General

Linking arms with the medical community - Patrick Johnston
This workshop/powerpoint presentation will highlight the successful harnessing of the medical community to speak up for life and raise money for local pregnancy help ministries.  Those who attend this workshop will leave knowing how to realize the need for establishing a Hippocratic remnant of physicians in our nation's communities, learn how to harness the medical community and join with them on the front lines of the CPC battles, and tap into the medical community's resources (their influence, their expertise, and their finances) for our mission to defend life and protect women.

Evangelicals and Catholics together - Panel

Defining and defending marriage - Derrek McCoy

Attachment styles & how they affect your client's choices - Sharon Pearce
Understanding the different Attachment styles can be a valuable tool in helping a client make long lasting changes in how she feels, makes choices and relates to other people - including her child(ren). Attendees will learn about the different attachment styles and how those styles affect important areas of life; how to identify attachment styles in their clients which will enable them to help the client make positive changes in how they make choices and relate to others; how their attachment styles - and those of their clients - affects how they relate to God

Effectively communicating with legislators - Celeste Avy
Make no mistake. Your effectiveness in the legislative arena is directly related to knowing the "rules" of the game and understanding what legislators need to be successful in their world. This workshop provides insight into the same tools and techniques lobbyists use to advance or defeat bills. This workshop is for the director who wants to be taken seriously and have their position on pregnancy centers heard and supported.

Renewing your vision and passion for the ministry – Betty McDowell
We started in Life Affirming work because we had a vision and passion to make a difference in the lives of others. Along this journey we, or others we know, may have become a bit weary and even gotten a little off course. This workshop is designed to help you explore ideas to refocus and renew your vision and passion for ministry.

Advancing Leaders

7 simple steps to leading like Jesus - Pat Layton
The goal of this workshop is to encourage and enrich leaders for a long life of leadership by following the model set by Christ. They will learn how to prioritize: People, Purpose and Passion as Leaders.

Positioning Strategically – Does a rising tide lift all boats? - Mark Conrad
As leaders we have opportunities to expand our influence within our organizations, communities and regions. The key to increasing our influence and make a greater difference is strategic positioning. In this workshop you will gain a deeper understanding of strategic thinking, planning, implementation and leadership. Attendees will have the opportunity to develop a strategic plan, discuss vision and share with others strategic ideas for their ministries. 

Sticky teams - Elise Boggs
Attendees will walk away with a strategic plan for recruiting, training, and retaining their volunteer dream team.

Leadership motive check - Sara Hankel
The Leadership Motive Check is patterned after a segment from the John Maxwell Leadership Bible and applied directly to how we lead and especially with what attitude we have in a pregnancy center. It is the comparison between Christ's example of leadership and the world's/flesh's example. The presentation includes 6 segments: 1. response to suffering, 2. shepherding as a privilege or obligation, 3. who motivates us, 4. what drives us, 5. speaking/smelling like Christ, and 6. immediate vs. ultimate rewards. The presentation includes a lot of audience participation which brings out the many heart issues board, staff & volunteers may struggle with in our line of ministry.

Leading Through Transition - Martha Evans
Changes in leadership can bring many challenges in a pregnancy help center. Whether that change is abrupt or well-planned, the new leader can face a rocky road. This workshop will focus on the practical ways God prepares, sustains and establishes new leaders throughout the transition, sometimes without our even being aware of His involvement.

Leading multi-generational teams - Wendy Lowe
Understanding generational dynamics is critical in reaching clients. It is equally critical in getting your team members to leverage their generational perspectives when advancing the work of your Center. Whether it is marketing, counseling approaches with clients or understanding donor patterns of different age demographics, your ability to understand what shaped a generation and how that should shape your Center's strategic plan is critical in building a center that connects with clients, donors, and volunteers

Leading Strategies

PHCs & Politics - Tom Glessner

Competing with the abortion industry - Abby Johnson
Learn how to become more competitive against the abortion industry. From someone who has been inside the abortion clinic, learn tips on how to run  centers in a way that will persuade clients to come to you instead of the abortion clinics. With an extensive knowledge in marketing, advertising, board relations, non-profit budgets, and many other things that PRC's deal with on a daily basis, this is one workshop you do not want to miss.

"Wow" your board with your new idea - Peggy Benicke
Have you ever been frustrated or discouraged trying to convince your board to approve a new idea, concept, or program? Through this workshop, participants will receive proven tools on presenting your plan in an organized, concise, and convincing manner. Sample planning and reporting templates provided.

Eclipsing Planned Parenthood - Peggy Hartshorn
Peggy will share how she sees that the Lord is using the pregnancy help movement to replace the culture of death, specifically as it has “taken over” services related to sexuality and pregnancy  (epitomized by Planned Parenthood and its clinics), with a culture of life, as evidenced in the work of our diverse pregnancy help ministries.  This is actually the reverse of an eclipse of the sun in which the light is blackened out.  In our case, the pregnancy help movement brings light to dispel the darkness!  Peggy will share real examples of what Heartbeat affiliates are doing (large and small, medical and non-medical, urban and rural, national and international) to bring light to their communities so that not only does abortion become unwanted (because women have the help and hope they need to choose life) but so does Planned Parenthood! 

