Nothing will more determine the fruitfulness of an organization than the health of the people within it. So, wise leaders will be as intentional about cultivating the health of their team as they are about their external work. In this workshop, we’ll each begin creating our own plan to do just that – drawing from CAFO’s “Strategic Plan for Thriving Souls.” Included will be simple ideas and small choices for cultivating the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical, and relational health of our teams.
(Jedd Medefind, CAFO)
Come learn how to care for the spiritual health of staff while caring for others – all while developing a healthy Christ-centered culture. We’ll discuss how the balance between being a disciple, and discipling others, can be overwhelming. In this workshop, we will explore common challenges and practical approaches, and you will acquire tools to empower you and yours for spiritual life.
(Juan Porto, Back2Back Ministries)
For anyone who needs an island in the sea, or a pit stop in the desert, to hold up the hands of the weary with encouragement to keep going. No matter how long you’ve been in the battle, or how high the waters feel around you, there is hope! Come for prayer, respite, and a place to feel lighter!
(Eric Mills, Orphan Sunday)
We become our habits, and our children become us. So if we care about spiritual formation in the family, we should care about the ordinary habits of the household – especially when it comes to technology. This workshop will dive into the regular rhythms of family life such as waking, mealtimes, screen time, moments of discipline, family devotions, and more. In each, we’ll look at how these normal moments of the day are incredible opportunities for spiritual formation in the love of Jesus.
(Justin Whitmel Earley, The Common Rule)
Foster and adoptive parents face a unique set of challenges and circumstances that are most meaningfully understood and experienced through the lens of God’s truth. This session will help you “reframe” some thinking through those experiences along your journey in a helpful and sustaining way. We’ll explore how to handle our own perceived weaknesses, what to do when you feel like quitting, and how to more deeply understand the spiritual nature of the work we are doing. If you’ve ever found yourself alone with your own thoughts, fears, hopes, concerns, and anxieties along this journey of fostering and adopting, then this workshop is for you. You’ll be encouraged, inspired, and reinvigorated to take your next best steps forward.
(Jason Johnson, CAFO)
Foster and adoptive parents face a unique set of challenges and circumstances that are most meaningfully understood and experienced through the lens of God’s truth. This session will help you “reframe” some thinking through those experiences along your journey in a helpful and sustaining way. We’ll explore how to handle our own perceived weaknesses, what to do when we feel like quitting, and how to more deeply understand the spiritual nature of the work we are doing. If you’ve ever found yourself alone with your own thoughts, fears, hopes, concerns, and anxieties along this journey of fostering and adopting, then this workshop is for you. You’ll be encouraged, inspired, and reinvigorated to take your next best steps forward.
CEU’s Available: 1 (Jason Johnson, CAFO)
If you have been convicted to dive deeper into soul care for your team but don’t know where to start, have been trying to grow in this area of ministry, or just want to discuss an idea for your team…this is for you! Come along with questions and we will share our experiences together.
No sign-ups are required for the coaching tables. Limited seating will be first-come, first-served. Stay the hour or drop in throughout for questions, guidance, and discussion!
(Lifesong)
Adoption and foster care are hard spaces. They come with both beauty and brutality. How do we thrive as Believers, and as local churches, stepping into these spaces? In this workshop, we will discuss what it looks like to practice spiritual disciplines, soul care, and regular rhythms of community, work, and rest that will enable us to thrive as we follow Jesus into the spaces of adoption and foster care.
CEUs Available: 1 (Renaut van der Riet, Mosaic Church)
