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October 1st
Hartford, CT
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Kenote Speakers:
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Visit Mary
Kassian's Website
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Mary Kassian is an author, speaker, and professor
at Southern Baptist Seminary. She has published several books, bible studies
and videos. She ministers to
women’s groups internationally having appearing on numerous radio and
television shows, including Focus on the
Family.
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Visit
Michelle
Hammond's Website
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Michelle Hammond
is a bestselling author, speaker and has authored over 30
books. She is known for “keeping it real,” addressing real-life issues with
candor and wit, and the hard questions with sensitivity and empathy.
Michelle’s underlying message is “get yourself in spiritual order and your
natural life will come
together.”
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Praise and Worship Leader
Racquel
Whipple
Seminar Presenters
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Fear Not Tomorrow: God Is Already
There: Trusting Him In
Uncertain Times
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Ruth Graham is the third child of
Rev. Billy and Ruth Graham. She seeks to minister God’s grace and
restoration to those who feel marginalized within the church. No stranger
to heartache herself, she provides a Biblical perspective through her
journey of faith. Ruth talks openly about her own pilgrimage of her
husband’s infidelities, her divorces, and her teenage daughter’s two
unplanned pregnancies.
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| A Mother and Son Who Broke Free:
Living Lifes Challenges With A Special Needs Child. |
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Emily Colson is the daughter of Charles Colson. She is an artist
and writer who now pours her
creative gifts into helping her son Max, who is diagnosed with autism. She
has even pioneered an innovative communication system to assist her son.
Emily has been a single mother for most of Max’s 19 years, with hard-fought
lessons of life, love, and laughter.
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| MomSense: Celebrating Your
Loud and Rowdy Sons |
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Jean Blackmer, MOPS Author 'Boy-sterous Living. 'Raising boys isn’t easy. Life
with them is loud. If it’s quiet, they’re probably up to
something. Boys are messy,
competitive, fearless, and proud. As the only female in a house with three sons, a husband, and two
male dogs, Jean Blackmer has learned a lot about living with boys. With humorous
insight and practical advice, she offers encouragement and ideas to
help Moms impact and
shape their sons. |
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Long Distance Grandma: Staying
Connected Across the Miles.
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Janet Teitsort is a grandmother who has
recently retired from a career as an elementary school teacher. She has eight
grandchildren, seven who live in Louisiana and one in Indiana. Teitsort is the
author of 'Long Distance Grandma, How to stay connected to your
grandkids.' |
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No More Christian Nice Girl: When Being
Nice - Instead of Good - Hurts You, Your Family and Your
Friends.
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Jennifer Degler is a licensed psychologist and life coach with a degree in
clinical psychology. She is known for her entertaining and engaging
presentations that make audiences laugh while they learn. Her willingness to "get
real" with audiences, make her a dynamic
speaker. Jennifer is the founder of Creating Christian Change, a life
coaching enterprise that works with clients helping them to create lives they
love.
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What Happened To My Life: Finding New
Passion, Purpose and Joy
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Danna Demetre is self-described as a “work in
progress, ” who knows what it means to be transformed by the renewing of her
mind." A survivor of marital infidelity, the heartbreak of rebellious
children, unrelenting panic attacks and prolonged bondage to food, she has
discovered that God’s Word is truly “living and active and more powerful than
a double-edged
sword”.
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Raising A Modern Day Princess:
Inspiring Purpose, Value and Strength In Your
Daughters.
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Pam Farrel is a
dynamic and accomplished speaker, bestselling author, and mommy mentor.
Farrel’s personal ministry experience stems from leading the women’s program
in her church, working with youth, and hosting a radio talk show.
Speaking to thousands across the country through her book titled 'Got
Teens?'Pam offers inspiration and instruction grounded in
biblical truths.
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| The Wonders of Being A
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Chaundell
Holladay,
Saddleback Church Women's
Ministry
She and her husband, Pastor Tom Holladay, have served at
Saddleback for 18 years where her brother, Rick
Warren is the founding
Pastor. Chaundel's passion is
leading the ministers’ wives ministry for theSaddleback ministers’
wives. Having a heart for pastors’ wives-both those who felt “called”
to be a minister’s wife or those who wonder how in the world they married a
man who ended up in
ministry.
