Announcing
for 2012. . .
“Building Skills for Member Care with
Excellence”
Jan. 9-13, 2012 (M-F)
“Make-Or-Break Issues in Missionary Survival”
Location: Hume
Lake Christian
Camps (65 Mi. E of Fresno)
Sponsored
by: Link
Care Center
1734 W. Shaw Ave;
Fresno, CA
93711
Ph 559
439 5920, ext. 122.
To Register, Email kenroyer@linkcare.org
Let’s go back to the most important make-or-break issues – The
First and Second Greatest Commandments – To love God with all our heart, soul,
mind, strength, and neighbor as ourselves.
Nothing is more important than these.
1)
Loving God with all our hearts – our response to God from our
innermost being. Incl meditating on and
loving the Scriptures.
2)
Loving God with all our souls.
Emotional health. Self-acceptance
as to how God has made (and gifted) me.
A solid acceptance of who I am helps me to accept others as well.
3)
Loving God with all our minds.
Resources for Effectiveness in Member Care.
4)
Loving God with all our strength.
Taking care of our physical bodies.
Saying “no” to e.g. lust of the flesh, addictions. Saying “yes” to practices which promote
health.
5)
Loving others (our neighbor as ourselves).
Time-wise, the majority of our focus will be in loving others
a) In an atmosphere of family love with
transitions as well as scrapes and bruises:
Loving the family, including MKs.
Healthy singles relationships.
b) In an
atmosphere of hardships: Loving people going through difficult times. Continuing issues in Psychological First Aid.
c) In an atmosphere of conflict:
Group consensus building in a conflicted context.
d) Areas of caution: Not being caught off
guard with difficult times. Maintaining
appropriate boundaries.
Details…
a.
Facilities: Hume Lake Christian Camps, 65 mi. East of
Fresno
b. Travel: Please arrive at Fresno Air Terminal (New
name Fresno-Yosemite International Airport) by Monday, Jan. 9, 2012,1:30
p.m. A bus will transport us to Hume
Lake.
c.
Logistics: Conference begins with Monday evening Dinner,
5:30 p.m. and concludes with Friday Lunch.
A bus will return us to the Fresno Air Terminal by 4:30 p.m. Departing flights may be scheduled following
5:30 p.m. Friday, January 13.
d. Early departure: In a desire for “conference cohesiveness”
and also recognizing the difficulty of
individualized transportation arrangements – please plan your schedule to remain
for the entire conference.
d. Yosemite option: On Saturday, 1/14, join a group of interested
participants, and enjoy Yosemite in the Winter.
Additional costs: Post-conference
meals and overnight lodging (unless you wish to accept the no-cost hospitality
of Fresno Friends).
e. Cost: $650 per person (deluxe lodge, double
occupancy) which covers costs from Fresno Air Terminal (conference,
transportation from the airport, food, lodging, materials). If there is room, single occupancy may be
available for an additional $200.
Next Steps…
Please
email (KenRoyer@linkcare.org or kenroyer@aol.com) for an application. After
filling it out, you may return it to him along with a $100 per-person deposit (refundable prior
to 12/16/11), which will secure a place for you. We hope you can join us! Please let us know if there are questions.
Ken Royer, for the Link Care Team!
What attendees said about 2011's
Building Skills for Member Excellence Seminar
"This week of training with Link Care has been very beneficial. I appreciate so much each presentor and their ability to be open and honest with their own lives. Thank you and God bless!"
" I am glad I came!! I do intend to offer what I have learned to conferences I go to. I feel like a plagiarist, but do feel I have good stuff to offer."
" I guess I have attended six times and it really is the highlight of my ministry year. I feel more equipped and affirmed. I can share the things that I cannot share and where else and I trust these folks to tell me if I am going off the rails. Like I have said several times, instead of feeling that I have been told to “never try this at home” because “you cannot help people unless you are highly trained like us” – I am challenged to use the tools to bless those under my care."
"I so appreciate the expertise of the Link Care staff. They know missionaries and their needs. They model the integration of theology."
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