Keynote speakers
Being a teen girl is tough. Being a Christian teen has even more challenges. Our talented conference speakers will share valuable information that we pray will help God’s precious teen daughters during this season of life.
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DeeDee Lake
DeeDee Lake, The Connection Expert lives in Colorado Springs with Seth, her hubby and two crazy dogs. Her spoiled goldendoodle puppy nags for attention while DeeDee writes and their 10-pound, shih tzu guards the house.
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- Author, Next Step. You’ve Accepted Jesus. Now What?
- Blogger
- Part-time Adult
- Navy Brat & Army Wife
- Potato Lover
- Loves to Chat and Laugh
- Friends call her D2
Her strength: Never Meets a Stranger
Her weakness: Starbucks SF Venti Decaf Skinny Vanilla No Whip Soy Extra Carmel Drizzle Frap
She speaks and writes about her passion – communication and connection.
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Heidi Gleghorn
Heidi Gleghorn was raised as a home-free, hippie child. She lived in cars, a bus called Gypsey Rose, a teepee and an army tent. She traveled with hippie caravans, lived at Rainbow Gatherings and went to multiple music venues up and down the coast of California for years. There were some fun times, until her mom left her dad, and then a very abusive man entered her life for five years. The pain and the scars from that time seemed unbearable, and at 18 Heidi fell in love with a military man and got married to get away from it all with their orders to Germany. Six months later the newlyweds met a Navigator missionary couple that introduced them to Jesus. This was the redemptive turning point! They went to a Bible training program for two years, where Heidi received Christian counseling. While there, she was diagnosed with cancer and was hit by a semi-truck. After intense rehabilitation, she started college with a lot of assistance! Heidi went on to grab her master’s in counseling, and then she came on staff with The Navigators to help people heal, especially those who couldn’t afford it. They also adopted two beautiful children! In 2021, Heidi’s homeless father passed away, which turned her heart back to the homeless community she’d come from. She now sculpts, dances and shares her story with all. She loves the youth, yet builds relationships with the homeless too, hoping to heal them all! Her favorite quote is, “Our pain can become our stepping stones to our calling,” if and when we surrender it to Jesus our Healer.
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Rob Gleghorn
Rob Gleghorn (also known as Saint Rob on his website), is a retired military officer, having served in both the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army. He has been married to his beautiful bride (whom he met at a Jack-In-The Box drive-through) for 34 years and are both on staff with the Navigators. They have two adopted children, a 21-year-old “man child” and a girl who is 17. Rob has taught junior high and high school and is now a professor at Colorado Christian University. He was previously a pastor and is a published author to boot. He has read the Bible 34 times and memorized exactly 1,000 verses, so he has a good handle on the Word of God, but he will be the first to tell you he’s still working on actually doing everything the Bible says. Saint Rob’s favorite topics to teach on are marriage, how to be a real man in a jacked up world and what true success looks like for each and every one of us. He and his wife continue to speak at conferences, universities and churches around the country. Learn more at SaintRob.com.
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