Nancy Lindgren is a national speaker, author, and a natural encourager. She is the Founder and CEO of MORE Mentoring whose mission is mobilizing mentors to impact lives through prayer-focused mentoring. Nancy has over 35 years of experience in mentoring and loves championing mentors and mobilizers worldwide. Her ultimate vision is for Jesus to be fully experienced in mentoring relationships. Nancy and her husband, Mark, have midwestern roots, but now call Castle Rock, Colorado home. They love hiking in the beautiful outdoors unless, of course, rattle snakes are involved. You will always find a well-worn welcome mat at their front door.

Sarah lives in Maple Grove, MN with her husband Carlton, daughter Julia (20), son Grant (16), and Victoria (8). She has a heart for prayer, loves to study the Word, and serves (out of her comfort zone 🙂 on her local school board.

Topic: The Importance of the Table in the Family 

Bio: ​​Diane Leary (affectionately known as MeMe) is Shining for Jesus all over the globe. What started out as an heirloom cookbook for her family blossomed into a business and ministry. Her easy recipe tutorials and famous Sunday lunches are inspiring busy families to gather around their tables again.She shares her love for cooking, family, hospitality and Jesus weekly on her social media platforms with recipes, words of wisdom, Bible verses, family stories, laughs and encouragement. Meme is blessed with 3 children, 5 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.MeMe has found a new purpose at age 85 and is shining God’s light into a dark world one dish at a time.

Social Links: 

Facebook, Instagram, Youtube: MemesRecipessc | Website: www.memesrecipessc.com

Topics: Breakout for Students | Combatting Loneliness with Community, Breakout for Adults | Combatting Loneliness with Community  

Bio: Becky Walker is a Women’s minister who has spent many years building discipleship relationships with those she serves. Becky was a former Women’s minister at Anderson University. She has also spent many years serving in deaf ministry nationally and internationally. Becky has three children and her husband Dennis works with children in a local church. One thing that Becky recommends for all of us to infiltrate in our lives is to “choose joy and to forgive quickly and often” And the greatest is Love!

Topics: Pursuing Health for a life that honors God

Bio: Beverly learned to properly exercise while living in New York City. She later moved to Anderson where she continued the exercises she was taught, and she was spotted and invited to start exercise classes in churches and to share her testimony in a television studio. Beverly was offered her own television program, which she produced and appeared in for 45 years. Today Beverly hosts the Stretching for a Purpose Exercise class at Concord Baptist Church in Anderson, SC three mornings a week. Both men and women attend and are benefitting greatly from their participation in the class. Beverly’s television program “Beverly Exercise” is currently shown on YouTube and several television stations.

Topics: Jesus and Emotions

Bio: Holly is a Licensed Professional Counselor with the State of South Carolina. She holds a Master of Divinity degree in Counseling from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. She takes a holistic approach in working with clients through anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, medical challenges, and marital issues. She is the founder and director of Restoring Hope Counseling in Anderson and recently wrote a book about Jesus and emotions (her favorite topic). Holly enjoys spending time with her precious daughters, loving husband, and community group with Renewal Church. 

Topic: Praying Powerfully and Boldly for our Children 

Bio:Originally from the upstate of South Carolina, Kati and her family have made Georgia their home for 21 years. A graduate of North Greenville University, she has been a teacher, a business owner, and finds herself back in education after being a stay at home mama for 20 years. As a pastor’s wife, it is a great joy to serve in long-term ministry at King Spring Baptist with her husband, Jamie. Her son and his wife, Jake and Melanie, now live in NYC and her daughter, Natali Grace, is a student at North Greenville. If you are looking for Kati, you might find her in the garden, cooking family favorites, or snuggling with her Corgi, Willie Dean. Her life’s desire is to all people know the good news of the Gospel and to see the redeemed walk in the confidence of God. 

Topic: Caring for your aging Parents, Coping with a family member with life altering disruptive behaviors.

