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MONDAY, MAY 1
CAFO2017 INTENSIVES
- Building Trauma Competent Caregivers (day 1): 10:30am - 6pm
TUESDAY, MAY 2
CAFO2017 INTENSIVES
- Collaborate, a forum for global leaders (day 1): 9am - 7:30pm
- Building Trauma Competent Caregivers (day 2): 9am - 5pm
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3
CAFO2017 INTENSIVES
- Collaborate, a forum for global leaders (day 2): 9am - 7:30pm
- OVC Research Symposium: 9am - 4:30pm
- The Foster Voice: 8:30am - 12:00pm
- Starting, Scaling and Sustaining and Orphan Care Ministry in Your Church: 1pm - 4:30pm
CHECK-IN
- Early Check-In: 4pm - 7pm
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THURSDAY, MAY 4
CHECK-IN
- Check-In: 7am - 9am
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8:45am - 10:30am
- GENERAL SESSION: 8:45am-10:30am
11am-12pm
Workshops
- Building Church Ministries 101: Launching and Leading Well
- Creating Trauma-Informed Children’s Ministry
- Mobilizing Community to Support Youth Engagement
- Always Ready - Resilience in My Back Pocket
- The Power of Together: Building Networks of Local Churches in Your Nation that Can Make a Difference for Children
- Big Ideas: One Thing that Makes a Difference for OVC
- Locked Up and Abandoned: Reaching Incarcerated Children and Youth
- Leadership Principles & Strategies for Ministry Growth: From Start-Up to Mid-Size
- The Journey toward Emotional and Spiritual Health
- Adult Attachment Styles: How Yesterday's Childhood Impacts Today's Parenting
- Hard Times in Adoption: The Light at the End of the Tunnel is Not Necessarily a Train!
- Creative Ways to Connect & Heal with your Foster and Adopted Teens/Preteens with Trauma Histories
- Spiritual Development: Practices that Nurture the Spiritual Life of our Team (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
- Preparing Prospective Adoptive Families for the Inevitable Challenges (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
- Human Trafficking and Foster Care
- Women, Calling and Ministry
Discussion & Connection
- Families Considering Adoption & Foster Care Consulting Room
Experience
- Prayer Room
- Exhibit Hall
- Rest & Refuel
- Conversation & Renewal Rooms
- CAFO Bookstore
12pm - 1:15pm
- Lunch Break: 12pm - 1:15pm
- Church Leadership Networking Lunch with Dr. Russell Moore (Sign up Required for Church Members: Supporter & Above)
- Orphan Sunday Coordinator Luncheon (invitation only)
- National Day of Prayer Service
See designated lunch pick-up spots on CAFO2017 Program Map
1:15pm - 2:15pm
Workshops
- Building Church Ministries 201: Church Adoption Ministry
- Building Church Ministries 201: Church Foster Care Ministry
- Building Church Ministries 201: Engaging in Effective Global Orphan Care
- What Now? Leading a 3+ Year Old Church Ministry
- Starting a Foster Care Movement 1.0
- Principles and Implementation of Trauma Competent Care - Part I
- Planning for the Medical, Developmental and Mental Health Needs of Foster and Adopted Children.
- Comprehensive Transition Programming
- Keys to Creating a Successful Development Strategy
- How To Care For Yourself While Caring For Children From Traumatic Places
- Loving a Child with Special Needs Doesn't Require Super Heroes
- Entering Into Suffering: A Look at Suffering With, and on Behalf of Children and Families
- Working with Integrity When You Encounter Corruption Regularly in Your Setting (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
- Praise & Petition: Focus on Global Church Rising for the Vulnerable in Every Nation.
Discussion & Connection
- India Member Collaborative: Working Together to Improve the Lives of Children, Families and Communities (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
- Refreshing Power Hour for Parents
- The Comprehensive Approach to Caring for Children: Whole Child Initiative Hospitality Room
Experience
- Prayer & Reflection
- Exhibit Hall
- Rest & Refuel
- Conversation & Renewal Rooms
- CAFO Bookstore
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Workshops
- Church Ministry: Helping Adoption & Adoptive Families Thrive - Part 1
