Transforming the soul of pharmacy, by ministering to the hearts of pharmacists.
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Welcome!
Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International (CPFI) is a worldwide ministry of individuals working in all areas of pharmaceutical service and practice. Our Mission is to:
- Provide fellowship among like-minded professionals
- Challenge and promote spiritual growth
- Encourage the advancement of knowledge and ethics in the practice of pharmacy
- Encourage evangelism and the integration of faith into practice, and
- Provide support and opportunity for service in both home and foreign missions.
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GHO has the following Urgent Needs:
Annual Meeting
The CPFI 2009 Annual Meeting, will be in West Palm Beach, FL on the campus of Palm Beach Atlantic University at the Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy. The theme for this year's meeting is "Living In Anticipation of His Coming" - (“Be dressed and ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.” Luke 12:35-36) The Board will have its meeting Friday evening and Saturday June 19 and 20th, 2009. The Annual Meeting will begin with worship Sunday evening June 21st and go through until noon on June 24th with 11 hours of continuing education. Click here full program details (agenda). Click here for a registration form.
The 2008 meeting was held at the Glen Eryie Castle and Conference Center from Sunday June 15 - Wednesday June 18, 2008 in Colorado Springs, CO. The 2004 conference was at this location and there were many requests to return. There were almost 100 pharmacists and students that attended the meeting and they were stimulated by the professional continuing education program that balanced new therapeutic information with sessions on how to integrate our faith into our daily pharmacy activities. Students shared about some of their mission opportunities this past year and everyone was amazed at how God is working in so many places. The spouses program was once again exceptional and a number of families enjoyed the chance to explore some of the neighboring sites in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
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Update on Students
Recent Graduate Volunteers Begin Work to Develop CPFI Student Affiliated Groups
A group of recent graduates have recently joined in a Board of Director's approved effort to further student groups during this exciting time of growth. The following details the volunteers and their role in this effort. Please feel free to contact any of these volunteers. Additionally, we are looking for more volunteers to join in this effort, if interested please contact Julie.CPFI@gmail.com.
Julie Lynch McDonald (Palm Beach Atlantic University Graduate) Julie.CPFI@gmail.com
- Assist students and/or faculty that contact CPFI with a desire to initiate a new student group.
- Coordinate/encourage professional members and local student affiliated group interaction (guest speakers, mentoring, etc.).
- Contact student affiliated group advisers in August and January.
Cimeon Koebel (Mercer University Graduate) Cimeon.Koebel@student.mercer.edu
- Work towards creating student affiliated group regional support networks with regions gathering socially, collaborating on projects, hosting regional retreats, and so forth.
Mande Williams (Wingate University Graduate) Mandepadg@yahoo.com
- State Prayer Breakfasts Point-Person: Mande will spend the first year becoming orientated with the prayer breakfasts that currently occur, developing a prayer breakfast checklist/how to document, and assisting in publicizing the breakfasts. In the following years, she would like to take a more active role in perusing breakfasts in new states and incorporating student groups in hosting.
Brooke Bergmann (Palm Beach Atlantic University Graduate) Brooke_Bergmann@pba.edu
- Coordinate P4 CPFI Rotation Promotion: Annually contact each active student group to provide pens or other items for the P4s to bring with them on rotations in an effort to promote CPFI
Lisa Brown (Midwestern University at Glendale Graduate) lisab413@cox.net
- Contact recent graduates to congratulate them, determine their practice site, determine how CPFI can serve them, and inform them of reduced membership rate following graduation.
The 4th Annual CPFI Student Retreat was held Sept. 5-7, 2008 in Orlando, FL. The theme of this year's conference was "Shine" (Lord let me shine, shine like the moon; A reflection of you in all that I do; Lord let me be a light for your truth; Light of the world, I wanna be used to shine for you.") The conference began Friday at 6:00 pm. Saturday afternoon included a community service project working with Habitat for Humanity and Saturday evening was Disney's Night of Joy concert.
The 3rd Annual Student Retreat sponsored by Palm Beach Atlantic University School of Pharmacy and the University of Florida School of Pharmacy was held Sept. 7-9, 2007 in Orlando, FL. The conference, "The Face of Love" began Friday evening and ended at noon on Sunday. It included a Saturday evening trip to the Night of Joy, Disney's annual extravagnza of contemporary Christian music.
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Christian Pharmacists Fellowship Intl.
at Palm Beach Atlantic University
Phone: 888-253-6885 or email.
PO Box 24708
West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4708
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