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

Finding the Man in the Plan: Looking for Jesus in the Conversion Accounts—The Lamb—Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8) EHAChance Hicks Lead Like the Lord: Lessons in Leadership from Jesus—Common, Clear Thinking, Competent Hotel Cades CoveKirk Brothers Prophet on the Run: Jonah’s Ancient Near Eastern Background Hotel Deep CreekDewayne Bryant Morning Marriage Class: A Man's Most Important Need Ballroom DMark Reynolds The Fall of Jerusalem (AD 70) Meeting Room CDLuke Griffin The Indispensable Lives of “Ordinary” Christians Meeting Room BDean Thompson Volunteer Engagement: How Can We Encourage and Utilize the Talents and Time of Our Members to Maximize Ministry Impact? Meeting Room AStacey Grant Bible Marking Class: How Does God Answer Our Prayers? Ballroom AKevin Hahn Born Again, to Die Every Day (John 3:5; 1 Corinthians 15:31) Ballroom BEd DeBerry A Quick Overview of the Fifteen Periods of Bible History Ballroom CLeah Faughn Bible Class Teachers' Workshop 1: Noah Concourse TablesTeah McWhorter Bible Class Teachers' Workshop 1: Noah Concourse TablesApril Meacham Wacaster

9:00am EDT

Words Every Christian Should Know: Redemption EHBAnde Zimmerman If Jesus Sat with a Trans Person (Part 1) EHADaniel Stearsman Teaching Jesus in Evangelism Ballroom DRob Whitacre Help Me! My Mate Is Dealing with Critical Illness! Meeting Room BStephen Rogers God and the Problem of Evil: How to Respond to Skeptics Hotel Deep CreekKerry Duke Small Churches in the New Testament: The Philippi Church of Christ (Acts 16)—It Began with Two Very Different Families Meeting Room CDJohn Moore Two for One: When My Love for Christ Grows Weak Ballroom BAustin Johnson Two for One: When My Love for Man Grows Weak Ballroom BTy Rhymes Seven Lessons We Can Learn from Jesus’ Incarnation (John 1:14-18) Ballroom AKevin Rhodes Spiritual Musts Versus Physical Desires Ballroom CBecky Blackmon What Do You Mean "Be Silent?" (1 Corinthians 14:34) Hotel Cades CoveJeanny Gilpin Five Foundations for a Strong Family Meeting Room AScott Cain Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)David Looney Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)Kay Looney Confidental Women's Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (2)Dana Glasscock

10:00am EDT

Getting the Congregation Involved in Evangelism That Works (Sign Up Required) Concourse TablesRob Whitacre The Most Important Lesson in the Bible Study and Why Meeting Room BTagillima Esene I Am Mine No More EHADan Winkler How to Raise Funds for Mission Work Meeting Room AGage Coldwater A Few Things I Have Learned from 58 Years of Preaching Ballroom BCharles Cochran Engaging the Skeptics on the Incarnation: Can God Be a Human Son? Hotel Deep CreekCaleb Colley The Haunted House of Human Approval Ballroom AEric Owens Christ's Supremacy and Sufficiency: Studies in Colossians—My Heart Is with You: Introduction to Colossians Ballroom DCliff Goodwin Is the Bible Trustworthy? Have Translation and Transmission Errors Corrupted the Bible? Hotel Cades CoveDoug Burleson I Know There Are Lost Souls, but What Can I Do About It? Meeting Room CDLydia Todd Ten Quick Prayer Suggestions Ballroom CCindy Colley Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)Kay Looney Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)David Looney

10:30am EDT

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

11:00am EDT

Does Each Person Have a Soulmate? Meeting Room BTrent Kennedy Defending the Bible Against False Charges: "The Bible Was Compiled by Plagiarism" Ballroom DJustin Rogers The Top 10 Things the IRS Will Be Looking for This Year Hotel Deep CreekMatt Vega Getting the Congregation Involved in Evangelism That Works (Sign Up Required) Concourse TablesRob Whitacre Taking the Second Step: Prospects Meeting Room AKeno Shrum Bouncing Back from Bitter (Part 3) Meeting Room CDKevin Rutherford Love the Lord with Spiritual Enthusiasm: All Your Soul (Mark 12:30) Hotel Cades CoveJeff Archey Do You Know How to Rebuke? Techniques for Speaking the Truth in Love Ballroom BKevin Hahn The Importance of Purity and Modesty Ballroom CBree Neighbors Contrary to Nature: Paul's Rebuke of Homosexuality in Romans 1:26-27 EHAMelvin L. Otey Ten Things Your Husband Hates Ballroom AJania Otey

