October  WPPI conference

God is a very creative Father and gives us so many beautiful examples in the world He lovingly created. The autumn season is definitely one of my favorite reminders of this truth! Fall is a time when creation is slowing down a bit, to pause and rest. Please join me as we use this amazing season to think about ways to refresh ourselves in His presence and refocus on our intimacy with HIM.

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WPPI Vice President & Igniter of Formation & Strategy

Terri Jones and her husband reside in Athens, GA. Terri has three sons, three wonderful daughters-in-love and eight amazing grandkids. She enjoys spending time with her family, walking on the beach, holidays, and looking for God’s blessings each day! She has just published a children’s book, Nanny Mouse’s Tales…Raindrops and Rainbows and has a deep love for helping children and families. Terri is a lovely speaker and enjoys sharing how God moves and how each day we are living a lasting legacy. To find out more about this gentle soul, please visit Terri’s website at http://www.TerriJonesLastingLegacies.com

SOWING AND REAPING

October  WPPI conference

We are continuing our journey through the magical forest amidst a glorious array of autumn colors that stirs our souls and causes speechless wonder.

Our next Growth Stop: Sowing and Reaping Join me on this lovely porch –hot cup of coffee or tea in hand- wrapped with a comfy afghan as we heart talk about the power of sowing words of life into ourselves and others. Let us marvel together at the reaping and harvest of such a beautiful planting. This is a Growth Stop that truly gives LIFE!

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Right Hand Woman! Igniter of Spiritual Growth

Right Hand Woman! Igniter of Spiritual Growth Have you ever experienced being in the presence of someone so joyful and so full of life that you just couldn’t help but be drawn into the joy? Mary Kay Moore is just such a person. This spirited, petite and out-going red head can usually be found pouring into her many “spiritual daughters” as she leads a weekly community Bible study at her church. Marykay Moore is a certified Life Purpose Coach and Facilitator, a certified Spiritual Director, and a Retreat and Motivational Speaker. She enjoys meeting and working with women of all Christian denominations. Marykay is in the process of writing her first book “Stepping Out, Nun No More” a non-fiction book that tells her amazing story! Her goal is to encourage, affirm, exhort and empower women to live out God’s purpose for their lives. She is a lover of Jesus and the Word. She seeks to revive the hearts of women in their relationship with the Lord, the Word, and with each other, resulting in transformed lives. To connect with Marykay visit her website at www.GrowingOnPurpose.com

LIONS & LAMBS

October  WPPI conference

This world is a confusing place. The world does not follow the Word, and we often feel that we’re navigating through a feral and perilous place. How do you know who you can trust and what you can rely on? If you have ever felt like a lamb in a lion’s den, take courage. The Word of God prevails! Come find out what scripture says about living in this world, and not of it.

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Igniter of Beautiful Brands & Joyful Dreams

Igniter of Beautiful Brands & Joyful Dreams A native Texan, Kristen Merkett and her husband Bob are raising their son Noah in rural Texas, where the traffic is nonexistent and the stars are plenty! Kristen is a wife and mother, pastor to a small United Methodist church, an instructional designer, curriculum writer, and joy-splasher! She enjoys writing and design consulting, spending time with her family, and sharing her love of learning and her passion for living life hand-in-hand with Jesus Christ. In addition to writing her blog, she is pursuing her dream of writing a book that will act as an invitation to live life authentically, trust God’s voice fully, and experience His Grace in everything, from the miraculous to the mundane. Connect with her at www.KristenWords.com.

October  WPPI conference

Has your summer included lots of hoeing, growing, and mowing? Now is the time to prepare for the harvest of 2010. A new decade awaits with holidays just around the corner. Will your harvest lay waste in the field or will this growing season fill your barns?

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SOWING AND REAPING

October  WPPI conference

It’s hard to imagine that you could have a good future if abortion is in your past. Sin tends to keep us focused on our problems and weaknesses rather than our blessings and strengths. This session will help you to sow the seeds of forgiveness so that you can reap the blessings of freedom!

