The Wayne E. Oates Institute is a Connected Learning Community exploring spirituality and health as a way to advance integrative care for the whole person. The Oates Institute is a non-profit educational organization made up of caregivers from the medical, spiritual and counseling communities providing a forum for joining together as an interdisciplinary dialogue toward understanding the relationship between spirituality and the healing process.

This Friday, October 2, is the deadline for making reservations for the Oates Institute's 2009 Annual Forum and Oates Award Dinner.  Allan Josephson, MD, the 2009 Oates Award recipient, will speak on Clinical Truth and Spiritual Truth:  Are They the Same? In addition to hearing from and honoring Dr. Josephson, this annual forum is an opportunity to connect and converse with professional and lay caregivers in pastoral care, counseling, medicine, nursing, social work, and various faith communities. This event is on Thursday, October 8, beginning at 6 p.m., at Broadway Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and reservations are required to attend.

Allan Josephson, MD, serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Bingham Child Guidance Center, Professor and Associate Chair for Child and Adolescent Programs, and Division Director of Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatry at University of Louisville School of Medicine. He is a prolific writer in his professional discipline and has taught and spoken to many national organizations, schools, community agencies, churches, and media on subjects related to child, adolescent and family mental health, religion, and spirituality. Dr. Josephson and his wife, Jeri, have three children, Sarah, Matthew, and Rachel.

The Wayne Oates Award was established in 1989 to honor Dr. Wayne E. Oates and Dr. Josephson has met the Oates Award criteria through his faithful service on Christian Education, Marriage Enrichment, and Counseling committees in the various congregations where he has lived. Through education, writing, speaking, and the creation of new programs, Allan Josephson has demonstrated longevity, excellence, personal integrity, and faithfulness to individuals, institutions, faith groups and professional organizations.

Reservations for the Annual Forum and Oates Award Dinner are $30 per person and may be made online (click on the link below) or by calling the Oates Institute office, 502-459-2370.

Sponsors for the Annual Forum and Oates Award Dinner include Norton Healthcare and the Long Run Baptist Association. Table sponsors include University of Louisville School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Jan and Norris Shockley, Betty Jo Gaba, and Lynn Smith.

Make your reservation(s) now