Polishing the Pulpit - Sevierville 2026

Polishing the Pulpit - Sevierville 2026

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7:55am EDT

Early Bird Atrium Singing and Prayer AtriumDavid Crutchfield

8:15am EDT

Health/Lifestyle Counseling Concourse TablesEvan Manning Five Reasons I'm Not Eastern Orthodox Ballroom DAaron Gallagher What Happens When a Teacher Meets a Seeker (Acts 8:26–39) Ballroom BChris Donovant Open Homes in a Closed off World — The Gift of Hospitality Ballroom CWestley Hazel The Verses We Read Too Quickly: Do not Be Deceived (1 Corinthians 6:9-20) Ballroom AGary Massey

9:00am EDT

A Small Boy Battles a Giant (1 Samuel 17) EHBAnde Zimmerman Why "We’ve Always Done It This Way" Is a Stewardship Problem Meeting Room AScott Cain Practical Tips for Lifestyle Evangelism Meeting Room CDKeno Shrum Morning Marriage Class: The Romance of Romans - War of the Roses Ballroom DJeremy Pate Be Confident of Your Salvation: Your Conscience May not Forget, but Your God Does Ballroom BEric Owens God and the Problem of Evil: The Cross Is God's Answer to the Problem of Evil Hotel Deep CreekKerry Duke When God Says, "I’ve Had Enough" (Isaiah 1:11–20) EHADan Winkler Bible Marking Class: The Bible’s Wisdom for Drama and Conflict Ballroom AZach Collins How to Recognize Spiritual Attacks and Respond Biblically Ballroom CSheila Butt Lessons on Parenting from the Life of David Hotel Cades CoveRebekah Colley Five Signs Your Career Is Shaping You More Than Your Faith—and How to Push Back Wisely Meeting Room BEd DeBerry Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)Kay Looney • David Looney Confidential Women's Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (2)Dana Glasscock

10:00am EDT

Becoming the Church Your Community Can’t Ignore EHASteve Higginbotham Getting the Congregation Involved in Evangelism That Works (Sign-up Required) Concourse TablesRob Whitacre God’s Persistent Plan to Save the World Using People Like Us (Judges; Matthew 28:18–20; 1 Corinthians 1:27) Hotel Cades CoveVictor Eskew The Hand You Don’t See; the Mission You Do Meeting Room ATroy Spradlin Seven Things a Preacher Can Do to Encourage Evangelism in the Church Meeting Room BTagillima Esene Gene Therapy 101 – Image of God and Human Genetic Commodification Hotel Deep CreekDaniel Stearsman Five Bible Characters Who Battled Lust - and How They Responded to It Ballroom BBengy Slocumb Two for One: Living with No Regrets - Choices You'll Thank Yourself for Later Ballroom AKevin Hahn Two for One: Living with No Regrets - Choices You'll Wish You Hadn't Made Ballroom AAaron Gallagher Studies in 1 Samuel: Light in the Darkness Ballroom DCliff Goodwin Memorizing Scripture: The Why and How of This Important Discipline Ballroom CAmy Albers The Women Who Changed the World Quietly (Lesser-Known Biblical Women) Meeting Room CDVanessa Owens Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)David Looney • Kay Looney

10:30am EDT

Confidential Women's Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (2)Dana Glasscock

11:00am EDT

How to Date Without Making Peace with Compromise Meeting Room BAnthony Dismuke 21st-Century Challenges for Every Christian: Keep Worship Sacred in a World That Treats It Like a Show EHAMelvin Otey It Is More Blessed to Give Than to Receive: The Application Meeting Room CDJeff Archey Handling Allegations Biblically and Lawfully Hotel Deep CreekMatt Vega Getting the Congregation Involved in Evangelism That Works (Sign-up Required) Concourse TablesRob Whitacre Go Deep! How Original Languages Help Clarify Our Understanding of Spiritual Concepts: Important Details from the Years of Silence (The Intertestamental Period) Ballroom DJustin Rogers The Book of Enoch: What It Is—and Why It Isn’t Scripture Meeting Room ALuke Griffin God Hates Laziness—And Says So Repeatedly: Proverbs, Effort, and Moral Responsibility Ballroom AWade Webster Two for One: Learning to Speak with Grace and Live with Dignity in Every Setting Hotel Cades CoveShelley Hazel Two for One: Temptation and Identity (You Don’t Have to Prove Yourself to the World) Hotel Cades CoveTeresa Hampton How Does Paul Expect Us to Hold Truth Firmly While Keeping Our Hearts Soft? (1 Corinthians 8:2) Ballroom CMichael Shepherd The Influence and Consequences of Calvinism — Is It Effecting the Church? Ballroom BJania Otey

