Community Health As Community Development | Rev. Dr. James Brooks, 2025 CCHF Conference
Release Date: 09/09/2025
Creating a Thriving Staff Culture: Challenges and Strategies | Learning Series with Breanna Lathrop, DNP, MPH, FNP-BC
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Whether your clinic is small, midsize, or massive, your staff is your most valuable asset. From patient care outcomes to mission fulfillment, our success depends on those who make the clinic their workplace. However, as teams grow and expectations and norms around work continue to change, creating a thriving staff culture becomes more essential and more challenging. This session will provide a framework for thinking about staff culture in terms of health care outcomes, review current trends, and discuss innovative strategies to build a positive staff culture. This session recognizes that none...
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Serving the Workforce as Worship | Learning Series with Kayla Gleason, MSL
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In this enlightening episode, we explore the profound concept of serving the workforce as an act of worship. Join us as we delve into the roles and responsibilities that transform everyday work into a spiritual offering. From healthcare professionals to community leaders, discover how integrating faith and work can lead to a more fulfilling and impactful career. Tune in to hear inspiring stories, practical insights, and the transformative power of viewing work as worship. This episode was recorded at the 2025 CCHF Conference presented by Kayla Gleason, MSL. ___________________________...
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Beyond the Chair: Faith, Dentistry, and Community Impact | Strategic Partnerships Interview With Katie Musser, DMD
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Beyond the Chair: Faith, Dentistry, and Community Impact Join us on CCHF Talk as we dive into the inspiring journey of Katie Musser, DMD, the CMDA Dental Residency Liaison. Discover how the Dental Residency Plus program is transforming lives by integrating faith, community service, and dental excellence. From personal stories of mission-driven dentistry to the challenges and triumphs of serving under-resourced communities, this episode is a testament to the power of purpose-driven healthcare. Tune in to discover how dentistry can serve as a platform for change and compassion....
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SAC Health's Journey From Free Clinic To Christian FQHC | 2025 CCHF Conference Workshop
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"SAC Health's Journey From Free Clinic to Christian FQHC," recorded at the 2025 CCHF Conference: Join Lee Podoll, CPA, and Jason Lohr, MD, as they delve into SAC Health's transformative journey from a humble free clinic to a Christian Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Recorded live at the 2025 CCHF Conference, this workshop explores the challenges and triumphs faced during this transition. Discover how SAC Health navigated financial hurdles, embraced a faith-based mission, and expanded its services to serve its community better. This episode offers valuable insights for healthcare...
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Training Your Entire Health Center to Have a Spiritual Impact in Your Community | 2025 CCHF Conference Workshop
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Training Your Entire Health Center to Have a Spiritual Impact in Your Community How can a health center not only meet physical needs but also cultivate a culture of whole-person care that transforms lives spiritually? In this CCHFTalk episode, recorded live as a workshop at the , Dr. Paul Lorentsen, Dr. David Tellez, and Gary Plooster, MBA, share how the has equipped staff, volunteers, and students to integrate faith into daily patient care. Drawing from over 25 years of experience, the speakers unpack a vision for whole-person care that empowers every member of a health center—from...
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Belize to Buffalo to West Africa and Beyond: The Jericho Road Story | Legacy Interview with Dr. Myron Glick
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Belize to Buffalo to West Africa and Beyond: The Jericho Road Story — with Dr. Myron Glick (Legacy Series) From a Mennonite childhood in Belize to launching Jericho Road in a drafty storefront on Buffalo’s West Side, Dr. Myron Glick tells the sweeping, grace-soaked story behind one of the most mission-driven FQHCs in America. In this Legacy Series episode, Myron traces how a small private practice became a Christ-centered health system serving 25–30k patients a year across five Buffalo clinics—while also operating a family medicine residency, a shelter for asylum-seeking families, and...
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Community Health As Community Development | Rev. Dr. James Brooks, 2025 CCHF Conference
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Community Health as Community Development | Rev. Dr. James Brooks Recorded live at the 2025 , this workshop with Rev. Dr. James Brooks explores how healthcare and community development intersect in Lawndale. Through the story of , discover how addressing food deserts, strengthening local partnerships, and engaging churches and schools are reshaping what it means to pursue whole-community health. Dr. Brooks shares both the challenges and the triumphs of this journey, offering inspiring stories of resilience, collaboration, and faith at work in the heart of Chicago. Tune in to hear how Lawndale...
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Whole Person Care: Sounds Great, But How? | Dr. Jonathan Wilson, 2025 CCHF Conference Workshop
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Whole Person Care: Sounds Great, But How? | Learning Series with Jonathan Wilson, MD What does whole person care really look like in practice? In this workshop, recorded live at the 2025 , Dr. Jonathan Wilson and his team from share their journey of integrating physical, mental, social, and spiritual care for immigrant and refugee neighbors. Through stories, practical tools, and lessons learned, Dr. Wilson unpacks how clinics can move beyond buzzwords to deliver care that addresses the whole person. Listeners will hear about effective screening models, integrative behavioral health,...
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Interview with Bob Mason of Medical Strategic Network | Strategic Partnerships Series
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Interview with Bob Mason of Medical Strategic Network In this episode of CCHFTalk’s Strategic Partnerships Series, Steve Noblett sits down with longtime friend and partner Bob Mason, Executive Director of the . Through the well-known METS conferences and student preceptorships, MSN has equipped thousands of healthcare professionals and students to integrate spiritual care into patient care in ethical and practical ways. Bob shares the inspiring story behind MSN’s founding, the vision of whole-person care, and how spiritual health conversations can renew both patients and providers. He...
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Who is Defining Your Clinic's Culture? | Dr. John English, 2025 CCHF Conference Workshop
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CCHFTalk: Who Is Defining Your Clinic’s Culture? 🎙️ Every clinic has a culture—but who is shaping yours? In this episode, Dr. John English, CEO of in Tyler, TX, unpacks what it takes to build and sustain a healthy, Christ-centered culture in healthcare. Drawing from 21 years of leadership at Bethesda, Dr. English shares lessons learned as the clinic grew from a small charitable practice to a thriving ministry with adult and pediatric care and even three thrift stores. This workshop recording from the 2025 explores practical questions every leader should ask: Are your stated values...
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Recorded live at the 2025 CCHF Conference, this workshop with Rev. Dr. James Brooks explores how healthcare and community development intersect in Lawndale. Through the story of Lawndale Christian Health Center, discover how addressing food deserts, strengthening local partnerships, and engaging churches and schools are reshaping what it means to pursue whole-community health.
Dr. Brooks shares both the challenges and the triumphs of this journey, offering inspiring stories of resilience, collaboration, and faith at work in the heart of Chicago. Tune in to hear how Lawndale is redefining healthcare—not just as clinical care, but as a movement toward a healthier, more connected community.
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