A Christ-centered conference exploring the heart, healing, prayer, and spiritual freedom.
Life experiences can shape the way we think, feel, relate, and respond—sometimes in ways we don't fully understand. Awaken is an invitation to better understand what may be keeping you stuck and discover how God can meet you in those places with hope, healing, and freedom.
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You were never meant to stay stuck.
The heart of Awaken: to Hope and Healing is to help people recognize that the places where life has wounded, overwhelmed, or held them back do not have to define where they remain.
Through biblical truth, counseling insights, inner healing, prayer, and spiritual freedom, Awaken creates space to better understand what is happening within us and explore how God meets us in our stories.
This conference is not only for those walking through a difficult season. It is also for anyone who wants to better understand themselves, grow in their relationship with God, learn how life experiences affect the heart, or discover more about healing and freedom from a Christ-centered perspective.
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Awaken is for anyone longing for hope, healing, and a deeper understanding of how God meets us in the places that have shaped our stories.
Awaken is relevant for anyone who wants to learn and grow. Pastors, ministry leaders, counselors, caregivers, parents, mentors, and others who regularly walk alongside people may find the teaching particularly helpful.
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A welcoming day of honest stories, practical insight, biblical encouragement, and meaningful teaching from three speakers with unique experiences and perspectives on healing.
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How our experiences impact the way we live and relate, what healing can look like, and how hope, truth, and connection with God can help us move forward.
Three Pathways
Three Speakers
Discover how our experiences can affect our thoughts, emotions, relationships, and responses—and how greater understanding can help us move toward emotional health and growth.
UNDERSTAND Counseling & the Heart
Explore how God meets us in wounded places and how prayer can create space to recognize His presence, hear His voice, and experience healing.
HEAL
Inner Healing & Prayer
WALK IN FREEDOM
Deliverance & Spiritual Freedom
Learn about spiritual freedom from a biblical perspective and consider how deliverance can be part of a Christ-centered journey toward greater wholeness.
Theresa Classe
Theresa Classe is the Executive Director of The Inheritance House, where she helps create spaces for people to encounter Jesus, experience emotional and spiritual healing, and grow in freedom.
Her passion for inner healing grew from her own journey through pain and trauma and her experience of God's faithfulness within those places. Today, that journey allows her to walk alongside others with compassion as they seek healing, direction, and a deeper awareness of God's presence.
Through prayer ministry, classes, and Heart & Art with Jesus, Theresa has helped expand The Inheritance House's mission of helping people experience healing through relationship, community, prayer, and connection with Christ.
Director at The Inheritance House
Anthony Cravaritis
Anthony Cravaritis has served as a licensed mental health counselor for more than 20 years and is the owner of Search for Strength Counseling. After serving in youth ministry, he pursued his master's degree at Reformed Theological Seminary, which opened opportunities to teach, speak, and lead retreats.
For the past decade, Anthony has also led Legacy River Trips, guiding fathers and sons as they explore biblical masculinity and meaningful connection. At Awaken, Anthony will bring his counseling background and understanding of the heart to conversations surrounding emotional healing, growth, and hope.
Anthony and his wife have been married for more than 20 years and have two daughters. He especially enjoys time in nature, sports, and making memories with his family.
License Mental Health Counselor 
Doctor of Chiropractic and Deliverance MinisterDr. David Ayris
Dr. David Ayris has practiced chiropractic care since 1999 and is the owner of Ayris Chiropractic. Alongside his work in healthcare, David has served in deliverance ministry for approximately 25 years, including several years on church staff as an ordained deliverance pastor.
Today, he provides individual deliverance ministry through his chiropractic practice and teaches and ministers in churches and home groups. His particular passion is walking personally with individuals seeking greater spiritual freedom.
David and his wife have been married for 38 years and have three children and three grandchildren. Outside of ministry and chiropractic care, he enjoys spending time with his family and creating metal art.
Different areas of experience. One shared hope: helping people move toward greater healing, freedom, wholeness, and connection with God.
FAQs
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Do I need to be going through something difficult to attend?
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Not at all. Awaken is for those seeking healing as well as those who simply want to learn more about themselves, understand the heart, deepen their relationship with God, or better understand Christ-centered approaches to healing and freedom.
What is included with registration?
Is this counseling?
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Awaken is an educational and ministry conference. Although counseling principles will be discussed by a licensed mental health counselor, attending the conference is not the same as entering into a professional counseling relationship.
Will I have to share personal information?
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No. You are invited to participate at your own pace. There is no expectation that attendees publicly share personal experiences.
What does “inner healing” mean?
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What do you mean by “deliverance”?
Inner healing is a prayer-centered process of inviting God into places of emotional pain, wounds, memories, or beliefs and allowing His presence and truth to bring greater healing, understanding, and freedom.
At Awaken, deliverance will be discussed from a Christ-centered perspective as an aspect of spiritual freedom and prayer. The conference will provide teaching intended to help attendees better understand its role within a broader journey toward spiritual and emotional wholeness.
Registration includes conference teaching, conference materials, the full conference experience, and opportunities for personal prayer and ministry if desired.