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Motivating and Practical
Each of these speakers emphasizes a unique
and important element for family life.
Speakers:
 Dr.
Rob Rienow
Visionary Parenting
Rob has the ability to see the bigger picture and has a way of motivating parents
to think biblically about their children. |
 Kirk
Weaver
Family Time
Training
Kirk has poured his life into teaching parents exciting ways to be spiritual
leaders in their homes. He has written several books published by Focus on the
Family and the National Center for Biblical Parenting. |
 Dr.
Scott Turansky
National Center for
Biblical Parenting
Scott has been helping families grow and develop
for over 25 years. He delights in providing practical
strategies to help parents with the challenges they
face in family life. |
 Joanne
Miller, RN, BSN
National Center
for Biblical Parenting
Joanne is a pediatric nurse, author, and public speaker,
looking to help parents focus on the hearts of their
children.
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Workshops:
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Tracie
Collier
Preschool Ministry Associate, Willowbrook
Baptist Church
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Fun and Engaging Ways to Excite
Your Preschoolers About Faith
Workshop Description: Are preschoolers too young to learn about faith in
Christ? No way! Learn easy ways to share your faith
and the love of God with your preschooler. You’ll be planting seeds
of faith that will, in God’s timing, grow into
a wonderful walk with Christ.
About Tracie: Tracie
Collier is employed as a Preschool Ministry Associate
at Willowbrook Baptist Church in Huntsville, Alabama.
She has participated in some form of preschool ministry
for over 20 years. Tracie has had the pleasure of
teaching preschool Sunday School at Willowbrook for
over 10 years. David and Tracie have been married
for 15 years and have two sons, Henry and Ethan.
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Phil Downer
President of Discipleship
Network of America
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Paul
Downer
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Anna
Downer |
Restoring Fractured Families:
The Journey From Heartache To Healing
Workshop Description: Come
hear a gripping, vulnerable inside-story of one family’s
battle with the life-scaring forces of anger, control,
anxiety, performance-based acceptance, remembered
childhood pain, broken trust, passive-aggressiveness,
and regret. But more than anything, this session
provides encouragement, practical insights, clear
steps of application, and the powerful hope that
even the most broken of families can be restored.
About Phil, Paul, and Anna: Phil
Downer speaks and trains extensively on topics related
to marriage, raising children, rebuilding broken
relationships, and living a life of practical disciple-making.
His son Paul has been a four-time platform speaker
at Promise Keepers Canada, and has trained families
on the biblical principles that transformed his relationships.
Anna Downer speaks with candor, compassion, and insight
on the core identity issues that shape and define
our motivations and our interpersonal relationships.
She has a rare ability to communicate the heart of
relational dynamics in ways that are clear, challenging,
and transformative.
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Freda
Doxey
Counselor and Speaker |
Love Never
Fails: Parenting Children with Difficult Behaviors
Workshop Description: Based
off of the parenting model in the book, Beyond Consequences,
Logic, and Control: A Love Based Approach to Helping
Children with Severe Behaviors, this workshop is
designed to help parents and caretakers make healthy
and loving connections with their children. When
traditional parenting techniques fail, or make it
worse, we often feel overwhelmed and hopeless. This
happens because most traditional techniques are fear-based.
Learn a new ground-breaking parenting approach that
has helped even the most difficult of family situations
find stability and healing, and be supported by parents
who understand how difficult it can be! The “Beyond
Consequences” technique has helped families
find the healing that they have been looking for
after years of “trying everything and nothing
worked.”
About Freda: Freda
Doxey is a gifted counselor and prolific speaker
who has traveled near and abroad helping families
heal by providing sound wisdom and practical biblical
principles. She holds a master degree in Biblical
Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary, a master
degree in Public Administration from the University
of Missouri and a bachelor’s degree in Business
Administration from Cheyney University. Currently,
she serves as the chaplain of the Women’s National
Basketball Association (WNBA) Atlanta Dream where
she conducts weekly chapel services and Bible study
for professional women basketball players. As a licensed
professional counselor, certified parenting trainer
and owner of a private practice, she provides biblical
counseling for adolescents, family couples and individuals
with specialties in addiction, depression, women
issues and anger management. Freda has been married
for fifteen years to Pastor Gentry Doxey. They are
the proud parents of two daughters, Candace and Heavyn
Doxey.
