About the Event
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Faith Stepping Stones
SIDE by SIDE
DAY RETREAT
HELD ON CAMPUS at ST. JOHN'S
Mother-Daughter & Father-Son duos are encouraged to attend this Foundational Faith Stepping stone event!
Parents/Mentors and Kids will reconnect and strengthen their bond while learning, eating, and most of all, having a fun day together! [The event speakers' topics are gender specific. For children that can't attend with a parent, please invite a grandparent, aunt, uncle, or mentor of the same sex.]
Saturday, January 25
9:00am-1:15pm
St. John's Walker Hall Auditorium
For Students in Grades 3 to 6 and their Parents
$40 per duo
Price includes lunch, snacks, large group activity, application project, games and all other materials.
Parents are welcome to attend without children as the teaching and event still holds truth to parenting all ages and children.
Bring your Bible and dress comfortably!
Our Guest Speakers
Pastor Joel Oesch
Joel Oesch has been a professor of Theology at Concordia University Irvine for 13 years, teaching on a variety of subjects including: New Testament, Christian Theology, and American Religion. Before returning to his alma mater to teach, he was a Director of Christian Education for 10 years at congregations in Hawaii and Texas. He and his wife, Tiffany, have been happily married for 19 years and have 4 children together. His interests include hunting, fishing, woodworking, watching football, and listening to Johnny Cash on the porch. He calls Silverado Canyon home.
Kirsten Casillas
Kirsten Casillas is a freedom fighter, hope bearer, and soul encourager. She and her husband celebrate 20 years of marriage this year and have two daughters, ages 15 & 12. Kirsten is still getting used to her new identity as an ovarian cancer survivor. Kirsten’s passion is seeing people walk in the freedom and power we already have in Jesus.
She believes she is living an epic redemption story. The life God had planned before loss, pain, shame, and lies made her feel unlovable. Kirsten invites people into healthier ways of thinking to help us live the abundant life Jesus provides. She is known for speaking truth with humor, and encouraging us to find wholeness and healing through Jesus too.
Kirsten lives in Costa Mesa. When she isn't homeschooling her 6th & 9th grade daughters, she is speaking at churches throughout California or walking in nature.
QUESTIONS?
Please Contact:
Jim Meyer | 714-288-4480