Why one service won't serve all - Talitha Phillips
This interactive expert panel (medical, client service and leadership staff) and audience discussion will explore why a comprehensive service model is most effective in empowering, engaging and equipping urban (specifically African American and Latino) communities. Attendees will explore unique cultural elements that affect and challenge the traditional Pregnancy Medical Center model and service strategies, innovative medical, counseling and support strategies that leave a lasting impact on the community served, andd how to overcome the challenges of a multi-cultural, multi-generational, and educationally diverse staff and how to maximize the benefits of such diversity.

How technology evens the playing field - Tim Welsh
This workshop will equip those on the front lines with the tools to evaluate various technological advances and how they fit into the goals of their center,  critically assess the right technological mix for their clients and volunteers, and create a technology roadmap for their center.

Board Business

Law & Order: Special PHC Unit - Ellen Foell

Key things every board member should know - James Ulvog
Some things are implied.  Knowing how to work on a board is not one of those things.  Come to this workshop to understand the range of issues a board member should be familiar with and gain introductory level knowledge of key areas a board should address. A range of issues to be covered is tentative but would include items such as setting strategic direction, hire & evaluate the executive director, set overall tone for the ministry (i.e. set policies, establish ethical environment, set expectations), monitor financial status, assist with fundraising, types of boards (hands-on, policy setting, etc), risk management.

Strategic planning...Why bother? - Rhonda Tomko
As a ministry leader, do you have a vision for change or growth for your ministry? Is God calling you to expand into new areas of ministry but you spend most of your day attending to the tyranny of the urgent? Then you need a Strategic Plan! Proverbs 24:27 says “Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house." Somehow we need to tie up our day-to-day work; so that we can take the time to lay a firm foundation for what God has next for our ministry. Strategic Planning is a crucial, yet often overlooked tool for our organizations. It is essential for ministry leaders to understand its purposes and usefulness, as well as to be equipped to implement Strategic Planning on a regular basis. This session will provide a thorough understanding of Strategic Planning and equip participants, such as Executive Directors, Board Members and Staff (with teaching and templates) to facilitate a Strategic Planning session for their leadership team back home.

Strengthening leadership relations - Kimberly Padan
One of the most vital relationships in pregnancy help ministries is that between the Board of Directors and the Executive Director (or CEO.) The strength of this relationship impacts the overall health of the organization. In this workshop, participants will explore what can make or break this relationship. Attendees will learn how to clearly define the different roles of board members versus the ED; Pinpoint common mistakes and assumptions made on "both sides of the fence" ; and identify strategies for building and strengthening the relationship between the Board of Directors and ED.

Effectively Dealing with Conflict Opportunities - Gerard Dagonese
Conflict is everywhere; it impacts our ministries and witnesses to other people. Scripture provides us with clear direction to deal with conflict. By the end of this workshop, attendees will understand the dynamics behind conflict; know biblical bases and means for resolving conflict; and be able to obtain a practical approach to addressing conflict in relationships.

Recession-proof your ministry - Angela Bennett
Biblical development is a mentoring relationship between the Center and the donor that engages the donor and draws them into a closer relationship with God. As a result, people learn to commit to the cause for a lifetime. By the end of this session, attendees will be able to identify donor levels of cause related commitment and create a plan to assist donors in their growth from a casual participant, to fully engaged and, finally, to becoming an owner that shares the cause with others.

Fundraising Dynamics

Growing your donor base - Doug Coutcher

Fundraising through E-mail Marketing - Jeremy Lefevre
Sending out appeal letters the old fashion way will produce some results, but how much is it costing you to send those letters? Have you ever wondered how many people open the letters versus how many toss them into their recycle bin? Attend this course to find out the most cost effective way to communicate with your donor base: E-mail Marketing. Hear real life examples of the successful and not so successful e-mail campaigns run by the speaker. By the end of this session attendees will be able to understand the benefits of e-mail marketing for pregnancy centers, build an effective e-mail contact list, and effectively use e-mail to build a relationship with supporters.

Effective development staffing - Debbie Nieport
Effective Development is essential to secure the funds to provide the services offered in your PRC; yet is the last staff position to be considered and funded! This workshop will cover the importance of a staff person(s) dedicated to development work, how to develop an annual business plan for funding and setting outcome goals, and obtain results by cultivating and expanding relationships.

Integrating Stewardship and Development - John R Frank
We understand the biblical call of stewardship, and we witness the implement the many development strategies. But how do they integrate? How do we design and implement development strategies that honor God and still get the job done? The workshop will cover the biblical basis for calling stewards to invest in the pregnancy center movement, the development strategies that build relationships with donors/stewards, and give clear examples and samples of how to integrate both stewardship principles with successful development strategies.

