SPRING THING SPEAKER BIOS

Hey parents, we are bringing in 2 very important speakers for our SPRING THING retreat. I wanted to make sure you were familiar with them and why I picked them specifically to come speak to your kids.

ANGIE SMITH

Angie is a 30 something that realized that God wanted to use her story of impurity to reach young women's hearts. She began her ministry PurityTalks to mentor and speak to girls about self-image, dating, and sex.

Because of this, she wrote her first book "Finding My Pure Heart Again" which will be available this summer. Her heart and passion in her ministry is to help teach that God's love fills the voids in a world where beauty is so important and that we are beautiful in His eyes. She has honest and open conversations to discover what God thinks about these topics.

Angie is also an actress who uses dramas and skits throughout her chats to bring truth to life. Angies enjoys her free time writing, spending time with fmaily and laughing with friends.

JOEL DANIEL HARRIS
I am the middle school youth guy for flipd, the middle school ministry of First Friends and am also First Friends’ Instigator of Justice (the job title came with a sweet super hero cape, so I had to say yes). In my free time i work as an Associate Staff member with the CCO. as part of this, I hang out with students at Malone University (the college from whence i graduated), trying to help them think about living lives without compartments. I also get the opportunity to travel to various colleges (like Messiah, Kent State, Kenyon, Gannon, etc) and church youth groups leading workshops & retreats. I worked at The Chapel for 4 years as their middle school guy & pastor of porn. I co-created and gave leadership for 3 years to a small group ministry related to pornography & sexuality known as six19. The small groups are currently inactive, but i still do presentations occasionally.