NME 2008 Conference

Jan Harcourt - Couples Yoga

This gentle yoga class for couples will make use of simple yoga poses, breathing exercises, and touch to develop qualities of trust, awareness, kindness, support, and communication. This class will be appropriate for all levels of flexibility, strength, and fitness. No previous yoga experience is necessary. Participants should wear comfortable clothing that allows for free movement. Yoga is practiced barefoot. <more>

Kevin Grelle - Is your strategy for financial success a story of numbers, or a number of stories?

A Special Marriage Encounter workshop designed to help envision the “Reality of Your Financial Future”.

Is your strategy for financial success a story of numbers, or a number of stories? A special Marriage encounter workshop designed to help envision the “Reality of Your Financial Future”. This is an entertaining two part workshop hosted by Kevin R. Grelle, financial advisor with LPL Financial. <more>

Do not miss this opportunity!!! Couples attending Kevin Grelle's financial workshop will be eligible to win a “reimbursement certificate” worth $200 refund/return on your 2008 Conference registration. You must be present at the workshop to win this exclusive drawing. There is no obligation to enter. Tell your friends

Tom Gubbels - The Mother Road in Missouri: The History of Route 66

This talk will trace the evolution of Route 66 in Missouri and its impact on the state. Route 66 began as a simple, two-lane road joining St. Louis to southwest Missouri, but it soon became part of a major U.S. highway carrying traffic across the nation. Route 66 was at its heyday in the 1950s, but the famous highway would soon fall into decline as it was replaced by Interstate 44. Dr. Gubbels will trace the history of the famous roadway and lead a question/answer session about Route 66 and is impact on Missouri and the nation. <more>

NME Board Workshop

NME Affiliates, Regions and National - All one family

We are family. Let us get to know one another better. See how we can work together and help one another - National Board helping Regions and Affiliates; Regions helping their Affiliates; Affiliates helping one another and National. Come to our family get together as we share on how you and your affiliate fit into the total effort of keeping NME alive. Learn what resources are available to you and your community and what you can do to assist in the National effort. Meet the Regional Representatives and Affiliate people from all over the country and share your thoughts on the future of NME. We need each other. We are family. Come join us at this workshop.

Gary & Karren Ray- LUV Language

It’s been 40 years since Gary Ray, 64, first met his wife, Karren, 59. He has carried the same photo of her — now tattered and faded — in his wallet since 1966. But when he recently took it out to look at it, his eyes welled with tears.

Gary Ray admitted that over the years he has taken his wife for granted, and because of it, he nearly lost her. “I was not a good husband to her,” the Lakewood man said. “I loved her, but I didn’t do a lot to show it.” <more>

Doyle Sager - Love Busters

An overview of the Willard F. Harley, Jr. book by the same name, "LOVE BUSTERS" is a quick overview of those nasty habits that kill a relationship as well as those good habits that nurture it. Selfish demands, annoying habits, angry outbursts, independent behavior, dishonesty and much more are all examined in light of the biblical call to love and serve unselfishly. This has been one of the most popular courses in the adult curriculum at First Baptist Church. Practical, honest and filled with the promise that things don't have to be as they've always been--love can be nourished and made to blossom again!

Dr. Doyle Sager is Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jefferson City

Candy Smith- Identity Theft: How it Happens & Tips on Preventing It

The FTC estimates that as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year. In fact, you or someone you know may have experienced some form of identity theft.”

Understanding how identity theft happens and what you can do to prevent it will be the main topics of this workshop. Candy will also include useful information on one of the best ways to know if you have become a victim of identity theft: Getting a copy of your credit report and learning how to interpret it. <more>

Jim Wieberg - Intergenerational Diversity

This workshop aims at being inspirational, educational, and fun all in one package. The presentation will draw a picture of how "I love you" and "I take you for life as my spouse" is translated differently across generations. When your son says to you, "Mom and Dad, I'm getting married" do you think he intends the kind of relationship that you intended many years ago? the presentation will bring into sharper focus the male and female perspective to making a marriage work across generations.