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We’re excited to welcome two main-session speakers and three breakout-session speakers who will inspire and encourage you on your spiritual transformation journey. They will challenge us to grow stronger and deepen our relationship with Jesus Christ. Read their bios below for full details.

• Cost: $25 (Early Bird: $20 through March 28)

• Doors open / Check-in & light breakfast: 8:00 AM

• Program begins: 9:00 AM

Come join us for a day of encouragement, challenge, and renewed commitment to spiritual growth. Register at the button below.

Main Session: Stephanie Carter

Speaker’s Bio
Lady Stephanie Carter serves as the leader of the Women’s Ministry at Concord Church in Dallas, affectionately known as “The Sisterhood.” She finds immense joy in serving and ministering to the women of her church and community, guiding them with creativity, service, relevance, and biblical teaching. Her mission is to equip and inspire women to reach their full potential in Christ, fostering spiritual growth and empowerment. Additionally, she has a unique passion for supporting women married to pastors, offering encouragement and wisdom in their journey.

Lady Stephanie is also the creator and host of the #HerStory Podcast, which facilitates cross-generational conversations on faith, relationships, mental health, and family, providing a platform for meaningful dialogue and connection.

A proud graduate of the University of Oklahoma, she holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and spent six years as a teacher and instructional specialist in Fort Worth ISD, where she made a lasting impact on young learners.

Lady Stephanie and her husband, Pastor Bryan Carter, are blessed with three children: two daughters, Kaitlyn and Kennedy, and a son, Carson. She continues to dedicate her life to ministry, family, and empowering women to walk boldly in their faith

Main Session: Jackie Pugh

Speaker’s Bio
Jackie Pugh is the Executive Director of NextGen Ministry at New Life Fellowship Church and a passionate advocate for the spiritual development of children, youth, and young adults. A graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary with a Master’s in Christian Education, she also holds degrees in Marketing and Secondary Education. For more than 20 years Jackie has dedicated her life to helping the next generation develop and grow personal relationships with Christ, ministering to children, youth, young adults, and those who serve them.

Jackie enjoys sharing the love of Christ and His Word, and she is grateful to be married to her best friend, Dr. Maurice Pugh, Senior Pastor and founder of New Life Fellowship. Together, with God’s guidance, they nurture and cherish their five young adult children: Kendall, Maurice, Natalie, and twins Shelby and Sydney. Jackie is also co‑founder and one of the hosts of the podcast Keep it Holy Sis, a Christ‑centered space for sisterhood that brings real talk, biblical truth, and encouragement to women in every stage of life. One of her favorite scriptures is Philippians 3:12–14, which inspires her daily to keep pressing forward toward the goal for which God has called her in Christ Jesus.

Breakout Session: Cierra Rebekah Cotton

Topic: Living A Surrendered & Set-Apart Life

Session Description
You are called to be different! Discover what it means to live fully surrendered to God, to resist worldly patterns, and to walk the narrow path that sets you apart for His purposes.

Speaker's Bio
Cierra Rebekah Cotton is an author, ministry leader, and disciple-maker with a deep passion for prayer, spiritual formation, and helping others grow in their relationship with Christ. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, she currently serves as the Next Gen Coordinator at Concord Church, where she invests in the spiritual development of the next generation and mentors young women in faith and purpose.

Cierra is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity at Denver Seminary with a concentration in Spiritual Formation. Over the past decade, she has served in various ministry leadership roles, including women’s ministry, girls' discipleship, and prayer ministry to faithfully equip and encourage young women in their walk with God. 

She is also the author of Faithfully His, a book that encourages readers to trust God deeply and to rest in His faithfulness in every season of life. 

Breakout Session: Dela Criss

Topic: Staying Faithful to God When You Feel Like Giving Up

Session Description
Following God often leads us into seasons where the old life is behind us but the new life still requires faith to fully walk in. In these moments, the temptation to return to what is familiar can be strong.

This session will encourage you to remain faithful to God when the journey feels difficult, resist the pull of the past, and continue moving forward into the life God is calling you to. God didn’t bring you this far just to send you back.

Speaker's Bio
Dela Criss is married to the love of her life, a high school football coach, and is a proud mom of four. Together, they enjoy life on their small farm. She enjoys doing life with friends and family and savoring good food and quality time. Dela serves as the Executive Director of Connections at Freedom Church DFW, where she is passionate about equipping people to approach Scripture with confidence, clarity, and real-life relatability both in person and online. Above all, Dela is deeply in love with Jesus and has dedicated her life to making Him known.

Breakout Session: Donna Walker

Topic: Embracing God’s Design for Change

Session Description
For women, adapting to change is part of God’s design.  We can welcome change with anticipation as we journey in new directions. Through a Christian lens, offering both biblical encouragement and practical understanding, this session covers the physical and emotional changes that women experience.  It affirms their God-given worth, purpose, and identity to help encourage women to embrace this season not as an end, but as a meaningful transition in their journey of life and faith.

Speaker's Bio
Donna Walker has spent over three decades in healthcare with the last twenty focused on women’s health. She enjoys caring for and supporting women in every stage of life from teens to childbearing women and to women facing the challenges of peri-menopause and menopause.

Her work is grounded in a desire to help women realize their power, potential, and God- given strength and power. She firmly believes that women are so much stronger than they know, and that their value does not decrease with age, but becomes more refined, valuable, and fine-tuned.

It is her mission to uplift women and help them find their voices, and to advocate for themselves and their families. She currently works as a birth and postpartum doula and as a childbirth educator.  Donna is a wife, the mother of two adult children, and grandmother of a six-year-old granddaughter. She is driven by a desire to serve God, her family, and her community.