Schedule

8:00–9:00am • Preconference Registration Check-In

9:00am–12:00pm • Preconference Session 1 Options

• When Your Adult Child Pulls Away: Living with the Pain of Estrangement (Darby Strickland)
• Encouraging Faithful Care: The Why and How of Supervision for Biblical Counselors (Kyle Johnston)

12:00–2:00pm • Lunch Break

12:00–2:00pm • Preconference Registration Check-In

2:00–5:00pm • Preconference Session 2 Options

• Coming Home: A Journey Through the Ascent Psalms (Gunner Gundersen)
• The Anatomy of a Trembling Faith: Anxiety as an Invitation to Intimacy with God (Blair Linne)

5:00–6:30pm • CCEF Booth, Ministry Expo & Bookstore Open

5:00–6:30pm • Early Conference Registration Check-In

8:00–9:30am • Conference Registration Check-In

8:00am–9:30pm • CCEF Booth, Ministry Expo & Bookstore Open

8:00–9:00am • Fellowship Coffee

9:00–10:30am • General Session 1 – The Image of the Invisible God:
Jesus as the True Human (Ed Welch) 

11:00am–12:15pm • General Session 2 – Who Told You Who You Are?
The Temptation to Redesign Our Humanity (Darby Strickland)

12:15–2:30pm • Lunch Break

2:30–3:30pm • Breakout Session 1 Options:

• The Anatomy of a Trembling Faith: Anxiety as an Invitation to Intimacy with God (Blair Linne)
• Flourishing in Fragmented Places: Overcoming the Isolation That Impacts Our Problems (Michael Gembola)
• The Body Isn’t the Problem: Changing How You Think About & Treat Your Body (Lainey Greer)
• Willing Spirit, Weak Flesh: Caring for the Body While Counseling Addiction (Brad Hambrick)
• Power Dynamics in Marriage: Cultivating Mutual Flourishing (Dave & Krista Dunham)

3:30–4:00pm • Break

4:00–5:00pm • Breakout Session 2 Options:

• Beholding Christ Face-to-Face (Nancy Guthrie) 
• Counseling Church Hurt (Tim St. John)
• Fully Human & Deeply Loved: Women’s Sexual Struggles & Transformation from the Inside Out (Ellen Dykas)
• Parenting as God Designed: A Theological Vision for Hard Conversations with Kids (Rebekah Hannah)
• A Theology of Disability: Human Dignity, Gospel Kindness & Inclusive Care (Kyle Johnston)

5:00–7:15pm • Dinner Break

7:15–8:30pm • General Session 3 – Christian Formation in an Age of Information & Instant Gratification (Mike Emlet)

8:30–8:45pm • Preview: Helping Relationships Course with Ed Welch

8:00am–9:30pm • CCEF Booth, Ministry Expo & Bookstore Open

8:00–9:00am • Fellowship Coffee

9:00–10:30am • General Session 4 –The Story of the Image of God (Nancy Guthrie)

10:30–11:00am • Break

11:00am–12:00pm • Breakout Session 3 Options:

• The Importance of Being Love: A Biblical Framing of Attachment Theory (Todd Stryd) 
• Rebuilding Faith After Suffering & Trauma (Joy Forrest)
• Counseling Those Who Feel “Other” Regarding Gender & Romantic Attractions (Ellen Dykas)
• Darkness Is (Not) My Only Companion: Drawing Near to God in the Suffering & Sin of Depression (Brad Hambrick)
• The Secret to Confidence: How the Gospel Restores Our God-Designed Humanity (Rebekah Hannah)

12:00–2:00pm • Lunch Break 

12:15–1:00pm • Westminster MA in Counseling 101

2:00–3:00pm • Breakout Session 4 Options:

• In the Stuck Places: Participating with God in the Work of Restoration (Lauren Whitman)
• Human Authority: A Good & Dangerous Gift (Jonathan Leeman)
• Emotionally Faithful Care (Tim St. John
• Restored Intimacy with the Father (Marc Davis)
• Take Heart: A Biblical Vision for Growing Older, from Cradle to Grave (Kïrsten Christianson)

3:00–3:30pm • Break

3:30–4:45pm • General Session 5 – Putting Us Back Together: How the Local Church Rehumanizes God’s People (Gunner Gundersen)

4:45–7:00pm • Dinner Break

7:00–8:00pm • Worship with Sandra McCracken

8:30pm • Young Adult Gathering

8:00–11:00am • CCEF Booth, Ministry Expo & Bookstore Open

8:00–9:00am • Fellowship Coffee

9:00–9:45am • General Session 6 – Members of One Body: Our Vocation as New Creation (Aaron Sironi)

9:45–10:15am • Break

10:15–11:30am • General Session 7 – Fit for Heaven: Bearing the Image of the Heavenly Man (Steve Midgley) 

11:30am • Dismissal