{"id":3221,"date":"2011-07-26T05:13:16","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T12:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/?p=3221"},"modified":"2011-07-25T23:22:35","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T06:22:35","slug":"speak-at-your-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/2011\/07\/26\/speak-at-your-event\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019d Love To Speak At Your Next Event! 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They are not responsible for the content of this blog!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Dear Reader\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m truly blessed by all of you who read <a href=\"http:\/\/patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">the Pangea Blog<\/a> on a regular basis<\/strong>.\u00a0 Some of you have been walking this journey with me for a couple of years now, and others perhaps for weeks or months.\u00a0 Whatever the connection may be, I truly appreciate you allowing me to enter into your weekly conversations on faith and justice issues.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, I\u2019m passionate about writing.\u00a0 There\u2019s something else I\u2019m passionate about as well\u2026 <a href=\"..\/speaking\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking<\/a>.\u00a0 Actually, writing is a fairly new expression of how I communicate the Scriptures with people.\u00a0 <strong>Long before I was writing <a href=\"http:\/\/patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">the Pangea Blog<\/a>, I was preaching to youth, young adults, and adult congregations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I love it.\u00a0 <a href=\"..\/speaking\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking<\/a> to groups is one of the things I believe I was designed for.\u00a0 And <strong>I would be honored to speak at your next event.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m glad to speak in various settings such as: c<strong>hurch gatherings, conferences, retreats, university chapels, camps, and various other Christian events<\/strong>.\u00a0 Communicating the radical message of the Kingdom of God is something that gives me energy\u2026 and I\u2019d love to be able to share that with you.\u00a0\u00a0 Not only so, but this may be a wonderful opportunity for me to get to meet some of my blog conversation partners in person!<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, if you are interested you can <a href=\"mailto:thepangeablog@gmail.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">email me directly<\/a> at: thepangeablog (at) gmail (dot) com.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And if you are not in charge of the particular event in mind, please feel free to pass my information along to the appropriate person.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again for reading and I hope to meet you through some speaking engagement!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kurt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/22009158?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/22009158\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jonah 2 \u2013 Embracing the Darkness (Sermon)<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/kurtwillems\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kurt Willems<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Reader\u2026 I\u2019m truly blessed by all of you who read the Pangea Blog on a regular basis.\u00a0 Some of you have been walking this journey with me for a couple of years now, and others perhaps for weeks or months.\u00a0 Whatever the connection may be, I truly appreciate you allowing me to enter into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,86],"tags":[465,796,901],"class_list":["post-3221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dear-reader","category-sermon","tag-kurt-willems","tag-preaching","tag-speaking-engagements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I\u2019d Love To Speak At Your Next Event! 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