SistahFaith Designed for Destiny Weekend

DESIGNED FOR DESTINY WEEKEND

FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2009 (1-4PM)

WORD PRAIZE WRITERS WORKSHOP & CONTEST

Birth your book. Manifest your music. Do your destiny.

Worship & Welcome

From Premise to Proposal: Understanding the Publishing Process. Author Panel: Stanice Anderson, Claudia Mair Burney, Sharon Ewell Foster. Moderator: Marilynn Griffith.

Starting a Self-Publishing Business. Author Panel: Melodie Kent,  Charles Rosenberg (Rose Printing) and Shantae Charles (Church Love). Moderator: Barbara Joe Williams, Amani Publishing.

 Birthing Your Book Eight Minutes at a Time, Marilynn Griffith

 Eight Minute Writing Groups

 Poets and Playwrights: Stanice Anderson

Fiction, Blogging, Memoir: Claudia Mair Burney

Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry: Marilynn Griffith

Fiction, Songwriting, Screenwriting: Sharon Ewell Foster

Songwriting, Poetry: Carmita McCall

Songwriting, Nonfiction: Mary Ardis

Mentor Workshops

Hear from published authors and songwriters about their ministry, craft and business of their industry.

 Poetry, Prose and Praise Panel

Mary Ardis, Carmita McCall, Stanice Anderson, Rosalyn Webb and more discuss music as a ministry, music marketing, devotionals, articles, plays and spoken word performance.

Blogs, Nings, Tweets, FaceBook and other Social Media. Panel: Claudia Mair Burney, Marilynn Griffith, Barbara Joe Williams, Sharon Ewell Foster and more....

How I Got an Agent. Panel: Sharon Ewell Foster, Stanice Anderson, Marilynn Griffith, Claudia Mair Burney, Barbara Joe Williams.

 Communicators' Commission

Poetry & Praise Sistah Showcase (7-9 PM)

$5. Come on out and showcase your talents. Men and children welcome. PG-13. Portion of proceeds to benefit Young Lives.

NOTE: ALL Word Praize participants may enter the Word Praize Writing Contest

GARMENTS OF PRAISE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE

"...and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
       to bestow on them a crown of beauty
       instead of ashes,
       the oil of gladness
       instead of mourning,
       and a garment of praise
       instead of a spirit of despair,,. (Isaiah 61:3a, NIV)

SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2009

10 AM Worship & Welcome

10:15 Sharon Ewell Foster, Strength by Design

11:00  Women's Health Panel:  Annette Ponder, Turn it Around Ministries (substance abuse), Lisa Brown, Young Lives (teen pregnancy), teen moms. Facilitator, Sheila Morris, Leon County Health Department.

11:30 Stanice Anderson

12:15 Lunch

Poem, Rosalind Tompkins

12:20 WRITING CONTEST FINALISTS, Barbara Joe Williams

12:25 Devotional, Coleen Hagood

12:30 Pastor Elliott Sheppard, Midway Church of God in Christ. The Proverbs 31 Woman

12: 55 break

1:00 CLAUDIA MAIR BURNEY, Cutting to the Heart

1:45 Conflict Resolution in Leadership:Sandra Myles, Founder, Black Female Development Circle, Katina Amoah, Founder and President of You Can! Women in Business and more! Facilitator, Marilynn Griffith, SistahFaith.

2:15 Grant Writing Q&A, Alma Venisee, Investing in Our Youth. She has secured millions in grants!

3 PM MARILYNN GRIFFITH, KEYNOTE

4 PM Conference Ends

schedule subject to change before conference. Check back for updates.