Tonight's Show ~ Venita McCart

Christian Devotions SPEAK UP!

August 4

The Cancer Road

Venita McCart

6:00 p.m. EST

Join us this week on Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! when Scott shares the road of cancer survival with author and Boot Camp graduate Venita McCart.

Venita McCart began her ministry of encouraging cancer patients in 2004 and founded Faith Force Cancer Support Group Ministry in 2005. According to statistics at the time of her cancer diagnosis in 2000, her prognosis for survival was grim.

Because of her passion for Christ and a call to serve those dealing with cancer, she has been in contact with countless cancer patients and loved ones through her care group, personal contacts, writing, and speaking. Her goal is to encourage cancer patients and their loved ones from the perspective of faith.  

Venita serves as the Support Group Ministry Director in her church. She is an award-winning volunteer with the American Cancer Society and a member of the American Brain Tumor Association. Venita is a member of Word Weavers, has been published with Christian Devotions.us, and writes the material for her Faith Force Support Group Ministry meetings. Her favorite earthly joy is to spend time with her husband Gary, their two adult children (and spouses), and her six grandchildren.

Her first book, “It’s Cancer” – Finding Help and Hope on the Road to Recovery, was written to encourage cancer patients, survivors, and loved ones. It was released by Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas and is available on Amazon. Venita and Gary live in central Illinois. She can be reached at venitamccart@gmail.com.

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2015 Schedule

August 11 – Henry Hawver of Rock Lake Christian Assembly

August 18 – Christian Musician, Danen Kane

August 25 – Author and TV Hostess, Dawn Mooring

Every Tuesday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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Tonight's Show ~ Beth Saadati

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July 28

When Bullying Results in Suicide

Beth Saadati

6:00 p.m. EST

Join us this week on Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! when Scott interviews Beth Saadati.

Beth Saadati has sown her time and heart into the lives of hundreds of teens—and reaped an abundance of laughter and life in return. A certified high school English teacher, she is currently teaching composition classes, homeschooling her son (age nine) and daughter (age twelve), and crafting a novel.

For more than two decades Beth has taught in public school, private school, and home school settings. Jenna, Beth's effervescent firstborn daughter, was her favorite teenage student before Beth lost her, without warning, to suicide resulting from bullying. On January 2, 2013, the world as Beth had known it forever changed.  

Now, through speaking and writing, Beth encourages others to fight through heartbreak and hurt as she transparently journeys through the painful aftermath of her beloved daughter's death. Four of Beth’s stories have been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul books in 2015. She was also awarded first place in the SC chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers' first five pages contest.

Beth is working on a young adult novel, Breathe, based on Jenna's true story. At the 2015 Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference (BRMCWC), this book received the Believers Trust Beyond the Steeple Award for the work deemed to hold the greatest potential to impact a mainstream audience.  

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2015 Schedule

July 28 – Award-winning Author, Beth Saadati

August 4 – Author, Venita McCart

August 11 – Henry Hawver of Rock Lake Christian Assembly

August 18 – Christian Musician, Danen Kane

Every Tuesday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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This Week's Show! ~ Doug Henderson

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July 21

The Ark Encounter

Doug Henderson

6:00 p.m. EST

Join us this week on Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! when artist Doug Henderson of the Creation Museum joins to share his gifts for creating.

Doug Henderson was a teacher of special effects makeup and animatronics at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh from 1990-2006. He met his wife, Cathy, through NBC while working in film, television commercials, theater, and print advertising. They married and formed Henderson Design and Productions where they sculpted dozens of historic and celebrity "wax" replicas for museums and themed attractions all over the world. His favorite is still Colonel Sanders for KFC.

Doug and his wife began working as contractors for Answers in Genesis, starting with the Creation Adventure Team videos staring Buddy Davis, which they wrote and produced. They came on board the museum's art team full-time in 2006. After the museum opened in 2007, Doug and Cathy stayed on to continue designing exhibits and maintain current ones.

As one of the lead artists for the Ark Encounter, which is under construction at the Creation Museum, Doug’s current job is to oversee the production and assembly of forty pairs of animals. Discover more about the new exhibit at www.arkencounter.com.

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2015 Schedule

July 21 – Artist with Creation Museum, Doug Henderson

July 28 – Award-winning Author, Beth Saadati

Every Tuesday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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Tonight's Show ~ Russ McCoy

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July 7

Director of The Basic Needs Center

Pastor Russ McCoy

6:00 p.m. EST

Join us this week on Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! as Scott chats about feeding the hungry and clothing the needy with Pastor Russ McCoy.

Pastor Russ is affectionately known by the locals in St. Johns, MI, as a man of God and provider to the needy. Yet, his life was not always that of a humanitarian. As a troubled youth, he found himself serving in Okinawa during the Vietnam War. His first marriage lasted only five years as he fathered two children.

In 1993, his life was forever changed as he accepted the Lord, went to seminary, and became an Assembly of God Minister. He’s been married to Adele for forty-one years, serving the Lord and being an entrepreneur.

In 2010, Russ started The Basic Needs Center.  He and Adele have served over 1500 client families with food and clothing. God has provided everything needed through community support, local businesses, and a 100 percent volunteer staff.  

