Saturday, 10:00 am
Room
103
BUSB
Spiritual Life Room
Need encouragement, prayer, to talk in a small group about your life, ask questions, or find a mentor? Want to talk about exploring a call or anything else? Someone is here to pray and talk with you. Just need a place to pray by yourself? You can do that too.
Staff & Volunteers
Room
104
BUSB
Non-Physician Health Opportunities in Missions
A panel discussion of diverse ministry opportunities for nursing, PT/OT, pharmacy, and allied health in missions.
Meyer, Rush, Charbonnet
Room
106
BUSB
Medical Ministry through Academic Education
What does it mean to live missionally in an academic medicine setting? This panel brings together Christian health care professionals from diverse specialties and practice settings to share how they integrate their faith with their work in medicine. Panelists will also explore the unique opportunities academic medicine provides for living out this missional calling, including medical education, mentorship, and global medical missions opportunities.
Ma, Cipta, Fong, Yamashita, Heath, Alberty
Room
202
BUSB
Staying Healthy While Serving
This panel discussion is about staying healthy in order to best serve others. It will emphasize that caring for your emotional and spiritual well-being is an important part of faithful service, as are healthy interpersonal relationships. Panelists will highlight how spiritual disciplines (prayer, time in fellowship, and in God’s Word) help believers sustain their ability to love and build up others. The discussion recognizes that caring for oneself is not selfish but a way to honor God and remain faithful and effective in serving Christ and serving others.
McCoys, Naylor, Comninellis
Room
203
BUSB
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The First 1000 Days: A Critical Window for Thriving
The first 1,000 days of life—from conception through a child’s second birthday—represent one of the most influential periods in human development. During this critical window, nutrition, nurturing relationships, disease prevention, and early stimulation profoundly shape lifelong physical health, cognitive development, emotional well-being, and future flourishingThis workshop explores how health workers can partner with families, churches, communities, and local health systems to promote maternal and child health through community-owned, participatory approaches. Drawing on current global health evidence and practical field experience from a community-based First 1000 Days initiative, participants will examine strategies that integrate preventive health, community empowerment, and holistic ministry. Practical examples from diverse international settings will illustrate how local communities can become active participants in nurturing healthier children, stronger families, and vibrant communities.
I hr CME available
Chen
Room
204
BUSB
Taking a Spiritual History
This session explores the ethical basis of offering and providing spiritual care in clinical settings.
Educational objectives: Introduce the ethical concerns related to spiritual care, Examine peer reviewed studies that show the benefits of spiritual care, Demonstrate how spiritual care aligns with the core bioethical standards
1 hr CME available
Mason
Room
INN
BUSB
INNOVATOR’S HALL