Tuesday, April 18, 2006
3:00pm-6:00pm Pre-Conference Check-In

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
7:30am-9:00am Continental Breakfast
9:00am-5:00pm Pre-Conference
7:00pm-8:30pm Opening General Session

Thursday, April 20, 2006
7:30am-9:00am Continental Breakfast
9:00am-10:00am Morning General Session
10:30am-12:00 noon Workshops
1:30pm-3:00pm Workshops
3:30pm-5:00pm Workshops
7:00pm-8:30pm Evening General Session

Friday, April 21, 2006
7:30am-9:00am Continental Breakfast
9:00am-10:00am Morning General Session
10:30am-12:00 noon Workshops
1:30pm-3:00pm Workshops
3:30pm-5:00pm Workshops
7:00pm-8:30pm Closing General Session

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General Sessions will be led by: Dave and Claudia Arp, Bruce McNicol, Tom and Beverly Rodgers, Richard Marks and Eric and Jennifer Garcia.

Workshops featuring: H. Norman Wright, Ron Deal, Tony and Kim Moore, Peter Larson, Dave and Dawn Lind, Kirk Weaver, Jeff and Judi Parziale, Linda Ranson Jacobs, Tom and Helen Wheeler, Ben Freudenburg and over 25 others (see speakers list).

This year AMFM is honored to have our East Coast Conference hosted by Carmel Baptist Church, located in beautiful Matthews, NC just south of Charlotte. They have generously opened their church to AMFM for conference and tradeshow events and it is a true blessing to have their support.

All conference events will be taking place at Carmel Baptist Church, which is located only a few miles from each of this years hotel sites. For an area map, click here to see the proximity of your selected property to the conference site. Transportation is only offered by the following two properties:

• The Hampton Inn & Suites (Host Hotel)
• The Hampton Inn (Shuttle available until 5pm each day)

Please be prepared to make other transportation arrangements as necessary and click here to view the transportation page on the conference website for specials on rental cars.

A continental breakfast and lunch will be provided at the conference site and is included in your conference registration. Other meals will be the responsibility of each attendee and there are ample dining options located throughout the Matthews area and close to most hotel options.

Eric and Jennifer Garcia, Founders

Fortunately, more church leaders and lay members are recognizing the great need to minister to couples, parents and families in their congregations and communities. However, they often do not know where to turn for the necessary resources and assistance to meet this need. In addition, in order to remain responsive and relevant to their members and the culture, churches are increasingly aware of the need to address the concerns of various types of families. These types include not only first-marriages, biological parents, and intact families, but also remarrieds, single and adopted parents, stepfamilies, and those living together unmarried.
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Hampton Inn & Suites South Park at Phillips Place

At the Hampton Inn & Suites South Park @ Phillips Place our goal is your complete satisfaction. Our reputation for having unprecedented southern hospitality should bring you back again and again. We welcome our guests from The Association of Marriage and Family Ministries conference and look forward to ensuring that your stay is both relaxing and productive. Please take advantage of our special conference rates, good for reservations made by March 19, 2006 and while room quantities last.
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Couples, parents, and families in our churches and communities are in great need of support, encouragement, and skills. In addition, those who serve families need to be equipped with the resources and training necessary to address the complexities of family life.

Today's family has changed and will likely continue to do so in the future. As those who serve and minister to families, we must continue to strengthen first-time marriages, biological parents, and intact families. At the same time, we must equip ourselves to respond to the needs of single parents, stepfamilies, empty nesters and the growing number of individuals cohabiting outside of marriage.

To address these great needs, a number of today's leading writers, speakers and counselors have come together to develop the Association of Marriage and Family Ministries (AMFM). The purpose of this conference is to train and equip marriage and family helping professionals, ministers, and lay leaders.

To do so, we have partnered with the experts to showcase the finest in marriage and family training and resources available today, as well as those that are emerging with new and creative ideas. The conference will equip, train, encourage, resource and support you as a leader in your work with couples, parents, and the full spectrum of family types.

Conference Learning Objectives

• Identify challenges that families are facing today.
• Discuss effective strategies to assist couples, parents and families.
• Describe the effects of divorce, loss/grief, remarriage, and/or empty-nest on marriage and individual family members.
  • State the challenges of working with couples, single-parent and/or stepfamilies.
  • Summarize several ways to best serve families in your setting.

Thank you for a great conference. As last year, we were educated, inspired, revitalized, and excited to continue and go on with our ministry at East Bay Fellowship.

Priscilla

God is definitely moving in bringing his leaders together. I was amazed at how hungry God’s leaders were to be challenged to go out there and tell people that “Your marriage can be saved!” Several stated that they had not felt the empowerment or permission to be as bold as God was leading them to be. It seemed that many were simply needing affirmation of what to do.

Mitch - Colorado Springs

Concerning the conference: We loved it. We have been married 43 years and have been very active in marriage ministry i.e. preaching, conferences and retreats. We received your publicity last spring and Golden said we need to be “updated”. She was right and we were! The workshops were very informative and the general sessions worshipful and inspiring. You and Eric and your team did a great job.

Blain and Golden

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Conference

AMFM Members: $195 ($225 after 3/17)

Non-Members: $295

Spouse Registration:

AMFM Members: $95 ($125 after 3/17)

Non-Members: $145

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