Pre-Conference Intensives – Summit 8
Get the most out of Summit by joining one of these Pre-Conference Intensives. These day long Wednesday interactive workshops are designed to help you dig down deep with experts in the field. Summit registration is required. To join one of these intensities, add them to your online registration.
All Pre-Conference Activities will be held at Saddleback Church unless otherwise noted.
Where Our Hearts Meet: Created for Connection
Karyn Purvis Ph.D. and Kay & Milan Yerkovich
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 9:00am – 4:00pm
Price: $10 with your Summit registration (lunch not included)
Location: Saddleback Church
Unprecedented and the first-ever presentation from three leading experts and authors in the area of attachment and its impact on relationships. Join us for Biblical truths that will change the way you relate to your spouse, and children.
SESSIONS INCLUDE:
Created for Connection
Led by Karyn Purvis. Join Dr. Purvis to learn more about the significant emotional, social and other issues faced by orphans and what you can do to build lasting, loving connection with them.
How We Love
Led by Milan and Kay Yerkovich. Join Milan and Kay to learn about the most effective techniques to improve your relationships; proven tips and strategies to help you better understand and create a healthy family.
Read more about these sessions and the Women’s Path at Summit.
Take it to the Next Level: Adoption & Orphan Care Church Ministry Intensive
Hosted by Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Ministry
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Price: $20 with your Summit registration (includes lunch and materials)
Location: Saddleback Church
God is doing amazing things through local church involvement in adoption, foster care, and global orphan care. Yet even as more and more churches are becoming involved, many of them are in need of effective resources, helpful insight, and practical wisdom and experience to help them develop and move forward. Join this interactive learning and planning experience designed to help church adoption and orphan care ministries develop and advance their existing ministry efforts.
How does this Church Ministry Workshop work?
This Church Ministry Workshop is designed with established church adoption, foster care and orphan care ministries in mind, and is divided into three different tracks (listed below). In order to maintain effective workshop group sizes, participation in each track will be limited to only 15 churches (limit two people per church per track). Churches are highly encouraged to send teams in order to attend multiple tracks.
Each track will span the course of the entire day and is designed for participants to attend that track for the entire day, as the material in each track will build throughout the course of the day. Each track will culminate in a facilitated planning time at the end of the day. This means that your ministry team will have the benefit of “going deep” in each of these three focused areas. As important, your ministry team will walk away at the end of the workshop with both tools and a plan for your ministry.
The three tracks, each led by an experienced ministry team, include:
Developing an Adoption & Foster Care Ministry that Prepares and Equips Families for the Journey
led by Michael & Amy Monroe, Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Ministry
Designing Effective Support Systems in Your Church Adoption & Foster Care Ministry
led by Bruce & Denise Kendrick, Embrace Texas
Creating and Implementing an Effective Global Orphan Care Strategy in Your Church
led by Mike Douris & Tiffany Taylor Wines, Orphan Outreach
READ DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EACH TRACK AND PRESENTERS.
Together for Adoption Theological Boot Camp
Hosted by Together for Adoption
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Price: $20 with your Summit registration (includes lunch and materials)
Location: Saddleback Church
Together for Adoption is partnering with Christian Alliance for Orphans to provide an intensive full-day event designed for Christians and ministry leaders who desire to journey further into the transformative theology of adoption (i.e. God’s work of adoption within redemptive-history) for the sake of the orphan. Scripture’s grand story of Adoption announces the good news that God in Christ has stepped into our messed up stories of estrangement and waywardness to graciously rewrite and transform them into his Story.
The purpose of our boot camp is to provide gospel-centered teaching that magnifies the adopting grace of God the Father in Christ Jesus and mobilizes the church for global orphan care. This boot camp will equip you with an enriching theology of Adoption and explore its implications for visiting orphans in their affliction.
Sessions Include:
A Theology of Adoption for the Christian & the Orphan
led by Dan Cruver
Adoption Before Time
led by Jason Cornwell
Adoption in the Present Time
led by Dan Cruver
Adoption at the “End” of Time
led by Jason Cornwell
The Global Orphan Care Revival & the Korean Church
Hosted by Saddleback Church & Hope for Orphans Institute
Date: Tuesday, May 1
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Saddleback Church
Price: Due to the generosity of our sponsors, registration is only $30 per person and just $15 if you provide the discount code “HFO” when registering. (Lunch Included)
How to Join: Please register for this special event HERE.
Global Orphan Care Revival and the Korean Church is a one day conference designed for Korean Church Pastors and Lay leaders in the US, Korea and other countries.
Featured speakers for this event include:
- Pastor Rick Warren – Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, CA
- Honorary Pastor Choi Hong Jun – Busan Hosanna Church, Busan, Korea
- Lead Pastor Eddie Byun – Onnuri English Ministry, Seoul, Korea
- Senior Pastor Jim Bob Park – Oriental Mission Church, Los Angeles, CA
- Executive Director Paul Pennington – Hope for Orphans
- Co-Founder Robin Pennington – Hope for Orphans
- Founder Steve Morrison – Mission to Promote Adoption in Korea
- Director Elizabeth Styffe – Saddleback Church Orphan Care Initiatives
Join these Pastors and leaders from around the world as they share God’s heart for the orphan and present a practical and biblical vision for orphan care. Learn from Pastor Rick Warren and other internationally respected orphan ministry leaders about the transformational impact of orphan ministry in their church. Hear testimonials of how orphan ministry has united congregations–from kids, teens, young married couples, to senior citizens – in passion and service on behalf of the fatherless. The Institute will help you gain a vision on how orphan ministry can impact your church.
For more information or to register, CLICK HERE You can also contact jhammer@hopefororphans.org with any questions.
Safe Families for Children
Hosted by Safe Families for Children
Date: Wednesday, May 2
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Safe Families for Children Conference
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. The Gathering (Prayer and Worship time)
Location: Mariners Church, 5001 Newport Coast Drive, Irvine CA 92603
Price: $79.00 (includes both sessions, materials, breakfast, and lunch)
Please join us for the first annual national Safe Families for Children conference. You will have the chance to participate in General Sessions that explore the theme of showing love and sharing space by Dr. John Townsend (Boundaries author), as well as workshops by various speakers and presenters that look at practical steps you can take to deepen the breadth of Safe Families for Children in your area.
Learn about a transformational alternative to foster care that makes the homes of local Christians and their church community the center of care. Safe Families has spread to 41 sites around the country in fifteen states through partnerships with other Orphan Alliance ministries. Last year, 2200 arrangements occurred in host families. Prospective host families, potential Safe Family churches, and individuals from other ministries will all find the conference helpful. Come and meet others that are passionate about giving hope to families in crisis by providing loving homes where parents can safely and voluntarily place their children in times of need. For further information, visit www.safe-families.org.
