon




Dinner



Morning


Breakout 4 9:00-10:00

Breakout 5 10:30-11:30




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Providing healthcare for the needy can be a great door-opener for the gospel if we can overcome several obstacles. First, many believe that science and faith are mutually incompatible. Secondly, many value those things which can be discerned empirically as certain and reliable, while that which can only be known by faith is considered subjective and untrustworthy.

Part one of this session addresses these unfortunate mistruths, so that Christians will be more aware of the preciousness of the Christian faith in serving as the foundation for all we do in life, including the delivery of health care. Part two of this session will delve into how our faith is to influence the care we offer to our patients, and how we can share the message of salvation in Christ with our patients with both boldness and humility, in a respectful and loving fashion.

If you are looking for a road map for growing a Christian health center in your neighborhood from the ground up, this is your starting point. Paul Propson is an experienced pioneer and administrator who will share his experiences and an overview of the steps to get your ministry off the ground. Examine definitions, motivations and milestones. Topics include forming your Board of Directors, doing a needs assessment, asset mapping, raising money and budget basics. This session will not only give you a better grasp of what it takes to start your clinic, but will help you keep Christ as the source and the focus.

The workshop addresses how to identify and speak to the spiritual needs of your patients. Presenters will share the findings of CCHF’s survey of a cross-section of organizational member clinics conducted to identify barriers to spiritual care. Dr. Paul Lorentsen will share the ethical foundations and the spiritual necessities of addressing the spiritual well being of patients. He will also share the model of care at the Neighborhood Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. David Tellez will discuss how to provide spiritual care in a secular setting, and will equip participants to share the gospel with their patients. Nathan Cook, Christ Community Health Services, will share Biblical principles that undergird a spiritual health program and will equip health providers to share their testimony with patients and will discuss appropriate times for doing so.

SCIENCE, FAITH & HEALTHCARE - UNAPOLOGETIC APOLOGETICS FOR THE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER


INTEGRATED SPIRITUAL HEALTH IN A PRIMARY CARE ENVIRONMENT

BILL GRIFFIN, DDSPAUL PROPSON

NATHAN COOK, MDIV DAVE TELLEZ, MD PAUL LORENTSEN, MD

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THURSDAY April 23 / 1:00-2:50PMINTENSIVES

Continues during 3:10-5:00 session

A 1-hour version of this workshop is offered during Breakout Session 1 on Friday


Join other development professionals in Christian healthcare for this interactive discussion about fundraising strategies… the ones that worked better than expected and the ones that landed with a thud. Participants will present and discuss winning and losing fundraising strategies, sharing lessons learned and providing advice to others who may be considering a similar strategy. We will discuss everything from Crowdfunding and church appeals to direct mail and affinity programs. Do you have a success story? A failure others might learn from? Come ready to share and to pick up some great strategies that will help keep your organization stable and growing.

As Christians working in Community Health, we believe we have something unique and special to offer the world. In reality, do we have the data to show it? It is vital to our work and our future that we embrace the need to analyze our efforts and produce results that will speak into how healthcare is delivered in the communities God has called us to love. Programs around the country need to share - and apply - lessons about what works. This panel will explore successful examples and strategies, as well as discuss challenges and myths, to help define and advance excellence.

MODERATOR: Beth Cox Brown, VP of Programs, Butterfield Memorial Foundation, Oklahoma City, OKPANELISTS: Stephanie Garris, CEO for Grace Medical Home, Orlando, FLHolly Lang, Director of Community Benefit & External Affairs, Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta; and interim Director for Fayette Care Clinic, Fayetteville, GA.Bruce Miller, CEO for Lawndale Christian Health Center, Chicago, IL


CEO & DIRECTORS MEETINGADVANCING EXCELLENCE IN CHRISTIAN HEALTHCARE AMONG THE POOR

GREG LANG, PHD.

STEVE NOBLETT

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Twenty-five percent of Americans live in low population centers. Yet only 10% of all healthcare providers work in rural settings. The vast majority of Medically Underserved Areas (MUA) and Health Profession Shortage Areas (HPSA) are rural. Come hear Drs. Waits and Smith describe their journey in opening a clinic and raising their families in the rural south; along with encouragement – and engaging discussion – for those considering a life of service in healthcare professions in rural America.

Motivation interviewing and SBIRT (Screening, Brief Interview, Referral to Treatment) help providers engage patients with potential substance overuse issues. Siloam Family Health Center, a faith-based clinic in Nashville, TN has been using these tools in a largely foreign-born refugee patient setting. Led by Siloam’s medical director, Jim Henderson, MD, this session will outline lessons learned from Siloam’s first year of more aggressively addressing this important aspect of patient care.

Infant mortality is a major epidemic in many American cities and is especially a problem for African American communities. The Life Story Prenatal Curriculum was designed to respond to this medical crisis with an emphasis on addressing the cultural pressures and life patterns that partially drive this public health problem. In the context of group prenatal visits, Bible stories are used to help patients examine the story of their lives and futures in a group format. The group prenatal visit covers the standard topics, testing and physical exams based on current ACOG recommendations for traditional patient/provider prenatal care. In this session we will review how the curriculum was developed, look at the core content of the curriculum, and discuss some of the challenges faced in the initial launch of the curriculum in a community health setting.



LIFE STORY: A CHRISTIAN GROUP PRENATAL PROGRAM

JOHN WAITS, MDLACY SMITH, MDCINDY SILER

GREG MULLINAX, MD JIM HENDERSON, MDMATT RAFALSKI, MD(REPEATED)

GRAND BALL 2 ANDOVERGRAND BALL 1

THURSDAY April 23 / 3:10-5:00PMINTENSIVES


In today’s society divorce has become the way out of a difficult marriage. With an almost 50% rate of divorce in first marriages, and an even higher rate in subsequent marriages, divorce is epidemic that not only destroys relationship, but the very core of family life. This session examines Integrated Behavioral Couples Therapy (IBCT), a therapeutic approach to broken relationships with a 90% success rate that is consistent with Biblical principles and that aims towards Biblical goals in marriage.

Your ministry is awesome, so why not present it to the world in a way that reflects how great it is? You need better pictures of your ministry. You need a better website. You need to do a better job making sure your clinic has recognizable branding. And, I’ll bet you are frustrated at the lack of time and resources to do these things.

Steve Noblett recruited Jason Stevens and Sarah Dickert to offer this session after looking at the FB pages and websites of scores of CCHF clinics.

“Jason and Sarah have done an amazing job of helping CCHF communicate our message, and I want to share them with you. I love the ministries that make up the CCHF community, but most of you guys need help in this area. This mini-intensive is a great start to teach you how to professionally communicate the mission and vision of your clinic in an attainable way - web design, basic branding and marketing, photography tips, social media and more.”

Jason Stevens has served as communications and art director for the past 8 years, developing branding and branding strategies for CCHF and a number of progressive CCHF organizations. He is currently a freelance communications consultant. Sarah Dickert works in communications, graphics and social media for CCHF - and she has extensively looked at all of your websites. Yes, all of them!