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2015 Schedule

July 14 – Former Major League Player, Tony Graffanino

July 21 – Artist with Creation Museum, Doug Henderson

July 28 – Award-winning Author, Beth Saadati

Every Tuesday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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Tonight's Show ~ Saundra Dalton-Smith and Debra Coleman Jeter

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June 30

Authors

Saundra Dalton-Smith &

Debra Coleman Jeter

6:00 p.m. EST

Join us this week on Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! where Scott will be joined by savvy writers Saundra Dalton-Smith and Debra Coleman Jeter.

Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is a board certified internal medicine physician. She shares with audiences nationwide on the topics of eliminating limiting emotions, finding grace in difficult places, and experiencing personal renewal by drawing near to God. Dr. Dalton-Smith is a national and international media resource on the mind, body, spirit connection and has been featured in Women's Day, Redbook, and First for Women magazine. She is the founder of I Choose My Best Life. Her other books include award-winning Set Free to Live Free: Breaking Through the 7 Lies Women Tell Themselves and most recently from Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas, Come Empty.

A Vanderbilt University professor, Debra Coleman Jeter has published fiction and nonfiction in popular magazines, including Working Woman, New Woman, Self, Home Life, Savvy, Christian Woman, and American Baby. Her story, Recovery, won first prize in a Christian women’s short story competition, and her nonfiction book Pshaw, It’s Me Grandson: Tales of a Young Actor was a finalist in the 2007 USA Book News Awards. She is a co-writer of the screenplay for Jess + Moss, a feature film which premiered in 2011 at the Sundance Film Festival, screened at nearly forty film festivals around the world, and captured several international awards. She lives in Clarksville, Tennessee, with her husband, where she’s releasing her newest book, The Ticket.

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2015 Schedule

July 7 – Proprietor of the Basic Needs Center in St. Johns MI, Pastor Russ McCoy

July 14 – Former Major League Player, Tony Graffanino

July 21 – Artist with Creation Museum, Doug Henderson

July 28 – Award-winning Author, Beth Saadati

Every Tuesday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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This Week's Show ~ Undone

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June 23

Christian Music Group

Undone

6:00 p.m. EST

Join us this week on Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! where Scott interviewed the group Undone at a LIVE concert on Memorial Day.

Ricky and April Burke were married in January of 1998. With music in their blood, they began to lead worship at Faith Tabernacle Worship Center in Medon, TN, and from that moment, God sparked a fire unlike anything they’d ever known.

Their son Kevin, who is an autistic savant, began playing the piano in 2009 for the worship team at the age of fourteen. Terry Montgomery, drummer, joined them in 2011.

In October 2012, God called Pastor Ricky and April to open a sister campus called Faith Church in Lexington, TN. Bobby Hughes, bass player,  began to play at their monthly Sunday Night Ignite services in 2014 and in early 2015, they were introduced to John Couch, lead guitar, by way of a mutual friend, Andy K. Avery. The band was complete.

Worship is where the deepest part of you seeks out the deepest part of Him, where you come into the throne room of grace face down, broken, and undone. That is the place where He can start to unravel you and make you new again—hence the name of the group Undone.

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2015 Schedule

June 30 – LPC Authors Saundra Dalton Smith and Debra Jeter

July 7 – Proprietor of the Basic Needs Center in St. Johns MI, Pastor Russ McCoy

July 14 – Former Major League Player, Tony Graffanino

July 21 – Artist with Creation Museum, Doug Henderson

Every Tuesday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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Tonight's Show ~ Kimberly Pickens and Mary Edwards

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June 16

Writers

Kimberly Pickens &

Mary Edwards

6:00 p.m. EST

Join us this week on Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! when Writers Advance Boot Camp graduates Kimberly Pickens and Mary Edwards share their lives.

Kimberly Pickens is a preschool teacher at her home church daycare. She has written two stories that are featured in Christmas Moments and Spoken Moments. Her story, Molly's Promised Land, won an honorable mention from The ACFW First Five Pages Contest. She is a member of a writing and critique group, Crosses and Pens. She is also a member of NACFW and the ACFW. Kimberly likes spending time at home with her husband and best friend of over twenty-five years. They have a daughter and a son. Besides writing, Kimberly's passion is her faith in God, her family, and helping children achieve academic success. She has recently started her own enrichment program in preschools to help children develop a positive attitude early-on in math and science. Her program is called Math that Counts. It is Kimberly's heart's cry to bring glory and honor to God Almighty by using the talents He has blessed her with, to advance the kingdom of heaven through her writing.

A veteran attendee of Writers Advance conferences, Mary is an experienced photographer, seeking to capture memories that bring smiles. A 2013 graduate of Christian Communicators Conference, Mary speaks about her own experiences with abuse, leading her to begin her Be A Voice 4 Kids ministry.  She recently shared at the Chosen Chicks for Christ Conference and local church events, with the latest being the guest speaker “What's I Your Purse?” banquet at Faith Temple Baptist Church. With much prayer she followed through with the calling of becoming trained as a facilitator of Stewards of Children through Darkness to Light to help prevent child sexual abuse. She loves to share the Love of the Lord and brings hope to those who hunger for only what can be found through Jesus Christ. Find Mary on her face book page at Be A Voice 4 Kids or at www.writeblessings.com or  www.beavoice4kids.vpweb.com.

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2015 Schedule

June 23 – Christian Music Group Undone

June 30 – LPC Authors Saundra Dalton Smith and Debra Jeter

July 7 – Proprietor of the Basic Needs Center in St. Johns MI, Pastor Russ McCoy

July 14 – Former Major League Player, Tony Graffanino

Every Tuesday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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