Saturday, February 20

Dr. Rick Rigsby
Former TV News Reporter
President, Rick Rigsby Communications

Considered among America’s finest speakers, Rick Rigsby challenges audiences with a compelling message that engages the mind, energizes the will, and encourages the spirit!

A master storyteller, Dr. Rigsby weaves a life of triumphs and tragedies with timeless common sense values—to respond to the challenges of our day. 

Following a successful career as a television news reporter for a CBS affiliate in Northern California, Rick Rigsby began graduate studies, earning a Master’s degree at California State University, Chico, followed by his Doctorate from the University of Oregon.  For the last two decades, Dr. Rigsby has served as a college professor—the last 14 years at Texas A&M University—where he continues to serve the Aggies football team. 

With over 200 engagements annually, Rick proclaims the uncompromising message of a loving God to audiences of all ages.

Consistently ranked a top-rated speaker and audience favorite, Dr. Rigsby now devotes his full attention to empowering people!  As president of Rick Rigsby Communications, and founder of Rick Rigsby Ministries, this Champion for Character speaks to audiences as diverse as churches in the jungles of Nigeria, to top corporate executives on Wall Street.  He’s a popular motivational speaker among high school students, and a favorite devotional speaker at Christian colleges and chapel services for numerous teams in the National Football League.  
 
From conference centers worldwide, to corporate board rooms, to church pulpits, to national men’s conferences such as Promise Keepers, Iron Sharpens Iron, and Men of Valor, Rick Rigsby is asking the most important questions of our generation: 

• Are you maximizing your talents and abilities?
• Are you exceeding your potential?
• Are you making an impact or just an impression?

Doug McCary
Former FBI Special Agent
Director of Evangelism and Outreach, Men At The Cross

Doug and his wife, Lori, grew up in Meridian, Mississippi and they both entered into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as young children. They married in 1983 and Doug began an eight year career in the Marine Corps where he flew the AV-8B Harrier. In 1987, Doug was flying on a low-level training mission and had a birdstrike.  A five-pound turkey buzzard crashed through his windscreen, critically injuring him and severely damaging the plane. After this near-fatal mishap, the Lord provided Doug with many opportunities to share his testimony.

In 1991, Doug moved on to a new career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Jacksonville, Florida. After a life-changing short-term mission trip to Russia, Doug and Lori both sensed God’s call to full time ministry. In Jan. 1995, Doug joined East-West Ministries, Intl. where he worked for five years as an itinerant evangelist focusing primarily on the former Soviet Union.

Doug is presently working as the Director of Evangelism and Outreach for Men At The Cross.  In the past, he has worked as the Director of Evangelism for East-West Ministries, Int’l, partnered with Campus Crusade for Christ, New Tribes Missions, F.C.A. (Fellowship of Christian Athletes), served as chaplain to the Houston Cougars and Houston Rockets Basketball teams and as a chaplain at a local motocross track.  He is a frequent speaker at F.C.A. camps, Pine Cove Family camp, and men’s conferences and retreats.  Doug continues to partner with  ministries that focus on discipleship, international church planting and training, and evangelistic penetration by whatever creative ways fit the audience of opportunity, e.g. (CEO, Law Enforcement, Medical, and Military conferences). 

This workshop is designed for anyone at any level who communicates the Word of God.  From the Sunday school teacher to the pulpit preacher, the question we want to guide our discussion is:  what constitutes effective communication? We will not deal with issues of speaker style or techniques in persuasion. Rather, we seek to locate a speaker’s true source of power!

How to Build Godly Relationships Online (Pioneering Men – ages 20 - 29)
Mark Campbell
Men's Ministry Director, Neighborhood Church, Castro Valley, CA

We will be diving into the "hidden book" of the Bible, The Song of Solomon, and discovering how to apply timeless truths about Godly relationships on line.

Couples Panel: Nurturing a God-Honoring Marriage
Tom Dabasinskas - Moderator
Associate Pastor
Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church, Moraga, CA

Here from couples in different stages of marriage speak to how they are nurturing a God-honoring marriage in today's high-stress, face-paced culture. Tom and his wife Tori, a licensed marriage and family therapist, will moderate this unique seminar.

WIRED FOR LIFE: What to Do with Who You Are
Steve Johnson
Principal, True North Ltd., Coeur d'Alene, ID

In more than twenty-five years of coaching and in countless conversations with men around the country, one issue comes up more than any other: "How do I find and fulfill the central purpose of my life?" As men our passion is to know that we are fulfilling God's purpose (for us) here on earth. This session reveals how men can discover their purpose.

The Power of Sexual Integrity: Turning Weakness into Strength
Clay Allen
President, Avenue Resource, Danville, CA

Experience God’s power and destiny for your life by being your wife’s hero, your child’s hero and God’s hero through supernatural transformation turning weakness into strength so you can become powerful and victorious in this life, and the life to come.

Man and His Money (Who's?)
Steve Minnich
President, TrueWealth Financial Advisors, Spokane, WA

God's Economy vs. Man's Economy
Terry Rommereim, Crown Financial Ministries, Fresno, CA

In this unique seminar about money, we've paired two great speakers - one who will give you a new perspective on how you view your resources, what true wealth really is, and briefly introduce a retirement strategy; the other will give some practical, Biblical insights into how to think about and live with money in a God-honoring way.