Please be sure to mark the date of Saturday, November 3, 2007on your calendar.
You are invited to attend a workshop by Dr. Craig Rennebohm in Conference Rooms (A & B) at the John S. Dunn Center from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm The workshop will teach about the companionship model he has developed to addres the mental health needs of the street community
Craig graduated from Carleton College in 1966 and Chicago Theological Seminary in 1970. He was ordained in the United Church of Christ and served in the parish ministry for sixteen years, eleven of them in Seattle. In 1986, Craig entered the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California, where he concentrated on pastoral care and received the Doctor of Ministry degree. He returned to Seattle in 1987 and founded the Mental Health Chaplaincy.
Under Craig's leadership, the Chaplaincy has grown to serve families, create mental health ministries in local congregations, and advocate for an effective and readily accessible community mental health system. Craig has taught and presented in a variety of local, national, and international settings, and served for ten years with an international, interfaith working group on Spirituality and Social Work active during and after hostilities in Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina.
He has received numerous recognitions for his Chaplaincy work, including the Tipper Gore Award of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, a Carleton College Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award, and a Seattle Post-Intelligencer Jefferson Award.
To reserve a seat, please contact Paul Mandell, at pmandell@christchurchcathedral.org or call 713.590.3321 by 5:00 pm Monday, October 29, 2007.
Reservations are required. Seats are limited to the first 50 people to reserve!
This is an event that no Beacon volunteer will want to miss!
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