CHRIS CAHILL

• B.A. 1975, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana - Latin & Mathematics
• M.Div. 1980, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri
• Doctor of Ministry 2005, Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, Ohio - Spiritual Formation
• Certificate in Formational Prayer, Institute of Formational Counseling at Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, Ohio
• Member, International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP), 2016
• Certification as Compassion Fatigue Professional from International Association of Trauma Professionals, 2016
• Certificate, Thriving in Church Ministries, 2019, Ashland, Ohio

• "Bridges Out of Poverty"

In 2014

• Foster Parent Training, Wayne County OH, Saturdays - January 4 - February 8, 2014
• LCMS Ministerial Care Coalition annual conference, Birmingham AL - September 15-17, 2014
• SELC District General Pastors' Conference, Lake Mary FL - October 5-8, 2014
• Dayton area Coalition Against Human Trafficking Annual Seminar, October 29, 2014
• Medina County Share Cluster "Street Smart" drug awareness workshop - November 19, 2014

In 2015

• Medina County Coalition Against Human Trafficking one-day Seminar - January 16, 2015
• Medina County Coalition Against Human Trafficking Train the Trainer - January 22, 2015
• St. John Lutheran Church "Spiritual Fellowship Retreat", Sugarcreek OH - March 7, 2015
• SELC District Convention, Clark NJ - April 9-12, 2015
• Medina County Share Cluster Workshops "Addiction and the Brain; Professional Ethics" - May 1, 2015
• Institute of Formational Counseling "Healing Care Retreat", Ashland OH - May 27-31, 2015
• Medina County Share Cluster "Children of Trauma" Workshop 1 - June 3, 2015
• LCMS Ministerial Care Coalition annual conference, Denver CO - September 14-16, 2015
• Medina County Share Cluster "Therapeutic Writings as Trauma Intervention" workshop - October 12-13, 2015
• SELC District Central Circuit Pastors' Conference, Lodi OH - October 20, 2015
• Healing Care Ministries "Caregivers' Summit", Ashland OH - October 29-31, 2015
• Greater Cleveland Healing Care Conference, Independence OH - November 20, 2015

In 2016

• SELC District / Center for US MIssions "Churches Planting Churches" Conference, Lake Mary FL - January 11-12
• Ashland County Mental Health and Recovery Board / Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center "When Faith Hurts" Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Conference, Ashland OH - March 1-2
• Medina County Share Cluster Workshop "Chasing the Dream:  Recovery Happens / Update on Opiates, Heroin, Marijuana, Addiction and Recovery" - April 6, 2016
• IATP "10 Core Competencies of Trauma, PTSD, Grief and Loss" and "Evidence-Based Trauma Treatments and Interventions" - October 17-18, 2016

In 2017

• Ashland Theological Seminary "Liturgical Leadership:  Facilitating Reformation Through Relationship" - Bishop Joey Johnson, presenter - June 7-9, 2017; 1.8 CE Units
• PESI seminar "Self-Regulation in Children:  Keeping the Body, Mind & Emotions on Task in Children with Autism, ADHD or Sensory Disorders" -  Vickie Maertz, presenter - July 12, 2017
• SELC District Professional Church Workers Conference / Ambassadors of Reconciliation "Go and Be Reconciled" - Ted Kober, presenter - September 25-27, 2017, 6 contact hours

• Ohio District (LCMS) Northwest Circuit III Convocation "Caring for Depressed and Despairing People (Souls)" - Dr. Beverly Yahnke (Executive Director, Doxology), presenter, June 9, 2018, 6 contact hours
• SpeakUP/ Lutheran Foundation seminar on Suicide, including certificate of completion of SafeTALK curriculum - June 14, 2018 - 7 contact hours
• Third Annual "Responding to the Needs of Victims" Conference, Summit County Prosecutors' office, Akron, Ohio, September 21, 6 contact hours
• 11th Annual Pat Risser RSVP Mental Health Conference, Ashland County Mental Health and Recovery Board, Ashland, Ohio, October 3
• Emotional CPR training, Ashland County Mental Health and Recovery Board, Ashland, Ohio, October 4
• Annual conference and meeting of Lutheran Church Extension Fund, San Diego CA, November 15-17
• Ashland University Correctional Education Re-Entry Summit, Ashland, Ohio, December 5
• Participation in "Thriving in Church Church Ministries" Certificate program, Ashland Theological Seminary, Winter 2018-Spring 2019

• Workshop on Toxic Stress, Medina Community Hospital, Medina, Ohio March 13
• SELC District Professional Church Workers' Conference (including Grace Place Wellness / Lutheran Wellness Wheel), Parma, Ohio, May 6-7
• Grace Place Wellness Retreat, Stroudsburg, PA, August 5-9
• LCMS Ministerial Care Coalition Conference, St Louis MO, Sept 18-20
• LookUp Faith Conference (sponsored by Lutheran Foundation of Fort Wayne), Ft Wayne IN, October 7
• SELC District Central Circuit Pastors' Conference, Lorain OH, October 22-23
• DOXOLOGY Cohort Gathering, Donaldson IN, October 4-7
• CE seminar, Ohio Codes of Ethics for Mental Health and Social Workers, Ashland OH, Dec 5

• SELC District Central Circuit Pastors' Conference, Sharon PA, Feb 4-5
• DOXOLOGY Cohort Encore, Donaldson IN, Feb 7-8
• "Trauma-Informed Care and Grief", Medina County Board of Mental Redardation and Developmental Disabilities, Medina OH, Feb 19
• Webinar, "Teaching for Transformation", Healing Care Ministries, Ashland OH, Feb 25
• Communications webinars, Concordia Publishing House, weekly April 28-June 9
• LCMS Ministerial Care Coalition meeting, April 28
• Webinar, "Ministry in Calamity:  Realities, Temptations, and Resources for Pastors", Dr. Bev Yahnke, June 2
• Webinar, "The Resliient Pastor", Lutheran Foundation of Fort Wayne and Brotherhood Mutual, July 28
• LCMS Ministerial Care Coalition meeting and review of survey results, September 24
• SELC District Professional Church Workers' Conference, Sharon PA, September 29
• LCMS Ministerial Care Coalition meeting, November 10
• LookUp Webinar, "Substance Use in a Global Pandemic" Lutheran Foundation of Fort Wayne, November 20

• Formational Prayer Seminar II, Healing Care Ministries, Ashland OH, January 12, 14, 21, 23
• Galatians, Concordia Seminary Lay Bible Institute, St Louis MO, Feb 6

• "On the Seventh Day:  Rest for the Caregiver" with Ronald W. Jones in Caring Connections Volume 3, Number 3, Fall 2006
• "Life of the Beloved Pastor" included in Turning the Wheel:  Henri Nouwen and Our Search for God
• "To the Ends of the Earth" - Bible Study for 2014 SELC District LWML Convention
• "Abuse of Pastors, Parts 1 and 2" - Presentations for SELC District Board of Directors, 2015 & 2016
• "More than a Metaphor" - paper for the Exegetical Symposium at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, February 2017
• "Reflections on Being a Prodigal Pastor" in Caring Connections Volume 15, Number 3, Fall 2018 (page 24)
• "Some Applications of the Confession/Absolution Paradigm" Part 1 and Part 2 (AKA "Ministry in a Time of Domestic Abuse") at SELC District Central Circuit Pastors' Conference, Arnold PA, October 2018
• "Reflections of a Prodigal Pastor" devotion at SELC District Professional Church Workers' Conference, Sharon PA, September 29, 2020