“Defined by Grace” is the theme for the annual Loma Linda University Health Week of Renewal. Week of Renewal will be held Jan. 11 to 16. It is a campus-wide program designed to unite the organization in spiritual refocusing.
“Next week, we will again have the privilege of joining together to renew our hearts and minds during our annual Week of Renewal,” says Gerald Winslow, PhD, vice president for mission and culture. “I hope you will be able to set aside time for this purpose.”
There will be a daily morning praise session at 8:30 a.m. which will be held at a different location on campus each day. A University@Worship service at 11:00 a.m. with special guest speaker Karl Haffner will also take place.
Additionally, on Monday through Wednesday, there will be a spiritual renewal program at noon at the Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center. For those who work at the Murrieta location, there will be three noon services to attend -- Monday, Wednesday and Friday -- which will be held in the POB, Temecula room.
Sabbath worship services will be held at the Loma Linda University Church at both 9:00 and 11:45 a.m.
The complete schedule with locations is available below.
According to Kathy McMillan, MA, director, employee spiritual care and wholeness, “Each of us has an opportunity, at the beginning of the new year, to focus on our mission and recommit ourselves to God. We have 11 exceptional speakers who will be sharing at various locations on our theme, ‘Defined by Grace.’”
Week of Renewal also offers the opportunity to give back through a clothing drive that will help patients at SAC Health System. For every two bags of clothing donated Jan. 12 to 14, Goodwill will donate a $10 gift card for patients. Clothing bins will be available in the Medical Center (lobby), Behavioral Medicine Center (gym), Surgical Hospital (employee entrance), and the Drayson Center lobby.
Following is the week’s schedule. Details about live streaming are below the schedule.
Monday, January 11
8:30 a.m., Morning Praise, Children’s Hospital, 1830/32
Jim Greek: Grace ... The Gift that Keeps on Giving
11:00 a.m., University@Worship, University Church
Karl Haffner: Defining Grace
12:00 p.m., Spiritual Renewal, Behavioral Medicine Center gym
Lyndon Edwards: Grace for Service
12:00 p.m., Space for Grace, Murrieta POB, Temecula Room
Dustin Hickman: Grace for the Race
Tuesday, January 12
8:30 a.m., Morning Praise, LLU Surgical Hospital conference rooms
Dilys Brooks: Grace Changes Everything
11:00 a.m., University@Worship, University Church
Karl Haffner: Dangerously Dehydrated
12:00 p.m., Spiritual Renewal, Behavioral Medicine Center gym
Cristian Iordan: Grace Beyond Definition
Wednesday, January 13
8:30 a.m., Morning Praise, LLU Medical Center East Campus, Zapara Pavilion
Randy Roberts: Six Word Memoir
11:00 a.m., University@Worship, University Church
Karl Haffner: The Gospel of Getting Stoned
12:00 p.m., Spiritual Renewal, Behavioral Medicine Center gym
Dilys Brooks: Grace Changes Everything
12:00 p.m., Space for Grace, Murrieta POB, Temecula Room
Tim Lovegrove: Finding Your Identity in a Broken World
Thursday, January 14
8:30 a.m., Morning Praise, LLUAHSC 101, employee lounge
Ron Carter: Grace and the Science of Unity
11:00 a.m., University@Worship, University Church
Karl Haffner: Living Loving Lives
Friday, January 15
8:30 a.m., Morning Praise, LLUMC – Murrieta, POB, Temecula Room
Terry Swenson: Receiving is Believing
11:00 a.m., University@Worship, University Church
Karl Haffner: Starting Over
12:00 p.m., Space for Grace, Murrieta, POB, Temecula Room
Peggy Brock: “My Grace is Sufficient for You”
Sabbath, January 16
9:00 and 11:45 a.m., University Church at Worship, University Church
Karl Haffner: The Scandal of Grace
VIEW LIVE STREAMING SESSIONS VIA COMPUTER
The 8:30 a.m. morning praise sessions can be live streamed on your computer at lomalindarenewal.org and will be archived there for future viewing.
The 11:00 a.m. University@Worship services will be live streamed also at lomalindarenewal.org.