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
Dean Ciokiewicz & Jason Kalember–Helplessness to HOPE: Four Levels of Care during Reintegration
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
Michelle Payette–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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