The Addiction Conference is an excellent opportunity to establish a resource team for your district or local congregation for treatment referral, crisis intervention and management of family dynamics. Those who will benefit from the conference are care teams, families, staff, pastors and conference leadership.
The conference will be June 27-29, 2010 at Mount Sequoyah Retreat and Conference Center. It will focus on the following:
SOME WORKSHOP TITLES:
· The Family’s Journey Through Chemical Dependency
· Healing the Wounds
· Lost Childhood, Children of Addicts
· Courage to Break the Cycle
· Treatment, Transitional Living, Recovery… what to expect
SPECIAL WORKSHOP PRESENTERS:
· Jeannine Bezotte
· Jack Fryer
· Honorable Mary Ann Gunn
· Rev. Tommy Toombs
· Ron Tweskbery
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
STEVE HORNBERGER, MSW, has over 25 years experience in human services and community building as a social worker, grassroots activist, educator, consultant and administrator. Currently, he is responsible for the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) Clergy Education and Training Project (CETP) trainings and Program Director of Celebrating Families!
MATT KARAYAN, MA, author, counselor, therapist. Matt is a licensed alcohol and drug counselor (LADC) through the state of Minnesota. He has published numerous articles in the area of chemical dependency and spirituality, and has published two books; Healing The Wound, The Family’s Journey Through Chemical Dependency, and the second book on spirituality called The Way Home, Stories from the Master. His frankness and sense of humor brings new light to addiction issues.
REV. CINDY SLOAN serves as program associate for the United Methodist Special Program on SPSARV, where she coordinates the delivery of training and resources for clergy and congregational ministry development. Cindy is a dynamic preacher and mentor.
CEU credit and limited scholarships are available through SPSARV for the event. Contact SPSARV, Cindy Sloan 704.882.0282 for details.
For more information on registration and lodging, contact Mount Sequoyah 800.760.8126 or 479.443.4531 and www.mountsequoyah.org.
