Recent Conferences and Prayer Breakfasts or Luncheons

 Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center
91 North Lakeshore Drive
Lake Junaluska, NC 28745
VIDEO
May 24 to 29, 2023  National Student  Retreat
May 25 to 29, 2023 Annual Conference
Learn about Lake Junaluska here https://lakejunaluska.com/ 
Schedule-at-a-glance
Full  Program
Student Program
Speakers

APhA 2023 Annual Meeting & Exposition
CPFI Prayer Breakfast
March 24 to 27, 2023
Phoenix, Arizona
Time 7:30 am to 8:45 AM ET
Cost: $25.
Location:  Convention  Center,  Room 131C 
Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey A. Bates, Dean
Cedarville University School of Pharmacy

Global Mission Health Conference
Southeast Christian Church
Louisville, KY
CPFI- Exhibit Booth - main exhibit hall
November 10 to 12, 2022

 

GMHC Conference:  November 13 and 14
CPFI Board Meeting: November 12 9:AM to 2:00 PM ET 
CPFI Meet & Greet: November 13 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM ET

2020 CPFI Online Annual Conference & National Student Retreat

June 5, 2020

CPFI Prayer Breakfast at the 2020 APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition
Cancelled
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
National Harbor, MD (minutes from Washington, DC)
Prayer Breakfast: March 22, 2020
Speaker: Jennifer Sands
Message: By God's Grace and for God's Glory: a 9/11 Widow's ongoing journey

CPFI 2019 Annual Conference & National Student Retreat
Doubletree by Hilton Myrtle Beach Oceanfront
3200 South Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, SC, 29577
May 22 to 26, 2019

CPFI Prayer Breakfast at the 2019 APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition
Seattle, WA - March 24, 2019
Location: Washington State Convention Center, Rm. 401
Date: Sunday, March 24th
Time: 7:30 AM to 8:45 AM
Speaker: Dr. Daniel A. Hussar - Bio
Topic: 'Priorities'
Cost: $25.
Register for this event when you register for the conference. A small quantity of tickets will be available at the door.

 CPFI Prayer Breakfast at the ASHP Mid-year

Anaheim, CA - December 2, 2018 at 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
Speaker: Dr. Ashley Devaughan Topic: The Planted Tree
Cost: FREE (RSVP required - please RSVP to [email protected]) 
Location: 2 miles from the Convention Center at 
First Presbyterian Church of Garden Grove, Garden Grove, CA - The Prayer Breakfast will be located in the church lounge indicated with a red X on the map.
FPC Building Map-DEC 2 CPFI Prayer Breakfast.pdf

CPFI Exhibit, Board of Directors Meeting and Meet & Greet at the Global Mission Health Conference
Louisville, KY - November 8 to 10, 2018 

CPFI Exhibit at the 2018 CURE Conference
Buies Creek, NC - October 20, 2018 

CPFI Prayer Breakfast at the Virginia Pharmacy Assoc. 137th Annual Convention
Norfolk, VA - September 9, 2018

CPFI Prayer Breakfast at the AACP Annual Meeting
Boston, MA  - July 22, 2018 

2018 CPFI Annual Conference & National Student Retreat
Student Retreat: May 30 to June 3, 2018
Annual Conference: May 31 to June 3, 2018
Location: Bonclarken Conference Center, 500 Pine Drive, Flat Rock, NC 28731

CPFI Prayer Breakfast at the 2018 American Pharmacy Association (APhA) Annual Meeting & Exposition

CPFI Prayer Breakfast: March 18, 2018 / APhA Meeting: March 16 to 19, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Joy Greene
Title: "When I Grow Up, I Want to Be _____________."
Time: 7:30 am to 8:45 am
Location: Nashville, TN - Music City Center, Room 207B

Exposition  CPFI Prayer Breakfast at the ASHP Mid-year Clinical Meeting

CPFI  hosted a Prayer Breakfast at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting in Orlando, FL on Sunday, December 3rd at the Rosen Centre Hotel, Salon 9 (9840 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819-8122.  

