Being Well: Connecting Church, Faith and Health
Whether you are in the Chicago area or live far away, you can participate in North Park’s third biennial faith and health symposium, on the church and wellness on November 10.
The church has an important role in helping people be well, in addition to caring for the sick. Understanding health as shalom recognizes the integration of body, mind and spirit in human wholeness both for individuals and for communities. Now more than ever, the church needs to claim its role in health promotion rooted in scripture and tradition, and our communities need to create opportunities for wellness for all. Working together congregations and healthcare professionals can collaborate in responding faithfully to the challenge of health promotion, considering what can be done together that neither can do alone.
This symposium is a partnership between North Park Theological Seminary and North Park University School of Nursing and Health Sciences as continuing education for healthcare and ministry professionals in service to the church. Sponsors include Covenant Ministries of Benevolence, Covenant Retirement Communities, the Good Shepherd Initiative and the Kappa Nu chapter of Sigma Theta Tau.
Keynote Speaker
Ruth Haley Barton, DDiv is founding president/CEO of the Transforming Center, a ministry dedicated to strengthening the souls of pastors and Christian leaders, and the congregations and organizations they serve. For over twenty years, she has ministered to the soul care needs of pastors and leaders based upon her conviction that the best thing we bring to leadership is our own transforming selves.
Ruth is the author of numerous books and resources on the spiritual life, including Invitation to Solitude and Silence, Sacred Rhythms, Longing for More, Pursuing God’s Will Together, and Life Together in Christ. She continues to share her thoughts and perspectives on soulful leadership through an online resource called eReflections as well as a podcast entitled Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership.
Registration Details
Registration before September 30 for students is $40 and $50 after October 1. There are limited registration and travel scholarships available.
Volunteers Needed
We need volunteers to help at the symposium in exchange for free registration. If you’re interested, please email faithandhealthsymposium@northpark.educ or contact Mary Chase-Ziolek mchase-ziolek@northpark.edu
Distance Students
If you are not in the Chicago area, you can participate too. Here are your options 1) there are a limited number of travel scholarships available. 2) Covenant Retirement Communities in Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan and Connecticut are hosting a viewing of the portions of the symposium that will be livestreamed 3) watch the livestreaming from your own home.
Continuing Education is available for chaplains, nurses, social workers, professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, and nursing home administrators and a certificate of attendance can be given for other professions.
More Information
Be sure to check out the most up-to-date conference details, including the full workshop schedule, at the conference website https://www.northpark.edu/event/well-connecting-church-faith-health/
With questions, please email faithandhealthsymposium@northpark.edu or call 773-244-5240.