Bio: While life can throw us challenge, thank goodness there is hope! There is more to your life than just going through the motions, and I am passionate about helping people find ways to make their life more fulfilling. I believe that God gives us each challenges and choices. His wisdom offers the expert guidance needed to use the skills God has gifted us with to reach healthy goals. Donna has a masters degree from Liberty University in Clinical Mental Health and works at Restoring Hope Counseling. She is the mother of three adult children and grandmother to five amazing kids. She lives with her husband of over 30 years and along with her father. She participates in two or more mission trips a year and is passionate about serving God.

Topic: The Ministry of the Prayer Chair 

Bio: Ann is the mother of four, grandmother of 8, great grandmother of 8 and aunt to 4 nieces. She is the epitome of a prayer warrior. Long before “War Room” debuted, this grandma was already famous for crying out to Jesus on behalf of her loved ones, surrounded by prayer sticky notes, journals and prayer  lists. For 30 years, she has regularly, systematically and faithfully lifted her loved ones in prayer in various creative ways. Ann enjoys her kitchen prayer chair, bathed in sunlight each morning, for hours at a time and encourages other moms and grandmothers to develop a prayer ministry of their own. 

Topic: Giving voice to the painful stories

Bio: I was a prodigal, knowing shame, starting at a young age, then abortion, and divorce, which thankfully led me to Jesus in a magnificent way. I am now a redeemed daughter of THE King on a mission to share His love and redemption. God can take and use someone like me, an introvert, that truly loves people, but sometimes gets “peopled out,” and He can use my story. 

God literally had to take me from The East to The West ( NC to MT) to free me in ways only HE can do … for His Glory!!! Psalm 103. 🙌🕊️ . I now love sharing His love in unique ways through exercise, creative worship and the many creative ways HE gives me to encourage women in all walks of life.

Topic: Giving voice to the painful stories

My name is Melissa Smith.  I am saved by grace and living with a purpose.  I have been married to my best friend for 17 years and together we are following the plan God has put in front of us.  I have been in the health profession for 31 years where I have been able to see some of God greatest work.  It’s only been the last 3 years that I have been able to share my Christianity freely.  I have a passion for the adoption ministry. Being a pregnant teenager who gave her baby up for adoption, I understand the struggles these young ladies face and the difficulty you live with the rest of your life.  God knew my journey and I trusted his plan.  I’ve had the privilege of raising my step son, my God gift.   You see, he and my daughter share the same birthday.   My favorite saying is “Let go, and let God”  He’s going to see you through.

Topics: How to Study Your Bible

In 2010 Deanna, by faith, quit her job and started Women’s Life Fellowship, a non-profit ministry meeting the spiritual, emotional and mental needs of women. After 10 years of para-church ministry, WLF served our community by having counseled, mentored, discipled, trained, encouraged, challenged and rescued hundreds of women.  At present, Deanna leads the women’s ministry team at her church and is passionate about teaching the women in her church how to study the Word and serve in their Spiritual gifting. She serves as the Ministry Wife Consultant and Women’s Discipleship Strategist for the  Saluda Baptist Association.

Topics: Evangelistic Hospitality and Sabbath Rest for our Soul

A seasoned globetrotter from her army brat days as a kid and now a connoisseur of great deals and good coffee. When she’s not perfecting her coffee-snob credentials, you can find her traveling across the country cheering on her kids in their latest sports endeavors. A devoted fan of the Clemson Tigers and a champion wife, Renie recently swapped suburban Atlanta for the charm of Clemson, SC. Alongside her husband Dustin, their 15-year-old son Jack, and 12-year-old daughter Piper, she’s embracing the next chapter with her trademark enthusiasm. Renie’s life might be a blend of sports, caffeine, and Southern charm, but it’s her love of Jesus, His word and family that truly make her world go round.

Topic: Grief: God’s Plan for Healing Broken Relationships and Hearts

Leslie Woods has personal and professional experience as a mental health and addictions advocate. In this role, she encountered many individuals who were experiencing grief and distress for various reasons and assisted them and their family members to work through the healing process.

She has also been called upon to speak about grief and mental health issues at various conferences, legislative meetings and other such functions throughout her years of serving people in need in her community.

Leslie brings a “Christ Centered” focus to her efforts in assisting grieving and hurting individuals.

Topics: Mentoring Through Relationships and With Mentees: What we’ve learned and Loved about the Mentor/Mentee Relationship.