Keynote Speakers
Kelsey Scism
Ladies Keynote
I am a teacher turned stay-at-home mom. My husband and I live in a tiny town in Kansas where we are raising our six children.
Some of my favorite things: the sounds of my kids’ voices as they play together, caramel-flavored coffee, playing cards and games at the kitchen table, cooking, and Sunday afternoon naps.
Things I don’t like so much: the sounds of my kids’ voices when they fight, the words “not fair” or “not my fault,” scary movies, doing nothing, the cold, and mice.
I didn’t set out to be a writer. It was never really on the long list of careers I navigated my way through as a teenager. I’ve always been the journaling, letter-writing type, but my writing was mostly for me. The more I read my Bible, the more I wrote. Soon, I had notebooks full of thoughts and reflections on the passages I had been reading. God has taken my weird excitement about grammar, my interest in words, and my love for Him and planted a purpose in my heart I didn’t know was there. I find that writing brings me joy with or without an audience. I put my words here as an opportunity to share what the Lord is doing in my life and allow Him to reach others with it.
Above all, I hope you find Jesus in this place. I hope you see Him in the words I write and the life I live. When you come to my site, I pray that you feel encouraged, supported, less alone, and closer to our Lord.
Thank you for joining me on this journey to love our Lord.
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Holly Salmon
Girl's Keynote Speaker
As a little girl I absolutely loved fairy tale stories. I still do. But even more, I love a story that shows real life feelings and real life situations on the way to the fairy tale ending. Life is often not like a fairy tale book or a Hallmark movie, which is why Cinderella is one of my favorite stories. It’s more relatable to the struggles we experience in real life. Cinderella was born the daughter of a King, but she was not born an earthly princess, nor did she set out to become a princess. She lived the life that she was put in and she did so with a smile on her face and a song in her heart and God blessed her in so many ways.
Like Cinderella, God has blessed my life in so many ways. I’ve been married to my husband Shad for 18 years and we were blessed to have a daughter, Caitlin and a son, Rylan. I thank God every day for the blessings He has granted me, even through the times when life does not look like a fairy tale. I know that His plan is greater than any story I can dream up in my own mind.
Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.””