12:30pm EDT

Hurry Back Session: The Characteristics of Knowing God Meeting Room AJoshua Ankiah Hurry Back Session: Finding the Man in the Plan: Looking for Jesus in the Conversion Accounts—The Persecuted Jesus—Saul (Acts 9, 22, 26) Ballroom AJohn Moore Hurry Back Session: Crime, Punishment, and the Bible (Part 3) Meeting Room BTom Hodge Hurry Back Session: Over 5,000 U.S. Baptisms—Why You Should Enroll in HTHSOE Ballroom CRob Whitacre Hurry Back Session: Posting with Purpose: Social Media and Christian Apologetics Ballroom BDewayne Bryant Digging Deep Review: Bullet Points from the Conversations Study Ballroom DCindy Colley

1:15pm EDT

Meet and Greet: Foster Families Concourse TablesDavid Sudhoff Meet and Greet: Foster Families Concourse TablesMelody Sudhoff

1:30pm EDT

Finding the Man in the Plan: Looking for Jesus in the Conversion Accounts—Lord of All—Cornelius’ Household (Acts 10-11) Ballroom BRobert Hatfield Ideas to Stay Busy for the Lord in Your Older Years Meeting Room BTodd Clippard Nuts and Bolts: How to Start a Yearlong, Congregational Bible Learning Initiative Hotel Cades CoveCaleb Colley A Peek at the Devil's Playbook Meeting Room AForest Antemesaris Combating Laziness/Procrastination: How to Streamline Your Workflow in Local Work Meeting Room CDJoshua Posey Is Your God Too Small? EHASteve Higginbotham The Christian's Filter Ballroom ANate Kidwell Christ's Supremacy and Sufficiency: Studies in Colossians—Thanking God for Gospel Fruit (1:1-14) Ballroom DCliff Goodwin Do They See Christ in Me Every Day? Hotel Deep CreekDonna Faughn Oh, to Be Like Thee Ballroom CMindy Reynolds

2:00pm EDT

Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)John Ferguson Preacher Renewal (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (2)Mike Vestal

2:15pm EDT

Words Every Christian Should Know: Crucify EHBAnde Zimmerman Are Christians Authorized to Save Money? Hotel Deep CreekEric Lyons Spiritual Procrastination: The Most Innocent Path to Hell Ballroom DJoe Wells Cities of the Apostle Paul: Philippi Meeting Room CDLuke Griffin Ten Things Your Wife Hates Ballroom BGlenn Colley It Runs in the Family Until It Runs into Me: How to Identify and Cease Sins in Your Family History Ballroom AMatt Wallin Lessons from the Paraplegic Man (Mark 2) EHADon Blackwell Forgive and Forget . . . But How? Hotel Cades CoveShameika Hanna Walking in Truth and Holiness (Ephesians 4:17-32) Ballroom CSheri Harris Seven Essential Preaching Topics for Youth Preachers Meeting Room BParker Webster Future Leaders Workshop - Class 1 Meeting Room AGary Hampton Future Leaders Workshop - Class 1 Meeting Room AVictor Eskew

2:30pm EDT

Children's Bible Class Teacher Resources: Make & Take at Your Own Pace EHBRenee Brown Children's Bible Class Teacher Resources: Make & Take at Your Own Pace EHBKaren Perkins Singles Hangout 50-64 Concourse TablesChantelle Swayne • Patrick Swayne

3:00pm EDT

A Former Ballroom Dancer Looks at the Sin of Dancing Hotel Deep CreekDave Domingue Lead Like the Lord: Lessons in Leadership from Jesus—Courageously Calm, Coach, Character Ballroom DKirk Brothers Developing Missions Congregations That Are Self-Supporting, Self-Governing, and Self-Propagating Meeting Room BTroy Spradlin Strategies for Preaching to the Polarized Ballroom ADan Winkler Seven Details to See (and Learn from) in Your Past EHACameron Freeman The Joy of Overlooking an Offense Meeting Room CDJoey Davis How Can I Have Joy When I Have to Carry a Cross? Ballroom BAustin Johnson Should a Women Remain Silent in Bible Class? Ballroom CSheila Butt What I Learned Through Successes and Mistakes of Parenting Hotel Cades CoveJennifer Vega Confidential Marriage/Family Counseling (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (1)John Ferguson Preacher Renewal (By Appointment) Manager's Showroom (2)Mike Vestal

