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Morning Devotions—Friday, November 7, 2014 Marleen Milner "Gratitude as an Anchor of Hope in Challenging Times" Abstract: The practice of gratitude has been shown to be positively correlated with numerous positive mental and physical health outcomes. We live in an age of anxiety, but in the giving of thanks we reorient our souls to the God who is the source of all hope and joy, and anchor our souls to the only sure foundation.
Primary Audience: Open to all Content Level: Open to all Number of Continuing Education Contact Hours: No CEUs Bio Information: Dr. Marleen Milner is the Chair of the Social Work Program at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. She received her MSW from the UT Arlington in 1981 and her PhD from the University of South Florida in 2009. Dr. Milner has over twenty years of experience in a variety of fields of social work practice, including child welfare, child sexual abuse treatment, adoption, substance abuse treatment, and community mental health. Her passion is to prepare students to “be salt” as they carry God’s love to a hurting world in their role as professional social workers. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Morning Devotions—Saturday, November 8, 2014 Dr. Tenolian Bell "Doing The Possible So God Can Do The Impossible" Abstract: The story about the miraculous feeding of the five thousand was too important a story to leave out of the bible. Too important in the life of Jesus, and too important in the life of Church. If we do the possible, God will do the impossible. Primary Audience: Open to all Content Level: Open to all Number of Continuing Education Contact Hours: No CEUs Bio Information: Tenolian has been in the field of social work since 1974. He began his social work career as a probation and parole officer. The very next year he enrolled into George Warren Brown, School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, to pursue a MSW degree. Upon graduation he became the assistant director of a half-way house for ex-offenders. After three years he was offered a position with the Missouri Kidney Program to provide counseling to Renal Disease patients. While in this position Tenolian accepted his call into ministry. He resigned from his position in 1981 and entered Eden Theological Seminary, in pursuit of a Master of Divinity Degree. After graduation he worked for Central Baptist Children’s Home and The Family Counseling Center of St. Louis before being called to the pastorate in 1985. Tenolian pastored in Houston, TX and Madison, WI before enrolling into the College of Social Work at The Ohio State University, to pursue a PhD degree. Before graduating, Tenolian accepted a faculty position with Tulane University’s School of Social Work. Tenolian has been on the social work faculty at Florida A&M University, Nyack College, and Robert Wesleyan College. He is currently the Pastor of First Baptist Church, Herkimer, NY. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sunday Morning Speaker—Sunday, November 9, 2014 Rev. Rolando Castro "The Social Aspect of the Gospel" Abstract: This sermon is about embracing the Missio Dei from the social perspective contained in the Bible. It will expound on the biblical basis for Social Work inherent in the social aspect of the Gospel. Primary Audience: Open to all Content Level: Open to all Number of Continuing Education Contact Hours: No CEUs Bio Information: Rev. Rolando Castro is the Hispanic Church Planting/Development and Language Churches Coordinator for the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware. Rolando recently planted ConeXiones Church, a bilingual church in the Columbia, MD area. He graduated as a lawyer from the University of Costa Rica in 1990, and recently earned a Masters Degree from Liberty University on Leadership. Rolando is a native of Costa Rica, and he is married to Zulma. They have two children Fabian and Ariana, and live in Elkridge, Maryland. |
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