Christian healthcare ministries across the country represent numerous different models. Your skill set, spiritual gift, the needs of your community, and your faith partnerships will all play into what model will be right for your ministry. This session is an objective overview of funding models, starting by an understanding of revenue streams. We will not only look at revenue models, but also at models of care strategies and scope of services. The goal of this session is to remove misunderstanding and fear so that you can make decisions about your model based on understanding and faith.




DOROTHY O’NEILL, PSYCHD (INT.)

JASON STEVENS SARAH DICKERT

DANA VALLANGEON, MD STEVE NOBLETT

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Dr. Dowell is a physician who serves in an underserved community at Lawndale Christian Health Center in Chicago. She is also involved in foreign missions, and actively engaged in her community. However the path that lead her to this point was fraught with challenges and painful experiences. Perhapsyours has been too.

God uses our painful past to make us better servants as we work to bring hope and healing to others for the glory of God. Dr. Dowell will share from her own journey some of the ways in which God has used difficult circumstances and painful experiences to equip her to serve others who often walk the same road. You will be encouraged to yield yourself--scars and all--for the Master’s use. The Master has need of your gifts.

....And who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this? (Esther 4:14)

PLENARY 1

THURSDAY 7:00-9:00PM

DAISEYDOWELL, MD

“BEAUTY FOR ASHES”

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STUDENT EVENT

Hosted by Resurrection Family Medicine Rezidency

Are you up to the challenge? Win BIG prizes!

TRIVIA NIGHTFriday Night 7-9pm

All are eligible to play. 6 person teams (No more than two

people from each school, clinic, or residency on each team).

CCHF is honored to have around 100 students from over 50 medical, dental, PA and nursing schools in attendance at this conference. This event is for you! Talk with residency programs and directors over coffee and dessert. Meet providers and directors from Christian Clinics around the country. Use knowledge to defeat your opponents. Win big!

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FRIDAYAPRIL 24


Lunch On Your Own

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Dinner On Your Own



FRIDAY, APRIL 24Breakfast On Your Own Exercise & Running (6:30am) Exercise & Running (6:30am)


Plenary 2 9:30-11:30


Afternoon




Dinner



Morning


Breakout 4 9:00-10:00

Breakout 5 10:30-11:30




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Gil Odendaal serves as Vice President of Integral Mission with World Relief. Prior to joining World Relief he served as the Global Director for PEACE Implementation with Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California as well as Global Director for the HIV/AIDS Initiative under Kay Warren. Other professional engagements include serving as Regional Coordinator for Africa with Medical Ambassadors International and also as Regional Coordinator for Russia and Eastern Europe. He has thirty years of ministry experience as missionary, pastor, educator, leader and public speaker. Gil and his wife, Elmarie, were born and raised in South Africa, and currently live in Maryland. They have three adult children and four grandchildren.

...appointed by the command of God our saviour and Christ Jesus, who gives us hope. (1Timothy1:1)

PLENARY 2

FRIDAY 9:30-11:30AM

GIL ODENDAAL, PHD, DMIN

“HOPE” THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO

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NOTES

NOTES

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FRIDAY, April 24 / 1:00-2:00PMWORKSHOPS

NAVIGATING PARTNERSHIPS

WITH THE BIG GUYS – CREATING THE

WIN-WIN BETWEEN HOSPITALS AND

CLINICS

CALLED FOR PURPOSE:

CONNECTING GOD’S CALLING, MISSION, WORK WITH THE

GREAT COMMISSION

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING EVENT 1:

BOARD MEMBER SELECTION, TRAINING &

ENGAGEMENT


BIOETHICS: INTERSECTIONOF MEDICINE,

TECHNOLOGY, LAW & THEOLOGY




HOLLY LANG BOB MASON, MDIVFACILITATOR:

JONATHAN WILDT, MS, AM

RACHEL ZAHN, PSYCHDKARLA TORRES-FERRER,

PSYCHDRICHARD GOAD, DPM JOHN PERKINS, PHD. BILL GRIFFIN, DDS BETH DELANEY, FNP,

ACNPN

Relationships between community-based clinics and hospitals/health systems can be tricky, and are often loaded with misconceptions from both ends. In this session, participants will candidly discuss the challenges and opportunities for collaborations, learn ways to navigate tricky partnerships, gain a better understanding of how to proactively address potential problems, and come away with a better appreciation for how to benefit from and participate in the larger “medical village” in your locations.

Most Christian health professionals want to integrate their faith in every area of life, including their medical practice. If you are apprehensive about integrating faith with medicine, are unsure if doing so is ethical, or are not sure how to talk to people about spiritual issues, this workshop will help. This working session explores the ethical basis for spiritual care and will provide you with professional, timely, and practical methods to care for the whole person in clinical settings.

Over 25% of CCHF clinics across the country are going through or have recently gone through changes at the executive leadership level. These transitions have highlighted how important our Boards are to the future of our organizations. We often hear about Boards that seem less aware of or invested in the missions and values of the organizations that they govern, and about widening gaps between boards and staff that lends toward mistrust, misunderstanding and ultimately dysfunction. What works and what doesn’t work in building and engaging healthy Boards that govern faithfully?

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 71 percent of Americans turn to their Primary Care Provider when experiencing symptoms of depression rather than to a mental health professional. The number is probably much higher with the populations we serve. In this workshop we will educate primary care medical providers in identifying symptoms of depression, introduce objective measures to screen for symptoms, and discuss practical tools for treatment of depression within a primary care setting.

Dr. Goad will overview of the principles of bioethics followed by lively dialogue about ethical struggles we commonly encounter. Examples may include the physician-patient “power” relationship, the ethics of offering Christian counsel, working under a physician with a different belief system, futility treatment when families ask for heroic measures; rationing care justly with limited resources, offering care to undocumented persons, medical enhancement treatments, and prenatal genetic testing.

Paradigms of community, healthcare, and how the gospel fits in our nation are changing rapidly. But God has anointed a new generation to take leadership. Are you willing to rise to take a place of leadership in your community, in the church, in the medical community, or even in the nation? Dr. John Perkins, father of Christian community development and co-founder of CCHF, will address those disciples who will take the lead in a movement to bring healing to marginalized communities in the name of Jesus.


Part one of this session addresses these unfortunate mistruths, so that Christians will be more aware of the preciousness of the Christian faith in serving as the foundation for all we do in life, including the delivery of health care.

This session will provide an overview of the latest palliative care information from the Centers to Advance Palliative Care conference from 11/2014. Following will share a rundown of evidence-based electronic resources and websites that are available at little or no cost to primary care providers to lead palliative care efforts within their practice. Highlights will include VitalTalk-app, CAPC Palliative Care Fast Facts, discovering online advance directive and early hospice referral resources.

