The 2021 NCCA Conference was held at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel in Washington, DC – October 15th-16th, 2021.
On Friday, October 15th, we had sessions in the morning consisting of:
WELCOME ADDRESS presented by Rev. Steven M. Baran, President.
SESSION 1: “THE EQUAL AND OPPOSITE PRINCIPLE” and SESSION 2: “THE INSIDE OUT PRINCIPLE” presented by Dr. David J. Ralston. He shared from his new book, “God Turns Our Broken Pieces into Masterpieces.”
SESSION 3: “PHLEGMATIC STRESS IN INCLUSION.” presented by Dr. Phyllis Arno. This session examined the Phlegmatic Stress in Inclusion and, since I ran overtime, I promised Dr. Richard that he could speak first next year!
SESSIONS 4 AND 5: "MAXIMUM COUNSELING MINISTRY WITH MINIMAL LIABILITY” presented by Attorney David Gibbs III. He provided us much-needed information from his legal perspective.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON: After lunch we loaded up on buses and went to the Museum of the Bible.
The museum documents the narrative, history and impact of the Bible. It opened on November 17, 2017! It was very interesting and well done. We could have spent the whole day there. This was an awesome experience! If you ever plan a trip to Washington, DC you will want to add this to your “must visit” list.
On Saturday, October 16th, we had a full day of sessions consisting of:
SESSION 6: “USING TRANSFORMATIONAL BOOKMARKS TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF APS” and SESSION 7: “EFFECTIVELY GIVING HOPE TO CHANGE LIVES” presented by Dr. Rickey A. Nation. He gave his testimony and shared about his temperament bookmarks and how to use them for maximum effectiveness. He also reviewed the question “How does the APS enable or help us lead them to Hope”?
SESSION 8: “TEMPERAMENT: A WINDOW INTO TRAUMA” and SESSION 9: “HEALING THE WOUNDS” presented by Dr. Robert A. Horner, Jr. He addressed such topics as how trauma affects our mind, will and emotions; a definition of soul wounds; and how do we know if these responses are connected to a soul wound or trauma? He shared that if clients get stuck, we can offer questions to narrow down the search related to their temperament insecurities, and steps to take to identify soul wounds. He also covered such topics as: Ways we can encourage our clients. How do we use temperament to address cognitive distortions and false beliefs? How can temperament help to process the emotional wounds?
SESSIONS 10 and 11 “OBEDIENCE OVER OUTCOME” was presented by Holly Mutlu. She shared a song or two and talked about what God can do with a little “yes” and the freedom from living outside of the box that man created.
SESSION 12: “FORTY YEARS OF LOVING PEOPLE JUST AS GOD LOVES US” presented by Rev. Steven M. Baran. He surprised myself and Dr. Richard with a video of the past years, and shared the importance of maintaining compassion and a Godly attitude toward others!
