Dallas Willard Featured At "Heart and Soul" Conference, June 27-29

June 1, 2012 - PRLog -- La Cañada Flintridge, CA – Along with Shepherd's House in Pasadena, CA, La Cañada Presbyterian Church is proud to be hosting "The Heart and Soul Conference: Forming Spiritual and Emotional Maturity," June 27-29, at the church. Designed to change the way the church views and equips leaders for discipleship, emotional and relational maturity and recovery, "The Heart and Soul Conference" includes sessions offering training and practical life application.

Never before has this entire group of speakers come together to share how emotional, spiritual and relational maturity are connected to forming a person to be who God has designed them to be. With such an amazing gathering of national faith leaders, the church is proud to be hosting the conference in La Cañada, CA.

On June 28, Dr. Dallas Willard will be the featured keynote speaker. A Professor in the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California, Dr. Willard has spent his life equipping people with resources that transform lives from the inside out. His books include "Knowing Christ Today," "The Great Omission," which received a Christianity Today annual Book Award, "Renovation of the Heart," which received Christianity Today's 2003 Book Award in the category of Spirituality, and "The Divine Conspiracy," which was selected Christianity Today's "Book of the Year" for 1999.

Other national faith leaders who will lead conference sessions include:

• Curt Thompson, Ph.D. Psychiatrist, Author, Anatomy of the Soul
• James Wilhoit, Ph.D. Author, Professor, Wheaton College
• Keith Meyer, Ph.D. Author, Pastor, Speaker,
• Valerie Hess, M.M. Author, Speaker, Musician
• Jan Johnson, D. Min. Author, Speaker, Spiritual Director
• David Takle, M. Div. Author, Speaker, Forming Creator
• Bill St. Cyr, Ph.D. VP Ambleside Schools International
• Dan Struble, Ph.D. President, Montreat College, Author
• Steve Porter, Ph.D. Author, Biola University A.P. Philosophy, Theology
• Mindy Caliguire, MSFL, Founder and President Soul Care, Author
• Pastor Ed Khouri, Author, Trainer Equipping Hearts, Thriving program
• Karl Lehman, M.D. Psychiatrist, Author, Outsmarting Yourself
• Charlotte Lehman, M.Div. Pastor, Speaker
• Kim Campbell, PA Speaker, Shepherd's House Board Member
• Chris M. Coursey, M. Th. Author, Speaker, Director THRIVE Training

Tickets are $375 for all three days and $175 for one day. There will also be a dinner on Thursday, June 28, honoring Dr. Dallas and Jane Willard. Tickets for the dinner are $75 per person with the option to sponsor a table for 10 people. Frank Pastore will be the MC. Guest speakers for the dinner include Pastor Jack Hayford, Jan Johnson, Bishop Todd Hunter, Dr. Gary Moon and more. Registration ends on June 19. To download a brochure and register for the event go to http://www.thrivetoday.org/thrive2012Willard.html or call the THRIVE office at 309-699-0171. The conference will be held at the church, 626 Foothill Boulevard, La Cañada, CA 91011.

About La Cañada Presbyterian Church
La Cañada Presbyterian Church (LCPC) began in 1948 with 158 members and a vision to reach the world for Jesus Christ. That early church was built quite literally on faith and charity from remainder brick and an operating budget that turned just about all of its revenue into active ministry. Through 65 years of outreach, LCPC grew to 2,000 active attendees doing ministry throughout Southern California and in 40 countries around the world. In 2010 the church completed a campus expansion which doubled its physical base for ministry and kept its historical sanctuary as the heart of the new grounds.

La Cañada Presbyterian Church, 626 Foothill Boulevard, La Cañada, CA 91011. Info: www.lacanadapc.org and 818.790.6708.