Direct mail that gets results - Howard and Jill Taylor
Direct mail can be the bread and butter of your funding, especially in those very dry months of winter and summer. Why not learn the best ways to write a letter, send a letter, and ask for support in a letter? Come to this workshop and learn how to write a 2 page letter that will engage the reader from the first line, choose whom you send what letter according to their interest in what you provide--abstinence education, crisis counsel, medical, post-abortion healing, etc., segment your mailing list for maximum return on investment (ROI), utilize a well-crafted response device and send it in such a way as to guarantee a high response and repeat donor involvement, and create a direct mail annual cycle that will provide maximum exposure for your center 6) And place the direct mail strategic plan into the overall strategic fund raising program of the center. While we can create this to be the kind of event they desire, it will be a more “hands-on" creative workshop as opposed to a seminar kind of event.

Face-to-face with Major Givers - Wesley Rediger
The future of fundraising is in cultivating relationships with donors that accomplish the donor's stewardship goals in the context of the agency's vision for the future. Major donors seek to build strength upon strength in ways that practically and visibly change people's lives. The focus is on the donor's stewardship calling in collaboration with your mission. Learn to differentiate Major Gift fund-development from other aspects of fundraising. Understand one-on-one cultivation interviews to assess readiness and prepare prospects to become donors. Identify keys to develop your plan to get face-to-face with major donors.

Marketing Ministry

Getting the most from Google - Brad Mandel
People should attend this workshop to gain a better understanding of the three areas on the first page of Google, basic optimization methods to achieve first page placement, and the pros and cons of each area to reach abortion-minded women when they search using a variety of search terms. By the end of the meeting they will be able to identify: 1. The three areas on the first page of Google. Paid listings, Organic places listings and Organic SEO listings 2. The "blended result" basic optimization methods to achieve first page ranking. 3. Pros and cons of each area

Facebook MasterClass – Using Facebook to engage and energize your donors - Chris Dattilo
Use the power of Facebook to engage and energize your local support community around your PHC. Facebook has radically changed their tools for nonprofits this last year. We will cover all the new tools for conducting a fundraising campaign, ways to spread awareness of your PHC to new supporters, how to create a custom tab that acquires emails for your newsletters and drives donations, key settings for page administrators allowing users to subscribe to your content and much more. This is an advanced level workshop and assumes attendees are comfortable with Facebook and the administration of a Facebook page. We will have time for Q&A and supporting resources will be available to attendees.

Free texting solutions - Jacob Barr
Course Description We will demonstrate how you can setup a free multiuser texting solution that will allow multiple volunteers to manage incoming text messages simultaneously. Learn how to setup a free phone number for receiving text messages through Google Voice, access this phone number from multiple phones/computers simultaneously with synchronized text threads, setup this phone number to forward to another phone number, and setup the voicemail to email messages to your email address.

Is your website scaring clients away - Brett Foster

Marketing to the abortion-minded teen - Jeremy Lefevre
Using research,experience and real life examples, Jeremy will speak on successful marketing strategies and methods to help a pregnancy center reach their target audience: the abortion minded. By the end of this session attendees will: 1. Gain insight on effectiveness of websites, social media and other advertising. 2. Learn how to develop and execute an effective marketing strategy to reach abortion minded clients.

Serving the iGeneration - Lori DeVillez
With technology changing every day, we must know how to use it to our advantage.  By staying up-to-date on the latest gadgets, we are able to reach a younger, more savvy audience than ever before!  This workshop will teach you how to recognize the uniquness of the iGeneration, know how to communicate/marketing to reach the iGeneration, and how to equip the iGeneration to lead in the future of LIFE

Client Impact

Gaining and growing volunteers - Donna Sandage
How loving our volunteers has helped us go from a plee 2 years ago at a board meeting that we had no volunteers, to now, where we have 20 regular and nearly 40 special event volunteers. After the workshop attendees will be able to #1 Learn to ask for volunteers. #2 Learn how to make them feel important and #3 Show them how vital they are to this ministry.

Abortion, your client, and the law - Allan E. Parker
Abortion Hurts Women: This workshop will show you how you can legally prevent forced abortions and how you can take the evidence you have that Abortion Hurts Women to the U.S. Supreme Court to anull and reverse Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. Objective One: Understand and be able to use TJF's Dear Parent Letter and Dear client letters which prevent forced abortions by explaining the law. Objection Two: Understand and be able to use the Life Dynamics letter to Abortionist by the woman being forced to abort. Objective Three: Understand the purpose and effectiveness at the Supreme Court of Operation Outcry's declaration under penalty of perjury of "How my Abortion Hurt Me." Understanding how this will help limit or ban abortions legally.

