Guest Speakers
Toni McFadden
I am an international speaker on the topic of abortion and healthy relationships. I am the founder of the program Relationships Matter, which seeks to educate the youth on the degradation of sex in our culture while equipping them to walk out healthy relationships to protect themselves and honor their spouse in the future.
I know the power of overcoming my past and setting a new foundation for myself. In my presentation, I will help you handle forgiveness, receive redemption, and look mistakes in the face without allowing them to hold you back. My goal is to educate and expose the lies about abortion by sharing my personal story of having an abortion myself.
I am a graduate of West Chester University. I have a masters in professional counseling from Clark’s Summit University and am currently pursuing my licensure. I have been married to my wonderful husband for 11 years and have four beautiful children.
- Toni McFadden
Patti Height
Patti Height knows the bondage that comes from believing and living in the deception of homosexuality. As a teen, Patti abused drugs and alcohol to bury the pain of childhood trauma, and in her 20s, embraced a gay, gender-non-conformed identity, believing she was “born this way.”
That all changed forever when Patti gave her heart to the Lord in 2003 after living many years believing the lie that there was no real hope for change. Patti wants the world to know that God’s desire was not just to bring her freedom but to bring freedom to all held captive in their sexual sin.
In 2013, Patti began Out Of Egypt Ministries (OOEM) to help others find the same truth, peace, and healing she found in Jesus Christ. Out Of Egypt Ministries seeks to accomplish this by equipping Christians to minister to the LGBT community with the love and truth of the Gospel.
Merrily Hagerman
Merrily Hagerman is the wife of Pastor Jerel Hagerman from Joshua Springs Calvary Chapel. Merrily is very involved in Calvary Bible Institute and has assisted in starting a Christian Village and school in Malawi, Africa. Merrily has been sharing the Word of God for over 35 years with women in the United States and overseas. She is passionate about watching women grow in the Lord and become who God has designed them to be.
Merrily has two adult children and four grandchildren. She knows what it is like to be married for 31 years, become a widow, remarry, and have a blended family, in which she inherited 12 more grandchildren.
One of her favorite verses is Nehemiah 8:10 "…[T]he joy of the Lord is my strength."
She is Awake & Aware in Her Identity / Patti Height
Do you want to have a better understanding of how to minister to your LGBT+ identifying friends and family? Patti will share more about the identity, then how to bring grace and truth to those we love and those we live in community with.
She is Awake & Aware in Her Suffering / Merrily Hagerman
Worshiping at Jesus' feet and standing in sweet surrender to the Lord throughout the journey of our lives. What does it look like on mountain highs and in valley lows? “All to Jesus I surrender”or do I really ?
She is Awake & Aware After Divorce / Kris Scarborough
My name is Kris Scarborough, after suffering an unwanted divorce it is my desire for women to know their new role in what God says about their life to bring them a hope and a future.
Divorce may have left you with a deeply wounded heart, come and receive encouragement, hope, and refreshment as we dig through God’s word and learn how to walk through the troubled waters together. In this workshop you will learn there is a beautiful calling on your life as the daughter of a King, and how you are deeply loved. Kris has served in many roles as a mentor, teacher, encourager, and friend for women.
She is Awake & Aware with Young Children / Aubrie Talley
I am blessed to be a mother of four ranging in ages from four to eighteen. Being at home and raising kids holds a special place in my heart. I understand how the busyness of life can be challenging to balance along with training children in the ways of the Lord. In this workshop we will be talking about being awake and alert in your home, as well as discussing tools to help you set a biblical foundation, specifically with little ones.
She is Awake & Aware in Her Community / Angela Andrews
Angela is a local business owner with a passion for bringing Jesus into every area of life. In the marketplace her and her husband, Pastor Matt, own a small business- an escape room, (how fun)! She is excited to share about how to be a salt and light for Jesus in our communities, preserving a biblical worldview and not conforming to the culture. Together Matt and Angela share two beautiful girls, 6 and almost 2 that God has brought to them through foster to adoption.
She is Awake & Aware in Her Mental Health / Courtney Pinedo
Courtney Pinedo is currently a high school counselor at a public school. In her profession, she has seen the rise of mental health challenges and has been grateful to have an opportunity to encourage those she serves. Her passion for helping others stemmed from the mental health battles she has faced. Along with her personal experiences, she will be sharing about what mental health looks like today and what tools we can pull from God’s Word to combat these struggles.
She is Awake & Aware in Her Singleness / MJ Turner
Hello, my name is MJ. I will be 60 next month, Woo-hoo! I have never been married and have no children of my own. God has blessed me through four careers and rich friendships along the way. From Disney animation to MAF missionary, to Web designer and to dog trainer, and with each career a deeper understanding of singleness. It has been an amazing journey. Now in retirement (if I can call it that) I make beautiful things with wood, support my aging parents and care for four dogs, seven chickens and nine sheep. Come join me to see what the scripture has to say about singleness.
She is Awake & Aware Launching Adult Children / Penny Andrews
Penny Andrews has been Married to her husband, Pastor Kenny Andrews for 36 years. Together they have 3 Children. Their oldest daughter, Alissa Philips and her husband Jason have 6 kids. Our Son, Pastor Matt Andrews and his wife Angela have 2 beautiful girls (and a son who will always be in our hearts). Our youngest daughter, Brianna Christensen and her husband Eric have two precious daughters. God is truly the giver of all things good and we rejoice over His abundant blessings! I am looking forward to sharing today with those of you who have teens and young adults as you pour into and begin the launching process into adulthood. Proverbs 22:6
“Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.”
1st Thessalonians 5:6, 8