This presentation will reflect on Selling Out for God, Growing Spiritually, Growing Relationally, and Giving God our Best – thoughts on my 30 years as a missionary nurse in Uganda, Mississippi and as NCF/USA Missions Director.
Shawnee Christian Healthcare Center went from a concept initiated around a conference table to a full FQHC in ten years. This session will review the many advantages of starting a center from scratch while at the same time looking retrospectively at the pitfalls that can be avoided in starting a center from this perspective.
Most Christians today readily understand that the Gospel of Christ relates to our hearts, our spirits, our souls and even our minds. But many are at a loss when it comes to the body! Yet the message of the New Testament is clear that the Gospel has huge implications for how we think about and treat our bodies. Pope John Paul II and others in recent years have been challenging the global church to rediscover the importance of our bodily existence here on this earth and the implications this has for life and ministry. This workshop aims to highlight what the Bible teaches about the body and specifically to focus on the implications of this truth for Christians in the medical profession.
Whether you see yourself as a leader or not, you play a critical role in determining the success of your experiences and those around you. How you plan, recruit, and execute your Short Term Trip strategy will impact your entire church/organization and any trip participants... the ripples of which you may never fully know. Don't have a Short Term Trip strategy yet? We can help you think through that as well.
Whether you are wanting to lead a trip for the first time or have done it so long that you can't remember everything you know, this session will help reduce your stress and, more importantly, increase your impact.
Girls and women in developing communities are often vulnerable and overlooked. Their potential roles as key players in promoting spiritual and physical health in their communities can easily remain unrecognized. Medical Ambassadors International's mission is equipping communities for Christ-centered health and development, and the Women's Cycle of Life is a curriculum and training that directly addresses issues facing women spiritually, physically, socially, and financially. Working in tandem with Medical Ambassadors International's community health evangelism ministry, the Women's Cycle of Life curriculum & training equips women to take ownership of, and become key players in the well-being of their families and their communities. Women not only learn the spiritual and physical lessons for themselves, but they also learn to multiply the knowledge among their friends and neighbors. Their impact is remarkable!
This presentation will provide participants with an overview of how Women's Cycle of Life (and Community Health Evangelism) training promotes health and development of the whole person and community. Specific case studies will be highlighted, showing the long-term impact of women who have been equipped, by God's grace, through Medical Ambassadors International and missions partners around the world.
