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Looking for an enthusiastic, energetic, and fun public speaker? Need a spirited speaker to give a Sunday lesson while your minister is away or on vacation? Since 1998, Becki Balok, an Advanced Toastmaster, has dazzled church-goers in Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, New Mexico, Nevada, and Ontario (Canada). Her talks are based on the New and Old Testament and the New Thought Movement and are filled with practical, enriching spiritual principles and fun! Talks: (partial list) Wake Up! (also a version titled:Up On the Roof.) Based on Luke 6:12, 9:28, 22:39 -- Top 10 ways to awaken from spiritual slumber. Great Expectations. Based on Matthew 9:37; 25:14-29 -- Allowing your dreams to come true. Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart. Based on Ezekiel 37:1 and the Crucifixion story -- How to move through and make sense of suffering, hard times (perfect for Easter-time). Does This Make Me Look Fat? There is a perfect answer to this question! In a whirlwind tour of the Book of Job, the spiritual principle of detachment humorously unfolds. The Truth: the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth. Based on Luke 1:4-12 and the Cinderella story this fun lesson confronts gossip, criticism, judgments, and complaints, and teaches how look beyond what is True to see only the Truth. Flip Your Flops. When life knocks you down, you need to flip your flops. If you don't, your flops will flip you. With reference to the Old Testament (Judges 6:13-14), this talk invites you to accept what is and move on. God is Funny. Sometimes we need to be reminded that life is fun and that laughter is the glue that holds the universe and our lives together. Based on Daniel 3:15-30, Becki humorously reminds us that we are on the planet to have a ball, a blast, a hootenanny, in spite of appearances to the contrary. The Three Stooges of Life: Coulda, Woulda, and Shoulda. Based on Genesis 12-19, with fun and laughter discover how looking back prevents us from moving forward. Learn three ways to break the chains of coulda, woulda, and shoulda in order to strive for the glorious, unlimited, magnificance that is ahead of you. Float Your Boat. A nautical theme (great for summer) based on the 3 most famous boat stories in the Bible: Genesis 6:5-22 (Noah), Luke 8:22-24 (Jesus falls asleep on the boat), and Matthew 14:22-33 (Jesus walks on water). Each Bible story contains a clue, a puzzle piece, that helps build and FLOAT your boat through the storms of life. Better Together. Stringing together 3 ways to make the most of ourselves by reaching out and working together (based on 1 Kings 19: 4-10). It's Time For You. Explores how 'now' is the right time and the right place to get started, to bloom, and to make a difference on the planet (based on John 2:1-10). Something's Gotta Give. Explores the spiritual principle of divine flexibility. (Matthew 21: 12-19) Slowing Down to Speed Up. A fun study of Charles Fillmore's 12 Powers and how tapping into them guides you to the divine dance floor of life. (Luke 6:12-17) Dare to be Different. Provides a divine recipe right out of our spiritual principle cookbook to challenge you to dare to be different. (Matthew 5: 38-44) It's Easy Being Green. Celebrates the spiritual principle of loving-kindness. (Matthew 13:3-8) and many more....
Workshops From Surviving to Thriving. 2-hour workshop -- how to express your creative, sacred self. Myrtle on Prayer. Two hour workshop for women based on "How to Let God Help You" by Myrtle Fillmore and focusing on prayer, specifically prayer for the body. (Great for Retreats for Women). Myrtle on Purpose. Two hour workshop focusing on our purpose based on the book, "How to Let God Help You" by Myrtle Fillmore. (Great for Retreats for Women). Wisdom of Gandhi. Seven one hour sessions covering Gandhi's life and message plus practical application for our own lives including how to use the greatest tranquilizer on the planet (use of mantram) and secret of the mystics (meditation). Fear Means Grow. Half-Day workshop exploring the book by Frances Moore Lappe and Jeffrey Perkins: You Have the Power: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear. Conversations Unplugged. 3-hour workshop of self-discovery based on Ira Progoloff's book 'At a Journal Workshop'. Special Events Journey to Jerusalem: Outrageous Transformation and Mystical Evolution. An uplifting and powerful Good Friday meditation. Surrendering to Surprise. Easter celebration covering the meaning of Holy Thursday thru Easter Sunday exploring the dynamic spiritual principle of 'surrendering to surprise'. Creating Greatness: You Are the Star. A Christmas celebration that will light up your life.
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