This Saturday morning pancake breakfast features great speakers from XXXChurch.com and straight talk about pornography, one of the most prominent issues affecting men in the church today. This event is open to men, junior high age and up.
Whether you are a mother, a spouse, a teenager, or struggle yourself, no one is untouched by the influence of pornography. Porn and Pastries is our time to talk openly and honestly about how pornography is affecting women. A Friday night girls only event! For women junior high age and up.
PORN in the PEWS | for Christian leaders
This afternoon discussion will focus on equipping and training church leaders to deal with the issue of pornography in their sphere of influence. Help learn how to disciple people to freedom and accountability through practical tips and great resources from XXXChurch.com. It’s time to start the conversation!
Craig Gross
As a young pastor in Southern California, Craig Gross began to notice a recurring theme among those he cared for - a struggle with pornography. Boldly and courageously, he decided to address the root of the problem, so he went to the porn industry to ask some questions. This passion led him to start XXXchurch.com, a website devoted to telling the truth about porn.
Join men, women, and leaders across the city of Calgary as we Expose the issue of pornography. It’s time! Let’s start the conversation.
Ryan Russell
As a young leader, Ryan Russell developed and honed his skills while leading on the executive team for a high impact local church, Central Christian Church in Mesa, AZ. Through that formational experience his abilities in leadership, administration and the coaching of young leaders emerged.
The Calgary Pregnancy Care Centre is a non-profit Christian organization offering practical help and information for those facing an unplanned pregnancy; help for those experiencing grief after an abortion; and preventative education for youth, young adults and parents.
With a commitment to education, awareness and open dialogue about the serious issues facing our society, the CPCC is excited to host the Expose Conference in conjunction with xxxchurch.com and other partner churches.
The Calgary Pregnancy Care Centre is a Christian charity that seeks to care for those impacted by crisis pregnancy and any resulting challenges, and to educate individuals concerning sexual realities.
All Centre services are free and confidential. For more information about the CPCC and the services we provide, please visit our website at www.pregcare.com
Expose: a Pornography Awareness Conference
Recently, we invited members of the community to attend a focus group discussion on the topic of pornography. Over forty pastors, laypersons, counselors and youth workers attended to share experiences and perspectives while brainstorming the best ways to address this issue in our community.
What became clear was the fact that this is a pervasive problem throughout various age groups, denominations and ministries. Less clear was the best way to tackle this issue. While focuses vary, the desired result is to increase awareness and decrease the damage brought about by the widespread availability and use of pornography. Some ministries are already actively working in this area. The consensus? More needs to be done.
Currently, we speak to thousands of teenagers each year. In our workshops we have included a short segment to address the use of pornography as something that is harmful and potentially addictive. It is taught within the context of healthy sexuality and always brings up interesting discussion. We are in the process of developing an additional workshop on media influence. This will address all forms of media, not just pornography, but will be another way of teaching core competency skills, which include discernment, avoidance, and healthy media use.
Now here is where you can get involved. We are very excited to announce Expose a Pornography Awareness Conference, April 20 – 22, 2012 that we will be holding with the help of XXXchurch, a non-profit organization that exists to help people of all ages and offers programs to help with awareness, prevention and recovery. Over 600 churches worldwide have already participated in one of their awareness programs, and we are excited to host them in Calgary. Craig Gross, founder and pastor of XXXchurch, will be speaking to parents, teens, youth workers, ministry staff and laypeople. Craig is the author of many books, most recently, Pure Eyes and Eyes of Integrity and speaks to thousands of people worldwide.
To this end, we are asking churches and lay people to partner with us to make this event a success. We have many logistics to work out and will continue to keep you informed. We hope that you are as excited about this as we are. If you would hold this whole weekend in your prayers we would be most grateful. If you can partner with us financially, we would appreciate it.
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APRIL 20 – 21
2012
DAYS TO EVENT
Partner with us
We are asking churches and our community to partner with us to make this event a success. We hope that you are as excited about this as we are. If you can partner with us financially, we would appreciate it.
Denise Hearn
Denise Hearn has worked with young women for over seven years in various professional capacities, and is passionate about them recognizing their own personal value in a culture that increasingly objectifies and sexualizes women. Denise currently directs the Take Charge Community Education Program, a division of the Calgary Pregnancy Care Centre.
Expose – pornography awareness conference is an initiative of the Calgary Pregnancy Care Centre
(403) 269-3110 | expose@pregcare.com
Craig Gross from XXXCHURCH explains a little bit about the Expose Conference and why this is such a crucial initiative for our cities.