12:30pm EDT

Hurry Back Session: America Turns 250—What Scripture Says About Nations That Grow Old Ballroom AJohn Moore Hurry Back Session: Second Thoughts—How to Restore Prodigals Ballroom BRob Whitacre Digging Deep Review: Bullet Points from the God of More Ballroom DCindy Colley

1:15pm EDT

Meet and Greet: Foster Families Concourse TablesDavid Sudhoff • Melody Sudhoff

1:30pm EDT

Becoming a Church That Is Safe for Sinners and Serious About Holiness EHAParker Webster The Devil’s Old Tricks in Your New Life: Recognizing and Resisting Common Temptations That Derail New Believers Meeting Room AScotty Sparks Proverbs for Preachers: Lead with integrity (Be an Example!) Meeting Room CDJoshua Posey Thankfulness That Lasts: Cultivating a Grateful Life Meeting Room BElvis Galbreath Where the Spice of Life Gets Real Ballroom AMike Vestal Studies in 1 Samuel: God’s Grace Reaches Out Ballroom DCliff Goodwin When Heaven Interrupted Earth: The Voice at the Jordan (Matthew 3:13–17) Ballroom BB. J. Clarke Life Lessons from the New Testament World: Pharisees and Sadducees Hotel Cades CoveCaleb Colley Spiritual Intimacy (The Missing Ingredient in Many Marriages) Ballroom CMindy Reynolds The Secret Places: Communing with Yourself and God Hotel Deep CreekSheila Holloway

2:00pm EDT

Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)Kee Ford

2:15pm EDT

The Day Death was Defeated (The Resurrection) EHBAnde Zimmerman 21st-Century Challenges for Every Christian: Choose Depth over Dopamine EHAJoe Wells Making Home a Place Worth Coming Home To Ballroom BGlenn Colley The Encouraging News That God Is Not Panicking About the World (Psalm 2; Isaiah 46:9–11) Ballroom DGreg Dismuke Unspoken Struggles: Finding Solutions for Small Church Issues Meeting Room CDElliot Hamm The Faith Builder’s Guide to Failing Forward Ballroom AMatt Jones When Heaven Fell Silent for 30 Minutes (Revelation 8): A Study in Holy Tension Hotel Deep CreekKevin Hahn Can We Understand God's Grace? Ballroom CJessica Donovant Two for One: The God Who Redeems—Ruth’s Story and the Hope of the Overlooked Woman Hotel Cades CoveSheri Harris Two for One: The God Who Sees—Hagar’s Story and the Hope of the Invisible Woman Hotel Cades CoveShameika Hanna What the Next Generation Needs from Us—Observations from Years of Running a Youth Camp Meeting Room BBrint Rice Preacher Renewal (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (2)Mike Vestal Future Leaders Workshop - Class 1 Meeting Room AVictor Eskew • Gary Hampton • Kirk Brothers

2:30pm EDT

Children's Bible Class Teacher Resources: Make & Take at Your Own Pace EHBRenee Brown • Karla Sparks Singles Hangout Concourse TablesPatrick Swayne • Chantelle Swayne