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Igniter of Team Development

Jane Abbate has a heart for women and men who have experienced abortion. Knowing how God transformed the mess she made in her own life, she now offers compassion and hope to women and men all over the United States through her ministry, Messy Miracles. Learn more about emotional healing after abortion, join an online Bible study, and connect with others in a safe and loving way through connecting with Jane at www.MessyMiracles.org.

October  WPPI conference

In our lives we take many sacred journeys, some real journeys and some interior, spiritual journeys. In this online conference, we will explore the value and the methods involved in both of these kinds of sacred journeys. Real journeys may include visits to hometowns, or old home places long since abandoned as part of our daily life, or visits to cemeteries where loved ones are buried. Such journeys are important in many ways to our spiritual growth. Equally important are the spiritual journeys, which can be initiated through several different forms of prayer, meditation, and spiritual exercises, as we try to connect to God in our Stillpoint, the place inside our heart where only God and our True Self reside. Any seeds we have planted for the Kingdom and/or the fruit of any seeds planted by others will become apparent as we reflect on these journeys.

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Igniter of Prayer, Adventure & Journeys

Dr. Dorothy Castle is a former adjunct professor of English, author of “Every Child A Winner” a certified Life Purpose Coach and Life Plan Facilitator, a Spiritual Director, a writer, and a community volunteer. She has a passion for empowering women through the power of the Holy Spirit to discover their God-designed purpose in life and unleash the wonderful blessings God has in store for them. Dorothy enjoys reading, painting, classical music, beautiful sunsets, a cup of tea in the afternoon, and participating in sports, especially tennis and golf.

Contact Dorothy at www.UnleashYourBlessingsLifeCoaching.com or www.DorothyCastle.com

Spirit SOUP – Let it Bubble with JOY

October  WPPI conference

Joy supersedes feelings, or happiness. It is not based on your natural circumstances. It is supernatural. Your spirit man becomes filled in the presence of the Lord and then out of your spirit your natural man becomes filled with joy! “This is what I want you to do: Ask the Father for whatever is in keeping with the things I’ve revealed to you. Ask in my name, according to my will, and he’ll most certainly give it to you. Your joy will be a river overflowing its banks!”

You can live everyday with overflowing joy! Joy will overflow with maturing in this character quality of The Fruit of the Spirit – causing you to live a life of Spiritual Outpouring of Unstoppable Passions!

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Dr. Hopelyn is a Life Purpose Leadership Coach with Hopelyn International Network. She has over ten years of marketing and consulting experience and holds a doctorate degree in Strategic Leadership from Regent University School of Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship located in Virginia Beach, USA.

She speaks at leadership conferences, women’s weekend retreats, and seminars. Other services include: life plan facilitation, strategic planning, and workshops.

Dr. Hopelyn loves to inspire HOPE in others! She is passionate about her life’s calling “transforming others into purposeful living.” She loves adventure and spending time with her family.

The primary service of Hopelyn International [HIN] is life purpose coaching and life plan facilitation with women in business and ministry to discover their passion and life’s purpose. Most of the coaching and facilitating is done online or on the telephone. HIN mission is to provide our clients with coaching and consulting services to help them fulfill their life’s purpose and to become more effective leaders. { Learn More }

August / September WPPI conference

Everything in life seems to be so full of business, full of running from one task or appointment to another. Life can seem to be filled with all business and no BLISSNESS!! Follow me on the graceful path of Bliss!

SOWING THE SEEDS OF YOUR LIFE AND GROWING INTO YOUR PURPOSE!

October  WPPI conference

Today, we are going to do what I like to call “an archeological dig within your soul”, we are going to do some digging in the dirt, finding the buried treasures, the jewels within you that are have been lying dormant, just waiting to be dusted off so that you can shine!