GRAND BALL1 GRAND BALL2 HABERSHAM ANDOVER ASCOT CHANCELLOR WAVERLY WILTON


NAVIGATING PARTNERSHIPS

WITH THE BIG GUYS – CREATING THE

WIN-WIN BETWEEN HOSPITALS AND

CLINICS

CALLED FOR PURPOSE:

CONNECTING GOD’S CALLING, MISSION, WORK WITH THE

GREAT COMMISSION


BOARD MEMBER SELECTION, TRAINING &

ENGAGEMENT


BIOETHICS: INTERSECTIONOF MEDICINE,

TECHNOLOGY, LAW & THEOLOGY




HOLLY LANG BOB MASON, MDIVFACILITATOR:

JONATHAN WILDT, MS, AM

RACHEL ZAHN, PSYCHDKARLA TORRES-FERRER,

PSYCHDRICHARD GOAD, DPM JOHN PERKINS, PHD. BILL GRIFFIN, DDS BETH DELANEY, FNP,

ACNPN

Relationships between community-based clinics and hospitals/health systems can be tricky, and are often loaded with misconceptions from both ends. In this session, participants will candidly discuss the challenges and opportunities for collaborations, learn ways to navigate tricky partnerships, gain a better understanding of how to proactively address potential problems, and come away with a better appreciation for how to benefit from and participate in the larger “medical village” in your locations.


Over 25% of CCHF clinics across the country are going through or have recently gone through changes at the executive leadership level. These transitions have highlighted how important our Boards are to the future of our organizations. We often hear about Boards that seem less aware of or invested in the missions and values of the organizations that they govern, and about widening gaps between boards and staff that lends toward mistrust, misunderstanding and ultimately dysfunction. What works and what doesn’t work in building and engaging healthy Boards that govern faithfully?

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 71 percent of Americans turn to their Primary Care Provider when experiencing symptoms of depression rather than to a mental health professional. The number is probably much higher with the populations we serve. In this workshop we will educate primary care medical providers in identifying symptoms of depression, introduce objective measures to screen for symptoms, and discuss practical tools for treatment of depression within a primary care setting.

Dr. Goad will overview of the principles of bioethics followed by lively dialogue about ethical struggles we commonly encounter. Examples may include the physician-patient “power” relationship, the ethics of offering Christian counsel, working under a physician with a different belief system, futility treatment when families ask for heroic measures; rationing care justly with limited resources, offering care to undocumented persons, medical enhancement treatments, and prenatal genetic testing.

Paradigms of community, healthcare, and how the gospel fits in our nation are changing rapidly. But God has anointed a new generation to take leadership. Are you willing to rise to take a place of leadership in your community, in the church, in the medical community, or even in the nation? Dr. John Perkins, father of Christian community development and co-founder of CCHF, will address those disciples who will take the lead in a movement to bring healing to marginalized communities in the name of Jesus.


Part one of this session addresses these unfortunate mistruths, so that Christians will be more aware of the preciousness of the Christian faith in serving as the foundation for all we do in life, including the delivery of health care.

This session will provide an overview of the latest palliative care information from the Centers to Advance Palliative Care conference from 11/2014. Following will share a rundown of evidence-based electronic resources and websites that are available at little or no cost to primary care providers to lead palliative care efforts within their practice. Highlights will include VitalTalk-app, CAPC Palliative Care Fast Facts, discovering online advance directive and early hospice referral resources.


#cchf2015

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LIVING TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE:

CREATING MARGIN IN LIFE

LIVING OUT THE GOSPEL THROUGH HEALTHCARE IN

SECULAR SETTINGS

APPROACHING CHRONIC, NON-

MALIGNANT PAIN USING QI

PRINCIPLES


EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF

CHALLENGE AND CHANGE

COACHING IN HEALTHCARE: RX FOR GROWTH &

LEADERSHIP

LOST IN TRANSLATION:

JERICHO ROAD’S JOURNEY TO LANGUAGE

INTEGRATION

HOPE: IN THEORY AND IN (MEDICAL)

PRACTICE

JAMES BROOKS, MDIV KATY WHITE, MD & PANEL

JOHN BOLL, DO MATT RAFALSKI, MD KRISTIN MARTEL, MD JANICE SHERMAN, MPA ANN TSEN, MD

KEN JONES, CLDCANNA IRELAND, PHDMYRON GLICK, MD

SR. MARY DIANA DREGGER, MD

Many who are doing the difficult work of serving those in great need are living margin-less lives. This results in high levels of stress that will eventually wear you down, rob you of joy, and turn this amazing calling into just another pressurized job. Building on Biblical principles and practices, this workshop will help Christian workers examine ways to create margin in everyday life. Participants are asked to come with an open heart and engaging spirit. Who knows how God’s spirit will move!

We will have a panel discussion on the joys, challenges, and models of serving and following Jesus through health care in secular settings, such as academia,non faith-based community clinics and federally qualified health centers, and free clinics. Panelists will discuss challenges to maintaining integrity and a Kingdom or gospel focus, and how they have responded to those challenges.

Practitioners working in underserved settings frequently encounter chronic, non-malignant pain. Often the options for treatment are limited. Practitioners need to have patient-centered, evidence-based protocols in place to ensure this vulnerable population is receiving high quality medical care. This session will look at QI principles in the diagnosis of chronic, non-malignant pain that will assist administrators, providers, and health center staff in taking their treatment to the next level of care.

Students who do clinical rotations with us need more than just medical training. Because caring for the underserved offers a unique context for living out the gospel, our challenge must be to faithfully precept students in a manner that is Kingdom-centered and that resists being watered down by fatigue or apathy. Discipleship is a refining and energizing process for all of us. This session examines objectives and lessons based on Siloam Family Health Center’s Primary Care Preceptorship program.

In these unprecedented times of change leadership must be more flexible than ever before. Leaders must guide staff through challenges of growth and transition, and sustain a viable business model while building a caring organizational culture that honors Christ. This session will explore constructive ways to assess your leadership style, evaluate team performance, insure your team feels cared for, and will provide examples of shared leadership that promotes missional engagement in your team.

Healthcare professionals face pressures in this rapidly changing healthcare environment. Burnout is increasing, and clinics are struggling to adjust to fulfill their mission. Coaching is a rapidly growing discipline with the power to help individuals and organizations navigate change, gain clarity, live out their calling and grow beyond just surviving to truly thriving. This workshop gives an in-depth description of how coaching works, and practical skills to impact staff, patients and organizations.

Buffalo is one of the largest refugee resettlement cities in the US. Patients of Jericho Road come from more than 40 countries, and most speak little or no English. This session examines strategies to overcome language and cultural barriers by engaging community members, utilizing a language line, and recruiting interpreters and bilingual staff. JRCHC leaders will discuss the integration of medical and community development programs to form a multi-tiered strategy for their cross-cultural patients.

Hope has taken on many secular meanings, perhaps obscuring its essence as a foundational theological virtue. Yet the essence of hope is that it directs us toward the providential love of the all-powerful God. Pursuing medical practice as faith-filled Christians poses challenges today, which can erode our grounding in hope. The Lord Himself, in His words and in those of His disciples, gives us all we need to persevere in prayer, be patient in suffering, and to rejoice in hope if we apply them.