"Resale boutiques" serving clients and the ministry - Dinah Monahan
In 2008 we opened a thrift store called Hopeful Treasures Resale Boutique. It opened right before the econimic downturn. As our finances fell off, it became our steady, dependable sourse of income that made up for the drop in donors. It also employs three people and gives our maternity home girls work experience. This is ideal for large cities and small communities and, while not easy, is very doable. Learn the challenges, best business practices, financial expectations, etc.

Impacting somebody different than me - Anne Pierson
Most of those we serve come from different backgrounds, nationalities, financial levels and certainly we all have different personalities because we are uniquely created by God in the image of God. As Jesus walked the earth he saw everyone as different and yet loved and special. We will explore this important part of our lives as servants of Christ. By the end of this session attendees will be able to have a greater understanding of people who are different than we are (peers, clients, family, friends). By the end of this session attendees will be able to be awaken as to what it means to be made in the image of God. By the end of this session attendees will have their hearts changed and to see things more clearly as God sees them.

Involving the local church in client impact - David Whitaker
This workshop will teach you #1- To teach the local church how to connect to the pregnancy center #2- To demonstrate how pregnancy center work is planting seeds, and is therefore a discipleship program #3- To develop leaders/workers in pregnancy center ministry through the local church who are gifted to minister and need a ministry.

Effectively counseling Latinos to choose life - Astrid Bennett
In eleven years of serving Hispanic clients in one of the nation's abortion strongholds, we have found some counseling techniques and educational material to be very effective in helping Latino families in some of the most dire situations trust the Lord and choose life for their child. By the end of the session attendees will have cultural insights to help Latinos according to their emotional/material needs, understand which educational tools work to change the Latino heart and mind. Hosea 4:6 My people perish for lack of knowledge, and discover effective ways to market to the abortion-vulnerable Hispanic community.

Client Services

Counseling tools: from first call to final outcome - Brad Imler
This workshop will look at the entire process from receiving the initial call through the client leaving the center and ways to make this the most successful experience. Participants will learn counseling tools and techniques that help convert callers to clients, make the counseling room deeper and more effective, and increase client retention.

What you should know before you go mobile - Michael Homula
The incredible results and growing interest in mobile pregnancy ministry has caused many pregnancy centers to consider going mobile. The unique benefits, enormous capacity to extend the reach of a traditional brick and mortar center and direct alignment with the Great Commission call to GO are great reasons to consider adding mobile ultrasound services to your pregnancy center outreach. However, it isn't as simple as converting a vehicle and installing an ultrasound machine. The complexities, legalities and unique operational challenges can be an enormous burden. In short, what you don't know may be your undoing. This workshop, presented by Executive Director of the pioneer and leader of mobile pregnancy center ministry, will clue you in to some of the key things you need to know before you GO so that you can executive mobile pregnancy center ministry legally, with operational excellence and effectively. By the end of the session attendees will be able to: 1. Formulate a high level preparedness checklist to know whether or not mobile pregnancy center ministry if right for their center and their community 2. Understand the unique challenges, enormous opportunities and effective results that can be achieved by going mobile. 3. Be prepared, at a high level, for the legal, compliance and operational realities of mobile pregnancy center ministry.

Answering tough calls and hard questions - Bri Laycock

Keys everyone should know about serving urban clients - Pat Upchurch
Why should you attend this session?  To gain information to help serve/minister to urban clients! Learn about urban/poverty classes, communication tools/tips for urban clients, techniques for relating to urban clients, and finally, ways to talk about God/share Gospel with urban clients

Servicios de interpretación - Molly Hoepfner
Thinking of providing services to the Hispanic client?  Or, are they called “Latinos”?  Or, is it politically correct to just call them “Spanish speaking” clients?  What does the term bicultural even mean as it pertains to serving pregnancy center clients?  Are Hispanics having abortions?  Do we have to provide services in Spanish?  What about resources?  Must we be a bilingual pregnancy center?  If so, how?   Looking for help answering these questions?  This workshop will help answers to these questions and help you understand these differences and more.

Texts as outreach: R U ready? - Kathy Bozyk
In the United States 2.5 billion text messages are sent every day (that's a whopping 200,000 per second.) A recent study showed college students rated text-messaging as the #1 activity they would least likely give up. Learn how your center can stretch your reach to the abortion vulnerable through a Text-Messaging Client Helpline. You will learn: 1) What it takes to start up, operate and promote a successful, user-friendly Client Text Outreach Program. 2) Recruit, train and oversee a volunteer "Text Ministry Team" 3) Inspire donor support: involvement and investment

