Upcoming Schedule of Events

November 14, " Personal Peer Supervision: Peer Accountability-Iron Sharpening Iron, Part III " ...

Gregory Sowles, PhD, HSPP, LMHC
Clinical Director
Family Care Center, Inc.

Ft. Wayne IN

December 12, Fellowship, Sharing and Prayer
Led by the Holy Spirit
Spiritual CEU's only

January 9, 2009 ... "Biblical Change: A Change of Heart," by Terrie Ensley, MSW, ACSW, LCSW ... Cross Connections, Bethlehem Lutheran Church.... To be held at Taylor U.-FW ...

February 13 ... "Thinking Outside The Box ... Spiritual Ideas on Healing", By Robert Miner, MD ....Medical Director of Northeast Center, Auburn IN ...

March 13 ... TBA

Bill Utesch, PhD
Prof. IPFW,
Ft. Wayne IN

All meetings to be held at Taylor U.-FW ...

Doing Integration: From Presuppositions to Practice

Doing Integration:

From Presuppositions to Practice
presented by: Dr. Jerry E. Davis

at Taylor University Fort Wayne

Saturday, 06-07-08

8 am to Noon

Learning Objectives for this workshop:

Understand a working definition of the integration of Christian faith with Psychology/Counseling

Understand and participate in the activity of integration

Listen, discuss, and interact with each other through the various integration activities

Licensed and unlicensed counselors, pastoral counselors, lay counselors, and students are encouraged to attend.

Sponsored by:

Fellowship of Christian Counselors

Free to Members

3 Continuing Education Hours

Dr. Jerry Davis is the Director of the Graduate Counseling Program at Huntington University. Dr. Davis has been teaching at the college level since 1981, and is a frequent presenter at local, regional and national conferences. He has counseling experience from 1985, and has expertise in the areas of marital, group, adolescents, men's issues, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and personality disorders.

REGISTRATION: Free to Members
$25 for Non-member Professionals
$10 for Non-member Students
BONUS: Registrants will receive free membership for 2008
Continental Breakfast Included

SCHEDULE
8:00 - 8:30 Registration, Continental Breakfast
8:30 Praise & Worship
8:45 - 10:30 Dr. Davis workshop session #1
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:00 Dr. Davis workshop session #2

RSVP by Friday 5/30 with a reply to this e-mail .

Complete membership form and pay at the door

Schedule of Upcoming Meetings

Our meetings are held on the second Friday of the month and they start with an informal gathering for breakfast and fellowship at 7:15 am. We begin our "formal meeting" at 7:45 am with a few business items and a brief time of sharing...followed by our program at 8 am. (note two exceptions for July and August---these meetings will be held at noon at the Family Care Center)

The following two summer meetings are at noon at The Family Care Center

July 11, "Help for the Woman who has Experienced Abortion".

Lisa Davis, A.A.S. in Nursing, B.A. in Psychology
Abortion Recovery Coordinator A Hope Center, Ft. Wayne IN...

August 8, Fellowship, Sharing and Prayer
led by the Holy Spirit
spiritual CEU's only

The following meetings at TU-FW Student Commons unless otherwise noted ...

September 12, “Tending the Heart: A Biblical Counseling Model Part II.”
Mike Cook, PhD
Taylor University
Fort Wayne, IN

October 10, "Ethics and Christian Counseling, Part II" ....

This session will include a review and expansion of ethical considerations originally presented by Robert Heck on 5-11-07 and will be followed by the opportunity for comments, questions, and group processing.

Robert Heck, PhD.

Private Practice,

Ft. Wayne IN

November 14, " Personal Peer Supervision: Peer Accountability-Iron Sharpening Iron Part III " ...

Gregory Sowles, PhD, HSPP, LMHC
Clinical Director
Family Care Center, Inc.

