Fall Schedule of Events

Our upcoming events continue to be held on Friday mornings at 7:45 am with fellowship and breakfast/snack at 7:15 am. (Our meetings are generally held at TU ... Taylor U. Commons/Gerig Activities Center). Please join us for these upcoming lectures. CEU's are available.

Friday, August 11, 2006......“Our Journey from the Garden to Glory: Stages in our Journey from Alienation to Intimacy.”
Dr Timothy Warner
St. Joseph Behavioral Health Out Patient Clinic
ph. 260-425-3642

Friday, Sept. 8th, 2006 ..... "Training Overview of the Work Style Toolbox Analysis In Assessment and Team Building"
Denny Howard, Dir., LMHC, LCSW, LMFT
Vitality Care Institute (a ministry of the Family Care Center)
at Taylor University

Friday, October 13, 2006......."Marriage Education: Building Healthy Marriages"
Jim Burg, PhD
Associate Professor IPFW
at Taylor University

Friday, November 10, 2006......"Preview of upcoming FCC conference with Dr. Siang Yang Tan" (Conference to be held March 17, 2007)
Margaret Machlan, MSW, LCSW
Park Center and Lutheran Social Services
at Taylor University

Friday, December 8, 2006........"Fellowship, Sharing, and Thanksgiving "
led by Stephen King, ACSW (no ceu's)
at Taylor University

August meeting

Dr Timothy Warner will be presenting “Our Journey from the Garden to Glory: Stages in our Journey from Alienation to Intimacy” at our next meeting on August 11th. It will be held at St Joe Medical Center.

The presentation consists of a series of metaphors for our relationship with God beginning with Potter and clay, moving to vine and branches, shepherd and sheep, Savior and beggar/penitent, Master and servant, parent and child, Co-Regent and co-heir with Christ, and finally Heavenly Bridegroom and bride. This will be a presentation of the key truth about each of these metaphors and the lie people are apt to believe that gets them stuck at a lower level than God intends.

We are looking forward to this time and hope to see you there.

Our July and August meetings

Our July meeting will be held on Friday July 14, 2006. The topic will be "Conforming Cognitions: Helping Christians Deal With Body Dissatisfaction" and will be presented by Jerry Davis, PhD, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, NCC at Family Care Center at 2821 Hillegas Rd. in Ft. Wayne IN (ph. 260-471-1950).

Our August meeting will be held on August 11, 2006. Dr Timothy Warner will present
“Our Journey from the Garden to Glory: Stages in our Journey from Alienation to Intimacy.”

This presentation will feature a series of metaphors for our relationship with God beginning with Potter and clay, moving to vine and branches, shepherd and sheep, Savior and beggar/penitent, Master and servant, parent and child, Co-Regent and co-heir with Christ, and finally Heavenly Bridegroom and bride. This will be a presentation of the key truth about each of these metaphors and the lie people are apt to believe that gets them stuck at a lower level than God intends.

Our August meeting will be held at at St. Joe Medical Center Outpatient Behavioral Health Medical Office Bldg. 800 Broadway Suite 11 (under blue canopy ) ph. 425-3606

Invite your friends and enjoy these informal times of fellowship and training. CEU's can also be obtained.

7:15 am ...breakfast and fellowship
7:45 am ...Devotion
8 to 9 am... presentation of our speaker

We look forward to seeing you there.

June FCC Meeting

The next FCC meeting will be held on Friday June 9, 2006. Cathy Jantzen, MS, LMHC will be speaking on the topic of "Forgiving Freely."

The meeting will be held at TU.... the cafeteria will probably be closed ... so please bring your own food and drink.

Hope to see you there.

Topic of Next FCC Meeting: The Healer of Broken Hearts

The next FCC meeting will be held on Friday May 12, 2006. We are pleased that Claudia Davis, MSW, LCSW from Providence Counseling Center will be speaking on the topic of The Healer of Broken Hearts: A Discussion of Emotional Healing In the Scriptures. She will be referencing Isaiah 61 in her discussion as she gives us a biblical blueprint for emotional healing. We believe that Claudia has some excellent material to share and we look forward to this time of fellowship and learning. Attendees may want to bring their Bibles.

As usual, our meeting will start with a gathering for breakfast and fellowship at 7:15 am, then sharing and business meeting at 7:45 am, followed by presentation from 8 am to 9 am. We will be meeting at Taylor University. Please join us.

Faith-Based Advocacy for Social Change Conference

NACSW has an audio conference workshop "Faith-Based Advocacy for Social Change" scheduled on Monday, April 24th from 1-3 EST. It will be delivered by Dr. Jon Singletary, assistant professor of social work at Baylor University. The audio conference will invite you to consider how social workers in congregations and faith-based organizations can be involved in social advocacy. For more information, or to register go here.

Lutheran Social Services will host the audio conference at their 330 Madison Ave. office (at Spy Run). If you'd like to attend at this location, email Gret Machlan at mmachlan@hotmail.com (just to get a count).

Next FCC Meeting--Sharing Our Faith

The next FCC meeting will be held on Good Friday, April 14th at Taylor University. As always, the meeting will start with gathering for breakfast and fellowship at 7:15 am. The "formal meeting" will begin with sharing and a few business items at 7:45 am followed by a presentation from 8 am to 9 am ...

On this Good Friday we will partake of fellowship and prayer. The meeting will be facilitated by FCC President Stephen King, MS, LMFT. Let's gather together on this Good Friday as we rejoice in our Easter blessings.