With all that is going on in the US and abroad, we wanted to give you an update about the Untangling Emotions Regional Conference. Due to recent guidance from the CDC regarding large events, CCEF and Bethlehem Baptist Church will be postponing the conference. Thankfully, however, it has been rescheduled for Friday-Saturday, November 13-14, 2020.
Though the date has changed, all current registrants remain registered for the event. If you are able to join us for those dates, you don’t need to take any action.
We look forward to seeing you in November. Until then, we will be praying for you, the city of Minneapolis, our nation, and those suffering from the effects of COVID-19 throughout the world.
Our emotions are complex. Some of us seem able to ignore our feelings, while others feel controlled by them. The Bible teaches us that our emotions are an indispensable part of what makes us human–and play a crucial role in our relationships with God and others.
Join us November 13-14 in Minneapolis, MN as we focus on how to biblically engage with our emotions in order to better understand what they reveal about our hearts and handle them wisely in everyday moments.
Alasdair Groves
Alasdair Groves has served on CCEF’s faculty since 2010. He was the co-founder of CCEF’s New England office and now serves as the Executive Director of CCEF.
Schedule
Friday, November 13th
5:30pm-6:45pm - Registration
6:45pm - Sometimes It’s Good to Feel Bad
8:15pm - Why We Feel What We Feel
Saturday, November 14th
9:00am-9:15am - Worship
9:15am - Engaging Our Emotions
10:30am - Engaging Anger
11:30am - Panel Q&A Session
12:15am-12:30pm -Worship & Dismissal
Location:
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Bethlehem Baptist Church
720 13th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55415
Dates: November 13-14, 2020
Session Descriptions
- Sometimes It’s Good to Feel Bad
Christians often feel like failures when they experience negative emotions like anxiety, anger, or grief. But the Bible demonstrates that experiencing fullness in Christ calls us to connect with the pain of life in a fallen world in order to experience the joy we have in Christ. We can’t really feel the good without learning to feel the bad. The gospel demonstrates and empowers us to do both. - Why We Feel What We Feel
Emotions are complicated. Each of us has a knee-jerk style of responding to our feelings, but rarely do our instincts run where the Scriptures direct us. In order to handle our emotions in godly, constructive and personally effective ways, we need to first understand what emotions are and how they work. As we gain a perspective on emotions in general, we are much more able to approach our own experience of emotion wisely. This session will lay a conceptual foundation on which to stand for the times when our emotions are not what they should be. - Engaging Our Emotions
Once you understand what your emotions are, what do you do with them? Knowing is, after all, only half the battle. This talk will cast a vision for handling our emotions that doesn’t begin with trying to change them. Instead, we will focus on how to engage our emotions by engaging God in a variety of ways. Counselor Alasdair Groves will lead us as we focus on learning to nurture and strengthen what is good and right in our emotions and learning to resist what is harmful and wrong. - Engaging Anger
Anger may be the most dangerous human emotion. Yet the Bible states that we can be "angry and not sin"—and even commands us to be angry at evil. How do we hold all of this together as we try to understand anger? How can we engage it when it’s going wrong and yielding destruction in the lives of angry people and those around them? To answer these questions, we will apply the theological framework for emotions we have learned from previous sessions, and press into practical solutions that focus specifically on the problem of anger.
FAQs
- Hotel Block: We have reserved a small block of rooms at The Normandy Inn & Suites. Please use this link to reserve your room.
- Parking: A church parking lot is accessible from 8th Street (free parking). Other parking options are detailed in this document.
- Travel:
- The Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport is less than 10 miles from the church.
- There is a Bus and Light Rail which both go through the downtown Minneapolis area. You can view more information here.
- A list of local restaurants within walking distance of Bethlehem Baptist Church is available here.
- Recording: All sessions will be recorded and available for purchase soon after the conference.
- Refund & Substitution Policy: Registration cancellations will receive refunds, less a $10 administrative fee, until Thursday, November 12th, at 5:00 pm CT, after which no refunds will be given.Substitutions will be processed through Thursday, November 12th, at 5:00 pm CT.
Postponement FAQs
- Why is the event being postponed?
- The CDC released updated guidelines for large events and mass gatherings on Sunday, March 15th. These guidelines stated that in order to combat the spread of COVID-19, all events for groups of 50 people or more should be cancelled, postponed or held virtually.
- Who should I contact for customer support?
- Gretchen Spencer ([email protected]), an administrator with Bethlehem Baptist Church, will be your point of contact for all questions related to ticketing, cancellations, refunds or substitutions. If you have questions about conference content or marketing, you can always email [email protected].
- I purchased a plane ticket to the conference and still plan on attending. Should I cancel my flight or reschedule it?
- While many major airlines have lenient rescheduling/cancellation policies due to the Coronavirus, some still won’t issue full refunds for cancellations. If possible, it is best to reschedule your flight, as many airlines are waiving rescheduling fees entirely.
- I booked a room within CCEF’s block at the Normandy Inn & Suites. What should I do now?
- Our small block of rooms at the Normandy Inn & Suites has been moved to November. Any existing reservations will be automatically moved to the new conference dates. If you need to reschedule or cancel your reservation, please call (612) 370-1400.
- Will any content or programming change due to the conference postponement?
- At this point in time, we do not plan on changing the schedule, speaker lineup or sessions at the conference.