GRAND BALL1 GRAND BALL2 ANDOVER ASCOT CHANCELLOR WAVERLY WILTON GRAND BALL3&4


LIVING TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE:

CREATING MARGIN IN LIFE

LIVING OUT THE GOSPEL THROUGH HEALTHCARE IN

SECULAR SETTINGS

APPROACHING CHRONIC, NON-

MALIGNANT PAIN USING QI

PRINCIPLES


EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF

CHALLENGE AND CHANGE

COACHING IN HEALTHCARE: RX FOR GROWTH &

LEADERSHIP

LOST IN TRANSLATION:

JERICHO ROAD’S JOURNEY TO LANGUAGE

INTEGRATION

HOPE: IN THEORY AND IN (MEDICAL)

PRACTICE

JAMES BROOKS, MDIV KATY WHITE, MD & PANEL

JOHN BOLL, DO MATT RAFALSKI, MD KRISTIN MARTEL, MD JANICE SHERMAN, MPA ANN TSEN, MD

KEN JONES, CLDCANNA IRELAND, PHDMYRON GLICK, MD

SR. MARY DIANA DREGGER, MD

Many who are doing the difficult work of serving those in great need are living margin-less lives. This results in high levels of stress that will eventually wear you down, rob you of joy, and turn this amazing calling into just another pressurized job. Building on Biblical principles and practices, this workshop will help Christian workers examine ways to create margin in everyday life. Participants are asked to come with an open heart and engaging spirit. Who knows how God’s spirit will move!

We will have a panel discussion on the joys, challenges, and models of serving and following Jesus through health care in secular settings, such as academia,non faith-based community clinics and federally qualified health centers, and free clinics. Panelists will discuss challenges to maintaining integrity and a Kingdom or gospel focus, and how they have responded to those challenges.

Practitioners working in underserved settings frequently encounter chronic, non-malignant pain. Often the options for treatment are limited. Practitioners need to have patient-centered, evidence-based protocols in place to ensure this vulnerable population is receiving high quality medical care. This session will look at QI principles in the diagnosis of chronic, non-malignant pain that will assist administrators, providers, and health center staff in taking their treatment to the next level of care.

Students who do clinical rotations with us need more than just medical training. Because caring for the underserved offers a unique context for living out the gospel, our challenge must be to faithfully precept students in a manner that is Kingdom-centered and that resists being watered down by fatigue or apathy. Discipleship is a refining and energizing process for all of us. This session examines objectives and lessons based on Siloam Family Health Center’s Primary Care Preceptorship program.


Healthcare professionals face pressures in this rapidly changing healthcare environment. Burnout is increasing, and clinics are struggling to adjust to fulfill their mission. Coaching is a rapidly growing discipline with the power to help individuals and organizations navigate change, gain clarity, live out their calling and grow beyond just surviving to truly thriving. This workshop gives an in-depth description of how coaching works, and practical skills to impact staff, patients and organizations.

Buffalo is one of the largest refugee resettlement cities in the US. Patients of Jericho Road come from more than 40 countries, and most speak little or no English. This session examines strategies to overcome language and cultural barriers by engaging community members, utilizing a language line, and recruiting interpreters and bilingual staff. JRCHC leaders will discuss the integration of medical and community development programs to form a multi-tiered strategy for their cross-cultural patients.

Hope has taken on many secular meanings, perhaps obscuring its essence as a foundational theological virtue. Yet the essence of hope is that it directs us toward the providential love of the all-powerful God. Pursuing medical practice as faith-filled Christians poses challenges today, which can erode our grounding in hope. The Lord Himself, in His words and in those of His disciples, gives us all we need to persevere in prayer, be patient in suffering, and to rejoice in hope if we apply them.


#cchf2015

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HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU: BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS!

WOMEN ON MISSION: FINDING BALANCE

IN LIVES OF SERVICE & PURPOSE


ENGAGING & RETAINING STAFF IN

THE MISSION

ADVANCED DENTAL TRAINING AND YOUR HEALTH

CENTER: UNTAPPED POTENTIAL

COMMUNICATING WITH (OR IN SPITE

OF) EHR V2.0


PROTECTING SPIRITUAL HEALTH FROM VICARIOUS

TRAUMA

FROM RAGS TO RICHES & BACK AGAIN: GOOD

SHEPHERD STORY

RICK DONLON, MD RENEE NICHOLAS, RN& PANEL

FACILITATOR: LANCE LUTTRELL, MSIE JEFF AMSTUTZ, DDS MATT RAFALSKI, MD SUSAN POST, DMIN,

MHA

DANIEL STROSKY, PSYD (can)

BERRY HULEN, PSYD (can)

FRED LOPER, MD

Planning, initiating, and sustaining a Christian health ministry for the poor requires unmovable faith in God’s sustaining presence and power. There are rivers to cross, walled cities to breach, and giants to overcome. Fear and discouragement--from within and without-- must be confronted with truth and faith. This session will use biblical principles and practical experience to help leaders anchor into the hope we have when we trust God, and maintain a framework for ministry strength and courage.

Women with the courage to serve in communities with great need face exceptional challenges: cultural differences, professional barriers, marriage or singleness, childbearing, etc. Renee Nicholas will moderate a panel of outstanding women who will speak honestly about their desire to serve God and live sustainable and joyful lives.

PANELAnna Meador, PharmD

Daisey Dowell, MDKristin Martel, MDDana Vallangeon, MD

All of us dream of having a staff that functions as a team or a loving family, where everyone is happy, secure, productive, and can’t wait to come to work everyday! Finding the right staff is important, and often difficult. Building people with different histories, values and work paradigms into a team that embraces and contributes to our cause and mission is even tougher. But it is vital to do that if we are to avoid unnecessarily losing good people, and if we strive to create a culture committed to honoring and acting like Jesus.

This session will look at a new dental residency program model designed to work in partnership with faith-based clinics which creates a pathway for disciples to answer God’s call to the least reached and most underserved populations in the US and around the world through missional dentistry. We will examine the program’s impact on hosting health centers, the patient population it serves and the potential for increasing the number of dentists serving the kingdom through community health centers.

“You don’t look at me anymore”. Effective communication with patients is a challenge in the best of circumstances. Many patients feel that when a physician brings EHR into the exam room, communication shuts down. This session discusses how to reopen those communication channels and even improve communication and the patient’s experience while - and even by - using your electronic health record. We will also cover appropriate use of patient portals, as well as email and messaging with patients.

In the routine of ministry it is easy to drift from that original awe that gave us the desire to serve God. We get sidetracked by pressures, disappointments and spiritual fatigue. We must draw from the One who gives us living water and calls us to this precious but difficult work. This session looks at how Scripture teaches us to abide in Christ, and gives us strategies for keeping our spiritual energy through community, testimony, prayer and Word that flow from an abundance of God’s grace to us.

Working with traumatized patients can have a negative impact on a care giver’s spirituality. A Biblical worldview that accounts for the problem of evil can help practitioners engage effectively with their client’s suffering while maintaining a healthy relationship with God and themselves. This workshop will examine research on causes of burnout and on “vicarious trauma”; and will look at the irrationality of evil, and how we can allow our negative emotions to open us up to God through lament.

This is the story of a small free medical and dental clinic that learned to get by on very little funding. After 35 years, in response to both the community need and a vision to grow, Good Shepherd received a large, transformative grant. Dr. Loper shares about both the blessings and challenges that come with sudden abundance and a larger ministry: challenges of organizational culture, collaborative partnerships, relationships with local churches, and exploring new development and revenue models.



HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU: BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS!

