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8:00 Doors open for networking and registration, Music by Mark Pinard & Mandi Del Campo

 

8:30 AM [The Bridge Gym] Welcome & Opening Prayer, Chaplin Heather Gates from Moody/GPD

Hope Rising - Pastor John Hereford 

 

9:00 AM [The Bridge Gym] Cathy Reinhold - Area Missioner, Galveston Convocation Episcopal Diocese Bridging the Gap

 

9:30 AM Breakouts

[Gym] Melissa A. Romain-Harrott, PHD - Public Health Analyst, Overdose Response Strategy & HIDTA Overdose Crisis & Community Awareness

 

[Choir Room] Glenn Carosella LCDC - Outpatient Manager, Positive Recovery

At the Foot of the Mountain: Walking the Path of Recovery

 

[Parlor] David Sunday - Council on Recovery

Warriors Work Finding My Way Through Nature’s Spirituality and Mental Wellness

 

[Rm 118] Jessie Rhodes - Resource & Crisis Center

Human Trafficking/Domestic Violence: Survivors Road to Recovery

 

10:30 AM Break to visit Exhibitors 

 

11:00 AM - Noon - Breakouts

[Choir Room] Kimberly Beatty LCSW-S - Executive Director for ADA Women‘s Center

Healing From Religious Trauma

 

[Gym] Amy Krieg, LCDC - River Oaks Hospital -

Forming a Spiritual Blueprint for Mental Wellness

 

[Parlor] Gina Kaye, MEd - Begin Again Institute - Addressing Sexual and Pornography Addiction

 

[Rm 118] Russell Mai, LCDC AADC - Program Director at ADA Women's Recovery Center

The SUD Recovery Process of Change in 3 Dimensions

 

12:00 PM [The Bridge Gym] Lunch & Sponsor Updates - Prayer Cynthia Corder, Music by the Open Door Mission Ensemble and Meme Johnson 

 

12:30 [The Bridge Gym] Discussion Panel: Finding Help in our Community

Amanda Groller, M.S. Ed., LPC - Gulf Coast Center, Brooke Martin - Acadia Treatment Placement Specialist. Gussie Fuller MPH - Behavioral Hospital of Bellaire

 

1:00 PM [The Bridge Gym] Dr Norman Farr - Medical Director at St. Vincent's Hope Clinics

From Ancient Remedy to Modern Menace: The 'Joy Plant' Through 5,000 Years of History and Turmoil, Forging a Path Toward a Healthier Future 

 

2:00 PM [The Bridge CLC Gym] The Un-Housed Population & Mental Health

Stan Washington - Open Door Mission, Brandan Thomas - CEO at Open Door Mission

Rick Henson - Galveston Street Ministry

 

2:30 PM [The Bridge Gym] Jack Roady, DA for Galveston County - “When Worlds Collide: Addressing Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System” 

Our hope today is that you will begin your journey to recovery.

Whether you currently have a diagnosis or are the loved one of

someone who has been diagnosed, mental illness and addiction

are medical conditions that can be managed. Today you will hear

about all the elements of what enables recovery and achieve

living a full and rich life in spite of a diagnosis. Our hope is that

this conference will encourage you to begin or continue on that

journey to recovery.

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Blessings,

by Pastor John Hereford in 2018

Conference Founder

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