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Molly
Evert
Writer, Editor, Homeschool Mom |
Building Loyalty Between Siblings
Workshop Description: Children can be taught to get along. In this workshop,
Molly shares biblical parenting principles to teach
children how to honor God and each other in the sibling
relationships.
About Molly: Molly
Evert and her husband David have been married for
19 years. They spent the first several years of marriage
serving as missionaries with Operation Mobilization.
Now they reside in Georgia, where they are members
of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Molly stays
busy writing, speaking, and homeschooling her four
boys, ages 5 to 14. Life is about to get even fuller,
as she and her family eagerly await a precious
baby girl, due in September. Molly is the creator
of My Audio School, a website which provides educational
audio content for children. She is a writer/editor
for Mentoring Moments for Christian Women and a
writer for the Georgia Home Educator’s
Association.
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Kelvin Ford
Student Pastor at New Covenant Christian Ministries |
Building Better Cooperation with Better Communication
Workshop Description: This workshop highlights an instruction routine that helps parents receive a greater level of cooperation with their children. You will be equipped with skills that are both practical and relational. The skills learned can improve your daily interactions with one another, and it can help your child develop skills that can prepare them for life.
About Kelvin: Kelvin is currently the Student Pastor at New Covenant Christian Ministries, and has been serving in children and youth ministries for over 20 years. He is a presenter with the National Center for Biblical Parenting and is a certified instructor with Family Wellness and Associates. Kelvin uses both resources to strengthen families to receive healthier relationships. He and his wife Carol have been married for 16 years and have a 15 year old son, Clinten and an 8 year old daughter, Kailey. |
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Rich Griffith
Youth and Family Pastor at The Orchard Church
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Celebrating
Annual Rite of Passage Events to Strengthen Your
Child’s Identity
Workshop
Description: Every year in your child’s
life can have a rite of passage event. Some are more
obvious such as entering kindergarten or graduating
from one school to another. Others are more unique
for your child. Come and explore the possibilities
of celebrating your child’s uniqueness and
maturity.
About Rich: Rich has been involved
in Youth and Family Ministry for 25 years and
has mentored many young people over the years.
He helped pioneer Young Life’s Ministry to Middle School Students
called Wyld Life. Rich is a contributor to the
popular “Teen Devotional Bible” and
a consultant with various organizations, including
Military Community Youth Ministries. He received
his Masters of Theology from Fuller Theological
Seminary and is currently pursuing a D. Min. for
Youth, Family and Culture. Rich is soon to be the
father to adopted twin boys, Christian and Collin
who are 12 years old. He also runs two Christian
Martial Arts Studios. |
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Scott Jablonski
Student Pastor at Briarlake Baptist Church
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Preparing for Puberty
Workshop
Description: This workshop is designed for parents
of preteens and Junior High kids (6th-7th grades).
Children have a difficult time navigating puberty.
However during this life transition, most parents
are as unprepared as their kids. Parents will learn
about the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual
changes that happen during puberty. This will help
them be better prepared for those crazy years.
About Scott: Scott Jablonski is the Student Pastor
at Briarlake Baptist Church in Decatur. He has
worked with students for over 17 years. One of
his passions is to equip and train parents to be
all that God has desired for them to be as parents.
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Linda Ranson Jacobs
Leader of the Single Parent Ministry
for the National Center for Biblical Parenting
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Operation Return Home
Workshop
Description: In America we like to think that childhood is a happy time for children. For most children this is true, but for the children of deploying or returning warriors their lives are filled with stress, uncertainty, and worry about their parents. Learn about some easy and simple steps you can take to lessen the stress for your children, for the parent left at home, and for the deployed parent.
About Linda: Linda Ranson Jacobs has over thirty years of experience working with children. She was the key developer for the children's component for Operation Homefront Returning Warriors Weekend Retreat. She also developed DivorceCare for Kids (www.dc4k.org) and currently conducts seminars for churches on ministering to children experiencing crisis and trauma, accommodating challenging behavior children, children of divorce, and churches helping military families.
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Brittany Smith
Young Adult Daughter of David and Jackie Smith
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Parenting Daughters: What Works and What Doesn't
Workshop
Description: What's going on in her heart and mind? It seems impossible to raise a Godly and sexually pure teenage girl in this day and age. Get straight answers from a teenage daughter who's been there and has been able to remain pure through it all.