WOMEN ON MISSION: FINDING BALANCE

IN LIVES OF SERVICE & PURPOSE


ENGAGING & RETAINING STAFF IN

THE MISSION

ADVANCED DENTAL TRAINING AND YOUR HEALTH

CENTER: UNTAPPED POTENTIAL

COMMUNICATING WITH (OR IN SPITE

OF) EHR V2.0


PROTECTING SPIRITUAL HEALTH FROM VICARIOUS

TRAUMA

FROM RAGS TO RICHES & BACK AGAIN: GOOD

SHEPHERD STORY

RICK DONLON, MD RENEE NICHOLAS, RN& PANEL

FACILITATOR: LANCE LUTTRELL, MSIE JEFF AMSTUTZ, DDS MATT RAFALSKI, MD SUSAN POST, DMIN,

MHA

DANIEL STROSKY, PSYD (can)

BERRY HULEN, PSYD (can)

FRED LOPER, MD

Planning, initiating, and sustaining a Christian health ministry for the poor requires unmovable faith in God’s sustaining presence and power. There are rivers to cross, walled cities to breach, and giants to overcome. Fear and discouragement--from within and without-- must be confronted with truth and faith. This session will use biblical principles and practical experience to help leaders anchor into the hope we have when we trust God, and maintain a framework for ministry strength and courage.

Women with the courage to serve in communities with great need face exceptional challenges: cultural differences, professional barriers, marriage or singleness, childbearing, etc. Renee Nicholas will moderate a panel of outstanding women who will speak honestly about their desire to serve God and live sustainable and joyful lives.

PANELAnna Meador, PharmD

Daisey Dowell, MDKristin Martel, MDDana Vallangeon, MD

All of us dream of having a staff that functions as a team or a loving family, where everyone is happy, secure, productive, and can’t wait to come to work everyday! Finding the right staff is important, and often difficult. Building people with different histories, values and work paradigms into a team that embraces and contributes to our cause and mission is even tougher. But it is vital to do that if we are to avoid unnecessarily losing good people, and if we strive to create a culture committed to honoring and acting like Jesus.

This session will look at a new dental residency program model designed to work in partnership with faith-based clinics which creates a pathway for disciples to answer God’s call to the least reached and most underserved populations in the US and around the world through missional dentistry. We will examine the program’s impact on hosting health centers, the patient population it serves and the potential for increasing the number of dentists serving the kingdom through community health centers.

“You don’t look at me anymore”. Effective communication with patients is a challenge in the best of circumstances. Many patients feel that when a physician brings EHR into the exam room, communication shuts down. This session discusses how to reopen those communication channels and even improve communication and the patient’s experience while - and even by - using your electronic health record. We will also cover appropriate use of patient portals, as well as email and messaging with patients.

In the routine of ministry it is easy to drift from that original awe that gave us the desire to serve God. We get sidetracked by pressures, disappointments and spiritual fatigue. We must draw from the One who gives us living water and calls us to this precious but difficult work. This session looks at how Scripture teaches us to abide in Christ, and gives us strategies for keeping our spiritual energy through community, testimony, prayer and Word that flow from an abundance of God’s grace to us.

Working with traumatized patients can have a negative impact on a care giver’s spirituality. A Biblical worldview that accounts for the problem of evil can help practitioners engage effectively with their client’s suffering while maintaining a healthy relationship with God and themselves. This workshop will examine research on causes of burnout and on “vicarious trauma”; and will look at the irrationality of evil, and how we can allow our negative emotions to open us up to God through lament.

This is the story of a small free medical and dental clinic that learned to get by on very little funding. After 35 years, in response to both the community need and a vision to grow, Good Shepherd received a large, transformative grant. Dr. Loper shares about both the blessings and challenges that come with sudden abundance and a larger ministry: challenges of organizational culture, collaborative partnerships, relationships with local churches, and exploring new development and revenue models.


#cchf2015

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THE ROLE OF CCHFThere is a growing movement of Christians who are committed to bring healing to marginalized communities in Jesus’ name. CCHF is the joint effort of those in the movement to help others find their place in our common cause, persevere in our mutual calling, and grow in our understanding of what it means to be ambassadors of Christ in healthcare and in communities of need. Simply put, the role of CCHF is to support and grow this movement. We do this through..

1. RELATIONAL NETWORKThe most powerful thing about CCHF is the actual community. It is real and relational. We share our experiences and insights and help one another. We help members of this movement find one another and connect in meaningful ways that honors Christ and advances His cause.

2. NATIONAL AND REGIONAL EVENTSThe most visible of these is the CCHF conference - a 3-day event with inspiring speakers, informative workshops, and opportunities to network. Christian leaders and pioneers are available to newcomers to both share and to listen to the new voices in this community.

3. STUDENTS AND RESIDENTSThrough collaborative relationships with groups like CMDA, MCO and InterVarsity, CCHF practitioners speak to campus groups at over 100 campuses every year. We provide clinical experiences through preceptor and internship programs in Christian clinics. And we help residents find placements at clinics where they can integrate faith with clinical care for the medically underserved.

4. PUBLICATIONSHealth & Development (H&D) is a non-commercial periodical where Christian professionals working with the medically underserved share their stories and explore the unique challenges encountered in providing holistic, Christ-driven care in domestic cross-cultural settings.

5. WWW.CCHF.ORGThe CCHF website is a “toolshed” where participants in the movement share resources to help you grow in conviction and ability to fulfill your calling in healthcare. It is constantly growing as the community adds content, and the dialogue progresses as we grapple with what it means to live out the gospel through healthcare among the poor.

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schedule

SATURDAYAPRIL 25


Lunch On Your Own

Afternoon




Dinner On Your Own



FRIDAY, APRIL 24Breakfast On Your Own Exercise & Running (6:30am) Exercise & Running (6:30am)


Plenary 2 9:30-11:30


Afternoon




Dinner


SATURDAY, APRIL 25Breakfast On Your Own Exercise & Running (6:30am) Exercise & Running (6:30am)

Morning


Breakout 4 9:00-10:00

Breakout 5 10:30-11:30




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SATURDAY, April 25 / 9:00-10:00PMWORKSHOPS

BEHOLD, I AM DOING A NEW

THING: LIVING IN THE NEWNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

MISSIONAL & CULTURAL

FAITHFULNESS: MAINTAINING A CHRIST- FOCUS IN GROWTH & TRANSITION

MEDICAL DIRECTOR LEADERSHIP &

RESPONSIBILITIES

CHARITY, COMPASSION &

JUSTICE: BIBLICAL RESPONSE TO SERVING THE

MARGINALIZED

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING & SBIRT WITH

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

HEALTHY FEET FOR THE HOMELESS: A

PILOT STUDY#BLESSED

PRIMARY CARE IN SIERRA LEONE

DURING THE EBOLA CRISIS

JEREMY CRIDER, MD JENNY DITTES, PA & PANEL

YVONNE JOHNSON, MD MSCR

DANA VALLANGEON, MD

JIM HENDERSON, MDMATT RAFALSKI, MD SUZAN COUZENS, RN LANCE LUTTRELL, MSIE MYRON GLICK, MD

When the Holy Spirit fills us with a passion for doing his will, we should respond joyfully and follow wholeheartedly. Predictability, comfort and status quo are major challenges to living by Spirit. Dr. Crider shares from Scripture and his experiences as part of the first class in a new gospel-driven residency program, relocating to a very different type of neighborhood in a new city, and generally making a series of life decisions that seem counter-intuitive – unless you factor in the Holy Spirit.

