Summit Workshops
Workshop Session 1
Friday May 2, 1:30-3:00pm
Cam Abell–Maximizing Your Personal Ministry: Applying Biblical Wisdom to Your Engagements Behind Bars
Cathy Applington & Jane Hannah–Hope Restored: Biblical Hope and Healing for Trauma
Jack Cowley & Stephen Madosky— Meaningful Relationships: The Secret Ingredient to Successful Reentry Programming
Andrew Foster, Don & Michelle Harvey–Housing Crisis in Reentry: What can you do?
Allis Gilbert--Fundraising: How to Tell Your Story
Matt Moore & James Stogner–Finding the Good Life: A Bible-based Curriculum for Behavior Change
Carey Sturgeon–Safe Discipleship in a Pro-Criminal Culture of Incarceration
Matthew Thomas–Making Disciples and Mobilizing Missionaries Within the Prison
Robert Vann–Addiction: A Biblical Cognitive Approach to Understanding and Addressing Dependency
Workshop Session 2
Friday May 2, 3:30-5:00pm
Lee Bailey-Seiler–Sharing God’s Love and Mercy Through Personal Stories
Curt Campbell–Relational Discipleship: Inside and Out
Stacey Campbell–Emotional Regulation through Prayer
Ilinda Jackson —Navigating with others through Crisis with Effective Strategies of Care
Jim Kirkland–Education and Certification for Chaplains
Erika Mariglia, Rick Eschenburg, Sallie Nyenhuis & Panel–Trauma, Addiction, Recovery, and the Bible
Jon Nienhuis–The Call: Volunteer or Chaplain – Discerning Your Fit
Audrey Santos-Fay –Community Partnerships: Getting the Church Involved in Your Ministry
Jeff Schafer & Kalen Salmon–Trauma Healing for Men with a Sex Offense
Workshop Session 3
Saturday May 3, 9:00-10:30am
Angie Bauman–Discipleship: Assessment and Strategies
Jim Browning–Chaplains: Caring for Self and Others, Part I
Jason & Joya Callaway–Lasting Change: A Transformational Personal Development Model
Stacey Campbell–Restorative Justice: Conversations and Practice
Vance Drum–Messy Mistakes Chaplains and Volunteers Make: How to Prevent and How to Respond to Them
Vanessa Gardner–Standing in the Gap: Journeying with Families of the Incarcerated
Mark Inch–Breaking In: Starting a Prison Ministry
Fred Nelson–Effective Reentry Ministry for the Ordinary Congregation
Karen Swanson–Motivational Interviewing Basics
Workshop Session 4
Saturday May 3, 10:45am-12:15pm
Don Allsman & Charles Anderson—After Trauma Healing: How to Sustain Resilience in Trials
Jim Browning –Chaplains: Caring for Self and Others, Part II
Chandler Fozard–Ministering to Those with a History of Sexual Sin
Sarah Heaton–Open Arms: Welcoming People Released from Jail into Your Church
Paul Nielsen & Alicia Reeves–Criminal Thinking Errors: A Biblical Response
Rodney & Tolliny Rankins–Overcoming 28 Pitfalls of a Man
Kevin Resnover–Rewriting Stories: Transforming Lives of Justice-Involved Youth
Paul Ritter–Spiritual Care Assessment in Chaplaincy: An Evidenced-Based Practice
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