Topics Worth Speaking Up About.....
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Recent Opportunities
"The Voices in our Heads"
Butman Methodist Retreat Center
"Building Relationships"
Lakewood Church Leadership Training
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Poetry Award Presentation/ Houston,Tx
IWA! State Conference
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"A Day in the Life of a Child"
Zeta Upsilon Teachers/Galena Park, Tx
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"Seemingly Insignificant Days"
Glenwood United Methodist Church/ Tyler, Tx
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OF INTEREST TO WRITERS GROUPS -
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Poetry is....
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Discover the good, the bad and the fun in writing poetry. This presentation is designed to encourage and amuse both poet enthusiasts and those who never touch the stuff!
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To Market, To Market
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Beginning writers often work very hard to create that first masterpiece only to find themselves stumped as to what to do next. "How and where do I send my work?"
Have some fun while learning this step-by-step process that will help writers move forward to that first sale.
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FOR CHURCHES AND OTHER CHRISTIAN VENUES
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The Heart of A Volunteer
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God has carefully and lovingly placed a calling upon some lives. Explore the components of the volunteer's heart and the impact it has on the community around you.
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Seemingly Insignificant Days
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Does your congregation reach out to the unchurched? Experience this heartfelt testimony showing how simple acts of kindness by church members can and do change lives forever.
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How's Your Bat?
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Christians often don't think about certain aspects of our journey with Christ. We have to be reminded that He began a work in us that will not be completed until we go home. We must learn how the process works so that we do not live in negativity about ourselves along the way.God wants us to be happy and content right where we are!
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ON A PERSONAL NOTE -FOR WOMENS GROUPS, SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES,WOMEN'S MINISTRY HELPS
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Battling the Bogey Man
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As a child,did you lay in your bed at night snuggled under your blanket, worrying about the infamous Bogey Man? The Bogey Man was not under my bed or even in my closet. He was in plain sight every day. And he had a name: Dad. Allow me to share God's redemption along with the spiritual tools we all need to defeat a childhood of abuse.
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Reflections of Self-Esteem
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Who has self-esteem challenges? The answer is: All of us! Every single day can contain one or more issues. We see ourselves as too fat, too old, too young or too something...the possibilities can be endless. Let's take a good look at the four sources our self-image comes from and explore how to achieve and maintain a healthy perspective about ourselves through God's reality and not our own.
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CONTACT AND BOOKING INFORMATION
All topics can be customized to fit time needs in the vicinity of half hour increments up to one and half hours.
Tell your writing group, ladies group, pastor or chuch affiliated event planner!
References available upon request.
Details on individual topics by mail or email.
Melanie Stiles
109 N. Post Oak Lane
Ste. 400
Houston, Texas 77024
Telephone: 832.259.9576
Email: melanie@melaniestiles.com
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"Melanie shares from the heart lessons gleaned from her journey. She has learned to put the lies of the deceiver under her feet and to live the abundant life God created for her."
The Reverend Carol Heath
Pastor,Glenwood United Methodist Church
Tyler, Texas
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