Worldview Teen Track
At Worldview Teen Track, your child will be challenged to think hard about their faith and how it applies to the modern predicament. Students ages 13 and above are treated like real people who wrestle with real issues — and who need answers that match the real world. Parents always welcome to attend, too.The Worldview Teen Track experience is unlike any other.Register your teen(s) now!
Dr. David Feddes
Dr. David Feddes and his wife Wendy are home educators and the parents of eight children, ages 5-24. Their two oldest daughters are now married. David is Provost of Christian Leaders Institute, which provides online training to students in many countries. He helped plant Family of Faith Church, Monee, IL, where he continues to serve as pastor. For sixteen years, David served as broadcaster for the Back to God radio program, carried on more than 300 stations in North America and reaching people in more than fifty countries. He also worked with Crossroad Bible Institute, providing biblical distance education to thousands of people in prison. David earned his Ph.D. in intercultural studies from Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL. Worldview Teen Track Presentation: Great Expectations |
Ann Haney
TEEN PRESENTATION #1—“Becoming An Entrepreneur”—Ann Haney – Are you too young to be a successful entrepreneur? Are you ready to discover the gift God has put in you to provide you an abundant future and bring blessing to the lives of others? You don’t want to miss this presentation of scriptural principles and life applications that are sure to set the stage for success and stir up the gift God has given you. Not only will you be empowered to reach for your dreams, you will discover how to overcome discouragement that can lead to quitting. Ann will reassure you that success is found on a solid foundation of God’s principles and not dependent on age, status, or past. Ann’s daughters will set the stage through a praise dance demonstration that will prepare you to break the patterns that often keep you from achieving what God meant for you to have. A visual demonstration will also take place to reinforce the importance of keeping God at the center of your life for victorious abundance. TEEN PRESENTATION #2—“Marketing Your Business For Success”—Ann Haney—Now you have a vision and it’s time to enact a plan for success. What can you do to gain creditability? What marketing tactics are important to give your business favor? How can social media work as a tool to your advantage? How can I use a Press Release to my advantage? What does a cover letter and dealer term sheet consist of? These are all questions and many more that will be answered at this workshop. Ann will share from personal experience the procedures she took when creating and promoting her first project from beginning to end, as well as the many things she has learned along the way to provide more success to an idea. Ann’s 18 year old son, Dustin (owner of ClassAMedia.com) will be on hand to answer questions and encourage the listener to shoot for their dreams and never give up. |
Catie Frates
Catie Frates is a dedicated bondservant of Jesus Christ, wife, and mother of three. She is an educator of over twenty years, author and nationally recognized Biblical Scientific Creation Speaker. Catie and her husband Steve make their home east of Naples, Florida where they are blessed to raise their children in the beautiful Florida Everglades. Catie’s primary goal is to share the scientific evidence that supports the Genesis account and substantiates the inerrancy of the Word of God. Her passion is to enable her audience to interpret history and science through a thoroughly Biblical Worldview. She takes the latest scientific findings and translates them into God’s unchanging framework as found in the Bible in a layperson friendly fashion. Catie is a high school science teacher and home educator of over twenty years. She specializes in using science to prepare her students for their station in life and for their college experience.
“Catie Frates is rapidly becoming a home school heroine. Her rapid-fire, on-target teaching style -informative, entertaining, and inspiring…” Dr. Gary Parker ” There are speakers who are knowledgeable, and then there are speakers who are knowledgeable, engaging, vivacious, use humor, and are passionate about their topic. Catie Frates is all of these things and then some! I’d sit through any and all of Catie’s lectures, read any book she writes and possibly should start a fan club for her! All kidding aside, you will find I am not alone. Anyone who has had the pleasure of working with Catie as I have will attest for her integrity and her ability to convey the message about God’s creation with passion and love.” Felice Gerwitz Catie's Worldview Teen Track Topics:Modern Marvels of Ancient ManExamine the evidence, or lack thereof, for human evolution by taking an exciting journey back in time. Explore the extraordinary accomplishments of ancient man, solve many Biblical and secular mysteries, and learn exciting facts like where Cain got his wife, how ancient man could live so long, and much more. Finally discover the answers! The Day the Earth Didn't Stand StillHang on to your seats as you take an exciting excursion into the past! Investigate Noah's magnificent ship, dig through fascinating fossils, quake as whole continents collide under the sea at 10 miles per hour pushing up massive mountain ranges. Adventure back into the fearsome conditions the flood left in its wake as earth reeled for hundreds of years from the cataclysmic judgement. You'll never be stumped by hard questions about these issues again! |
Angela Beddingfield
Angela has a Bachelor of Science in Bible and Elementary Education from Baptist Bible College and holds state teaching certification in Missouri and gifted liscensure in Indiana. She is currently working toward earning her Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology/Gifted Education from Purdue University. She teaches piano and gives private tutoring. Angela has taught at Purdue University’s Gifted Education Resource Institute. She speaks at conventions, ladies’ conferences, retreats, and banquets and leads the ladies’ ministry at Cedar Hills Baptist Church in the Dunlap area. She has also taught missions work in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Hungary. Angela is married with 3 children, who she has homeschooled since 2004. Angela primarily speaks on homeschooling gifted children. Angela also teaches Introductory Civil Engineering sessions for the Worldview Teen Track and KidsZone programs. Below is a sampling of what Angela covers in her sessions: Forces
Types of Bridges and Supports
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Nick Jarmusz – AAA
Nick Jarmusz serves as a Community Outreach and Safety Representative for AAA Chicago. In this role, he is responsible for the coordination of events, partnerships and special projects across Illinois and northern Indiana, focusing on traffic safety issues that affect the most vulnerable road users. Jarmusz represents AAA Chicago on various committees and task forces, including the Board of Directors for the Illinois Traffic Safety Leaders, the Northeastern Illinois Safe Routes to School Network and numerous SafeKids chapters and coalitions across Illinois and Indiana. He is also a certified child safety seat technician, and has serves as a judge for the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police Traffic Safety Challenge. Nick will present two workshops on behalf of AAA. “Dare to Prepare” is a presentation for parents of soon-to-be-teen drivers that reviews the state’s Graduated Licensing Laws and offers an explanation of the statistics behind those laws. He will also offer a variety of strategies and resources for parents to guide their teen through the learning-to-drive process. “One Simple Decision” is a program for teens that explores the dangers of texting-while-driving. Using a state of the art simulator, Nick will show teens just how much the seemingly simple and routine use of your phone can drastically impair your driving abilities. |
Bob Moeller
Bob Moeller is a pastor who cares deeply about marriages and helping couples connect their hearts, for a lifetime. Bob and Cheryl are the Co-founders of For Better For Worse For Keeps Ministries. Bob is currently the syndicated television host of the weekly call-in program, “Marriage: For Better, For Worse” on the Total Living Network. The TV show is in it’s sixth year. He has authored ten books, two of those books were nominated for Gold Medallion Awards. Four of those books are on marriage, written with Cheryl, including The Marriage Miracle, Keep Courting: 100 Ways to Keep Courting After Marriage, and For Better For Worse For Keeps. He earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Bob will speaking to the teens at Worldview Teen Track! Come back soon to see what he will be talking about! Bob and Cheryl, have been married 32 1/2 years and are the parents of six amazing children (ages 11 to 27), one awesome son-in-law, one beautiful daughter-in-law, one grandson named Benjamin, and three lively dogs with large appetites. |
Dinah Zike
Robert Andrews
Celebrate Calm
David Gibbs III
Christine Field
Randi St. Denis
Todd Wilson
Rebecca Powell
Chris McBrien
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