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Student Events

 

Student Chapter Meetings

NCF has student and nurse chapters that meet regularly all across the nation! See if there is a group near you on our Find a Group Page. You can also use the Contact Us form to get connected with a chapter!

 

 

Urbana Conference

DATE:  December 28th - January 1st, 2025/26

LOCATION: Phoenix, Arizona

DESCRIPTION: Join NCF at Urbana! Urbana 2025 is a unique opportunity to grow in your faith, leadership skills and vision for God's global mission. Come and spend time worshiping God, learning how he is at work across the globe and how you can participate in His mission! Spend New Years with us and discover potential callings!

REGISTRATION & WEBSITE: Urbana Conference

 

Pennsylvania Refresh Retreat

DATE:  February 1st, 2025 10am - 5pm EDT

LOCATION: York, PA

DESCRIPTION: Where do you go to be refreshed? Join us for a day away as a nursing student community (faculty, volunteers, and professionals are welcome as well). We know if can be really hard to take a day off from work or studying. But Jesus invites us to be renewed and refreshed as we spend time on what matters most - loving God and loving one another. No matter your spiritual/religious background, you are welcome here and this space is for you.

REGISTRATION: Pennsylvania Refresh Retreat

National Events

 

Journal Club: Empathy, The Gift of Connecting

DATE:  February 20th, 2025 at 7 pm Central

LOCATION: Online

DESCRIPTION: Nursing is a profession of caring – not always easy to do with the many constraints we encounter in our practice. Join us as we discuss how to incorporate empathy into the care of others through the challenges we face and the reality of the empathy we also experience from God.

REGISTRATION: Available Here

 

Saline Process Witness Training

DATE:  Spring 2025 dates are coming soon!

LOCATION:  Online

DESCRIPTION:  The purpose of the Saline Process™ witness training is to equip nurses (and other healthcare workers) to be witnesses for Christ in their clinical settings. The Biblically-based teaching is relevant to different cultures and healthcare settings. Nurses Christian Fellowship is partnering with Saline Process™ to deliver virtual trainings. 

After completing the Saline Process, participants should be able to assess a patient's attitude toward Christ and know how to respond appropriately, applying the ethical principles of permission, sensitivity and respect.

REGISTER: Email here

IHS Global works with its global partners to provide this training around the world. Learn more here.

 

Regional and Chapter Events

 

Nurses Christian Fellowship Chapter Meetings

NCF has student and nurse chapters that meet regularly all across the nation! See if there is a group near you on our Find a Group Page. You can also use the Contact Us form to get connected with a chapter!

NCF Texas Refresh Retreat

DATE: March 21 - 23, 2025

LOCATION:  Camp Gilmont - Gilmer, TX

DESCRIPTION: Nurses Christian Fellowship Texas invites nurses, educators, students, and healthcare professionals to take time away from the busyness of life. Our speaker is Debbie Stuart, the Green Acres Baptist Church Women’s Minister in Tyler, Texas. She has served in women’s ministry for 32 years, https://greenacreswomen.org/people/debbie-stuart/. Please join us as we explore replenishing our hearts with Christ’s presence and learning to delight in Him and to depend on His spiritual resources and His word for our daily living.

REGISTRATION:  Registration is available here! The deadline to register is March 7th, 2025.

MORE INFORMATION: NCF Texas 2025 Retreat Save the Date.pdf

NCF Illinois CLN, Inc.

LOCATION:  Illinois and Online

DESCRIPTION: Collaboration of Licensed Nurses, Inc. is an Illinois chapter of Nurses Christian Fellowship. Check out their website for events. We are discussing Kathleen D. Pagana’s book, Etiquette & Communication Strategies for Nurses, during each meeting in 2025.  It is not necessary for you to purchase or read the book to join us every other month. 

  • Saturday, February 15th & Wednesday, 19th: Teach Back is Good Communication
  • Wednesday, April 16th & Saturday, April 19th: Teamwork and Effective Communication are a Strong Pairing
  • Wednesday, June 18th & Saturday, June 21st: Teamwork & Conflict, Increase One and Decrease the Others
  • Saturday, August 16th & Wednesday, August 20th: Building Both the Team and Teamwork
  • Wednesday, October 16th & Saturday, October 19th: Integrity is Vital for Effective Teamwork and Communication
  • Wednesday, December 17th & Saturday, December 20th: Communicaiton is Critical for Problem Solving

REGISTRATION:  Collaboration of Licensed Nurses Website

 

Partner Events

 

The Values-Based Teacher; Teaching Like Jesus

DATE: Multiple Dates through February 2025

LOCATION:  Online

DESCRIPTION: The Values-Based Teacher is the most recently developed NCFI IICN course. It was designed to help Nurses/Nurse Educators and Midwives develop or broaden an understanding of the importance of integrating Christian values in both teaching and learning.

Several topics included are values, emotional intelligence, adult learning principles, professional distance, effective teaching styles and strategies, commonly used as well as cutting edge technology, and responding to challenging teaching scenarios. 

REGISTRATION:  Email here. The deadline to register is February 1st, 2025.

MORE INFORMATION: The Values based Teacher CANA.docx

 

2025 Westberg Symposium / Caring for the Human Spirit

DATE:  April 28 - 30th, 2025

LOCATION:  Online

DESCRIPTION:  Join us for an inspirational and transformative three-day conference designed to provide chaplains, nurses, and other spiritual care providers with the skills, best practices, and research to enhance your spiritual care practice and ministry. Discover the power of spiritual care in your own life and the lives of those you serve.

REGISTER: Here

Christian Global Health In Perspective Course

DATE:  Ongoing

LOCATION:  Online

DESCRIPTION:  This is an online course to help prepare you to engage in global health ministries. In this course, you'll find greater clarity about God's calling for your life, learn about global healthcare missions, how to prepare for missions, and how and where to connect with mission-sending ministries. 

MORE INFORMATION: Go to Christian Global Health In Perspective

 

Do you have questions about any of NCF's events? Email us here!