MD Breakfast/Retreat
On Saturday morning, September 23, medical students and community physicians will be converging on Rochester from the Western NY region to kick off our first Upstate MCCF Retreat with a stimulating day of feasting, fellowship, and education. The day will start at 8:00 am with our Fall Christian Physicians Breakfast where Dr. Daniel Fountain, MD, MPH, will begin the first in a series of 5 informative and discussion-provoking sessions on the provocative topic: “What’s wrong with US health care and how can we fix it?” Schedule 8:00Registration and Breakfast (note early start)...
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Those of you that are familiar with the medical care provided at Grace Family Medicine know how we integrate prayer into patient visits, believing that faith is an integral part of the recovery process. In some difficult cases a rekindling of faith may be the only real answer to the patient’s symptoms. For the whole body to function properly there has to be a clear balance of all the systems that the Lord created, and if one of those systems is not functioning properly then illness is more likely to present itself. One of the most profound and least understood systems in the medical...
Read MoreWhole Person Workshop
While in Rochester, Dr. Fountain will also be conducting a 3-day workshop on “Caring for the Whole Person” at Roberts Wesleyan College, September 25-27. Dr. Morehouse will be assisting him again this year. The course is open to pastors, counselors, students, and health professionals in our region and offers up to 21 hours of Category I CME credit for physicians who attend. Dr. Fountain has authored numerous books in English and French on community health, primary health care, and care for the whole person and served as a missionary physician in Kenya for 35 years before returning...
Read MoreGreetings from BT
BT writes from Jerusalem: After serving for many years in south Lebanon I am glad I can continue to help the families who lost their homes. When I first opened the Arazim Dental Clinic I thought it would be a project to offer these people emergency dental treatment during a short period of transition. Most hoped to either return to Lebanon or to immigrate to another country. Now, six years later, the dental clinic continues to serve this community. Dental care is an important and practical way to assist people in need and many consider it to be the most valuable project offered for their...
Read MoreGarden and Block Party
The Block Association has been very busy this spring working with neighbors and local authorities to reduce crime and drug activity, raising community spirit, and cleaning up our community “pocket park” known officially as the “Arnett Bird & Butterfly Garden” on the corner of Arnett Blvd. and Wellington Avenue. On Saturday, August 5th, from 12 to 4 pm ABA will also be hosting the neighborhood’s first Block Party in years. There will be activities for kids, talent shows, visits from the police and fire departments, balloons, hot dogs and refreshments, and...
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