Dependency on God and gratefulness for every little thing that He provides are almost a given in the early stages of an organization’s development. The challenges to a clinic’s mission and culture of faith come as it grows or goes through radical periods of change. This panel of clinic leaders will honestly discuss the challenges their organizations have faced in periods of growth and transition, and how they have worked to remain faith-full and Christ-centered as an organization during those times.

How does one successfully function as both leader and director, while working to develop staff in their roles as clinicians, support staff, and excellent service providers within the context of a growing Christian medical clinic? Practical for current of future medical leaders, this session will provide tools and case studies to clarify common issues, and optimal methods and solutions to address those issues. It will also direct you to key resources for use in developing skills as a clinical leader.

What is your motivation for working among the poor? This session addresses three concepts that have shaped Christian response to healthcare among the poor: Charity, Compassion and Justice. It is important that those of us in missional medicine understand these distinctions, and how they impact approaches to ministry. This will be a lively, provocative session as we take a critical look at how God has called us to respond through the Scriptures, the life of Christ, and the testimony of the Church.


Impaired mobility is a serious problem to those who are chronically homeless. Foot infections and chronic joint pain in feet, knees, hips and back are common. Healthy Feet for the Homeless is a pilot study that measures the overall health impact of simple interventions for this population. Fitted shoes were provided to homeless adults with moderate to severe chronic pain, with dramatic improvement to overall physical and emotional health. Details of this study will be discussed in this session.

Is it possible that God would call you to work in a clinic in crisis and wrestling with its mission? Or to a place where you might face suspicion and lack of appreciation? Doesn’t God want us all to experience success? If we are to receive the kingdom of God on Earth as it is in Heaven, we must accept the way God has chosen for it to come. Come explore the beatitudes and look for principles and practical examples that lead us to the grace and glory of God in the midst of difficult trials.

This is the amazing story of a refugee and patient who became a nurse, joined Jericho Road’s staff, and then led JRCHC’s outreach to her home country to start a primary care clinic. When Ebola came to Sierra Leone in May 2014 she and the JRCHC team were presented with challenges that no one could have imagined. Dr. Glick will share their experiences and help participants understand the challenge of primary care in an Ebola zone, and describe the current situation in West Africa as it deals with this ongoing crisis.



BEHOLD, I AM DOING A NEW

THING: LIVING IN THE NEWNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

MISSIONAL & CULTURAL

FAITHFULNESS: MAINTAINING A CHRIST- FOCUS IN GROWTH & TRANSITION

MEDICAL DIRECTOR LEADERSHIP &

RESPONSIBILITIES

CHARITY, COMPASSION &

JUSTICE: BIBLICAL RESPONSE TO SERVING THE

MARGINALIZED

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING & SBIRT WITH

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

HEALTHY FEET FOR THE HOMELESS: A

PILOT STUDY#BLESSED

PRIMARY CARE IN SIERRA LEONE

DURING THE EBOLA CRISIS

JEREMY CRIDER, MD JENNY DITTES, PA & PANEL

YVONNE JOHNSON, MD MSCR

DANA VALLANGEON, MD

JIM HENDERSON, MDMATT RAFALSKI, MD SUZAN COUZENS, RN LANCE LUTTRELL, MSIE MYRON GLICK, MD

When the Holy Spirit fills us with a passion for doing his will, we should respond joyfully and follow wholeheartedly. Predictability, comfort and status quo are major challenges to living by Spirit. Dr. Crider shares from Scripture and his experiences as part of the first class in a new gospel-driven residency program, relocating to a very different type of neighborhood in a new city, and generally making a series of life decisions that seem counter-intuitive – unless you factor in the Holy Spirit.

Dependency on God and gratefulness for every little thing that He provides are almost a given in the early stages of an organization’s development. The challenges to a clinic’s mission and culture of faith come as it grows or goes through radical periods of change. This panel of clinic leaders will honestly discuss the challenges their organizations have faced in periods of growth and transition, and how they have worked to remain faith-full and Christ-centered as an organization during those times.

How does one successfully function as both leader and director, while working to develop staff in their roles as clinicians, support staff, and excellent service providers within the context of a growing Christian medical clinic? Practical for current of future medical leaders, this session will provide tools and case studies to clarify common issues, and optimal methods and solutions to address those issues. It will also direct you to key resources for use in developing skills as a clinical leader.

What is your motivation for working among the poor? This session addresses three concepts that have shaped Christian response to healthcare among the poor: Charity, Compassion and Justice. It is important that those of us in missional medicine understand these distinctions, and how they impact approaches to ministry. This will be a lively, provocative session as we take a critical look at how God has called us to respond through the Scriptures, the life of Christ, and the testimony of the Church.


Impaired mobility is a serious problem to those who are chronically homeless. Foot infections and chronic joint pain in feet, knees, hips and back are common. Healthy Feet for the Homeless is a pilot study that measures the overall health impact of simple interventions for this population. Fitted shoes were provided to homeless adults with moderate to severe chronic pain, with dramatic improvement to overall physical and emotional health. Details of this study will be discussed in this session.

Is it possible that God would call you to work in a clinic in crisis and wrestling with its mission? Or to a place where you might face suspicion and lack of appreciation? Doesn’t God want us all to experience success? If we are to receive the kingdom of God on Earth as it is in Heaven, we must accept the way God has chosen for it to come. Come explore the beatitudes and look for principles and practical examples that lead us to the grace and glory of God in the midst of difficult trials.

This is the amazing story of a refugee and patient who became a nurse, joined Jericho Road’s staff, and then led JRCHC’s outreach to her home country to start a primary care clinic. When Ebola came to Sierra Leone in May 2014 she and the JRCHC team were presented with challenges that no one could have imagined. Dr. Glick will share their experiences and help participants understand the challenge of primary care in an Ebola zone, and describe the current situation in West Africa as it deals with this ongoing crisis.


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SATURDAY, April 25 / 10:30-11:30PMWORKSHOPS

JESUS ON THE JOURNEY

TOUCHING THE LEPER: TREATING

CHRONIC PAIN IN A HIGH RISK ENVIRONMENT


MISSION DRIFT: HANDLING

CHALLENGES TO YOUR MISSION &

VALUES

LEARNING, SERVING & FLOURISHING:

HELPING THE CHURCH FIND ITS

PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY

ASSESSING & ADDRESSING

SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF PATIENTS: TAKING A SPIRITUAL HISTORY

POSTURES OF WORSHIP

CCHF & THE MOVEMENT

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN

THE HEALTHCARE SETTING

KATY WHITE, MD BOB PAEGLOW, MD& PANEL

FACILITATOR: JANICE SHERMAN, MHA CAROL GATES, RN BOB MASON, MDIV HEIDI LEYSHON STEVE NOBLETT & CCHF

BOARD MEMBERS LORI BASEY, DMIN

Matthew 25 is a powerful motivating passage for Christians who are serving the poor through healthcare. But have you noticed that in that story, it is not the Providers who are the hands and feet of Jesus, but the needy. Could it be that Jesus has called you into this work to meet and know Him in a way that you would not know Him apart from working with people in poverty and with chronic illness? We will discuss ways to grow in your revelation of Christ, and perseverance in your work among the poor.

