Indiana State Representative Update: January 2016
January 2016
Hello everyone,
I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year’s! I am excited for everything GOD has in store for us as Christian healthcare professionals in 2016. We deal with a tremendous amount of issues every day. I am personally trying to remember that many of the daily stresses that come up will likely have very little significance in even a few years. It is certainly not easy to do; however, I would like to encourage everyone to try to view everything that comes up this year with an eternal perspective.
What upcoming local CMDA events would you like me to share with other members in our state? Please send them to me to include in next month’s newsletter.
Upcoming Events – visit the CMDA Calendar for a full listing of all upcoming events.
- West Coast Winter Conference – January 29-31, 2016, Cannon Beach, Oregon
- CMDA National Winter Conference – February 14-21, 2016, Caribbean
- Christian Academic Surgeons Meeting – February 26-28, 2016, Torrance, California
- New Medical Missionary Training – March 17-20, 2016, Abingdon, Virginia
- Marriage Enrichment Weekend – April 15-17, 2016, Georgetown, Colorado
- Marriage Enrichment Weekend – April 18-20, 2016, Asheville, North Carolina
- 2016 CMDA National Convention – April 21-24, 2016, Ridgecrest, North Carolina
- Voice of Christian Doctor’s Media Training – May 13-14, 2016, Bristol, Tennessee
- CMDA Psychiatry Section Meetings at APA – May 14-18, 2016, Atlanta, Georgia
Upcoming Mission Trips – visit the GHO Trip Calendar and the MEI Trip Calendar for a full listing of upcoming trips
- GHO: Central Asia – March 2-12, 2016
- GHO: Eastern Europe – March 3-14, 2016
- MEI: Albania – March 6-14, 2016
- MEI: Mongolia – April 15-29, 2016
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I would like to close with Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight” (NIV 2011).
Clark Downey, DDS CMDA Indiana State Representative