- Starting a Foster Care Movement 2.0
- Finding Creativity with Constraints
- Adoptive Parents Who Struggle with Depression: Understanding and Supporting
- Adoption Fundraising Super Panel
- Connecting While Correcting
- Principles and Implementation of Trauma Competent Care - Part II
- Knowing You Made a Difference: Using M&E Basics Part 1
- Sustainable Social Enterprises: Hands-On Working Session on How to Get Started (or Accelerate!) - Part 1
- The Church as an Alternative to Foster Care
- Voice of Adoption and Foster Care
- Praise & Petition: Orphans Around the Globe
- Learn about Development from Two Really Cool Dudes
- Leaders Self Care
Discussion & Connection
- Conversation with for Families & Children with Special Needs (table discussions)
- MasterMind Sessions (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
Experience
- Prayer & Reflection
- Exhibit Hall
- Rest & Refuel
- Conversation & Renewal Rooms
- CAFO Bookstore
- Energy Break: 3:15pm - 3:45pm
A light snack and drink available in lunch pick-up areas.
3:45pm - 4:45pm
Workshops
- Church Ministry: Helping Adoption & Adoptive Families Thrive - Part 2
- Snapshot Monologues – What Every Foster Parent Needs to Know
- What I Wish I’d Known Then
- Church and State: Understanding the Perspective of Child Welfare Workers
- Sustainable Social Enterprises: Hands-On Working Session on How to Get Started (or Accelerate!) - Part 2
- Knowing You Made a Difference: Using M&E Basics Part 2
- Pursuing Excellence in Orphan Care in Family-Style Group Homes
- Equipping Local Networks: Strategic Thinking for Global Missions
- Community Based Living for Children with Special Needs
- Conflict, Critique and Civility: A Public Conversation with Jedd Medefind and Kathryn Joyce
- Replacing Shame with Empowerment: Encouraging Women in the Adoption Conversation
- Writing Your Way Clear: Contemplative Writing as a Spiritual Exercise
- Prayer for You from the Global Church
Discussion & Connection
- Adoptive Parents Who Struggle with Depression: A Q&A Conversation
- Funding Options for Adoptive Families (Consulting Room)
- Mastermind Sessions (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
Experience
- Prayer & Reflection
- Exhibit Hall
- Rest & Refuel
- Conversation & Renewal Rooms
- CAFO Bookstore
4:45pm - 7pm
- Dinner Break: 4:45pm - 7pm
On-site dinner is available for purchase during online registration. Tickets must be pre-purchased.
7pm - 8:45pm
- GENERAL SESSION: 7pm - 8:45pm
FRIDAY, MAY 5
8:45am - 10:30am
- GENERAL SESSION: 8:45am - 10:30am
11am - 12pm
Workshops
- Leading a Church Orphan Ministry as a Non-Staff Leader
- Big Ideas: Foster Care
- Engaging the African American Faith Community
- Strategy Session: CAFO Aging Out Initiative (International Orphan Care)
- Effective Strategies for Transitioning to Family-Based Care
- The Power of Orphan Sunday
- 10 Things Adoptees Want Parents to Know
- How is it with Your Soul? Assessing the State of Your Life in Ministry
- Orphans are the Result of Relational Poverty
- Microfinance and Orphan Care
- Attachment: Parenting With Your Brain In Mind
- The Mind of a Giver
- Glimpses of the Orphan Crisis and Our Response (Students Only)
- Caring for Children in Countries Where Deinstitutionalization is a Major Focus (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
- The Current Landscape of Adoption
Discussion & Connection
- Trauma Competent Care Consultation Room
- Leaders in Crisis: Lifting up the Arms of Your Co-Laborers (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
Experience
- Prayer & Reflection
- Exhibit Hall
- Rest & Refuel
- Conversation & Renewal Rooms
- CAFO Bookstore
12pm - 1:15pm
- Lunch Break: 12pm - 1:15pm
See designated lunch pick-up spots on CAFO2017 Program Map
1:15pm - 2:15pm
Workshops
- Finding Your Piece in the Foster Care Puzzle
- Engaging Churches with Birth Families and Supporting Reunification
- Expanding Your Continuum of Care (Part 1)
- Help Without Hurting: Key Principles
- Obstacles and Roadblocks That Inhibit Self Care & Self Compassion
- Understanding and Embracing the Inherent Loss and Grief in Adoption