CPFI Prayer Breakfast at the VPhA 136th Annual Convention
Speaker: Mark Johnson, Pharm.D.
Date: September 10, 2017
Location: Virginia Beach, VA

CURE 2017  - CPFI Exhibitor
CPFI Exhibitor - Dr. Bob Cisneros
Date: September 15-16, 2017
Location: Buies Creek, NC

Global Missions Health Conference - CPFI Partner, Exhibitor and host for Meet & Greet
CPFI Exhibitor - CPFI Board Members
Meet & Greet Coordinator - Board Member, Jordan Daniel, Pharm. D.
Date: November 9-11, 2017
Location: Louisville, KY

2017 CPFI Prayer Breakfast at the AACP Annual Meeting

Date and Time Sunday, July 16, 2017 6:45 a.m.–7:45 a.m.
Meeting Room (All programs/sessions are at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center) Presidential Ballroom B, Level 2

 CPFI Prayer Breakfast at the APhA 2017 Annual Meeting & Exposition

Date: Sunday, March 26, 2017
Time: 7:30 am to 8:45 am
Location: Moscone Convention Center: Room 250/262.
Speaker: William A. Kehoe, MA, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS
Department Chair, Director - Office of Academic Success and Instructional Support, Instructional Support Coordinator for the Combined Pharmacy Fellowship/Master of Science Program
University of the Pacific, Thomas J. Long College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Topic: “Keeping a Sense of Mission in Our Professional Life”
Cost: $25.00

CPFI Prayer Breakfast at the APhA 2016 Convention

Date: Sunday, March 6, 2016
Time: 7:30 am to 8:45 am
Location: Rm 301/302, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
Speaker: Edward M Bednarczyk, PharmD, FCCP

Clinical Associate Professor, Chairman, Pharmacy Practice
University of Buffalo
Topic: 'Quo Vadis: How do we discern God’s will for our lives?'
Cost: $25.

2016 CPFI Annual Conference & National Student Retreat

Date: June 8 to June 12, 2016/Student retreat and 
June 9 to June 12/ Annual Conference
Location: Springmaid Beach Resort, Myrtle Beach, SC

Virginia Pharmacy Association Convention/CPFI Prayer Breakfast
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 7:am

2015 CPFI Annual Conference & National Student Retreat Bonclarken Conference Center
500 Pine Drive Flat Rock, NC 28731
Conference: June 4 to June 7, 2015
National Student  Retreat: June 3 to June 7, 2015

The CPFI 2015 Annual Conference & National Student Retreat returns to Flat Rock, North Carolina on June 3 through June 7, 2015! The National Student Retreat will begin in the evening on Wednesday and continue on Thursday. Conference attendees will arrive early afternoon on Thursday with the first continuing education session beginning at 2:30 p.m. On Thursday evening, we will have a worship service at 7 pm followed by an ice cream social at 8 pm. The CE program will continue on Friday morning through Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. A country barbeque is planned for Friday evening and will include a dual zip line and a campfire.  We are planning another silent auction this year and proceeds from the auction will be used to continue efforts to build up a body of Christian pharmacists in the DR Congo. Saturday afternoon will be free time and there will also be an opportunity to participate in a service project! Fred Eckel will lead our Sunday morning worship service which will be held in the Bonclarken chapel. The theme for this year's conference is 'Tell Your Story' with a focus on Psalm 105:1 "Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name, make known among the nations what he has done." (NIV)   
Anyone interested is welcome to attend the CPFI Board of Directors meeting which is scheduled for Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.

 2014 Global Missions Health Conference - Nov. 6-8th, Louisville, KY

The GMHC was another very successful conference Nov. 6-8th. There were over 2900 medical professionals and students that attended. The times of worship were amazing and the 4 plenary session speakers were all stimulating. We had a chance to attend 7 out of the 70 plus breakout workshop sessions. With all the recent news about the Ebola crisis I opted to attend 6 different sessions that focused on Ebola diagnosis and treatment. We got to hear from some of the men and women who have been on the front lines carrying for these patients, a couple of whom developed the disease and have completely recovered, with God’s help and the dedicated care of fellow missionaries serving under challenging conditions. What a blessing to hear from and learn from those that have been the hands and feet of Jesus.
CPFI was one of over 100 exhibitors that were able to showcase their marketplace or mission ministry at the conference. We must have had close to 100 pharmacists and pharmacy students stop by our booth during the 3 days the exhibit was open.

CPFI 2014 Annual Conference & National Student Retreat ‘Give Glory to God’ Jun 11-15, 

2014 CPFI Prayer Breakfast

Global Mission Health Conference
November 7-9, 2013

Pharmacist attendees can earn up to 7 hours of ACPE-approved CPE credits. CPE is being sponsored by the Cedarville University School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with the Global Missions Health Conference.

