September 2010 Subscriber Letter
September 2010
Dear Reconciler Family,
The much-anticipated ORM Reconciliation Conference took place on Saturday and Sunday, August 7-8 in Dallas, Texas after about fifteen months of planning. Our special thanks go to Pastors/Chapter Leaders Tom Pickett, Arnold Clauson and Bob Persky – the coordinators. We are blessed to have those guys as part of our team!
Photo by Ryan Dute
Each day of the conference began with a plenary session of two speakers followed by lunch and afternoon workshops. Following are the presenters and topics:
John Connors, Businessman and Senior Executive – Reconciliation in the Work Place/Reconciliation: The Barriers We Face
Police Chief Steve Myers – Community Conflicts
Linda Fredrikson, L.P.C. – Preserving Families through Reconciliation
Cherry Steinwender, Co-Executive Director of the Center for the Healing of Racism – Racism in Our Society
Pastor Sultan Cole – Church, Community and Education
Pastors Cliff Parks and Tony Pierce – The Church and Racial Segregation
Evelyne O’Callaghan Burkhard, Professional Counselor – Choices with a Positive Outcome and Healing
ORM Director Curtis May – What Is Jesus’ Dream? and The Woman at the Well
It was a great experience with excellent participation, transformation and fun! Following is a sampling of the feedback we received:
“All the speakers were excellent – lots of material for us to digest and apply to our relationships. Thank you all for the work you went to in order for us to have this opportunity.”
“I benefited from every session attended.”
“Great speakers and great organization! Fantastic!”
“I appreciated Curtis May’s description of his upbringing and the way God helped him come out of the hatred that he experienced.”
Photo by Ryan Dute
On Sunday we ended the morning session with commissioning Pastor Bob Persky of Dallas as a new ORM Chapter Leader. Thank you all for your prayers and support. Lives are being transformed through it.
Curtis May
ORM Director