Working amidst an environment of poverty, hopelessness, and addiction the Koinonia team has made a commitment to treat those suffering with chronic pain conditions. These modern day “lepers” are people most physicians do not want to see on their schedule. Come and hear from our multidisciplinary team about the challenges that had to be overcome to help improve the quality of life for those who suffer from chronic pain. We will share both practical knowledge along with stories of both triumph and failures.


Many in your church wish they could do something to care for the sick, poor or marginalized, but are nervous and don’t know where to start. Carol will discuss strategies for discipleship to strengthen us to serve the communities where we live, whether urban or rural. She will share the four-year journey of being changed from the inside out as a church and the positive impact that has occurred with their neighbors. Materials will be shared enabling this study group to be replicated at any church.


Postures of Worship is a workshop that addresses exercise through an interactive worship experience. Using live accompaniment and scripture reading, we will explore the bodily postures of worship and their biblical grounding as we spend time experiencing each worship posture. Heidi Leyshon is a dance instructor who teaches movement and exercise at The Church Health Wellness Center (Memphis, TN), as an effective way to integrate spiritual worship, Scripture and fellowship into physical exercise.

“We envision a movement of God’s people who choose daily to bring healing to marginalized communities in the name of Jesus.” Meet with CCHF leadership to hear what is being done to strengthen and encourage this growing movement. Steve Noblett and CCHF Board members will share about the strengths and bottlenecks that affect those committed to living out the gospel through healthcare among the poor, and what we can do to nurture and develop the Christian mission in healthcare in our nation.

Human trafficking is not an issue confined to the past. This dark evil is alive and well and pervades every segment of society, especially here in the US. Healthcare providers are often the only professionals to have contact with victims of modern day slavery. This session will provide an update on the breadth of this issue, it’s signs and symptoms, and will provide a brief overview of the psychology that drives it and current best practices when presented with a possible human trafficking victim.



JESUS ON THE JOURNEY

TOUCHING THE LEPER: TREATING

CHRONIC PAIN IN A HIGH RISK ENVIRONMENT


MISSION DRIFT: HANDLING

CHALLENGES TO YOUR MISSION &

VALUES

LEARNING, SERVING & FLOURISHING:

HELPING THE CHURCH FIND ITS

PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY

ASSESSING & ADDRESSING

SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF PATIENTS: TAKING A SPIRITUAL HISTORY

POSTURES OF WORSHIP

CCHF & THE MOVEMENT

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN

THE HEALTHCARE SETTING

KATY WHITE, MD BOB PAEGLOW, MD& PANEL

FACILITATOR: JANICE SHERMAN, MHA CAROL GATES, RN BOB MASON, MDIV HEIDI LEYSHON STEVE NOBLETT & CCHF

BOARD MEMBERS LORI BASEY, DMIN

Matthew 25 is a powerful motivating passage for Christians who are serving the poor through healthcare. But have you noticed that in that story, it is not the Providers who are the hands and feet of Jesus, but the needy. Could it be that Jesus has called you into this work to meet and know Him in a way that you would not know Him apart from working with people in poverty and with chronic illness? We will discuss ways to grow in your revelation of Christ, and perseverance in your work among the poor.

Working amidst an environment of poverty, hopelessness, and addiction the Koinonia team has made a commitment to treat those suffering with chronic pain conditions. These modern day “lepers” are people most physicians do not want to see on their schedule. Come and hear from our multidisciplinary team about the challenges that had to be overcome to help improve the quality of life for those who suffer from chronic pain. We will share both practical knowledge along with stories of both triumph and failures.


Many in your church wish they could do something to care for the sick, poor or marginalized, but are nervous and don’t know where to start. Carol will discuss strategies for discipleship to strengthen us to serve the communities where we live, whether urban or rural. She will share the four-year journey of being changed from the inside out as a church and the positive impact that has occurred with their neighbors. Materials will be shared enabling this study group to be replicated at any church.


Postures of Worship is a workshop that addresses exercise through an interactive worship experience. Using live accompaniment and scripture reading, we will explore the bodily postures of worship and their biblical grounding as we spend time experiencing each worship posture. Heidi Leyshon is a dance instructor who teaches movement and exercise at The Church Health Wellness Center (Memphis, TN), as an effective way to integrate spiritual worship, Scripture and fellowship into physical exercise.

“We envision a movement of God’s people who choose daily to bring healing to marginalized communities in the name of Jesus.” Meet with CCHF leadership to hear what is being done to strengthen and encourage this growing movement. Steve Noblett and CCHF Board members will share about the strengths and bottlenecks that affect those committed to living out the gospel through healthcare among the poor, and what we can do to nurture and develop the Christian mission in healthcare in our nation.

Human trafficking is not an issue confined to the past. This dark evil is alive and well and pervades every segment of society, especially here in the US. Healthcare providers are often the only professionals to have contact with victims of modern day slavery. This session will provide an update on the breadth of this issue, it’s signs and symptoms, and will provide a brief overview of the psychology that drives it and current best practices when presented with a possible human trafficking victim.


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Steve Noblett has been the Executive Director for Christian Community Health Fellowship (CCHF) since 2007. Steve had a “light-switch” conversion experience as a young adult. For over 40 years he has enjoyed a dynamic relationship with the living person of Jesus Christ, learning to honor his presence, understand his heart and listen to his voice.

“Several Biblical themes have shaped my life and ministry over the years. The first is the power of the cross. I am convinced that Christ’s death was not only sufficient for our sin, but also for the consequences of our sin. The second is the inevitable triumph of the Kingdom of God, which assures me that everything that does not reflect God’s moral excellence is temporal – sin, institutions of oppression and injustice, world views that deny the reality of Christ, etc. And the

third is the significance and beauty of the church. When God decided to do something to address the brokenness in the world, He designed the church, breathed into her the power of the Spirit, and armed it with the gospel of the Kingdom. We are a community anchored in hope, offering hope to those we serve.”

He and his wife, Victoria, have worked for several decades doing outreach and gospel-driven development in significantly under-resourced urban communities, and have been involved in church-planting and leadership development both domestically and internationally. They live in Memphis, TN.

PLENARY 3

SATURDAY 1:00-2:15PM

STEVE NOBLETT

“MY FEET ARE KILLING ME”

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NOTES

2 Chronicles 14Asa King of Judah 1 And Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. Asa his son succeeded him as king, and in his days the country was at peace for ten years. 2 Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God. 3 He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles.[b] 4 He commanded Judah to seek the

Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his laws and commands. 5 He removed the high places and incense altars in every town in Judah, and the kingdom was at peace under him. 6 He built up the fortified cities of Judah, since the land was at peace. No one was at war with him during those years, for the Lord gave him rest. 7 “Let us build up these towns,” he said to Judah, “and put walls around them, with towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because

we have sought the Lord our God; we sought him and he has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered. 8 Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men from Judah, equipped with large shields and with spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin, armed with small shields and with bows. All these were brave fighting men. 9 Zerah the Cushite marched out against them with an army of

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thousands upon thousands and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah. 10 Asa went out to meet him, and they took up battle positions in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah. 11 Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.” 12 The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled, 13 and Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. Such a great number of Cushites fell that they could not recover; they were crushed before the Lord and his forces. The men of Judah carried off a large amount of plunder. 14 They destroyed all the villages around Gerar, for the terror of the Lord had fallen on them. They looted all these villages, since there was much plunder there. 15 They also attacked the camps of the herders and carried off droves of sheep and goats and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 15Asa’s Reform 1 The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded. 2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. 3 For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law. 4 But in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them. 5 In those days it was not safe to travel about, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil. 6 One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress. 7 But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.” 8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of[a] Oded the prophet, he took courage. He removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hills of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the portico of the Lord’s temple.