Extending Care

Truths to engaging nonresident fathers - John Feith
The purpose of Engaging the Expectant Father training is to provide participants with knowledge to support a practice shift toward engaging the expectant father to make a financial and emotional investment in his child. Participants will learn engagement strategies designed to encourage partnerships with fathers to make a decision for life and to create a safe, healthy, and caring environment for the expectant mother and his new baby. Many of the insights and lessons learned are from engaging expectant fathers at the Women’s Clinic of Columbus. The training is interactive, informative and fun! Learning Objectives Participants will: Review the benefits of fathers in the lives of their children Introduce participants to strategies useful for engaging non-resident fathers Examine the key role of the peer coach, nurse and the expectant mother Review The Women’s Clinic of Columbus changes in policy and procedures to engage fathers Review Doctor Dad curriculum by the National Fatherhood Initiative Increase understanding fatherhood cultural competency Examine their own potential biases and presumptions about fathers

How open adoption really works today - Jeff Carlson
Bethany staff will lead a panel including an adoptive & birth family connected through open adoption to share How Open Adoption Really Works Today. Bethany staff can introduce and share the latest facts, trends and impact of Open Adoption. We will allow time for questions and answers with the panel as well.

Extending care beyond the crisis - Yesenia Basas
This workshop will provide an opportunity for you to learn how to be a continuing positive influence in your client’s life, utilizing the recourses that are at your finger tips while engaging staff members and volunteers in the process. Learn how to apply the concepts of Mentoring and Material goods, while taking the opportunity to educate your clients and build meaningful relationships as you mentor and teach them what to expect during pregnancy and beyond; as well as how to develop their true character. Learn how to apply the concepts of Mentoring and Material goods, how to utilize the recourses that are at your finger tips, and how to build meaningful and lasting relationships with your clients

Bridges to better client outcomes - Kerry Jepson
The strongest and most lasting outcomes are found through relationship. One of the best tools for extending relationships is an incentive program. Bridges was the first program launched nationally to facilitate more client contacts, strengthen her skills, deepen the relationship and solidify positive life and lifestyle outcomes. Hear from the center that pioneered this program and how it can be adapted to take advantage of the skills and gifting available to you.

Starting a maternity home: practical considerations - Anthony DiIulio
Many who work directly with pregnant women see the great need for maternity housing, and many boards and donors find a housing initiative enticing. But the practical issues like liability, zoning, staffing, and facility management often keep the dream of a maternity home from becoming reality. This session will prepare attendees to manage the practicalities of setting up a maternity home by helping them... 1. Find, interpret, and apply applicable zoning regulations 2. Think through the risk associated with such a program and learn strategies to manage that risk 3. Consider different staffing models 4. Identify facility types and corresponding management burdens 5. Fundraising ideas for maternity homes.

Men's ministry does not cost, it pays! - Kurt Ramspott
In today's economy many centers are challenged with simply funding the job at hand. As a result, while many people are urging centers to work with men, the ability to do so is often 'kicked down the road' for when appropriate funds are available to do so. In this session pregnancy care centers leaders will learn: 1) The real costs of doing effective men's ministry as measured in people, energy and assets. 2) The added benefits men's ministry brings to the overall ministry as a whole and how to maximize those benefits internally and externally. 3) How implementing a men's ministry will not 'take-away' from the overall PCC budget but can actually be 'parlayed' to increase financial support and stewardship. As a result many will seize the opportunity to accept God's leading and timing to work with men and improve and enhance the overall mission of their organizations.

Medical Matters

Abortion procedures - Anthony Levatino
Learn about the various methods of abortion available in all trimesters. Learn common claims about safety of abortion procedures relative to childbirth.

Advanced Imaging Principals - with applications, structural anatomy, and limited 1st and 2nd trimester abnormalities - James Scheffler
Learn advanced learning techniques in sonographic applications, structural GYN anatomy in OB scanning, progressional scanning methods, structural OB anatomy of 1st and 2nd trimesters and some abnormal variants.

Sonography images… doing your best - Connie Ambrecht
Learn how to critique an ultrasound image obtain an "interpretation ready" image with every study and key factors related to image optimization and patient outcomes.

Medical issues presented by clients from underdeveloped nations - Paula Grimsley
Learn how early age marriage and childhood pregnancy, female circumcision practices, and past sexual abuse/trauma may affect a clients childbirth with morbidity/mortality, marriage, delivery and reactions/behavior regarding ultrasound exams. Learn signs identifying possible human sex trafficking and signs of post traumatic stress disorder. 

Knobology applications or how to get better pictures - Kim Hardy
So you have learned to perform limited OB ultrasounds for your pregnancy center. Would you like to learn how to improve the quality of the images? While each ultrasound system is differenct, there are some fundamental common knobs that will help do this. By the end of this session, we will have reviewed #1) Depth #2) Focus and #3) Gain Controls.

NaPro technology: a holistic alternative - George Delgado,M.D., F.A.A.F.P.
By the end of this session attendees will be able to describe how natural family planning and NaProTECHNOLOGY give women and couples the freedom to know their physiology, faithfully space their children and treat reproductive problems all in keeping with God's plan for marital sexuality.