 Southwest Regional Student Retreat

The LORD really moved and made his presence known at CPFI’s First Annual Southwest Regional Retreat Aug. 2-4, 2013! We learned to have joy in all that we do, even in the times of unwanted circumstances. Dr. Copeland, UIW-FSOP CPFI advisor, shared with us that “fear/anxiety prevents the absorption and distribution of joy” in his teaching, The Prescription for Joy. He also explained to us that joy is relationship dependent rather than situation dependent. Dr. Eckel, CPFI National President, helped us to understand that we can't control our circumstances but we can control how we respond in his teaching, Joy is a Choice. Lastly, in his leadership training titled, Traffic: Leadership on the Highways of Life, Pastor Kevin Duhart, Lead Pastor of the Rock Fellowship Church, explained to us that leadership is the act of inspiring others and that leadership starts with servant hood.

We were blessed to have students in attendance from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Science Center-Amarillo, and of coarse, the University of the Incarnate-Word Feik School of Pharmacy, the hosting chapter of the retreat.

The highlights of our retreat were our Night of Worship with Tantivity, a local worship band in San Antonio, TX, our reading of inspirational stories to the assisted-living residents at The Village, and our water balloon fight at our BBQ dinner.

One of our most impactful moments of the retreat was our chapter discussion and updates, where many ideas were bought forth and inspiration and encouragement was shared between chapters. The most impactful moment overall was that one person received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and three people rededicated their lives to Christ.

It was amazing to see how awakened and revitalized everyone left the retreat, set on fire to spread the joy of Christ to his or her respective chapters. For we know “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.” (Proverbs 17:22 NASB), was our retreat’s scriptural theme.

Germesia Kwame
CPFI Southwest Regional Director

2013 Virginia Pharmacists Association Prayer Breakfast

The 132nd Annual Virginia Pharmacy Association Convention was held on July 29 to 31, 2013, at the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia. CPFI sponsored a prayer breakfast on Tuesday, July 30 and CPFI member, Gene Erb, presented the program titled “Medical Missionary Service”.

Dr. Erb and his daughter traveled to El Salvador this past June as part of a CMDA-GHO medical team ministering to the needy in a coastal mountain region of the country. Dr. Erb discussed how God helped them overcame obstacles as they worked to bring the Gospel and medical care to the people of El Salvador. Team members volunteered their time to serve and in turn received many blessings along the way.

CPFI Board members, Mark Johnson and Greg Carlson, are pictured ‘manning’ the CPFI exhibit booth at the convention. CPFI Board member, John Cowley, was also instrumental in coordinating CPFI participation at the convention. Our thanks to the leadership of  the Virginia Pharmacy Association for welcoming us to the meeting. 

2013 CPFI Annual Conference and National Student Retreat

The CPFI 2013 Annual Meeting was held at Bonclarken Conference Center, Flat Rock, NC from June 6 through June 11, 2013.  Pharmacists, student pharmacists, and their family members from 23 states, Canada, and the Congo  gathered at the Bonclarken Conference Center, a Christian conference center, located at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  Gracious southern hospitality,  beautiful surroundings, excellent food, and comfortable contemporary guest rooms are just a few reasons why Bonclarken has become a favorite  location for many who attended.

Global Missions Health Conference
November 8-10, 2012 Louisville, KY

AACP CPFI Prayer Breakfast
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center
Kissimmee, Florida

FPA CPFI Prayer Breakfast
Friday, July 6, 2012
Marriott Resort Golf Club & Spa
Marco Island, Florida 

VPhA CPFI Prayer Breakfast
VPhA's 131st Annual Convention
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
7:00 am to 8:00 am
Wyndham Hotel - Virginia Beach
Devotional Leader: Mark Johnson


2012 CPFI Annual Conference

The CPFI 2012 Annual Meeting was held at Glen Eyrie, the Navigator Headquarters, Colorado Springs, CO from June 7 through June 10, 2012.  A worship service started off the conference on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. and an ice cream social followed. The CE program was Friday morning through Friday afternoon and again on Saturday morning. Friday evening was an optional social event, dinner and concert at the Flying W ranch. Saturday afternoon was free time and Saturday evening was the CPFI awards banquet.  Program details are available with the schedule and a listing of the continuing education topics.

Prayer Breakfast - APhA 2012 Annual Meeting

CPFI hosted a prayer breakfast at the 2012 APhA Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA. The event was at the convention center on Sunday, March 11th from 7:30 am until 8:45 am. Stephen F. Eckel from UNC Health System was the guest speaker.

Prayer Breakfast - Alaska Pharmacists Association 2012 Annual Meeting

AkPhA hosted a prayer breakfast at their 2012 Annual Conference in Anchorage, AK. Approximately 20 people gathered at the Marriott Hotel on Sunday, February 19th from 7:30 am until 8:15 am for a light breakfast worship and a short message from Ron Herman, CPFI President.