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Overflow - Living from the Inside
Out
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Lucinda
Secrest McDowell will bring energy, encouragement to engage both hearts and minds.
She loves to reveal God’s Word as a practical answer to today’s challenges. A
graduate of Gordon-Cornwell Seminary, Cindy is a well-respected speaker and author
of eight books including Spa for the Soul, Role of a Lifetime, Amazed by Grace, and
the new 12-week Bible Study God’s Purpose for You. She has lived for 20 years in
New England with her husband and four children. |
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Beauty Beyond The Ashes: Choosing Hope
Over Crisis
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Cheryl McGuinness lost her husband, Tom, on
September 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center attacks. Since then, supported by her
deep faith in God, Cheryl is reaching out to others who have also experienced
tragedy by sharing her message of courage, determination and love. Her ministry,
"Beauty Beyond the Ashes," provides support and encouragement, particularly to
those struggling to rise above difficult circumstances. |
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Learning To Be Me and Loving
It:
Emerging Women (13-19)
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Tracie
Miles, Proverbs 31 Ministries has been
married to her husband, Michael, for over
17 years. She has three children, and
lives in the suburbs of Charlotte , NC . Tracie graduated from the University
of North Carolina at Charlotte and worked in the corporate world for 15 years,
until God called her to focus on building His kingdom through speaking and
writing. Tracie has been the Women's Ministry Director for a large Southern
church for five years. Her special passion is to love and encourage
young women to live for Jesus in all that they
do.
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Linda
Moore is a professional ICU nurse, recording and concert artist,
women's ministries director, consultant, speaker, and worship leader. This
has allowed her many opportunities to express her passion for God and His people.
Her ability to articulate biblical principles of faith and Christian living through
the power of God's grace has been an encouragement to many. Linda served as
Director of Vision New England Women's Ministries for eight and a half years,
before becoming Director of by design ministries.
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| Men Are Like Waffles and Women Are
Like Spaghetti |
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Pam & Bill Ferrel have been fascinated
with the question, "How?" ever since we met. When we got married we knew three
things: (1) We love Jesus. (2) We love each other. (3) We have a lot to learn if
we want to have a successful marriage. That created a passion in our hearts to
figure out how relationships work. They co-authored the book, 'Men are like
waffles, and women are like spaghetti.' |
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October
22nd
Milford, PA
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Kenote Speakers:
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Visit Elizabeth George's Website
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Elizabeth
George is an author teacher and speaker whose twenty year ministry
has been dedicated to teaching the bible to women in a way that changes their
lives. Her books, such as'A Woman After God's Own Heart' have
sold more than 4.9 million copies.
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Visit Shaunti Feldhahn's Website
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Shaunti
Feldhahn began her career as an analyst on Wall Street. Today she is
a best selling author of 'For Women Only: What You Need To Know About The
Inner Lives of Men' which has led to great life changes and plenty of
fascinating conversations between men AND women.
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Mom to Mom: Inside-out
Parenting
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Linda
Anderson relates intuitively to women at all ages and stages of life.
Her energetic teaching, personal warmth, strong Biblical background, and engaging
humor connect powerfully with both believers and seekers. Wife, mother and
grandmother, teacher and former Pastor of Adult Education, Linda is the founder
of Mom To Mom Ministries and author of a three-year Mom To Mom curriculum. Linda
serves on the Board of Trustees of Gordon-Conwell
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The Princess Factor: You're The Daugher
of a King
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Pamela
Cahill is dynamic, delightful and encouraging. She is passionate
about the Lord and shares her passion with a great sense of
humor. She has learned, through life experiences, how to overcome
fears, whether great or small. She enjoys having the opportunity to share these
life lessons with women in all walks of life. In her talk, “The Princess
Factor”, Pamela shares how to handle situations dealing with relationships,
attitudes and brokenness in a way that truly brings out the princess factor in the
lives of God’s women.
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You Were Set Free To Live Free:
Overcoming The Lies That Women Tell
Themselves
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Dr. Saundra
Dalton-Smith is a board-certified internal medicine physician. She has
been a adjunct faculty member at Baker College and Davenport University in
Michigan. Saundra is married and has two sons. She is a committed Christian
and a member of Harvest Church of God. Her new book is being released in 2011
by 'Set Free to Live Free: Breaking Through the Seven Lies Women Tell
Themselves.'