Medical Advancement

Perinatal services and your PHC - Sharon Sparks and Ana Cristobol
Learn benefits of providing perinatal care, identifying costs or drawbacks, and identifying the steps needed to implement a perinatal program.

9 1/2 ways to improve the quality of care of your clinic - Margaret Kruse
Attendees will learn a method of reviewing their policies and procedures for the purpose of improving the quality of care at their Pregnancy Medical Clinics. Attendees will be able to: 1) Learn how their policies and procedures can be used for or against their Pregnancy Medical Clinic. 2) Identify 2 ways of using their Organization Chart for their Pregnancy Center's benefit. 3) Use job descriptions to develop an objective employee/volunteer Performance Evaluation tool. 4) List 2 ways of using policies and procedures for staff education.

Connecting communities and practices - Dr. John Bruchalski
Learn about the present state of providing medical care for unwelcomed prenancies, steps necessary for integrating care from CPC to medical practice and the societal benefit of an integrated community approach to care for a patient with an unwelcomed pregnancy.

How to prevent postpartum depression - Rebecca Dawson
Your client has decided to give life to their child. Great! Now how do we avoid postpartum depression (PPD) and prepare her for the real adjustments that come with motherhood? This session is designed to pick up where childbirth classes have left off. Knowing that PPD baby blues impact 50-80% of all moms, and 20% of those moms go on to experience Postpartum Major depression, we realize PPD is real and something to be addressed. The Cliental you service have a high likelihood to experience some form of postpartum based on the triggers research has provided. A recent Wall Street Journal article suggested that preventing PPD is the best thing we can do. This session will provide your Pregnancy Care Center with the tools and knowledge to prevent PPD. Your Center will leave this session with ways to prevent PPD in your clients, address signs and symptoms, provide you with suggestive ways to assist a client currently struggling with PPD, and add to your repertoire of basic counseling skills.

Therapeutic advances in prenatal diagnoses - Dr. Gerard Nadal
The increasingly sophisticated technology employed in detecting fetal anomalies has led to a spike in selective abortions. Quite often the parents are not led through the available surgeries, medical therapies, educational and occupational therapies that are available for these special children. In 1983 the life-expectancy for a person with Down syndrome was 25. Today it is age 60. What has changed? At the conclusion of this workshop participants will 1.) Be thoroughly familiarized with the history and state of the art in prenatal diagnostic screening for fetal anomalies. 2.) Be informed of the latest surgical and medical therapies for children with genetic anaomalies. 3.) Leave with a comprehensive list of support ministries for those with the various genetic anomalies.

Linkage between abortion, OC use, and breast cancer - Dr. Gerard Nadal
The past several decades of experimental research and epidemiological investigation have yielded overwhelmingly conclusive data showing a link between abortion, oral contraceptive use, and breast cancer. Efforts from prochoice activists within the medical community to cast suspicion on these data have sown doubt and confusion. At the conclusion of this workshop, the attendee will be able to: 1.) Understand the biological mechanism by which abortion and oral contraceptive use lead to formation of precancerous and cancerous cells. 2.) Understand the differences between retrospective and prospective studies, and the data contained in each. 3.) Understand the political manner in which these data have come under attack. 4.) Leave with materials that will guide the medical professional and layperson alike in the counseling and education of patients and the general public about the link between oral contraceptives, abortion, and breast cancer.

Spiritual Inspriation

How to keep going, when your giddyup has gotten up and gone! - Gordon Douglas
Tired, frustrated, want to give up? You are not alone, as head of the pastoral board of DCPC for over 23 years, and having spoken at over 50 centers I know that many staff are tired and on the verge of burn out. Attendees would do more then learn, they would experience LAUGHTER as I would share some of my comedy program to relief stress and make the conference even more fun ! Then we would learn some of the healing benefits of humor, important stress relievers, and best of all get some encouragement from God's WORD on the theme of how to have more JOY

Ready to pray - a spiritual journey of prayer and worship - Gail Dudley
In our culture today the intentional prayer of the believers are absolutely critical if we are to see any real change in the lives of people who so desperately need the presence of Christ. Many people have the desire to go deeper in their prayer life, but unsure how to connect with God’s heart. “Ready to Pray” equips you in how to develop and build a powerful prayer life “ living out your personal testimony of a life transformed by the power of prayer and having a heart of worship. We will cover the following: Prayer is an intimate relationship with God. Prayer is speaking a love language from our lips to God’s ears. Prayer is seeking God on behalf of others. Each participant will be able to answer the questions: As leaders, 1. How can we be more intentional in our prayer life? 2. How do we connect with the heart of God? 3. How can we uncover ways to become more compassionate and committed to a lifestyle of effective prayer? 4. How do I press through when I do not feel like praying?

