2008 Conference - Workshop Descriptions

This workshop addresses cultural norms and liberal theology. It will evaluate whether gay people are ‘born that way,’ if being gay means you will always be gay, if gay is good and whether God approves.

This workshop will summarize public opinion and the positions of the gay movement and the conservative church. Then, with the Word of God, we will examine beliefs - What is the truth about sin, guilt and healing? What principles should we follow in the search for complete healing? Are homosexuals and heterosexuals so different? Do our life experiences connect somewhere? How can we communicate and help each other? This workshop will be taught in French and translated in English.

This talk will provide youth leaders with some basic equipping to care for teens in their sexuality. The emphasis is on seeing sexual struggle as a place to enter into the important issues into their lives.

This workshop will examine the work to promote homosexuality and the gay-Christian movement. Then it will present some biological, sociological, anthropological, and exegetical answers to the gay agenda.

The homosexual problem presents itself as one that is more complex and more deeply rooted than any other. I do not believe this to be true. This workshop helps you to understand the factors that have led to someone being drawn to homosexuality or finding himself or herself sexually attracted to a person of the same sex.

This workshop is based on John 5 and deals with Jesus’ question: "Do you want to be healed?" We will talk about what keeps us bound, our excuses for not getting well, and how to get on the road to recovery.

This workshop will address female sexual compulsivity apart from co-dependency and relationship addiction. You will be given information on sexual compulsivity along with tools to understand the addictive cycle from a Biblical perspective and to break it.

This workshop is for family and friends desiring to learn and understand on how to relate their loved ones who either struggle in homosexuality or in the homosexual lifestyle.This workshop will also suggest ideas on how to deal with your emotions as well as on how to pray for your loved one.

This workshop will explore the reality of hope and how it empowers our process. The areas of despair and sloth will be discussed which rob and destroy hope within us. Magnanimity and humility, which balance hope, will also be examined.

This workshop is specifically for those battling with unwanted same-sex attractions and are looking for practical tools and resources. It is also a place to ask questions and receive encouragement while on the journey.

This workshop will give participants a better understanding of the signs and effects of grief and guilt and how they impact individuals. Gaining an awareness and acceptance helps, particularly to stay committed to loving in an unconditional way those who are close (families and friends) and those we are called to serve.

This workshop will address the difference between sex and gender. What is a transvestite? What is a transsexual? Are they homosexual? Is it sin? What should the church's response be? We will concentration on overcoming fear and the need to build relationships.

This session will provide married men with information to live out their maleness in relation to their spouse in a positive manner. Refining our role as husbands is a process. What one gets from a relationship depends on what one puts into it. We will look at Christ’s example of giving Himself for the church as a role model of how we as husbands may give of ourselves to and for our spouse.

Dawn compassionately shares her experiences growing up within a homosexual household and associated subcultures and her father’s painful struggle with AIDS. She shares the challenges children can face growing up in alternative homes. As well, there are concerns and risks for children, and how to avoid the pitfalls. Lessons can be learned along the way. What can family members, therapists, and pastors do to intervene and offer support? Reaching wholeness through Jesus Christ is possible.

How do you share the Gospel with the gay community or with a friend or neighbour who is gay? Will any one really listen? Pete Lane has spent many years sharing the Gospel at the "gay scene" in Australia, in bars, the Mardi Gras and still goes to the "cruising areas." Peter shares his experiences of fears, heartache and joys. Jesus and the woman at the well (John 4) is the great role model for reaching anyone with the Gospel.

Part of the healing process includes developing healthy same-sex friendships. How do we do this? If you’re anything like me, relating straight people in the Christian community can be a scary prospect, especially because of gender insecurities and feelings of inadequacy or inferiority. This class will explore these emotions and how to overcome them on the way to healthy relationships with those who don’t share our background of overcoming homosexuality.

The workshopwill deal with the process of an addiction and it’s adverse effects on our lives. I will share some of my own addictions and how God helped me to break the pattern of addiction. We will discuss how to understand the process of breaking the addiction.

We’ve heard it said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” But does that apply to the development of sexual preferences and proclivities in children? Without reverting to parenting formulas, this teaching provides parents with a roadmap to guide and cultivate in their children a healthy gender and sexual identity in a world that portrays immorality as normal, and purity as strange.

In this workshop Bob will be speaking into three aspects of singleness: singleness of focus, singleness of purpose, and the state of singleness. It is applicable for those who are single and “un”single. It is Bob’s hope to provide clarity regarding the focus and mission we have for our lives. Bob will also discuss what it means to walk in a state of singleness without it being a label.

Coming from a personal and practical standpoint, one needs to count the cost and consider all the implications that are attached to starting your own ministry. I will cover the benefits of a suitable framework that will offer you support and accountability. I will also cover the dilemmas that we can face in ministry e.g. money, finance and compromise.

Everyday people struggle to leave old life patterns behind. Many struggle daily with thought patterns and body aches for another. This workshop will give you practical skills to defeat and even change your way of thinking and responding. It will be a practical guide to remaining faithful to God’s purpose for us. God has given us not only his word and the Holy Spirit but also each other in this journey to ‘become new creatures’ in Christ. He will reveal to us as we wait upon Him the root causes of our struggle and provide a way of healing for us.

This workshop focuses on the role of parents in the formation of our sexual identity. The purpose is to highlight the importance of a functional family for healthy emotional and sexual development, and also to identify what may have gone wrong in one's upbringing and thus seek healing in such area. This workshop would be useful for anyone who wants to understand the basic roots of homosexuality.

This workshop will look at some of the basic tenets about healing that are mentioned in the book of Genesis, and how trauma is one of the main causes of same-sex attractions. We will look at new paradigms in psychotherapy, specifically targeted at healing trauma and how they are beginning to make a difference in changing sexual orientation.

Using the true story of one patient, we will explore the nature and issues of this trouble. Psychic, social and spiritual (demonic included) aspects will be discussed. This workshop will be taught in French and translated in English.

Sexual addicts are not born as addicts, but are crafted by family dynamics and external influences. This workshop will look at common characteristics of families that are at risk of children growing up to become sexual addicts and provide steps to recovery. It will examine the effects sexual addiction has in eroding marriages.

God intends for us to live vibrant, whole, and joy-filled lives of righteousness and peace. When our identity is infused with shame, we are robbed of this. It is not uncommon for those who struggle with same sex attraction to have core identity problems based in shame. This workshop addresses the effects of shame on identity formation and gives tools for embracing healthy, God-given identity.