In This Section:


Questions? Click here.
Sectional Speakers

Wheat Ridge Ministries was blessed to have an exciting group of sectional speakers who participated in its 2008 National Symposium on Health and Hope.  We will post speakers' presentations as we receive them.  The sectional speakers were:

Mrs. Ellen Bartoldus
Director
The Ammerman Center, Mineola, NY
Session B2 - A Vision for Creative Aging
Click here to download PowerPoint presentation


Dr. Richard Bimler

Past President, Wheat Ridge Ministries, Itasca, IL
Ambassador of Health, Hope and Aging (AHHA), Lutheran Life Communities, Arlington Heights, IL

Session C5 - Living Well Through the Healing Power Of Humor


Ms. Amy Blumenshine

Candidate for Diaconate
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Minneapolis, MN
Session C1 - Welcome Them Home: Healing and Hope for Military Families
Session D1 - Welcome Them Home: Healing and Hope for Military Families


Ms. Mary Downs
Director
Thrivent Financial Fitness Club, Appleton, WI
Session C4 - Feeling Financially Fit?


Dr. William J. Duey
Professor, Human Performance Department
Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, IL
Session B4 - Fit-2-Serve: A Model for Living Well


Dr. Charles Dull
Principal
The Dull Group, Sturgeon Bay, WI
Session A7 - Strengths, Stamina and Stewardship: A Formula for Increased Personal and Organizational Capacity
Session D5 - Strengths, Stamina and Stewardship: A Formula for Increased Personal and Organizational Capacity
Click here to download notes


Mrs. Anna E. Eissfeldt, N.C.S.P.
School Psychologist
God’s Care in Times of Crisis, St. Petersburg, FL
Session D6 - Living Well in Times of Crisis - A Practical Guide to Crisis Management
Click here to download PowerPoint presentation


Rev. Timothy Fangmeier

Staff Associate – Congregation Consultant and Coach
Wheat Ridge Ministries, Davidson, NC
Session B1 - Peace-Filled Christians - Peaceful Congregations
Click here to download PowerPoint presentation


Dr. James Galvin
President
Galvin & Associates, Inc., Winfield, IL
Session B7 - Building a Strong Board of Directors
Click here to download PowerPoint presentation


Rev. Mark Junkans

Executive Director
Lutheran Inter-City Network Coalition-Houston, Houston, TX
Session B5 - The A-Z's of Growing a New Ministry


Rev. Jerry Klug
President
The Clara and Spencer Werner Foundation, Paris, IL
Session D4 - Ripe for the Picking: The Blessings of Community Foundations


Dr. Kole Knueppel
Managing Director of the Center for Urban Teaching
Wisconsin Lutheran College
, Milwaukee, WI
Session A5 - Radical Love: Urban Transformation through Gospel Action


Ms. Suzy Yehl Marta
Founder and President
Rainbows, Inc., Rolling Meadows, IL
Session A6 - Raising Resilient Children in the 21st Century


Mr. Steve McCullough

President and CEO
Bethel New Life, Inc., Chicago, IL
Session A3 - Building a Community of Choice
Click here to download PowerPoint presentation


Mr. Paul Miles
Vice President
CCS Fund Raising, Chicago, IL
Session B6 - The Building Blocks of Blessings: Developing a Successful Ministry Fund-Raising Model
Session C10 - The Building Blocks of Blessings: Developing a Successful Ministry Fund-Raising Model
Click here to download PowerPoint presentation


Dr. David Moberg
Professor Emeritus
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Session A9 - Less-Abled Late in Life: An Examination of Spiritual Interventions
Session C9 - Biblical Guidance for Living Well Late in Life


Mr. David Morstad
Chief Communications Officer
Bethesda Lutheran Homes and Services, Inc., Watertown, WI
Session C2 - Making Room at the Table - People with Disabilities in the Congregation
Click here to download PowerPoint presentation


Mrs. Ausma Mursch
Extended Staff
Wheat Ridge Ministries, Venice, FL
Session B2 - A Vision for Creative Aging
Click here to download PowerPoint presentation


Rev. John Nunes
President and CEO
Lutheran World Relief, Baltimore, MD
Session A8 - Global Health Issues - Local Engagement - Global Impact: How Your Ministry Can Make a Difference
Session B8 - Global Health Issues - Local Engagement - Global Impact: How Your Ministry Can Make a Difference
Click here to download PowerPoint presentation


Ms. Jeanette Olsen, R.N.
Project Director
Healthier Cumberland, Cumberland, WI
Session D3 - Taking Steps to a Healthier Community
Click here to download PowerPoint presentation


Rev. Kirsten Peachey
Director, Congregational Health Partnerships
Advocate Health Care, Park Ridge, IL
Session A1 - Health Ministry: A Program or a Way of Life? 


Mr. Dan Ross
National Director of Hospice Inpatient Units
Heartland Home Health Care and Hospice, Prospect Heights, IL
Session B3 - Living Well when the End of Life Approaches


Rev. Susan Ruehle
Organizer/Trainer
Crossroads Anti-Racism Organizing and Training, Matteson, IL
Session A10 - The Church and Race: Our Brokenness Examined - Part I
Session B10 - The Church and Race: Our Brokenness Examined - Part II


Ms. Jill Schumann
President
Lutheran Services in America, Baltimore, MD
Session C7 – The Future is in Your Hands: Leaders and Innovation
Session D7 - The Future is in Your Hands: Leaders and Innovation
Click here to download PowerPoint presentation


Rev. John Sippola
Pastor
Elim Lutheran Church of Blackhoof, Duluth, MN
Session C1 - Welcome Them Home: Healing and Hope for Military Families
Session D1 - Welcome Them Home: Healing and Hope for Military Families
Click here to download PowerPoint presentation


Ms. Anne Stewart
Organizer/Trainer
Crossroads Anti-Racism Organizing and Training, Matteson, IL
Session A10 - The Church and Race: Our Brokenness Examined - Part I
Session B10 - The Church and Race: Our Brokenness Examined - Part II


Dr. Don Tubesing
Board of Directors
Wheat Ridge Ministries, Placitas, NM
Session A2 - Staying Evergreen: How to Keep Yourself Alive in Your Parish at Least One More Year
Session D8 - Mentoring and Challenging the Young Old


Ms. Kathleen Ustick
Corporate Memory Support Consultant
Lutheran Life Communities, Arlington Heights, IL
Session D9 - Caring for the Caregiver
Click here to download PowerPoint presentation


Ms. Beatriz Vieira
Vice President for Community Impact
The Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Session D10 - Creating a Sanctuary: Issues and Answers about Domestic Violence


Mr. Gregory Wangerin
Executive Director
Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries, Chicago, IL
Session B9 - Building the Body of Faith through Agency/Congregation Collaboration
Session C8 - I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me
Click here to download PowerPoint presentation -- PART 1 -- PART 2 -- PART 3


Rev. Kenneth Wheeler
Pastor
Cross Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, WI
Session D2 - Revamped Mission: Revitalized Ministry


Ms. Venice Williams
Executive Director
SeedFolks Youth Ministry, Milwaukee, WI
Session C6 - Planting Seeds that Strengthen the Future


Dr. Beverly Yahnke
Executive Director
DOXOLOGY: The Lutheran Center for Spiritual Care and Counsel, Milwaukee, WI
Session A4 - A Disciple's Guide to Depression
Session C3- The High Cost of Compassion Fatigue