Turning obstacles into opportunities - Derrick Tennant
Every person and organization will encounter obstacles that can hinder or eventually prevent productivity and ministry. Julie and Derrick have encountered many such obstacles in their lives. They are convinced that through proper approach and alignment with the father (and scripture), EVERY obstacle is an "opportunity". Julie has Downs Syndrome and Derrick suffered a life changing brain injury. Together the brother and sister travel the country sharing their message of making good things out of seemingly bad ones. Attendees will: 1. be spiritually refreshed with a new outlook on "loving their life". 2. Learn to apply scripture and truth to effectively handle issues that come up in life/ ministry 3. Understand better and be able to relate more to individuals with circumstances that make them feel different/ left out ( ie. teenage pregnancy/post abortion clients)

The Peter Pan Syndrome: "I Don't Want to Grow Up!" - Julie Parton
Spiritual maturity -- that elusive term that we'd all like to have as a description of ourselves, yet find difficult both to achieve and to claim.  What is it?  Why is it hard to acquire?  Is it necessary?  What is the process for its development?  Is it just for individuals or also for ministries?  Paul spends much time on this topic in the book of I Corinthians, so we will too.  Bring your Bibles and let's dig in.

Transformed by two questions - Anne Pierson
Two powerful questions deserve a powerful response. We will look at these two questions from many dimensions. The question to Peter asked three times transformed his life. Is it possible that we could also be transformed in some way by looking at these two questions? By the end of this session attendees will have taken a journey to understand these two questions at a deeper level personally.

Avoiding compassion fatigue - Sharon Pearce
People who are nurturers and care-givers by nature tend to over extend themselves and fail to take time out to meet their own physical/spiritual/emotional needs - resulting in "compassion fatigue." Come and learn to identify compassion fatigue before it's too late;  how to prevent compassion fatigue in your own life and in the lives of their volunteers and their staff; and how to recuperate if you have already pushed too hard for too long and are feeling the overwhelming affects of compassion fatigue.

Sexual Integrity

Waffles and spaghetti - Pam Ferrell

Her body is a wonderland - Emily Sederstrand
Female fertility, the capacity to give life, is a gift from God and the means by which we all exist... it is even how our Lord chose to enter humanity! And yet, fertility is often misunderstood and misused, resulting in the very crisis situations that bring women into our centers. We have the opportunity to impart a vision of female fertility that is based on science and Scripture and is imminently relevant to our clients’ lives. They are unlikely to hear this message anywhere else! Authentic fertility education empowers women to know, honor and protect their own unique, God-designed cycle of fertility, which is their potential for motherhood. This session will: 1) equip attendees with a foundational knowledge of the cycle of fertility and the signs and symptoms of fertility that any woman can learn to recognize; 2) examine the lies and distortions in the culture regarding female fertility and the connection to high-risk sexual behavior; 3) reveal the link between fertility education, evangelism and the promotion of life-affirming decisions; and 4) introduce practical strategies for integrating the Focus on Fertility program into a CPC ministry.

The big picture of sexual integrity - Katy Flood
Is there really a difference between abstinence and sexual integrity? If i have an abstinence program, do I really need to have a sexual integriy program as well? Those are some of the questions asked when it comes to the topic of sexuality and how it pertains to the work being done inside the center. We often interchange abstinence programs with the term sexual integrity. They are not the same. This workshop is designed to give the attendee the big picture of sexuality and an understanding of the differences between abstinence and sexual integrity. The workshop attendee will be able to: 1. Articulate the difference between abstinence and sexual integrity 2. Understand the impact sexuality has on all clients (regardless of the outcome of their pregnancy test) 3. Be empowered and excited to help lead all of yoour clients to sexual wholeness

Rediscovering purity - Jennifer Disney
Many women in our society, both young and old, have made choices that they regret. Some of the choices like having sex before marriage or doing drugs have put them into difficult situations. These situations may have led to pregnancy, having an abortion, contracting a venereal disease and the list goes on. From my own experiences, I know that with each wrong decision it can bring shame into our hearts. This leads to feelings of being dirty or unworthy of God’s love and forgiveness. But God is forgiving and He wants these women to know that no matter what they have done, God can come into their lives and forgive them for ALL of their sins. He no longer sees us as “dirty.”  He sees us as pure. God wants us to see ourselves the way He sees us. Objectives - Participants will know that we are all sinners. - Participants will understand that God forgives us of all our sins. - Through interactive activities, participants will learn that they need to see themselves the way God sees them.

Revolving choices - Evelyn Lastra West
In this course, Evie will share her uncensored testimony of God's unconditional love, everlasting forgiveness and unmerited redemption. This course will provide the attendee with education on issues adolescents face, encouragement for the individual desperately searching for identity and acceptance and how to communicate a message of hope for the helpless client in a desperate situation.

