Take a break from the challenges of your life and practice and join your medical & dental colleagues for a special time of refreshment and renewal, worship and teaching in that e iconic town of Cannon Beach, Oregon. You share something unique with your Christian medical colleagues as with no other friends or church folks. Join us to learn, to interact, to question, to grow and to worship with your medical colleagues.
Worship with “Larry and the Band” and glean truth and principles from God’s Word in eight teaching sessions over four days.
If you travel any great distance, you will appreciate that we start on Thursday night along with three extra sessions for those who can come one day early. The main conference starts on Friday night at 8pm.
- Please register for the conference here on the CMDA website.
- Then please call Cannon Beach Conference Center to arrange for their lodging and meals.
If you plan to stay off site, call Cannon Beach to order your meals: 503-436-1501.
An iconic destination, Cannon Beach, OR boasts the third largest monolithe Seastack in the world, Haystack Rock, and features a flat, delightful, walkable, three-mile sandy beach providing the perfect place to get away and enjoy the iconic Oregon Coast, rain or shine. And usually, January provides a window of remarkable weather for this event. Google Haystack Rock and Cannon Beach and look at the beautiful vistas. The town of Cannon Beach features many artists, great food and activities including kite flying for all levels, horseback riding, e-bikes to rent, three miles of beach combing for walking and running, and several other beach towns nearby with several historical sites to enjoy. Some beaches nearby allow you to drive right on the sand! Since 1968, Oregon is one of the few states where all beaches, up to the vegetation line, allow the public complete access! What a gift!
| Price | Registration Options |
| $200 | Practicing Physician or Dentist (CMDA member) |
| $250 | Practicing Physician or Dentist (non-member) |
| $100 | All Other Practicing Healthcare Professionals (CMDA member) |
| $150 | All Other Practicing Healthcare Professionals (non-member) |
| $100 | Active Missionary on Furlough |
| $100 | Military |
| $100 | Retired Physician or Dentist |
| $50 | Resident/Fellow |
| $50 | All non-student spouses |
| $0 | Healthcare student or student spouse |
| $150 | Non-healthcare individual |
| $50 | Early Day (Thursday) for practicing healthcare professionals or non-healthcare individual |
| $0 | Early Day (Thursday) for active missionary, military, student, resident or retired individual |
Cory Wilson, MD, MA in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics, lives and works in Southern California. His wife, Michal, is a psychologist, and his two adult sons, Caleb and Joshua, live in Southern California as well. Cory works full-time in Urgent Care for Southern California Permanente Medical Group. He is interested in and speaks on issues at the intersection of Christian theology, philosophy, and medicine, focusing most closely on philosophy of mind and the mind-body problem.
Drs. Joon and Amelou Degado
| Thursday, January 15, 2026 | |
| 3:00 PM | Early Day Check In |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner in Dining Hall |
| 7:30 PM | Session 1: TBA |
| Friday, January 16, 2026 | |
| 7:30 AM | Group Prayer: Kevin Taylor, MD |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 11:00 AM | Session 2: TBA |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM | Session 3: TBA |
| 2:30 PM | Free Time |
| 3:00 PM | Main Conference Check In opens |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner on your own |
| 6:00 PM | Student & Resident Dinner in Dining Hall |
| 8:00 PM | Welcome & Worship |
| 8:30 PM | Session 4: TBA |
| 10:00 PM | Student & Resident Game Night in the Gym |
| Saturday, January 17, 2026 | |
| 7:30 AM | Group Prayer: Kevin Taylor, MD |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | Free Time – Walk on the Beach |
| 11:00 AM | Session 5: TBA |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM | Session 6: TBA |
| 2:30 PM | Free Time |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 7:30 PM | Variety Show |
| Sunday, January 18, 2026 | |
| 7:30 AM | Group Prayer: Kevin Taylor, MD |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:30 AM | Session 7: TBA |
| 11:00 AM | Worship |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM | Depart |
