Finding Joy When Life is Hard

Laurie is a wife, mom and grandmother. She is the author of Counting It All Joy and co-author of Fiercely Faithful. Laurie shares her story of finding joy again after years of suffering and devastating loss following her husband’s life changing accident and surgery gone wrong that left him disabled and unable to speak. Their youngest son also faced a scary diagnosis along with many other difficult losses. Through many years of struggle and sorrow, Laurie was able to find joy again in spite of her difficult circumstances and has found her passion in writing and speaking encouragement to others walking through tough seasons in life.

Standing in the Gap

Angela is an author, speaker, and Christian coach, certified in the areas of life, recovery, grief, trauma, and joy restoration. Angie has been coaching for many years and uses her own life experiences to help navigate and guide others to success. She has developed tools that incorporate her faith and her drive to overcome life’s obstacles. The one thing Angie attributes her personal victories to is her relationship with God and her deep faith. Angie's calling is to teach others about God, life, and how the two go hand in hand. Come take part in this interaction! She says you may laugh, cry, and above all, grow more Christlike together.

Raising Godly Children in an Ungodly World

Beth has been teaching young mothers about Biblical parenting for over 25 years. Beth and her husband Todd have been married for over 33 years and have 2 grown daughters and one grandson. Her husband is the Director of Spiritual Growth at Get Strong Ministries, and Todd and Beth are the lead teachers for Marriage Enrichment at Long Hollow Church. In this session she will discuss how to intentionally parent your children in a Christ-centered home vs. a Child-centered home. She will talk about habits and disciplines that we need as parents to ensure that our children will walk in a way that honors Christ.

Wielding Discernment in the Wild of Today

Gina is a wife, mom and grandmother. She is also the award winning author of the book, Organizing Your Prayer Closet: A New and Life-Changing Way to Pray. In this breakout, Gina will address how spiritual discernment has become one of the most critical spiritual gifts for today’s church in the era of AI, conspiracy theories and confusion, making the endeavor to develop discernment often feel daunting. Join Gina in this session as she will teach how discernment dispels deception, and more importantly, how to use it. Not only can discernment give us clarity, but it will better equip us for a more powerful prayer life as well.

Trusting Jesus with Your Marriage

Stephanie has been married to her husband Ben, “my knight who loves me more than he loves himself and this is all because of Jesus,” for 38 years. They have 3 children and 5 grandchildren and currently reside in Leitchfield, KY. Together they seek to make much of Jesus and what He has done in their lives. Marriages are their passion. They lead marriage conferences and do marriage coaching. In this breakout, Stephanie will address how to really believe Scripture and trust Jesus with our marriages. She will share how God has used Scripture in her own life and marriage and will teach us how to apply what God says in His Word to our marriages as well.

Unpacking Your Past

Rachel is wife, mom and a Licensed Professional Counselor and Mental Health Service Provider. She says we all have a story that is unique to us and no one else. In that story there may be great triumphs and deep valleys. Oftentimes we don’t want to focus on the valleys because they hold painful memories that may be filled with fear, rejection, or shame. Yet left unresolved, the tender wounds of our past can affect our present more than we realize. But we aren’t without hope. We have a Savior who longs to redeem our deepest pain. Because of that, we don’t have to hide or fear unpacking the past. He truly is the one that heals and can take our deepest pain to re-write our story for His glory.

The Discipline of Lament: Moving Past the Questions of Suffering to Trust God’s Sovereignty

Laurie is a wife, mom and grandmother who holds master’s degrees in education and counseling. She is currently the Chief Program Officer for the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes. In this breakout, Laurie will share how suffering may cause us to question the goodness of the Lord, but lament can help restore focus and connection with a perfect Father who knows best, does best, and is best. As she shares from her own experience with suffering, you are invited to journey with her through some of the most challenging Psalms of David, learning how to turn hard questions into declarations of God’s faithfulness.

Trusting Jesus in Foster Care & Adoption

Shelley has been married for 26 years to her husband William and has dedicated most of her adult life to parenting and caring for children. Together, they have served the fatherless in Mexico for many years, raised 2 biological children, fostered numerous children, and adopted 4 children through the state foster care system. Shelley is deeply passionate about sharing the goodness and faithfulness of God in her family's journey of caring for children from hard places. She will share her story of God’s provisions as he has loved her family and continues to bring hope and healing to the hurts and brokenness of overcoming the deep trauma in the lives of her children.