September 26 CCC Faith Health Care Conference for
Southern California

Saturday, September 26 California Council of Churches is holding
Southern California Health Care Conference, and we invite you all to
attend!

We will hold this exciting event at Pasadena Presbyterian Church,
585 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena CA 91101-2036. The event will be from
8:30-3:00 and will feature J. Donald Thomas, M.D. as keynote speaker
followed by several workshops offered both morning and afternoon.

The event is co-sponsored by the National Council of Churches,
Judeans for Justice, and Temple Judea serving Tarzana and West
Hills, the Southern California Ecumenical Council, and the Pacific
Southwest District, Church of the Brethren.

As you know from long history with us that public policy on
health care is flying at us thick and fast. President Obama has told
us health care is a top national priority for his administration,
while in California we face serious cuts as well as programs for and
in health care for Californians.

This conference will offer you an opportunity to bring your faith
voice into this issue in a wide range of ways. We will offer a
chance for you to learn how important – critical – the faith values
and language are when both evaluating health policy and “speaking
truth to power.” We will explore “best practices” in health
ministries looking at several different projects in California and
how they serve their communities. We will provide a real discussion
of “responsibility” both personal and social, by looking at health
disparities for communities of color that make healthy ways of life
nearly impossible, and we will examine the role that congregations
may have in a national pandemic such as “bird flu” or other
disaster.

Cost for this one-day event is $15 per person. This will cover
the continental breakfast, lunch, and all materials handed out at
the conference. Limited scholarship assistance is available.

We hope you all can join us. We must have reservations by
September 21 to guarantee a lunch reservation for you. Click here to print a registration form. Forms can
be faxed to 916-488-7310. Or you can register online by credit card or PayPal by
clicking here.

Please be involved in learning the many ways you and your
congregation can bring your faith values and your faith insights to
bear on the many important choices about health policies facing our
state and nation in the future.

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