Delaware Ecumenical Council on Children and Families presents:

 

Faith Communities Support Aging 
Special Fall Conference,
 
Thursday,
October 25, 2007
Delaware Technical & Community College,
Terry Campus,
Conference Center
Dover DE

 
Faith Communities
Support Aging
 
The Peninsula-Delaware Conference Senior Adult Task Force, along with the Delmarva Faith in Action Network, invites representatives of the faith, health, and social services communities to a conference that will address the needs, opportunities and other issues presented by the new majority population of this area: the elderly.
 
This conference is intended to:
·                    Provide an overview of aging on the Delmarva Peninsula;
·                    Provide an introduction to the problems of aging in our area;
·                    Present model programs that congregations can adopt to work with their aging populations;
·                    Identify needs unique to the aging population and those who care for them; and
·                    Identify specific ways that faith communities and other community-based organizations can become involved in senior adult ministries.
 
This conference is for:
·        Faith, health and other professionals who are in position to assist and counsel individuals and families
·        Clergy and others, including faith community nurses and lay health advisors, who counsel families
·        All who work with the elderly in the community
·        Advocates and consumers concerned about the aging and their caregivers
·        People wanting to learn more about this growing segment of the population
·        Family caregivers
·        Health and welfare professionals who work closely with Delaware communities.
 
Schedule
 
October 25, 2007
 
8:15 - 8:45       Gathering, Registration & Continental Breakfast
 
8:45 – 9:00       Invocation & Welcome
Rev Robert Hall, Project Director, Delmarva Faith in Action Network;
Rev. Carol Terry, Chair, Peninsula-Delaware Conference Senior Adult Task Force
 
9:00 – 9:45       Keynote Address
Rev. Timothy Farabaugh, Chief
Executive Officer,
Virginia United Methodist Homes
& Faculty Member
Wesley Theological Seminary
 
9:45 – 10:00     Networking
 
10:00 – 10:45   Panel Presentation
            Guy Perotti, Director, Delaware
Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities;
Margaret Bradford, Director
MAC Center
 
10:45-11:45     Concurrent Workshops
1.      Volunteer Caregiving for Older
Adults and Their Families
2.      Health Advocacy for Older
Adults
3.      Medicare
4.      Family Caregiving: Helping
Those Caught in the Middle
 
11:45 – 12:45   Luncheon
 
12:45 – 1:30     Keynote Speaker
            Very Rev. Kenneth Hicks, Bishop,
            The United Methodist Church
           
1:30 – 2:15       Plenary Session
What Every Congregation Can Do
Rev. Timothy Farabaugh, Chief
Executive Officer,
Virginia United Methodist Homes 
 
2:15 – 2:30       Break and Networking
 
2:30 – 3:30       Concurrent Workshops
             (Repeated from morning)
 
3:30 – 4:00       Closing Comments and Next    
            Steps;
Group Discussion;
            Evaluation;
           
4:00                 Closing and Benediction
 
 
Registration
 
Name: ______________________________
 
Title: _______________________________
 
Agency/
Congregation: ________________________
 
Address: ____________________________
 
 
 
Phone (H): ___________________________
 
Phone (W): __________________________
 
Fax: ________________________________
 
Mail registration forms by October 23 to:
 
DECCF
240 North James Street, Suite B1B
Wilmington DE 19804
 
or fax them to:
 
            302/225-1041
 
Please fax late registrations!!
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
 
            Robert P. Hall, Executive Director
            DECCF
            302/225-1040
            deccf@aol.com                           
NB There is no cost to attend this conference but pre-registration is requested. 
 
 
This conference is sponsored by the
Delmarva Faith in Action® Network
and the Senior Adult Task Force of the
Peninsula-Delaware Conference of
The United Methodist Church
This conference is made possible by
Grant Number 57730 Faith in Action
from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Contact Hours/CEU’s have been applied for: Clergy. 
Health Educators please call 225-1040 

 


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