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Kathryn is an author, a speaker and a Life Purpose Coach. She knows the power of breaking through the fears and stepping fully into your faith by the gift of coaching. You can find out more about this aspect of Kathryn’s life at www.AwakeningsLifeCoaching.com

Kathryn loves to travel, speak, write and spread the message that He Speaks, and longs for each of you to hear Him speaking into your lives daily. She has begun her five book series. The series is entitled “Confessions of a Pastor’s Wife” and the first book in the series is “He Speaks, Can You Hear Him?” Check out the website to be able to read excerpts from the book. Kathryn is also in the process of writing a Bible study which will go along with the first book. She is also in the process of writing the second book in the series, with the working title “Ordained, The Miracle of the Fishes and the Loaves.”

She has also written guided Biblical Meditations as well. She likes to have the Scripture come alive for you, to have you step into the scripture and experience the Word as alive, and active. Her CD “In The Hands of the Potter” is a beautiful way for you to willingly step into the hands of the Potter and allow Him to reshape, remold and transform you into the creation He has for you to be.

Kathryn has been married to Bruce, the love of her life for over 18 years, truly a gift from God. They have two wonderful daughters, Tabitha and Kellie Ann and two wonderful sons-in-law Gerald and Chase. Kathryn’s office can be reached at 512-260-7775. { Learn more }

“Top 10 Ways to Decorate on a Budget”

August / September WPPI conference

Decorating your home doesn’t have to cost a fortune and I have a few ideas that you can implement in your home to give it some personality without breaking the bank.  Inspiration and creativity can be found in so many ways and I have a list of Top 10 that have helped me in my own house.  Making your house a home can be done on a budget.  Beautiful and practical ways to decorate.

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Rhoda is a Southern girl, raised in metro Atlanta, now living in Birmingham, AL. A decorator with a passion for sharing how to make a house a home, her philosophy is that decorating stylishly doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Her blog, Southern Hospitality is all about adventures in decorating on a budget, thrifty/yardsale shopping, DIY projects galore, gardening, travel, and recipes. She shares her adventurous life in the South with all her readers.

August / September WPPI conference

What happens between the time we receive God’s vision for our future and when we actually walk in that vision? God is busy transforming us to “look like the vision.” Often, God must work on equipping us – molding our character, our relationships and our perspective – so that we can take on His God-sized vision. By understanding His transformation process, we can better cooperate with Him, rather than be fearful or discouraged. During this session, Geri will share some of her personal experiences, as well as what she has learned from past and present life coaching clients, about what actually goes on when God is transforming a person to look like the vision He has given to them. Listeners who desire to “put off the old self” and “put on the new self” will be encouraged as they get a better understanding of God’s loving hand as He leads us to our personal promised land.

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Geri has over twenty years of experience in working with women of all ages. Most recently, she played the role of coach as an ACE-Certified Personal Trainer with her own business for over a dozen years. In this role, she helped women and couples realize their fitness goals by designing and implementing customized fitness programs.  Because she worked with each client one-on-one in their homes, she was able to develop a relationship with them and often got beyond their fitness goals to minister to their spiritual needs.

During her tenure as a trainer, Geri also served as an advisory board member of a Christian jewelry company. RememberMe Jewelry, Inc.markets Greek and Hebrew symbols through the internet, Christian bookstores, catalogs, and Christian event sales. In addition, Geri enjoyed the opportunities to work at events and partake in what God is doing through the message of the scripture-based jewelry.

Geri also held the position of Director of Prevention Education at the Crisis Pregnancy Center, in which she trained, coached and led a team of teens who spoke to their peers throughout the local school system on the benefits of abstinence before marriage.

Prior to that, Geri worked as a Peer Counselor at the Crisis Pregnancy Center.  In this role, she coached and assisted young mothers-to-be with their functional and emotional needs during a critical time in their lives. In all of these positions, Geri was able to hone her communication and people skills with women of all ages. God has taken Geri from Prevention Trainer to Personal Trainer to PurposeTrainer! { Learn more here }