Schedule (in progress)

THURSDAY, JUNE 4

12:00- 1:00 Check-in for attendees, light snacks available

1:00-1:30- Opening prayer with Nick Portzen, welcome with Mary Portzen

1:30-2:20- James C. Magruder- "Answering the Call to Write for the Kingdom" Has God called you to write for Him? How to know, and how to respond.

2:20-2:40- Mary Porten- "What Can Journaling Do for You?"

2:40-3:30- Robin Grunder - "Legacy Writing- Why Your Story Matters" 

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3:30-4:00- Break Check out speaker's tables and TJ's Bookstore display for their books

4:00-5:45- Darci Werner "Junk Journals" Prayer Journal workshop

6:00-evening meal

The Fellowship Hall doors will be locked up by 7:45 pm. 

FRIDAY, JUNE 5

7:30-8:30- Check-in for attendees at Fellowship Hall, with continental breakfast.

8:30-9:10- Mary Portzen "Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soul"

9:10-10:00- James C. Magruder "AI and the Writer" The role and ethics in the writer's life. How does ChatGPT work? What are the strengths and weaknesses and risks with the AI revolution? Many markets have taken a strong position on not accepting any stories or articles that have utilized AI (and they can tell). Writers need to be well-versed on this topic in creating trademarked work.

10:00-10:50 Robin Grunder "Finding the Theme in Your Life Story or Memoir" 

10:50-11:10 Break Visit our bookseller, T. J.'s Christian Books, or author tables.

11:10-11:55- Mary Portzen “Writing Shorts” Tips on getting articles and essays published, and how they help writers get noticed. Includes markets for shorter pieces. 

Noon-1:00 Lunch

12:40-1:00 (paid 20-minute consultation time with speakers, cost $30, must send up to ten pages, double spaced by May 12 to Mary Portzen, cfcwconference@gmail.com)

1:00-1:15 Golf cart available to/from the Retreat Center.

1:15-2:05- Robin Grunder "From Journals to Books: Mining Your Life for Stories" (FELLOWSHIP HALL) 

                  Kathleen Bird "God in Your Fiction" (RETREAT CENTER)

2:05-2:15 Golfcart available to/from the Retreat Center.

2:15-3:05- James Magruder "Essentials of Great Dialogue" (FELLOWSHIP HALL)

                   Mary Jedlicka Humston "Poetry" (RETREAT CENTER)   

3:05-3:15- Golf cart available to/from the Retreat Center.

3:15-4:05- J.A. Webb "The Basics of Marketing and Promotion for Writers" 

4:05-4:15- Mary Portzen announcements

4:15-5:00- free 15-minute consultations (up to 3 per speaker)

Please visit our bookstore (thanks to T. J.'s Christian Books)  

Doors to the Fellowship Hall will be locked at 5:30 pm.

5:30- picnic supper (picnic area next to the Retreat Center, across from the office)

SATURDAY, JUNE 6

8:00-9:00 - Gather inside the Fellowship Hall, continental breakfast.

9:00-9:15- Mary Portzen, opening devotion, announcements

9:15-10:05-.James C. Magruder

10:05-10:55-  

10:55-11:15 Break, Golf Cart available to/from the Retreat Center

11:15-12:05 J.A. Webb "Advanced Marketing and Promotion" (FELLOWSHIP HALL).

                      Kathleen Bird "Building on a Theme for Devotionals" (RETREAT CENTER)  

12:05-12:15 Golf cart rides to/from the retreat center.

12:15-1:15-Lunch

1:00-1:15-free private consultations (one 15-minute per speaker)

1:15-2:05- James C. Magruder "Finding Inspiration and Rebounding from Rejection"

2:05-2:30- Mary Portzen closing

2:30-3:00 Time for final questions and making any last purchases from the authors.