About Brittany: Brittany has grown up attending public school and having to deal with the real world, yet has remained a strong Christian. God gave her much favor throughout her high school years and she was able to be a positive influence to her peers. Brittany consistently led worship at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes services, had the honor of singing at her Baccalaureate and was crowned both prom queen and homecoming queen by her 2009 Senior Class consisting of over 600 students at Bob Jones High School in Madison, Alabama. Brittany, age 18, currently leads worship, speaks to young girls and teenagers about purity and passion for God and is pursuing a career as a recording artist. |
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David and Jackie Smith
Children's Pastors
at The Rock Family Worship Center in Huntsville, Alabama
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Strategies for Parenting Preteens
Workshop
Description: Dave and Jackie will encourage parents through their own experience of parenting three teenagers, (currently ages 14, 16, and 18), that it is possible to raise godly and respectable teenagers in this day and age. Come learn effective tools of communication, relationship building, and discipline that really work.
About David and Jackie: Dave and Jackie Smith have been married for 22 years and have been in full time ministry to elementary age children for 18 years. They have three amazing teenagers who love God and are also involved in the worship and children's ministry at their local church. Dave and Jackie are currently the Children's Pastors at The Rock Family Worship Center in Huntsville, Alabama and oversee elementary children's ministry to 3 campuses. |
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Diane Snyder
Director of Preschool Ministries
and Weekday Preschool Director at Wildwood Baptist Church
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Understanding Your Preschooler
Workshop
Description: This workshop will address the strengths and needs of preschoolers as well as the expectations we should have for them. You will identify fun ways to help preschoolers learn and address some methods that enable parents to enjoy our preschoolers on a daily basis.
About Diane: Diane holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Vocational Home Economics Education with a specialty in Child Development from West Virginia University, with graduate work from Pennsylvania State University. She is married to Don Snyder and has two grown children. A member of Wildwood since 1984, Diane taught and directed the Preschool Sunday School department. She also taught Weekday Preschool for 11 years prior to establishing and opening Wildwood Baptist Preschool in 1995. She has served as Director since that time. She is active in the North Cobb/Cherokee Preschool Directors' Association, National Association for the Education of Young Children and serves as the Training Committee Chair for Georgia Preschool Association, facilitating an annual conference for Preschool teachers from across the state since 1999. She also belongs to the Northwest Georgia United Methodist Preschool Directors' Association and the West Cobb Preschool Directors' Association. |
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Chris Trent
Middle School Pastor
at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church
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Understanding
How Technology Impacts Youth Culture
Workshop
Description: In a world where technology
changes every day it can be overwhelming to keep
up with how it impacts our children. In this
workshop, you’ll consider
how technology influences the lives of children
and teenagers. Here you’ll gain practical
insight on the good and the bad of technology,
steps on how to keep it safe, and also get some
practical tips on how to use it. Issues related
to Facebook, Internet usage, cell phones, and other
current issues will be discussed.
About Chris: Chris began his walk with Christ
during the summer between his 11th and 12th grade
year of high school. Soon after, he sensed a calling
into full time youth ministry. Chris has been involved
in youth ministry for 20 years. He now serves as
the Middle School Minister at Johnson Ferry Baptist
Church. He is passionate about helping middle school
students understand that they can know and serve
God in a big way. Chris holds a Masters of Divinity
from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
and a Bachelors degree in religion from the University
of Mobile. He is married to Wendy and together
they have a ten-year-old son named Dillon and six-year-old
daughter named Abby. |
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Marcy Wagstaff
Minister
to Children at First Baptist Church Hendersonville |
Children and Grief
Workshop Description: Grief is something we all have to deal with. Learn
how to help the child in your life deal with grief
and loss. This class will give practical ideas for
ministry as well as discuss questions such as: What
are the important considerations of grieving children?
How can I help my child through the grieving? Should
children attend funerals? How does a child view death?
This is a helpful workshop for anyone who loves a
child and wants to help.
About Marcy: Marcy
Wagstaff has been in full time children’s ministry
for 24 years. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in
Music Education and a Master’s Degree from
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Marcy
and her husband, James, have 2 sons, Noah and Nash.
She enjoys gardening, music, and photography.
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