Know your worth then know you're worth waiting For - Anthony Preston
Nobody can choose where they come from. Everyone has a dream. Most people never make it that far because the consequences of risky behavior prevent them from achieving their goals. Many teenagers and parents for that matter are educated on what "NOT" to do regarding drugs, alcohol and sexual promiscuity. However, much of the time they are ineffectively indoctrinated with the tools to and behaviors to achieve their dreams, subsequently something the media educates them on instead. Many people will benefit this workshop from all ages because it defines not only the pitfalls of pop culture and how to avoid them, but it effectively equips the individual with the healthy mindset of focus. The the end of the course, attendees will be able to 1. understand healthy habits of the mind, 2. know their self worth and that they are worth waiting for, 3. they can be products of their environment or products of their dreams.

Abortion Recovery

Reaching the unreachable - Michaelene Fredenburg
You regularly see clients’ pain from past abortions. You offer a healing group, but so many things including shame and fear prevent hurting men and women from attending. Please join as we discuss how to reach the "unreachable" through new take-home and in-center resources. Objectives: - Enhance your ability to invite more clients to heal from past abortions - Equip you to effectively utilize Abortion Changes You take-home and in-center resources - Prepare you to receive clients that are reaching out for assistance after visiting AbortionChangesYou.com

Engaging men in abortion recovery - Patrick Ashburn and Norma Murakami
Nearly one in four men in the U.S. has experienced the loss of a child through abortion. Pregnancy resource centers are best equipped to help these men recover from their abortion past. Participants of the workshop will learn how to: 1. develop a plan for reaching men; 2. develop an abortion recovery ministry for men through the study of God's Word; 3. commission men to be defenders of life and ambassadors to other hurting men.

Building effective outreach in your community - David Reardon
Get all the details on an innovative strategy to massively increase community awareness of how abortion hurts women while simultaneously conveying a compassion and support for those who need or have found post-abortion healing. The principles you learn can be applied to a campaign is conducted on your own, or in collaboration with other ministries, or as a series of events, an annual event that builds its base each year, or as a one time extravaganza. There are a lot of options, and as Dr. Reardon will show you, tons of resources, many of them free, to help you conduct a highly professional and effective campaign that will excite donors and produce life changing results. Attendees will be able to: 1. Outline a coordinated campaign plan to fit any budget. 2. Identify free or low cost resources available to motivate and educate key targeted audiences, including clergy, mental health workers, media, political leaders, foundations and donors. 3. Create a timeline for each stage and each audience.

Abortion Recovery: Abortion recovery using Skype - Julie Weber
Learn tips on how to use Skype Video conferencing to deliver your Abortion Recovery program. One on one meetings as well as group conferencing for up to 10 people are possible. Video conferencing is convenient and allows you to extend the reach of your program beyond the distance people are willing to drive across town to meet in person. Other benefits of video conferencing include privacy of participants, being able to attend your program in the comfort of their home and reduced costs to deliver your program. This session will cover: basic system requirements, experiences we have learned from using Skype and practical tips for using Skype in the U.S. as well as abroad. We will also explore using a blended delivery approach, featuring a combination of face to face meetings and video sessions. We will plan to visually show attendees what possibilities they have available to them. We need to work the details out, but the possibilities include screen shots, pre-recorded sample video conference clips and possibly live demo . The end goal of this session is to expand the thinking of CPC members to consider using video conferencing as an effective way to serve their clients.

Abortion and the Gospel truth - Kim Ketola
Abortion is a primarily a spiritual issue because it is an issue of life and death; encounters with Jesus Christ in the Gospels illustrate the hope we have for healing today. By the end of the session attendees will be able to view abortion through the lens of Scripture, understand the human cost, and identify the path to resolve the pain of abortion in their own lives and the lives of others through the healing love of Jesus Christ.

New approaches to abortion recovery training - Jenny McDermid
1. Shadow Women This workshop will assist you in understanding the unique grief of post-abortive women, and what the current grief specialists are saying about this unique loss experience. You will also be assisted in evaluating which post-abortion counseling materials and mediums will serve your client demographics most effectively. Screening clients for group will also be addressed. 2. Refusing the Pain Denial has helped countless women survive their initial trauma following abortion. However, its overuse has the power to impair the lives of women who refuse to acknowledge their need to grieve. This workshop will look at what is required to safely move out of denial, as well as several other areas of fallout. It will also explore the depression that is common to post-abortive women: depression that, left unresolved, can lead to lives of endless despair. 3. Post-Abortion Healing for Clients Who Fear God Forgiveness is the key to spiritual healing for women following an abortion. However, too much “Christianese” can sabotage the process of receiving deep healing from God. This workshop will present proven strategies for easing women into emotional and spiritual journeys without scaring them away from what they need the most. Overcoming resistance in healthy ways is the foundation of this workshop. 4. Grief Rituals That Lead to Health Granting children the personhood that abortion denied is a critical part of the mourning process. You cannot say “goodbye” until you have said “hello.” This workshop will cover creative ideas for identifying these lost children and memorializing them in meaningful ways. The final concept involves preparation for embracing all that a healed and restored life has to offer.