3:00pm EDT

Grief Support Group for Those Who Have Lost Children Hotel RiverLodgeDavid Looney Carrying the Message Forward: The Past, Present, and Future of House to House/Heart to Heart Ballroom DMike Hixson • Allen Webster • Luke Griffin • Matt Wallin Silence Is the Enemy of Love: Three Keys to Becoming Bolder in Evangelism Meeting Room CDCameron Freeman Godly Motives, Methods, and Mechanisms for Global Missions Meeting Room BTroy Spradlin Fine Tuning: Catholicism Hotel Deep CreekKerry Duke The Danger of Only Loving Truth until It Challenges You EHAZach Collins Modern-day Daniels in Babylon: How to Stay Faithful When the Algorithm Disagrees with You Ballroom BAustin Johnson Covenant Renewal Moments: Reading Scripture Through Its Big Turning Points Ballroom ADan Winkler How to Better Support Your Church Leaders Ballroom CCindy Colley Never Enough? The Lie Every Mom Believes Hotel Cades CoveDenise Martin Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)Kee Ford

3:45pm EDT

Grief Support Group for Those Who Have Lost Children Hotel RiverLodgeDavid Looney Brainstorming Panel: Fixing Church Problems Before They Become Church Splits EHABrandon Rader • Glenn Colley • Eric Owens • Matt Vega • B. J. Clarke The Incredible Consistency of Scripture Meeting Room BEric Lyons The Value of Textual Sermons Ballroom BMike Vestal Gene Therapy 101 – “Playing God” or "Faithful Stewardship"? Hotel Deep CreekDaniel Stearsman Get Out of the Boat! Sometimes Obedience Requires Leaving What Floats (Matthew 14) Ballroom ADavid Smith Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Parts of You God Uses Ballroom DAnthony Dismuke • Ande Zimmerman • Cameron Freeman • Caleb Otey • Chris Donovant • Westley Hazel Go Deep! How Original Languages Help Clarify Our Understanding of Spiritual Concepts: Important Cultural and Historical Insights from the Apocrypha Meeting Room CDJustin Rogers Seven Minutes of Wisdom on Peace and the Mind Ballroom CKay Looney • Katrina Stearsman • Amy Albers • Rebekah Colley • Kathryn Baker • Heather Hahn Two for One: The Intersection of Physical and Mental Health for Christian Women Hotel Cades CoveLori Morris Two for One: The Intersection of Physical and Mental Health for Christian Women Hotel Cades CoveDana Glasscock

4:30pm EDT

Singles Hangout Concourse TablesBob Blouin • Martha Blouin

5:30pm EDT

Meet and Greet Zone: Churches Looking for Preachers / Preachers Looking for Churches Hotel Cades CoveGary Hampton

6:00pm EDT

Hurry Back Session: Tips for Reaching Your Family Members with the Gospel Ballroom ATagillima Esene Hurry Back Session: Why Do We Do Apologetics and Where Should We Start? Ballroom CNathan Liddell Hurry Back Session: Narcissists and the Church Meeting Room CDTavaro Hanna

6:30pm EDT

Congregational Singing EHADavid Crutchfield

6:55pm EDT

Opening Prayer EHAMatt Vega Welcome (Emcee) EHAJeff Johnson

7:00pm EDT

Two for One: Jesus, the Sleep Specialist— He Gives Rest to the Weary (Matthew 11:28–30) EHAJoshua Cantrell Two for One: Jesus, the Speech Therapist — He Redeems the Way We Talk (Matthew 12:34–37) EHAJoe Wells

7:45pm EDT

Invitation / Responses / Closing Prayer EHAJeff Johnson

7:50pm EDT

Lifetime Service Award Presentation: Charles Cochran EHAMike Hixson

8:00pm EDT

Bedtime Devotional for Children (Ages 2-9) Concourse TablesDean Thompson

8:20pm EDT

Atrium Singing AtriumAndy Baker • Adam Morgan

8:30pm EDT

Pre-Teen Late Night: Sevier Air Off-SiteJoshua Cantrell • Daniela Cantrell PTP-University: Hangout Concourse TablesMatt Jones Singles Hangout TBARod Selman • Victoria Selman Singles Hangout Hidden Trails RestaurantChuck Scarborough • Heather Scarborough Teen Late Night: Xtreme Racing Off-SiteBrandon Jackson • Mary Carole Jackson

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