2011 CPFI Annual Conference

The CPFI 2011 Annual Meeting was held at SpringMaid Beach, SC June 9 through June 12, 2011. Attendees arrived on Thursday and were challenged late in the afternoon to examine what our  "World View" is and how that affects our healthcare and spiritual decisions.  A worship service was held at 7 pm and an ice cream social at 8 pm. The CE program continued on Friday morning through Friday afternoon and again on Saturday morning. An optional social event was held on Friday evening. Serving Others (And the King will answer them, "I assure you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me" Matt. 25:40) was the theme for the conference.  Educational sessions included a new drugs update, a brief review of monoclonal antibodies, an update on asthma therapy and information about recent interest in Vitamin D.  Time was spent looking at the cost of drugs, the role of a healthcare safety net, making professional decisions and end of life issues.  Lastly we talked about best practices for short term mission trips.  Student pharamcists participated in both engaging discussions and fun social activities.  Free time was available on Saturday afternoon and we had our annual awards banquet that evening, followed by singing on the beach.  The CPFI Board of Directors met Wednesday evening and Thursday.

Prayer Breakfast - Virginia Pharmacists Association 2011 Annual Convention

CPFI hosted a prayer breakfast Tuesday, August 2, 2011 from 7-8 am at the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach.  Greg Carlson was the moderator for this event and Joe Rogowski gave a short message following breakfast. 

CPFI Prayer Breakfast at 2011 APhA Annual Conference
CPFI hosted a prayer breakfast at the 2011 APhA Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington. The prayer breakfast was at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel on Sunday, March 27th from 7:30 am until 8:45 am. Daniel A. Hussar, PhD was the moderator and Bill R. Altland, co-owner of Whaletail Pharmacy in Craig, Alaska, was the speaker for this event.

Prayer Breakfast - Virginia Pharmacists Association
Tuesday morning August 3rd, 2010 from 7 - 8 am. Brigaier General Dick Abel, USAF (retired) was the special speaker.

2010 CPFI Annual Meeting
Was held June 10-13, 2010 at Springmaid Beach, SC. The meeting offered a new schedule this year with attendees arriving on Thursday evening and worship beginning at 7 pm. The CPFI ice cream social was held at 8 pm. The continuing education programbegan Friday morning, and continued on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. A group of  100 enjoyed an optional Intercoastal Waterway dinner cruise. Saturday afternoon was free time at the beach. We held our annual awards banquet on Saturaday evening and the Warren E. Weaver Service Award was presented to long time member Paul Kabanga Kupuya from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  The theme for the meeting was "Let your Christian pharmacists light shine!" (“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. " Matt. 5:14-16) and Paul has been an excellent example of that.

There were 69 pharmacists, 22 pharmacy students, 35 spouses and 33 additional family members present. Next year's conference will be back at Springmaid Beach and next year we will start our first C.E. session late afternoon on Thursday June 9 and continue the  CE sessions on Friday and Saturday. We hope you can join us for next year's meeting. The full program and and registration will be linked here once they become available.

Kabanga Kapuya Paul receiving the 2010 Warren E. Weaver Service Award

We have prayer breakfasts or luncheons at many national professional meetings. Recordings are sometimes made of our speakers and here are two examples:

PTEC Annual Meeting - Prayer Breakfast
Was held on Saturday July 11, 2009 in Spokane, WA. The speaker at this year's Pharmacy Technician Educators Council was an advanced registered nurse practitioner, Danielle Riggs who is Clinical Director of the Christ Clinic in Spokane. She explained the clinic’s work with the poor and uninsured in the Spokane area, her role at the clinic, and offered some of her own personal thoughts on serving the poor in light of the Gospel. If you were unable to attend the presentation or would like to hear it again, we have made it available as an audio file. (Click here) We are grateful to Harvey Whitney Books (www.hwbooks.com) for sponsoring and coordinating this event.

ACCP Annual Meeting - Prayer Luncheon
Was held Tuesday Oct. 21, 2008 Louisville, KY - Dr. Aaron William Calhoun, M.D. was the speaker. Dr. Calhoun is an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and Attending Physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville. His presentation during the luncheon was: "Raised on the Third Day According to the Scriptures: How the Resurrection Binds Healthcare and the Gospel". If you were unable to attend the presentation we have made it available as an audio file. (Click here) We were grateful to Harvey Whitney and The Annals of Pharmacotherapy for sponsoring and coordinating this event.