"HEALING
CHURCH HURT"
From
MAY
1st - 3rd
Register
Today!
Schedule-At-A-Glance
Friday, May 1, 2026
3:00 pm – 9:00 pm Registration
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Vendors & Exhibits Open
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Reception for Pre-Registered Attendees
7:15 pm Opening Session Grand Ballroom
Welcome
Congregational Singing
Friday Evening Keynote
The Danger of Unresolved Church Hurt
Dr. Artrell Harris, Minister
Roswell Church of Christ, Kansas City, KS
8:30 pm Congregational Singing
9:30 pm Singles Ministry Fellowship TBA
Saturday, May 2, 2026
8:00am – 9:00am
Registration
Vendors and Exhibitors Open
Throughout the Day
9:00am – 10:00am
Morning Devotional
Saturday Morning Keynote
The State of Churches of Christ in the United States
Dr. Doug Peters, Executive Director
Heritage 21, Houston, TX
SESSION ONE WORKSHOPS
10:30am – 11:30am
Workshops
Gloucester
Mending Sisterhood: Healing Woman-to-Woman Wounds in the Church
Gladys Kurpiel
Church of Christ, Lawrence, MA
Spiritual Practices for
Overcoming Church Hurt
Ipswich
Michael Dangerfield, LPC-S, NCC,
All In Therapy
Sugar Land Church of Christ,
Sugar Land, TX
Overcoming Church Hurt
Newburyport
Make Sure You’re Not the Source
Raul Carr
Blue Hill Church of Christ, Mattapan, MA
Overcoming Hurt Inflicted by
a Christian College
Marblehead
Donald Wilson, Elder
Northside Church of Christ, Hartford, CT
Holistic Ministry
Manchester
Bud Fenner, Minister
Meriden Church of Christ, Meriden, CT
SESSION TWO WORKSHOPS
11:45am – 12:45pm
Marriage Bootcamp 1: Love God Love
Each Other
Gloucester
Melvin & Riberia Jones
Oxon Hill Church of Christ,
Temple Hills, MD
Serving While Wounded
Ipswich
Carlton Freeman, Assistant Minister
Hollis Church of Christ,
Queens Village, NY
Overcoming the Incarcerated Mind
Newburyport
Glenroy Bristol, Minister
Northside Church of Christ, Hartford, CT
The Risk of Remaining Hurt
Marblehead
Dr. Artrell Harris, Minister
Roswell Church of Christ,
Kansas City, KS
Holistic Ministry
Manchester
Bud Fenner, Minister
Meriden Church of Christ, Meriden, CT
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Lunch on Your Own / With Friends & Family
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Leadership Roundtable Discussion Grand Ballroom
This session is specifically for church leaders and their wives.
You have pre-registered to attend. Box lunches will be provided.
Church Security
Adrian Estevez, Delta Defense
Minister’s Retirement Planning
Dan Cooper, Cooper Eagle
SESSION THREE WORKSHOPS
2:45pm – 3:45pm
Workshops
Marriage Bootcamp 2: Commitment Gloucester
Melvin & Riberia Jones
Oxon Hill Church of Christ,
Temple Hills, MD
Spiritual Practices for Overcoming
Church Hurt
Ipswich
Michael Dangerfield, LPC-S, NCC,
All In Therapy
Sugar Land Church of Christ,
Sugar Land, TX
Overcoming the Incarcerated Mind
Newburyport
Glenroy Bristol, Minister
Northside Church of Christ, Hartford, CT
Renewal, Repurposing, and Replanting Marblehead
Dr. Doug Peters,
Executive Director, Heritage 21
Houston, TX
Overcoming Hurt Inflicted by
a Christian College
Manchester
Donald Wilson, Elder
Northside Church of Christ, Hartford, CT
4:00pm – 5:00pm
SESSION FOUR WORKSHOPS
Workshops
Marriage Bootcamp 3: Forgiveness Gloucester
Melvin & Riberia Jones
Oxon Hill Church of Christ,
Temple Hills, MD
Renewal, Repurposing, and Replanting Ipswich
Dr. Doug Peters,
Executive Director, Heritage 21
Houston, TX
The Risk of Remaining Hurt
Newburyport
Dr. Artrell Harris, Minister
Roswell Church of Christ,
Kansas City, KS
Serving While Wounded
Marblehead
Carlton Freeman, Assistant Minister
Hollis Church of Christ,
Queens Village, NY
Overcoming Church Hurt
Manchester
Make Sure You’re Not the Source
Raul Carr
Blue Hill Church of Christ,
Mattapan, MA
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Dinner on Your Own
7:00pm
Group Singing
Grand Ballroom
New England Lectureship Chorus
Room II Praise
Harmonies of Heaven
East Baltimore Church of Christ
Saturday, May 2, 2026
Youth Program
(Youth must be registered to attend)
Youth up to age 17 are FREE to attend BUT must be registered with an Adult
9:00 am
Youth Devotional
TBD
9:15 am
Session 1
Church Hurt
Xavier Polanco,
College Student
Bedford Street Church of Christ, Abington, MA
10:15 am
Break
10:30 am
Session 2
You Hurt, I Hurt, We All Hurt
Xavier Polanco,
College Student
Bedford Street Church of Christ, Abington, MA
11:30 am
Time for Questions & Answers
and Praise
12:30 pm
Lunch with Friends and Family
2:30 pm
Session 3
Open Table Discussion, Trivia, and Giveaways
3:30 pm
Current Topics
Sunday, May 3, 2026
9:00am
Grand Ballroom
Bible Class
Rebuilding Trust in God and
My Religious Community
Dr. Artrell Harris, Minister
Roswell Church of Christ, Kansas City, KS
Youth Bible Class
(See Youth Schedule Classes for All Ages)
10:00am
Worship
Grand Ballroom
God’s Story and Ours
Dr. Doug Peters, Executive Director
Heritage 21, Houston, TX
Please have your children sit with you during worship.
Closing Remarks
9:00am
Youth Bible Classes
Ages 10 - 12 - Ipswich Room
Greg Johnson, Deacon
Church of Christ in Roxbury, Roxbury, MA
Ages 13-17 - Newburyport Room
Phillip Morrison, Minister
Blue Hill Church of Christ, Mattapan, MA
10:00am
Children’s Church
Essex
(Children who are not in Children’s Church Sit with parents during worship)
Please have your children sit with you or another adult during worship.