9 Then he assembled all Judah and Benjamin and the people from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who had settled among them, for large numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. 10 They assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign. 11 At that time they sacrificed to the Lord seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from the plunder they had brought back. 12 They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul. 13 All who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman. 14 They took an oath to the Lord with loud acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns. 15 All Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They sought God eagerly, and he was found by them. So the Lord gave them rest on every side. 16 King Asa also deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down, broke it up and burned it in the Kidron Valley. 17 Although he did not remove the high places from Israel, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life. 18 He brought into the temple of God the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated. 19 There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

2 Chronicles 16Asa’s Last Years 1 In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah. 2 Asa then took the silver and gold out of the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of his own palace and sent it to Ben-Hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus. 3 “Let there be a treaty between me and you,” he said, “as there was between my father and your father. See, I am sending you silver and gold. Now break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so he will withdraw from me.” 4 Ben-Hadad agreed with King Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the towns of Israel. They conquered Ijon, Dan,

Abel Maim[a] and all the store cities of Naphtali. 5 When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and abandoned his work. 6 Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and timber Baasha had been using. With them he built up Geba and Mizpah. 7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. 8 Were not the Cushites[b] and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen[c]? Yet when you relied on the Lord, he delivered them into your hand. 9 For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.” 10 Asa was angry with the seer because of this; he was so enraged that he put him in prison. At the same time Asa brutally oppressed some of the people. 11 The events of Asa’s reign, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help from the Lord, but only from the physicians. 13 Then in the forty-first year of his reign Asa died and rested with his ancestors. 14 They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier covered with spices and various blended perfumes, and they made a huge fire in his honor.

New International Version (NIV)Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATIONAccreditation StatementThis activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA) and the Christian Community Health Fellowship (CCHF). Christian Medical & Dental Associations is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The AMA Designation StatementThe Christian Medical & Dental Associations designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Dental Statement - 8.5 hours availableThis activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) Program Approval for Continuing Education (PACE) through the joint program provider approval of Christian Medical & Dental Associations and < Christian Community Health Fellowship (CCHF).

The Christian Medical & Dental Associations is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of this program provider are accepted by AGD for Fellowship, Mastership and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry or AGD endorsement. The current term of approval extends from 1/1/2015 to 12/31/2018. Provider ID#218742

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ALASKA

Jonathan Fraley [email protected] Delta Junction AK

ALABAMA

Chidinma Anakwenze [email protected] Birmingham AL

Robin Beasley [email protected] Birmingham AL

Amy Broxterman [email protected] Birmingham AL

Sally Cope [email protected] Birmingham AL

Bill Cope [email protected] Birmingham AL

Sara Johnson [email protected] Birmingham AL

Jessi Lander [email protected] Birmingham AL

Anna Meador [email protected] Birmingham AL

Damaris Rogers [email protected] Birmingham AL

Cleon Rogers [email protected] Birmingham AL

Amy Broxterman [email protected] Birmingham AL

Leslie Frese [email protected] Birmingham AL

Tom Edwards [email protected] Fairfield AL

Stephanie Hall [email protected] Fairfield AL

Milly Lynn [email protected] Fairfield AL

Cory Harriis [email protected] Irondale AL

Andrea Van Houten [email protected] Phenix City AL

Marion Henderson [email protected] Trussville AL

Ben Davidson [email protected] Vestavia AL

ARKANSAS

Annalyse Faulk [email protected] Little Rock AR

LaKeisha Moore [email protected] West Memphis AR

ARIZONA

Cindy Cloud [email protected] Phoenix AZ

Gary Cloud [email protected] Phoenix AZ

Paul Liu [email protected] Phoenix AZ

Marilyn Liu [email protected] Phoenix AZ

Paul Lorentsen [email protected] Phoenix AZ

Gary Plooster [email protected] Phoenix AZ

David Tellez [email protected] Phoenix AZ

CALIFORNIA

Erica Parks [email protected] Albany CA

Dorothy O’Neill [email protected] Anaheim CA

Shannon Fernando [email protected] Burbank CA

Leah Fortson [email protected] Carson CA

CJ McAulay [email protected] Fullerton CA

Cindy Ziomara Granados [email protected] Huntington Park CA

Farhat Chaudhry [email protected] Irvine CA

Berry Hulen [email protected] La Habra CA

Daniel Strosky [email protected] La Mirada CA

Jonathan Wada [email protected] Long Beach CA

Katy White [email protected] Long Beach CA

Wayne Aoki [email protected] Los Angeles CA

Charlie Burns [email protected] Los Angeles CA

Carolyn Chen [email protected] Los Angeles CA

Jennifer Jun [email protected] Los Angeles CA

Janet MA [email protected] Los Angeles CA

Renee Smith [email protected] Los Angeles CA

Wendy Sosa [email protected] Los Angeles CA

Sergio Villacrucis [email protected] Los Angeles CA

Deborah Waltman [email protected] Los Angeles CA

Shani Welcome [email protected] Los Angeles CA

Ken Jones [email protected] Palo Cedro CA

Amanda Andrade [email protected] Pasadena CA

Jonathan Perez [email protected] Pasadena CA

Byron Rivera [email protected] Pasadena CA

Erika Sy [email protected] Pasadena CA

Edden Agonafer [email protected] Pasadena CA

Bettina Lewis [email protected]

Dominguez CA

Bob Mason [email protected] Redlands CA

Alex Areces [email protected] San Francisco CA

Alyssa Choo [email protected] San Francisco CA

Clifford Lau [email protected] Walnut Creek CA

COLORADO

Kraig Burleson [email protected] Denver CO

Pamela Butts [email protected] Denver CO

...educating, equipping and encouragingChristians to live out the gospel through healthcare among the poor.

CCHF Organizational DirectoryThe following clinics responded to a recent survey indicating that they provide clinical rotations for advanced medical and nursing students, or that they offer special summer internship programs.

The list of clinics in this directory is only a partial list of the Christian clinics that make up the CCHF community. Over 300 Christian clinics serve under-resourced communities in the U.S. Hundreds of other ministries address health issues through screening, coaching and limited services. And thousands of other Christians are courageously living out the gospel while working in non-faith-based clinics.

www.CCHF.org features a more complete directory of clinics that serve medically underserved populations in a distinctively Christian way. Don’t see your clinic in our directory? Our directory grows each week. Visit CCHF.org and tell us about your clinic so people across America can know what God is doing in your area.

Documents

CCHF Conference 2015: Hope