Family: 2017 Conference USB Card

Embracing the Blessing. Facing the Brokenness.

Family. What image springs to your mind? Big smiles and warm hugs? Dark looks and harsh words? An empty frame and yearning for what never was and may never be? Perhaps it’s more complicated than that–maybe the smile is real, but the eyes reveal something more. Perhaps blessing and brokenness are tangled together. Or perhaps we’re troubled when we compare the snapshots in our mind with images of family immortalized by Norman Rockwell or the picture we envision of what a “Christian family” is supposed to be.

But what are we to make of the fact that in all of Scripture not one single family is held up as an idealized role model? How can that be? Because the Bible is no stranger to the complexities of family. At this year’s National Conference, we’ll be exploring the ways God forms and reforms family, how he shapes and reshapes us through family. Whatever our situation or experience, whether single or married, old or young, whatever roles we play, this conference will help us face the brokenness and embrace the blessing of family.

Conference Details

• Conference Dates: Friday, October 13, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017
• Conference Location: Frisco, TX

Product Details

• 8 General Sessions + 16 Breakout Sessions (20 hours of audio)
• Outlines & Slides included
• 1.1 GB

General Sessions

• Adoption Panel | CCEF Staff
• Every Single Family Member | Jayne Clark
• Familial – by Design | David Powlison
• Families Helping People in Crisis | Ste Casey
• God Redeems Family | Steve Midgley
• Now and Then: The Returns of Family History | Ed Welch
• Nurturing Family | Julie Lowe
• Shaking Up the Family Tree: God Does the Unexpected | Alasdair Groves

Breakout Sessions

• A Single Life | Jayne Clark
• Busy Families: Learning to Say “No” in Order to Say “Yes” | Mike Emlet
• Caught in the Middle: Caring for Aging Parents and Your Own Children – At the Same Time | Mike Emlet
• Divorce: When Families Fall Apart | Julie Lowe
• Draw Them Out to Draw Them In | Todd Stryd
• Family Devotions in Your Family | Alasdair Groves
• Grandparenting: The Ins and Outs | Ed & Sheri Welch
• In This Together: Care for Families in Ministry | Laura Andrews
• Navigating the Fog of Addiction in Family | Eamon Wilson
• Parenting an Angry Teen Who Won’t Communicate | Rick Horne
• Redemptive Responses When a Family Member Identifies as Transgender | Tim Geiger
• Taming the Technology Beast | Julie Lowe
• The Empty Nest: Loss or New Lease on Life? | Janet Nygren
• The Long Way Home: Counseling After Infidelity | Michael Gembola
• What To Do When Family Hurts You | Darby Strickland
• When Your Child Says “I’m Gay” | Michael Gembola