Plenaries

Aging from Fate to Calling
William F. May, Ph.D.

Grief and Lament in Faithful Care
Emilie M. Townes, M.A., D.Min., Ph.D.

The Church as a Caring Community: Formation in Practices of Caring
Keith G. Meador, M.D., Th.M., M.P.H.

Workshop I

Death, Resurrection and Care at the End of Life
Allen Verhey, Ph.D.
Institute on Care at the End of Life, Duke Divinity School

What Happens to the Body in Death
Christine Ritchie, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Center for Palliative Care, University of Alabama-Birmingham

Preaching Texts about Death
Charles Myers, Ph.D.
Department of Religion, Gettysburg College

Is there a HIPAA in the Room?
Alyson Breisch, R.N., M.S.N.
Theology and Medicine, Duke Divinity School
and
Margaret Frothingham, M.Div., R.N.
Blacknall Presbyterian Church, Durham, N.C.

Creating Community through Advance Care Planning
James Brooks, M.Div.
Project Compassion

Death, Dying and Disenfranchised Grief
Susan Dunlap, M.Div., Ph.D.
Duke Divinity School

Learning from Military Chaplains:
Providing Care for the Grieving at Times of Sudden Death
Edward Brogan, M.Div., D.Min., Colonel, USAF (retired)
Presbyterian Council for Chaplains and Military Personnel

Jewish Practices at the End of Life
James Tulsky, M.D.
Center for Palliative Care, Duke University Medical Center
Institute on Care at the End of Life, Duke Divinity School

Workshop II

The Formative Power of the Sacraments throughout Life and at the Time of Death
Kimberly Bracken Long, M.Div., M.Mus., Ph.D.
Off ice of Theology and Worship, Presbyterian Church (USA)

Alzheimer’s in Theological Perspective
David Keck, M.Div., Ph.D.
Northgate Presbyterian Church, Durham, N.C. and Duke Divinity School

Congregational Care Teams
Pat Gleich, Ed.S.
Off ice of National Health Ministries, Presbyterian Church (USA)

The Importance of Pain Management and Palliative Care at Life’s End
Richard Payne, M.D.
Institute on Care at the End of Life, Duke Divinity School
Duke University Medical Center

Cross-Cultural Issues in Death and Dying
Esther Acolatse, M.T.S., Ph.D.
Duke Divinity School

Living with Dying
Neil and Joyce Houk

Creating Community Through Advance Care Planning
James Brooks, M.Div.
Project Compassion

What Does the Church Community Have to Offer to the Dying?
Betsy Eder
Duke Divinity School

Workshop III

Preaching at Funerals
William Turner, M.Div., Ph.D.
Duke Divinity School

The Church as a Place for Lament
Allen Verhey, Ph.D.
Institute on Care at the End of Life, Duke Divinity School

How to Live as Those Going Forth to Die
Alyson Breisch, R.N., M.S.N.
Theology and Medicine, Duke Divinity School

Supporting People in Hospice Care at the End of Life
Bev Richardson, M.Div.
Hospice of Volusia Flager Care Center

End-of-life Care in the Small Church
David Keck, M.Div., Ph.D.
Northgate Presbyterian Church, Durham, N.C. and Duke Divinity School

The Healing Power of Music
Rebecca Migliore, M.Div.
St. Barnabus Medical Center

Children, Adolescents and Grief
Tonya Armstrong, M.T.S., Ph.D.
Institute on Care at the End of Life, Duke Divinity School

Precious in the Sight of the Lord is the Death of His Faithful Ones (Psalm 116:15):
The Ministry of Dying to Their Faith Communities
Joseph Ward, M.Div., D.Min.
West Raleigh Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, N.C.

Workshop IV

On Our Terms:
Health Advisors Reach Out to the African-American Community
Laura Hanson, M.D., M.P.H.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
and
Moses Goldmon, M.S., Ed.D.
Shaw University Divinity School

A Theology to Die With
Mark Douglas, Ph.D.
Columbia Theological Seminary

Making the Invisible the Visible:
Involving Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Family at the End of Life
Laurie Kraus, D.Min, M.Div.
Riviera Presbyterian Church, Miami, Fla. and Florida Center for Theological Studies

Aging in Theological Perspective
Stephen Sapp, M.Div., Ph.D.
Department of Religious Studies, University of Miami

Congregational Care Teams
Pat Gleich, Ed.S.
Office of National Health Ministries, Presbyterian Church (USA)

Medical Terminology and Concepts with Implications for the End of Life
Richard Payne, M.D.
Institute on Care at the End of Life and Duke University Medical Center

Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss: Caring for Parents and Siblings
Janet Chilcote, M.S.N., M.Div.
Institute on Care at the End of Life, Duke Divinity School

Six Months Later
Pam Szurek, M.Div.
First Presbyterian Church of Levittown, N.Y.