- Shame: Healing the Story of Our Lives (Part 1)
- Men, Calling and the Fatherless
- Making the Most of the First 90 days—Practical Helps for Families Welcoming Children Home
- Praise & Petition: Focus on Children and Families in U.S. Foster Care and All Who Serve Them
- What Are Foundations, and How Do They Help Me Accomplish My Mission
- 5 Ways Your Family Can Engage in Orphan Care Ministry Today
- Welcoming Vulnerable Kids in Children's Ministry
Discuss
- China Member Collaborative: Working Together to Improve the Lives of Children, Families and Communities (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
- Creativity & Constraints: A Peer Strategy Conversation (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
- Adoptive Family Conversation Hour
- Unlocking the Potential of a Successful Partnership with Local and National Governments (DIscussion Hour)
Experience
- Prayer & Reflection
- Exhibit Hall
- Rest & Refuel
- Conversation & Renewal Rooms
- CAFO Bookstore
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Workshops
- Big Ideas: Church Orphan Ministry
- Loving Deeply While Holding on Loosely
- Refugee Care: Local and Global - Learn and Engage
- Connecting to the Heart of a Child or Teen: Nurture Group Suite Part One
- Church-Based Foster Family Recruitment & Support in Developing Countries
- Expanding Your Continuum of Care - Consultation Sessions (Part 2)
- Helping Without Hurting: Conversations
- Partnering with Elected Officials and Government Leaders on Behalf of Kids
- How to Meaningfully Enter into and Navigate your Child’s Desire to Meet their Biological Families/Parents and How to Move Forward
- Cultivating Vibrant Teams and Places of Work
- Ministry is a Family Thing
- The Gifts We Receive in Loving the Uniquely Gifted
- Praise & Petition: Focus on Adoptive and Foster Parents and the Children They Love
Discussion & Connection
- Shame: Healing the Story of Our Lives (Part 2—Including Q&A from Part 1 and Workshop on Attachment)
- A Conversation For Dad's
- Mastermind Sessions (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
- Asking Questions That Engage the Internal Parts of Yourself
Experience
- Prayer & Reflection
- Exhibit Hall
- Rest & Refuel
- Conversations & Renewal Rooms
- CAFO Bookstore
3:15pm - 3:45pm
- Energy Break: 3:15pm - 3:45pm
A light snack and drink available in lunch pick-up areas.
3:45pm - 4:45pm
Workshops
- Building Church Ministries 301: Creating a Culture of Orphan from the Pulpit to the Pews
- Creating Foster Care and Adoption Awareness in Your Church
- Strategy Session: CAFO Aging Out Initiative (U.S. Foster Care)
- Connecting to the Heart of a Caregiver: Nurture Group Suite (Part Two)
- Short Term Mission Trips: Principles and Practices for Doing Right by Vulnerable Children
- Raising Orphans Without Stigma
- Practices that Sustain for the Long Journey
- Empowering Single Mothers: Keeping Families Together Before Foster Care is Necessary
- How to Spread your Message in an 8-Second World
- We're a Transracial Family
- How To Advocate For Your Children While Partnering With Schools
- Marriage As A Deep Breath
- Expressive Therapy Techniques for War-affected Children: An Interactive Experience
- Prayer for You from the Global Church
Discussion & Connection
- MasterMind Sessions (CAFO Member Organizations Only)
Experience
- Prayer & Reflection
- Exhibit Hall
- Rest & Refuel
- Conversations & Renewal Rooms
- CAFO Bookstore
4:45pm - 7pm
- Dinner Break: 4:45pm - 7pm
On-site dinner is available for purchase during online registration. Tickets must be pre-purchased.
7pm - 8:45pm
- GENERAL SESSION: 7pm - 8:45pm
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CAFO2017 Schedule

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MONDAY, MAY 1

TUESDAY, MAY 2

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

THURSDAY, MAY 4

8:45am - 10:30am

11am-12pm

12pm - 1:15pm

1:15pm - 2:15pm

2:30pm - 3:30pm

3:45pm - 4:45pm

4:45pm - 7pm

7pm - 8:45pm

FRIDAY, MAY 5

8:45am - 10:30am

11am - 12pm

12pm - 1:15pm

1:15pm - 2:15pm

2:30pm - 3:30pm

3:15pm - 3:45pm

3:45pm - 4:45pm

4:45pm - 7pm

7pm - 8:45pm