3:45pm EDT

Two for One: What You Should Use AI For Ballroom BBilly Camp Two for One: What You Shouldn't Use AI For Ballroom BMatt Vega Ask the Bible Anything: God Rewards the Hardest Questions Meeting Room BWill Hanstein God and the Problem of Evil: If God Is Loving, How Can Hell Be Just? Hotel Deep CreekKerry Duke How to Train Your Dragons: Ending Pet Sins Before They End You Ballroom ADavid Smith Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Be Angry and Do Not Sin Ballroom DAnthony Dismuke Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Be Anxious and Do Not Sin Ballroom DTy Rhymes Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Be Guilty and Do Not Sin More Ballroom DWestley Hazel Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Be Persecuted and Do Not Sin Ballroom DChris Donovant Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Be Stressed Out and Do Not Sin Ballroom DAnde Zimmerman Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Be Tempted and Do Not Sin Ballroom DCameron Freeman Lessons from Exodus: The Birth of a Nation (Exodus 1–19) Meeting Room CDJustin Rogers The Birds and the Bees of the Gospel (John 3:1-5) EHAScott Cain Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Are Smut Books the Same as Porn? Ballroom CDenise Martin Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Does Retelling a Story Count as Gossip? Ballroom CShelby Camp Seven Minutes of Wisdom: How Do I Work in the Church with Someone Who Does Not Like Me? Ballroom CHeather Hahn Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Is It Wrong for a Mother to Work Outside of the Home? Ballroom CRebekah Colley Seven Minutes of Wisdom: Should Women Be Allowed to Make Announcements or Serve on the Lord's Table? Ballroom CCindy Colley Seven Minutes of Wisdom: When Should My Children Get a Phone or Social Media? Ballroom CMallory Baker Two for One: What Can Older Women Learn from Younger Women? Hotel Cades CoveBree Neighbors Two for One: What Can Younger Women Learn from Older Women? Hotel Cades CoveLaura Boyd

4:30pm EDT

Singles Hangout (65+) Concourse TablesMartha Blouin • Robert 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: Lead Like the Lord: Lessons in Leadership from Jesus—How Do You Define Success? Ballroom BKirk Brothers Hurry Back Session: Reasons Why People Do Not Obey the Gospel Ballroom ATagillima Esene Hurry Back Session: What Addicts Need from You Ballroom CRobby Eversole Sr. Hurry Back Session: Luke's Models of Faith: Barnabas—A Model Encourager Ballroom DMelvin L. Otey Hurry Back Session: Tips for Evangelizing in "Progressive" Communities Meeting Room CDRobert Young Sr.

6:30pm EDT

Congregational Singing EHADavid Crutchfield

6:55pm EDT

Opening Prayer EHACarlos Hernandez Welcome (Emcee) EHAJeff Johnson

7:00pm EDT

Two for One: The Challenges of Christianity: The Challenge of Sincerity—Hypocrisy (Matthew 23:33) EHAB. J. Clarke Two for One: The Challenges of Christianity: The Challenge of Sincerity—Traditions (Matthew 15:3) EHAGreg Dismuke

7:45pm EDT

Invitation / Responses / Closing Prayer EHAJeff Johnson

7:50pm EDT

Betty Tyler Service Award Presentation: Tammy Bear EHAMike Hixson

8:00pm EDT

Lifetime Service Award Presentation: Jim Dearman EHAMike Hixson Bedtime Devotional for Children (Ages 2-9) Concourse TablesTavaro Hanna

8:20pm EDT

Atrium Singing AtriumAdam Morgan Atrium Singing AtriumAndy Baker

8:30pm EDT

Pre-Teen Late Night: Sevier Air Off-siteDaniela Cantrell Pre-Teen Late Night: Sevier Air Off-siteJoshua Cantrell PTP-University: Hangout Concourse TablesMatt Jones Singles Hangout Hotel Cades CoveErin Moore Singles Hangout Hotel Cades CoveJordan Moore Singles Hangout Hidden Trails RestaurantChuck Scarborough Singles Hangout Hidden Trails RestaurantHeather Scarborough Teen Late Night: Xtreme Racing Off-siteMary Carole Jackson Teen Late Night: Xtreme Racing Off-siteBrandon Jackson

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