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DESCRIPTION:ConVive 2026\n\nThe Yates Symposium\n\nA CONference for congreg
 ational\, clergy and chaplain leadership to renew\, refresh and reVIVE\n\n
 Thursday\, October 1\, 2026\n\n9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.\n\nGraylyn Estate\, 
 Winston-Salem\n\n1900 Reynolda Road\, Winston-Salem\, NC 27106\n\nRegister
 : brushfire.com/healthychurch/convive2026/637481\n\n \n\nINVITATION\n\nIn 
 honor of a visionary leader and beloved chaplain\, the NC Baptist Hospital
  Foundation invites you to the second annual ConVive 2026: The Rev. Bill Y
 ates Symposium Toward the Health and Wellness of Clergy\, Congregations\, 
 and Communities\, a day devoted to the health\, resilience\, and spiritual
  vitality of faith leaders across Northwest North Carolina.\n\nCome as you
  are. Wear what is comfortable rather than clergy garb or a suit. The day 
 is built for pastors\, chaplains\, congregational staff\, and anyone carry
 ing the work of caring for others.\n\n \n\nHOW THE DAY MOVES\n\nThe schedu
 le follows one arc\, from awareness through reflection into action\, with 
 embodied experiences open the whole time.\n\nAwareness\n\nOpening worship 
 and a grounding ritual name the whole day as spiritual engagement.\n\nRefl
 ection\n\nThree workshop blocks and facilitated table conversations over l
 unch\, each one making room for your own tradition.\n\nAction\n\nA closing
  plenary\, then naming what you are committing to\, and a final worship an
 d grounding ritual to send you out with it.\n\nRather than a standalone se
 ssion on spiritual health\, every workshop leader builds theological refle
 ction into the conversation\, so the spiritual thread runs through the who
 le day.\n\n \n\nTHE DAY\n\nDoors open at 9:00 a.m. and the day closes at 4
 :30 p.m.\n\n9:00 | Arrival\n\nCoffee and light snacks. The art exhibit and
  the embodied experiences are open as you come in.\n\n9:30 | Opening worsh
 ip and grounding ritual\n\nLed by Joshua Bryan Campbell with Stacy Smallwo
 od.\n\n10:00 | Break\, and the Grounding Room opens\n\n10:20 | Workshop bl
 ock one\n\nPhysical health\, mental health\, community health\, and financ
 ial health\, all offered at once.\n\n11:10 | Break\n\n11:30 | Workshop blo
 ck two\n\nMental health\, community health\, and financial health repeat.\
 n\n12:20 | Lunch and table conversations\n\nFacilitated conversations on f
 lourishing\, with prompts that invite your own tradition into the discussi
 on.\n\n1:05 | Open time\n\nA half hour for the Grounding Room\, the exhibi
 t\, a massage\, a conversation with a counselor\, movement\, or the partne
 r tables.\n\n1:35 | Workshop block three\n\nThe final round of workshops\,
  with coffee and snacks available.\n\n2:25 | Break\n\n2:45 | Closing plena
 ry: Lasting Wellbeing\n\nMatt Bloom\, with conversation to follow.\n\n3:45
  | Closing worship and ritual\n\nJoshua Bryan Campbell and Stacy Smallwood
  close the day.\n\n4:30 | Close\n\n \n\nWORKSHOPS\n\nFour subjects\, three
  blocks. You can attend three of the four\, and each session runs 50 minut
 es with room for conversation. What a leader presents may be recorded\; th
 e cameras stop before the conversation begins. Edited recordings are poste
 d after the event.\n\nPhysical health and wellbeing\n\nA mindful movement 
 workshop built around a case study from the national Arts For EveryBody pr
 oject and research on how the arts make people and communities healthier. 
 It can be done standing or seated\, and it is designed for any fitness lev
 el.\n\nShannon Stokes\, holistic health coach\, cultural organizer\, and m
 indfulness practitioner. Offered once\, in block one.\n\nPersonal mental h
 ealth\n\nRest\, resilience\, and the wear of ministry\, with counselors wh
 o work with clergy.\n\nLeader to be announced.\n\nCommunity health\n\nHeal
 ing-centered work in congregations and neighborhoods\, and what it asks of
  a leader when a whole community carries trauma.\n\nCurated by the Faith C
 OMPASS Center. Leader to be announced.\n\nFinancial health\n\nPersonal fin
 ancial wellbeing for ministers\, and how congregations reach the resources
  available to them.\n\nLeader to be announced.\n\n \n\nEMBODIED EXPERIENCE
 S\, OPEN ALL DAY\n\nEach of these has its own room. Most are open from 9:0
 0 to 4:30\, with hours noted where they differ. Drop in whenever you like\
 , including during the breaks. No appointments.\n\nCurated art exhibit\, p
 resented by the Delta Arts Center.Grounding Room: five stations\, one for 
 each of the senses\, built on a grounding practice of five things you see\
 , four you touch\, three you hear\, two you smell\, and one you taste. Ope
 n 10:00 to 4:00.Health screenings: blood pressure and more\, with our hosp
 ital partners.Chair massage: walk up any time.A CareNet counselor on site 
 and available all day.Movement and yoga room: short guided sessions throug
 h the day. \n\nCLOSING PLENARY: LASTING WELLBEING\n\nScience-Based Practic
 es for Tranquility\, Authenticity\, Meaning\, and Joy\n\nMatt Bloom\n\nMat
 t Bloom is an award-winning teacher and wellbeing researcher\, and profess
 or emeritus at the University of Notre Dame. He closes the day by tying th
 e threads together and turning them outward\, with your own wellbeing at t
 he center.\n\nThe session shares its name with his newest book\, and every
  person who attends goes home with a copy.\n\n \n\nREGISTER\n\nRegistratio
 n is $15\, and it includes lunch\, the book\, and everything offered durin
 g the day. Scholarships are available for anyone who needs one. Registrati
 on funds come back to you as drawings and door prizes during the day. Come
  in comfortable clothes. Space is limited\, so reserve your place early.\n
 \nRegister: brushfire.com/healthychurch/convive2026/637481\n\nGraylyn Esta
 te\n1900 Reynolda Road\, Winston-Salem\, NC 27106\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNE
 RSHIP BY:\n\nAtrium Health Wake Forest Baptist\n\nWake Forest University S
 chool of Divinity\n\nCenter for Congregational Health\n\nFaith COMPASS Cen
 ter\n\nNC Baptist Hospital Foundation\n\nThe symposium honors the Rev. Bil
 l Yates\, who founded the Faith Health Division at Wake Forest Baptist Med
 ical Center.
GEO:36.119579;-80.279915
LOCATION:Graylyn International Conference Center
SUMMARY:CONVIVE 2026 | 2nd Annual Yates Symposium
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.wfu.edu/event/convive-2026
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