"The 2005 National Symposium provided an excellent opportunity for networking with colleagues whose ministries were focused on health and hope."

Josselyn Bennett
Director for Poverty Ministries in program unit Church in Society
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Chicago, Illinois

"Wheat Ridge Ministries' National Symposium on Health and Hope in 2005 was a defining conference for me. The learned keynote speakers, passionate and compassionate sectional presenters and the daily devotional celebrations all combined to create incomparable mountaintop experiences to the conference's diverse participants and motivated us not to tarry, but to go forward making a difference in our communities and the world by seeding ministries of health and hope in the name of the healing Christ."

Dr. LuJuana Butts
Professor of Education
Concordia College New York
Bronxville, New York

"The Wheat Ridge National Symposium on Health and Hope is food for the soul of those who do ministry in daily life.  Human care ministry often places each of us in a giving, supporting role.  The Wheat Ridge Symposium is a way to feed the body, mind and soul of the caregiver!"

Ruth Henrichs, President and CEO
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Inc.
Omaha, Nebraska

"I could go on and on about the various parts of the 2005 Symposium - the theme, the flow, the music, the speakers and presenters - what a terrific job by Wheat Ridge Ministries to produce such a fine event."

Lois Peacock
San Francisco, California

"As a medical professional, the 2005 National Symposium on Health and Hope was a truly enlightening and uplifting experience that expanded my horizons beyond the purely scientific aspects of health and medicine and provided me with information and insight of tremendous usefulness."

Dr. Ronald Pfeiffer
Attending Neurologist
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee

"The 2005 Symposium was a great experience from two perspectives … First, the speakers were inspiring and informative and there was plenty of opportunity to process the information through small group discussions.  Secondly, the opportunity to meet so many people with hearts for health and healing was a great benefit.  Like me, they also planned to use what they learned at the Symposium when they returned home."

Dr. Les Schmidt
Kansas City, Missouri