1:00-2:00 Workshop
“I think there are addicts in my congregation, how do I know if I’m right?” – led by Dr. Hal Baumchen
Info: Are you a pastor, lay or ministry leader wondering about members of your church or community and what’s going on with them? Maybe there is: domestic abuse, financial trouble, marital strives, sexual dysfunction, unemployment or infidelity. If any of these are known issues, addiction may be in the picture. Come and learn how you can draw out if substance abuse is in the picture. Time for questions and answers following presentation.
Dr. Hal Baumchen |
Bio: Dr. Hal Baumchen is Executive Director of Northland Counseling Services. He is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over twenty years (25,000+ hours) of counseling experience. He received his Master’s Degree from Wheaton Graduate School and his Doctorate of Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology. He serves frequently as a seminar leader. He has taught workshops in the U.S.A., Canada, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and India. He co-authored, Finding Hope Again: Overcoming Depression with Dr. Neil T. Anderson. Additionally, he has taught at Bethany International as well as Acts International and is an ordained minister. He offers individual, marriage and family therapy with specialties in treatment of anxiety and depression. |
Workshop Presenter: Hal Baumchen Psy.D., LP
Executive Director, Northland Counseling Services
7945 Stone Creek Dr. Suite 140 Chanhassen, MN 55317
Phone: 952-974-3999 Fax: 952-974-3780 Email: northlandcounseling@msn.com Web: www.northlandcounseling.us
2:15-3:15 Workshop/Panel Discussion
Addiction: Sin, Sickness or Symptom
Info: What is addiction? Is it a Sin, a Sickness, Symptom, or combination there of? During the 60 minute workshop, each panelist will have 7-8 minutes to share their biblical perspective in an informative, educational manner. The moderator will then open up the floor for questions from the audience.
Panelists include:
Pastor Rich Scherber |
Pastor Rich Scherber, MN Teen Challenge
Richard Scherber, Executive Director for Minnesota Teen Challenge has a passion and a vision to see chronic addicts find permanent freedom from their addictions. He says, “I understand how these people feel because many years ago, I too was a lost and deeply troubled drug addict.” Rich has a Bachelors degree from Northwestern College and a Masters degree from the University of Wisconsin in Psychology. He has practiced drug rehabilitation, pre-marital, and crisis counseling for over 10 years. For nine years, he pastured churches in Minnesota before accepting a four-year missionary assignment in South Africa. In 1992 he became Executive Director of Minnesota Teen Challenge. In 15 years he has taken the organization from $20,000 in debt to a $10 million dollar annual operating budget. Minnesota Teen Challenge has 160 full-time employees and is the largest residential drug rehabilitation program in the Midwest, with an average of 400 students in the residential program on any given day. The majority of Teen Challenge’s budget comes from donations and private non-governmental funding.
More info on MN Teen Challenge at www.mntc.org or by calling, (612) FREEDOM (373-3366) |
Saul Selby MA LADC |
Saul Selby MA LADC was previously the Clinical Director at the Hazelden Foundation in Center City MN, and is currently President of Set-Free Recovery Services. Saul is also an ordained minister and the Executive Director of Missionary Evangelism to Corrections. He is a national speaker, an author, and an adjunct professor. His publications include Twelve Step Christianity, The Voice of Addiction and A Look at Cross-Addiction and his videos on addiction have been distributed nationally. In his twenty-two years of clinical practice Saul has specialized in treating addiction and currently provides Christian counseling to individuals and families in the Twin Cites. He can be reached at 651-253-6818. Set Free Recovery Services or www.setfreerecovery.com |
Dan Ward |
Dan Ward, Metro Hope Ministries
Dan left a career in Industrial Management in 1980 to become a ministry Business Administrator.
In 1988, after a five-year stint at The Moody Church in Chicago, Dan joined the staff of a Chicago area Rescue Mission – and discovered a passion for reclaiming lost resources for the Kingdom of God.
Dan came to his current role at Metro Hope Ministries in 1997. Under His leadership they have successfully doubled their ministry capacity and launched Minnesota’s first recovery residence for women with children.
Metro Hope Ministries began in 1926 as a traditional Rescue-Mission. In 1961, then known as New Hope Center, it became the first Christian Addictions Ministry in the Midwest. Their individual, case-coordinated approach to Christ-Centered recovery has been called the most comprehensive program in America. Today, clients come to Metro Hope from all corners of the U.S.
More info on Metro Hope at www.metrohope.org, or by calling 612-721-9415 |
Moderator: Randy Mortensen
More info on Quest 180: www.eaglebrookchurch.com/care_prayer/quest180
3:30-4:30 Workshop
“Why don’t addicts come to church and how to change that” - led by Pastor Roland Wells
Info:
During this 60 minute workshop church and lay leaders will learn why addicts don’t attend church, how to establish a comfortable entry point and how to proactively extend church to them. Time for questions and answers following presentation.
Pastor Roland Wells |
Bio: Pastor Roland Wells is Sr. Pastor at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in South Minneapolis. In addition to preaching and attending to the members of the church, Wells teaches and oversees School of Urban Ministry (SUM), which he designed and launched in 1995. Pastor Wells has served in ministry in rural, suburban and urban settings for over twenty years. Addiction has met him in each community. At St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, they offer a Christian AA group that meets weekly. While attending the weekly meetings is important, Wells and his leadership have learned over the years why addicts are hesitant to come into the “church service” and have offered ways to bridge the gap and welcome them into the Sunday service and other activities going on in the congregation.
More info on St. Pauls’ found at www.stpaulsevlutheran.org |
Workshop Presenter: Pastor Roland Wells
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church & Outreach Ministries
1901 Portland Ave S, MN 55404 Phone: (612) 874-0133 Email: rolandwells@juno.com
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