Preconference: Advanced Spiritual Training - Achieving Christ-consciousness
Cardwell C. Nuckols, MA, PhD

Jesus became the Christ. The word Christ is an archetype for the perfect man. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells us to become perfect. Most would say, "That's not possible or practical." However, Jesus taught and lived this and he expected us to abide in His words.

This advanced spiritual training will give participants both a look at the path to perfection Jesus gave us and how we can understand both the difficulty and the promise that leads you and I to be "blessed", joyful and happy.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the esoteric (deeper) aspects of the meaning of Jesus's message in the Sermon on the Mount.
2. Discuss what it means to be "the salt of the earth" and "a light unto the world".
3. Discuss a deeper understanding of humility (poor in spirit), mourning and meekness- the first three beatitudes.

Preconference: Spring Forest Qigong: Weight Stabilization
Char Lusher, RN, BSN, MEd

For most of us, difficulties with weight management stem from blocked energy channels around the center of the body or belt line. This is not an exercise class to reduce weight or build muscle. The movements taught in this workshop will assist in opening blocked energy channels and promote a return to your individual healthy weight.

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Dinner

OPENING SESSION

Welcome/Overview
Paul Mladnick

Opening Plenary: "Famous" Dave Anderson
Founder, Famous Dave's Restaurant

Sobriety, Freedom, and A New Life!: A Faith Based Message Of Hope and Deliverance From Addictions

7:15–8:15 am

Breakfast

8:30–10:00 am

Plenary: Don Coyhis, President
White Bison, Inc.

10:00-10:30 am

Break

10:30 am-Noon

Special Topics and Mini-Workshop Presentations

Participants choose one special topic to attend each day or one mini-workshop to attend sequentially for three days.

Noon-1:00 pm

Lunch

1:15-4:45 pm

Workshop Tracks

5:00-6:00 pm

Dinner

6:00-7:30 pm

Empowerment Group
Facilitated by Wendie Williams, LCSW, SAC Merrill, Wisconsin

Discover the sense of owning using "I" can create, as we gather to support each other in moving beyond addiction, dependency, and internalized oppression. The only requirement for attending is the desire to maintain sobriety as we each define it.

7:00-9:00 pm

Community Forum

This is an open AA-meeting-type format so that professionals who have not been exposed to AA can experience it.

7:15-8:15 am

Breakfast

8:30-10:00 am

Plenary: Ron Manderscheid, Ph.D.
Executive Director, National Association of County Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Directors

Using the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to Jump-Start Rural Behavioral Healthcare

This session will review the key ACA components being implemented in 2012, including Affordable Insurance Exchanges, the Medicaid Expansion, and Health Homes. These components will be discussed as major incentors for creating or strengthening rural behavioral healthcare.

Break

Special Topics and Mini-Workshop Presentations

Participants choose one special topic to attend each day or continue with one mini-workshop.

Noon-2:00 pm

Harold E. Hughes Awards of Excellence Luncheon
Dick Kessler, Moderator

Recognizing Rural Excellence
Harold E. Hughes Awards of Excellence
Louise Monson, Moderator

Larry W. Monson Award

2:00-5:30 pm

Workshop Tracks continued

6:00-7:00 pm

Dinner

Evening Optional Activities
Ludington Guard Band Concert
Pick-Up Softball Game

7:15-8:15 am

Breakfast

8:30-10:00 am

Plenary: Cardwell C. Nuckols, MA, PhD

Designer Drugs: What You Need to Know

10:00-10:30 am

Break

10:30 am-Noon

Special Topics and Mini-Workshop Presentations

Participants choose one special topic to attend each day or continue with one mini-workshop.

Noon-1:00 pm

Lunch

1:15-4:45 pm

Workshop Tracks continued

5:00-6:00 pm

Dinner

6:00 - 6:30 pm
7:30 - 10:00 pm

Evening Optional Activities

Self-Help Groups
Talent Show/Sing-a-Long/Dance

Historical Aspects of Recovery and the Field of Alcohol and Drug Abuse

An informal plenary about the field of addiction treatment, from the good ole days to the present. How issues like managed care, co-occurring disorders, and the like have affected the recovery field. The good and the bad. Mr. Kessler has been in the field of addiction treatment for almost a half of century. He has many interesting and hysterical stories about how it was and how it is now.

Closing Comments
Paul Mladnick