Ft. Wayne IN

December 12, Fellowship, Sharing and Prayer
Led by the Holy Spirit
Spiritual CEU's only

Deeper Walk International Conference Highlights

Two weeks ago, a number of FCC members had the opportunity to attend the Deeper Walk International Conference in Indianapolis (formerly International Center for Biblical Counseling). The conference was a delight (as usual) and many of us were challenged in personal and professional ways. New tools and strategies for effective counseling and personal development were provided by a plethora of national and international speakers. We heard outstanding conferences on such topics as:

Brain Science and Dissociation
Discipleship and Addiction Recovery in the Local Church
Foundations of Spiritual Warfare
Freedom in Christ
Discernment--Lessons From Christian History
Forgiving From the Heart
The Healing of Our Heart

and much more. For an overview of the programs presented please check out the Deeper Walk International website here.

I have been fortunate to attend several ICBC conferences in the past (two in Sioux City, Iowa - former headquarters) and I can truly testify to the fact that Indiana is blessed to have such a valuable organization positioned in this state. I hope that next year, many others will be able to avail themselves of the opportunity presented by the Deeper Walk International Conference training.

And for those of you who who would like a little inside look at the conference my trusty camera was able to snag a few most interesting pictures ;-) :

Deeper Walk International Leadership -- past and present Dr. Mark Bubeck - former president (left)
Dr. Marcus Warner - new president (right)

Dr Tim and Eleanor Warner....and who is that sneaking behind them?

Jan King, Eleanor Warner, Gret Machlan : ladies that lunch

Cairo born former Cambridge Professor, Dr George Bebawi and friends - spreading the love

Conference speaker John Lynch ("Living True Faced") and Sandy Tobin impress everyone by studying ancient Hebrew, hermeneutics, eschatology, ecclesiology, homiletics, dispensational theology, pre trib, mid trib, a millenialism, five-point Calvinism, Arminian theology...during break time in the hallway.

Like father...like son????

I'm not sure that I would trust these people on the left.

At your service.....

Deeper Walk Intl Conference in Indianapolis February 28-March 1

The former International Center for Biblical Counseling has recently moved to change its name to Deeper Walk International. It was originally established to operate counseling centers, and three such centers are operating today. The board of ICBC has recently redefined the objectives of the ministry to include an emphasis on Christian discipleship and to focus on provision of materials for use by churches and by lay and professional counselors and on offering training in counseling based on a biblical spiritual warfare worldview and on a clear concept of emotional and spiritual maturity. With these objectives in view, a conference will be held to provide stimulus and training in these areas. The theme will be “Heart-focused Discipleship: Ministering to Wounded Hearts.” The speakers and workshop leaders may not be familiar to you, but they are all well qualified to speak on their topics. Dr. Karl Lehman,MD, for example, is a psychiatrist from Evanston, Illinois, who has done very significant work in integrating Christian faith with therapy. If you have questions about the conference, go to http://www.icbcinc.com/ or call Dr. Tim Warner at 747-4766

In the past, a number of FCC members have participated in the ICBC (Deeper Walk) conferences which have often been held in Sioux City, Iowa. The close proximity of the 2008 conference makes this an outstanding opportunity for all FCC members. Jan King comments on her past participation in the conference... "exceptionally helpful with practical skill training .... thankful it is closer this year" ...

Dr Tim Warner will eventually have brochures....in the meantime, please go to this link to download more information.

2008 Calendar of Scheduled Events

FCC 2008 meetings … please note usual info on time and place as TU-FW

January 11…. "A Counselor's Role in Marriage Education"
James Burg, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Professional Studies
Director, Counselor Education Program
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN

February 8... "Reconciliation of Families in Conflict"
Joseph Martin, EdD.,DMin.
Family Life Ministries
The Chapel, Fort Wayne Indiana

March 14… "Personal Peer Supervision: Peer Accountability--Iron Sharpening Iron (Part 2)"
Gregory Sowles, PhD, HSPP, LMHC
Clinical Director
Family Care Center, Inc.
Ft. Wayne IN

April 11 .. “Tending the Heart: A Biblical Counseling Model.”
Mike Cook, PhD
Taylor University
Fort Wayne, IN

May 9 ... "Defining the Counselor-Client Relationship: a Self Exploration in Meaning, Motivation, and Self-deception." (As Christian therapist/counselors we are there to help care for others but many times we fail to care for ourselves in order to be at our best for the persons we serve.)
Bill Utesch, PhD
Prof. IPFW,
Ft. Wayne IN

The rest of the 2008 schedule is to be announced.........