CARING FOR THE WHOLE PERSON

Preparing Caregivers to Work as a Team to Care for Body, Mind, Soul, and Spirit of Sick Persons

 
 
A Workshop for Christian Health Providers and Pastoral Caregivers

September 25-27, 2006
Roberts Wesleyan College, N. Chili, NY

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Schedule

Monday, 9/25

(Book Chapters 1-7, Workbook Sections 1-8)
8:00-8:30 Register at Roberts Wesleyan College, Ellen Stowe Roberts Room
8:30-9:30 1 - Inadequacy of the current biomedical model
9:30-10:30 2 - Healing the whole person, Jesus as our model
10:30-11:30 3 - The biblical basis of wholeness
11:30-12:30
4 - The heart/body relationship from the scientific perspective,
psychoneuroimmunology
12:30-1:30 Lunch at Roberts Wesleyan College cafeteria
1:30-2:30 5 - Elements of psychology, architecture of the heart, what goes wrong
2:30-3:30 6 - Sin and sickness, their relationship and how to help people cope
3:30-4:30 7 - What does Jesus Christ have to do with healing?

Tuesday, 9/26

(Book Chapters 8-9, Workbook Sections 9-13,15)
8:00-8:30 Sign in at Roberts Wesleyan College, Ellen Stowe Roberts Room
8:30-9:30 8 - Creating an affirming atmosphere, verbal/nonverbal communications
9:30-10:30 9 - Caring relationship, initial role-playing
10:30-11:30 10 - How to do a personal assessment
11:30-12:30 11 - How to do a spiritual assessment and share Jesus
12:30-1:30 Lunch at Roberts Wesleyan College cafeteria
1:30-2:30
12 - Helping people do a self-inventory, find meaning and purpose,
overcome low self-esteem
2:30-3:30 13 - Helping people with addictions or compulsive behavior patterns
3:30-4:30 14 - Helping people who are grieving

Wednesday, 9/27

(Book Chapters 10-Appendix, Workbook Sections 14,16-21)
8:00-8:30 Sign in at Roberts Wesleyan College, Ellen Stowe Roberts Room
8:30-9:30 15 - Anger and the Healing Power of Forgiveness
9:30-10:30 16 - The influence of poverty on health
10:30-11:30 17 - Helping people burdened with stress or chronic pain syndromes
11:30-12:30 18 - Helping people cope with bad news, face cancer or terminal illness
12:30-1:30 Lunch at Roberts Wesleyan College cafeteria
1:30-2:30 19 - How to pray with and for sick people
2:30-3:30 20 - The logistics of establishing a team approach in practice
3:30-4:30 21 - Training lay counselors as care givers

Book*

"God, Medicine & Miracles" by Daniel Fountain, MD, available
by order locally at Alpha & Omega Bookstore and online at CMDA  

Workbook

Provided to workshop participants as part of their registration fee
 
* Registrants are encouraged to purchase Dr. Fountain's book early
and read it prior to the Workshop.