Sara L Armstrong
(770) 517-2558 phone/fax
sara@sarmstrong.biz
www.sarmstrong.biz

Do you need a dynamic leader for your next retreat? Do your staff and volunteers need leadership or diversity training? My name is Sara L Armstrong, your local resource for spirtually based training. I am a seminary graduate with extensive speaking, teaching and training experience specializing in leadership, diversity, spritual growth and Chrisitanity in a global environment. I have been involved in faith based training intiatives from Southern California, to South Korea to Northern Nigeria.
My life experience includes working in the Peace Corps, surviving six years under Idi Amin in Uganda and participating in local politics as the first mayor in Shorter, Alabama. While serving as Director of Connections and Justice for the 400 United Methodist churches in Southern California and the Pacific, I was responsible for helping churches to be open and inclusive of ethnic ministries and to adopt a faith based approach to sharing sacred space and leadership responsibilties.
The world is both small and flat. Forward thinking faith communites are seeking new techniques for being a part of the global village. Globalization calls on us to be more than just comforters of the afflicted, but agents for change and unity. I am a local resource who can consult with your faith community and tailor a dynamic and rewarding partnership.
I have also published two books: THE SHATTERED PEARL which recounts my African experience and AFTER ME, YOU COME FIRST, a self-care guide for women and caregivers.
Enclosed find a more complete description of my workshops. Understanding the limitations of church budgets, my fees are resonable and very flexible.

Indie Community artists and speakers are available for worship services, concert events, camps, and more! Check out our speakers by going to http://indiecommunity.com/bands.htm and clicking on their name.

David Leinweber
Phone: (770) 784-0997
Email: dleinwe(at)emory.edu

In 1993, Dr. Leinweber accepted a position as Assistant Professor of European History at Oxford College of Emory University in Oxford, Georgia. In May, 1999, David was promoted to Associate Professor of History and granted tenure.

His teaching assignments have included courses on ancient, medieval, and modern Western Civilization. Dr. Leinweber has presented many papers at professional conferences. He has published several major essays. Recent publications include "Religion and Power in Gibbon and Frazer," in Fides et Historia (1999), and "Mary Magdalen and the Provençal Saints," in Magistra (1998).

In 1995, Leinweber received the Sammy Clark Service Award from the Student Government Association at Oxford and the Mizell Award for Superior Performance in Furthering the Education of Students. In 1996, The Board of Higher Education and Ministry of The United Methodist Church presented him with the Exemplary Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching at a United Methodist Affiliated Institution. In 1998 and 2000 he was named to Who's Who Among American Teachers and also received the Outstanding Young American Award. He received the Outstanding Young Leader Alumni Award from his alma mater, Spring Arbor College, in June of 1999.

Leinweber earned his BA degree from Spring Arbor College, graduating with honors in 1987. Subsequently, he continued his education at Michigan State University, earning an MA in 1989 and a Ph.D. in 1992. Leinweber is also active in the Oxford community, holding a staff position at Allen Memorial United Methodist Church in Oxford, where is the pianist for services. He also played the piano for the College production of The Fantasticks. He leads the Oxford College Guitar and Mandolin Society, a group performing for various college and community functions. He and his wife Mary are the proud parents of two sons, Daniel (1/12/94) and Andrew (1/29/97). The Leinweber family resides in Oxford.

Tim Hall
Phone: (678) 462-6695
Email: tim(at)psalmsofthesouth.com
Web: www.psalmsofthesouth.com
Address: P. O. Box 686, Grayson, Georgia 30017

Traditional storytelling took—and still takes—place wherever small groups have gathered to work and socialize. Such physical settings included general stores (with their "liars' bench" out front), hunting camps, and the shaded porch and fireside of homes; social occasions involving storytelling included community gatherings such as corn shucking and syrup making, and barn or home raisings. Today, stories are exchanged during office breaks and after work at restaurants; scary stories are told at slumber, or spend-the-night, parties and around Scout campfires; and urban legends circulate in beauty parlors, school cafeterias, and on college campuses. Folklorists divide folk narratives into two main categories, based on the storytelling community's attitudes. Folktales are those orally transmitted stories that are understood as fictitious; they function mainly as entertainment but also convey values. Myths and legends, on the other hand, are belief tales, regarded as true accounts of past events; they can be entertaining but principally serve to support the belief system and as folk history.

Go to Tim’s website and see the characters that he has portrayed and then invite him to your gathering to entertain and enlighten you with the stories, myths and legends that you may or may not be familiar with.