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Monday, June 4, 2007
7:30am-9:00am Continental Breakfast 9:00am-4:30pm
Pre-Conference
4:30pm-7:00pm
Pre-Conference and Conference Check-In

Tuesday, June 5, 2007
7:30am-9:00am
Continental Breakfast
9:00am-4:30pm
Pre-Conference
7:00pm-8:30pm
Opening Night General Session

Wednesday, June 6, 2007
8:00am-9:00am
Continental Breakfast
9:00am-10:00am
Morning General Session
10:30am-12:00 noon
Series 100 Workshops
1:00pm-2:30pm
Series 200 Workshops
3:00pm-4:30pm
Series 300 Workshops
7:00pm-8:30pm
Evening General Session

Thursday, June 7, 2007
8:00am-9:00am
Continental Breakfast
9:00am-10:00am
Morning General Session
10:30am-12:00 noon
Series 400 Workshops
1:00pm-2:30pm
Series 500 Workshops
3:00pm-4:30pm
Series 600 Workshops
Evening Free

Friday, June 8, 2007
8:00am-9:00am
Continental Breakfast
9:00am-10:00am
Morning General Session
10:30am-12:00 noon Series 700 Workshops
1:00pm-2:30pm
Series 800 Workshops
3:00pm-4:30pm
Series 900 Workshops
7:00-9:00pm
Closing General Session

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General Sessions will be led by: Gary and Carrie Oliver, H. Norman Wright, Jeff and Judi Parziale, John Trent, Rob Rienow and Mark Gungor.

Workshops featuring: Dave and Jan Congo, Christopher McCluskey, Gordon and Carri Taylor, Sue Summers, Tony and Kim Moore, Peter Larson, Tom and Beverly Rodgers, John Thurman, Alan and Pauly Heller, Scott Turansky, Judy Santos and over 50 others (see trainers list).

Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage: Tale of Two Brains

Join us closing night, as national relationship expert Mark Gungor explores the differences between men and women or what he calls, “The Laws of Relational Physics”. Specifically, how men and women are wired differently. They act differently, they communicate differently and most importantly they think differently. Mark shows couples that their problems may result from how men and women THINK about life in a different way. He explains that many of the struggles couples face in marriage are the result of a HEAD problem, not a HEART problem.   more info>>

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This year AMFM is honored to have our National Conference hosted by Carmel Baptist Church, located in beautiful Matthews, NC just south of Charlotte. They have generously opened their church to AMFM for conference and tradeshow events and it is a true blessing to have their support.

All conference events will be taking place at Carmel Baptist Church, which is located only a few miles from each of this year's hotel sites. For an area map, click here to see the proximity of your selected property to the conference site. Transportation is only offered by the following two properties:

• The Hampton Inn & Suites (Host Hotel)
• The Hampton Inn (Shuttle available until 5pm each day)

Please be prepared to make other transportation arrangements as necessary and click here to view the transportation page on the conference website for specials on rental cars.

A continental breakfast and lunch will be provided at the conference site and is included in your conference registration. Other meals will be the responsibility of each attendee and there are ample dining options located throughout the Matthews area and close to most hotel options.

Hampton Inn & Suites SouthPark at Phillips Place

At the Hampton Inn & Suites SouthPark at Phillips Place our goal is your complete satisfaction. Our reputation for having unprecedented southern hospitality should bring you back again and again. We welcome our guests from The Association of Marriage and Family Ministries conference and look forward to ensuring that your stay is both relaxing and productive. Please take advantage of our special conference rates, good for reservations made by March 19, 2006 and while room quantities last.
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Couples, parents, and families in our churches and communities are in great need of support, encouragement, and skills. In addition, those who serve families need to be equipped with the resources and training necessary to address the complexities of family life.

Today's family has changed and will likely continue to do so in the future. As those who serve and minister to families, we must continue to strengthen first-time marriages, biological parents, and intact families. At the same time, we must equip ourselves to respond to the needs of single parents, stepfamilies, empty nesters and the growing number of individuals cohabiting outside of marriage.

To address these great needs, a number of today's leading writers, speakers and counselors have come together to develop the Association of Marriage and Family Ministries (AMFM). The purpose of this conference is to train and equip marriage and family helping professionals, ministers, and lay leaders.

To do so, we have partnered with the experts to showcase the finest in marriage and family training and resources available today, as well as those that are emerging with new and creative ideas. The conference will equip, train, encourage, resource and support you as a leader in your work with couples, parents, and the full spectrum of family types.

Conference Learning Objectives

• Identify challenges that families are facing today.
• Discuss effective strategies to assist couples, parents and families.
• Describe the effects of divorce, loss/grief, remarriage, and/or empty-nest on marriage and individual family members.
• State the challenges of working with couples, single-parent and/or stepfamilies.
• Summarize several ways to best serve families in your setting.

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Pre Conference
(Certification Training)

(opt.) $95

Conference

AMFM Members: $255 ($300 after 5/13/07)

Non-Members: $345

Spouse Registration:

AMFM Members: $125 ($160 after 5/13/07)

Non-Members: $175

Students: $50

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