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Encouragement: The Fuel For
Lifelong
Christ-centered Friendships
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Barbara Doyle had
worked early on with women on college campuses throughout the Northeast
through the Navigators program and led the charge on the first ever Iron
Sharpens Iron Women's Conference in 2009. Having been married
for twenty years with 5 kids led her to develop many creative
strategies in balancing life as a busy mom in 21st century. Through
God's Word Barbara will reveal some of the basic priciples God's has laid out for
us to balance life and all that comes with it.
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Our Daily Walk: Seeking God Daily to
Experience the Life He Intended
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Dawn Hambrecht,
Wintonbury Ladies Ministry loves teaching and her passion is to share
how God continually gives her new hope through the study of His Word. Dawn
seeks to teach women how they can effectively communcate with God every day amon
the distractions we face. She lives in West Hartford, Connecticut with her
husband Uwe and their four children.
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His Problem, Her Dilema:
Rebuilding A Foundation of Trust
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Vicki & Rick Kardos,
pureHOPE Ministries and
The Nathan Project: Rick is the Executive Director for New England of
the pureHOPE Coalition. He and his wife Vicki co-founded TNP, a ministry serving men and the families of
men struggling with sexual addiction. Rick’s personal battle with the
addiction and subsequent recovery by God's Great Grace is at the foundation of
their ministry. Vicki has been led by God to equip women to move from guilt
and denial to freedom and emotional health.
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Now and Not Yet: Making Sense of Single
Life in the Twenty First Century
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Jennifer Marshall,
Author Now and Not yet: Single Living in 2011 is the director of Domestic
Policy Stuides at the Heritage Foundation and oversees research in areas that
determine the character of our culture: educatoin, marriage, family, religion, and
civil society. She talks about the cultural issues women face as the married
age of women continues to increases each year in America.
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Nifty After Fifty: The Blest Is Yet To
Come!
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When you
thought about hitting the big 'five-oh', did you wonder if that was the
beginning of the end? Well, after
turning 50, Shirley experienced divorce ending her 27 year marriage, heart
surgery, a stroke, and brain hemorrhages. Miraculously, God has used these
severe challenges to not only draw her closer to Himself, but to grow her faith
and empower her! Here, in the second half of her life, Shirley has
committed to do ministry she never thought
possible! She’s eager to share with you how she came to trust
God’s quiet whispers - from His heart to hers - no matter what He asks or
permits!
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Being You: Young Women and The Power of
Making Good Choices. (Emerging Women 13-19)
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Jackie Shannon,
Soul Care 4 Women has a master’s degree from Liberty University with
emphasis in counseling women. For 15 years, Jackie has served in women’s ministry,
teaching, speaking, writing curriculum, facilitating grief/counseling groups for
women. Her passion is helping women navigate life’s challenges, using faith,
Christ-centered counseling, healthy support and God-given strengths.
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True Confessions of a "SuperWoman"
Drop-Out: Debunking The Myth of Having It All
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Kristi Stoughton
shows how solid, biblical truths apply to every facet of our lives and how God
desires to be a part of everything we do. She shares with honesty, humor and
practicality about life’s joys, doldrums and sorrows, and about how to live
victoriously by holding on to God. In a demanding world, Kristi loves to dispel the
myth of the “superwoman” and happily bears the title of “Superwoman
Dropout”
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Peace In the Storms of Life: Keys To
Unlocking and Listening to the Voice of God
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Mary Hamrick is the
Co-Founder and President of Dragonfly Ministries. She also serves as the Field
Education mentor for Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Her captivating
testimony chronicles a journey of relying on God’s strength and guidance through a
decision to donate her kidney to a neighbor. This story is a wonderful description
of what it means to honor God fully with our lives. Mary’s chief calling is to
reflect God’s light, joy, and love so that others will be drawn to Him.
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Avoiding the Three Biggest Budget Busters
To Your Finances: Living Biblical Stewardship
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Yvonne Mitto,
is the New England area Director for Compass Financial which was founded by Howard
Dayton in 2010. Yvonne wishes to equip women in God's financial priciples so
they may know Him more intimately; being free to serve Him, and better help fund
the Great Commission. Yvonne trains churches all over New England as an advocate
for debt-free living and brings her passion for God's message to her seminars and
workshops.
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