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             Speakers - Carolyn Sledge & Pat McClain

It would be our delight to speak on any of the following topics at your special events.  We also welcome opportunities to customize events to meet your specific needs.  In an Open Conversational style, the two of us dialogue with each other and those who attend, providing practical applications and tools from God’s Truth. These life-changing truths are sure to impact what we think, say and do.  It‘s our desire to help make God deeply known and to facilitate growth in your relationship with Him and with others.

Carolyn & Pat

We can tailor these topics to be shared at retreats, seminars, workshops and many different special events.

Choose To Be… All God Intends

 An Open Conversation about choices and their powerful impact on relationships

             You make hundreds of choices every day.  Understanding choice from God’s perspective will release powerful insights that not only empower your everyday living but energizes your life as it happens.  We will examine each part of “Choosing to Be” and how God uniquely applies His intention to our personal significance; learning how to release God’s unlimited resources into our often unplanned, real life circumstances and relationships.

 

Remembering to Forget

An Open Conversation about Forgiveness… what to forget and what to remember

“But forgiveness is only an issue for some,” you might say. It didn’t appear to be an issue for Jesus, however, a closer look at his life reveals an ongoing attitude of forgiveness, possible only by a focus on something greater than the offenses he suffered. Jesus’ relationship with His Father supplied Him with great wisdom and strength, empowering Him to rise above life’s obstacles. Are you bound by unforgiveness and living with guilt and shame? As Christ Followers we are promised new skills which can produce a great capacity for experiencing daily peace and joyful living. Looking closely at God’s Truths about forgiveness will reveal the power of practicing a different way to forgive… by remembering.

 

What Controls Your Life…? It may be the opposite of what you think.

An Open Conversation about shifting from Horizontal Living to Vertical Living
     (a study of contrasts and looking at old things in a new way)

You believe God offers freedom for all who choose to follow Him, but are you experiencing freedom living?  If He came to set you free then why are you permitting life circumstances in this imperfect world to dictate what degree of abundant living you experience?  We often learn too much of life from the world’s perspective.  Together we will expand our awareness of and redefine words through which we live our lives.  Our goal:  To begin operating everyday life from God’s perspective - taking back the words the world has stolen and misused so that God can redeem their intended power in your life.  

 

Listen Up… Your life is about to change!

 An Open Conversation about how to listen to God
         and redefine daily life from
God’s perspective

We live in the information age where life comes at you fast!  We are bombarded with information overload.  Will it ever stop?  Or, will you stop it before it robs you of your time,  your relationships and all your peace.  Jesus brings the clarity and perspective necessary to take the next step and make the right choices.  You can know how to do the next right thing!  Learning “how to listen” will change your life!  It will move you from a life of projecting to the power of staying present.

 

Give Up and Quit Trying!

An Open Conversation about how to stop “trying” and start “trusting” 

“I’m trying to forgive, I’m trying to love, I’m trying to believe, I’m trying to be patient, I’m trying to be strong, I’m trying not to be afraid, I’m trying to do better, I’m trying to figure it out…I’m trying so hard!”  STOP… GIVE IT UP!  Learn how to fail your way to success.  We will examine how trying to follow Christ will end in failure but learning how to trust will produce “success full” living!

What does timing have to do with trust and is there anything you can “do” while you are waiting on God?  Discover the power of active waiting! 

 

The Power Packed Life

An Open Conversation about the top 10 tools
     needed to confidently live your life… as it happens

God never intended your life to be “less than,” “in bondage to…,”  “boxed in,” or “so-so.”  He meant for it to be filled with His Spirit and therefore packed with power for creative and positive living.  By learning how to incorporate 10 power packed truths you can begin a process of participating in God’s plan to move you from where you are right now to where He intends you to be.  It’s about “enjoying the process” and learning to choose forward.

 

Stay Under or Cross-Over

An Open Conversation about anything that holds you back from
     experiencing your place of personal significance;
     equipping you to live out of overflow instead of overwhelm

No word is more over-expressed in our daily conversations than “overwhelm.”  No word is less experienced in our world today than “overflow.”  The gap between overwhelm and overflow is huge, and yet God has promised a life of abundance to each who Choose to Be.  We will study the things in life that can hold you back and shut you down.  Then, we will examine the truths and tools that God has already put in place to experience overflow in the midst of any reality you may face.

 

Your Heart… The ticket to anywhere

An Open Conversation about what determines the destiny of your life

God’s Word tells us a man’s words express what overflows from the heart.  He reminds us over and over that while we are more focused on the external, His focus is always on the internal.  The heart is the measure for all of life.  Do you know what God hates and what He loves?  Do you wonder if you will hear God when He wants to lead you in a specific direction?  How does your heart determine your destiny?

 

From Performance to Privilege

An Open Conversation about moving from
     a life of performance to a life of privileged relationsh

What determines how you act and who you please?  Why are so many weary of the Christian life?  If Jesus says He came to give us life to the “full,” then why are we so sick and tired?  What is the meaning of authentic relationship?  What qualities about your life will cause another to be drawn to Christ in you?  What qualities will encourage and inspire another Christ follower to seek new choices for their life?  How can you live with a confident dependence on God, free from external disturbance and living a lifestyle that speaks louder than words?

 

Living Beyond Your Senses

An Open Conversation about how to sharpen your skills for
     resisting opposition learning how to control
     the very thing the enemy misuses the most... your mind

What do your five senses have to do with the authority God has given you as a Christ follower?  Are you operating from the strength of that given authority or are you operating your life from your humanness?  Is it possible to win the battle of the mind games the enemy plays on you?  Are you aware of how he opposes you and misuses God’s intended plan for you?  This is an exciting study about how to line up faith – mind, soul, body and spirit for exceptional living!

 

Celebrate Relationship

An Open Conversation about the dynamics of success
     and failure in your most vital relationships

God’s top priority is RELATIONSHIP.  What you learn to do and not to do in your relationships will determine their success or failure.   The enemy determines to destroy the value of your relationships.  Will you let him?  God’s Truths for relationships are clear and specific. We will learn how God uses the good, the bad and the ugly in our relationships to draw us closer to Him and one another.  

 

A Different December

An Open Conversation about choosing forward to eliminate holiday stress
     in order to establish  traditions consistent  with your core values

Isn’t it about time we look forward to December?   For many reasons December can bring dread instead of delight. You can create new traditions to bring encouragement to others and take back what can so easily be stolen during the holidays.  We will look at relationships and better understand how celebration for one can cause pain for another.  This is a great time of the year to see how a new perspective can affect your choices.  With a different focus you can bring much needed hope, healing and humor to the holiday season.