Christa Green—Hoynak

Integrating biblical principles and evidence-based therapeutic practices through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to learn how to navigate your internal thought life.

Mary Margaret Spiteri—Gillespie

Useful tips and ideas in order to maintain a spiritual life through life’s challenges. I will discuss ways to adapt our Spiritual Journey day by day, season by season as our schedules and family circumstances evolve. Most importantly: reflecting on God’s grace and taking each day anew.

Nichole Ellis, Christy Maier, & Kathy Petersen—Plaster

Join us for a Q&A to hear stories and advice about mistakes or silly choices our panelists have made and how to not take yourself too seriously. We are all doing life for the first time! Come ready to laugh, ask questions, and leave with some new insights of navigating dating, the professional world, friendships, etc. in your 20s. 

Stephanie Maxwell—Searle

Dating: how to avoid pitfalls and develop healthy relationships

Caroline Strzesynski—Hoynak

This talk will be a Q&A of menstrual cycles, fertility, how to prepare for a women’s health visit, and features of normal vs. abnormal women’s health matters.

Mary Dell Strecker—Plaster

Look through a big picture lens looking at the art of personal style, developing taste, and honoring your human limitations. 

Anna Vincenzi—Searle

Facing the questions of life after college—marriage, children, career, or whether to work at all—can feel overwhelming, even paralyzing. How can you approach these decisions with confidence? Is self-confidence an innate trait that some possess and others lack? And is there a way to think about discerning your vocation that inspires hope rather than anxiety? This speaker argues that there is, and will share about experiences that convinced her of this. She will also suggest that the horizon of these choices extends to nothing less than the world itself.

Catherine Chasen—Gillespie

Featuring Cicero’s work On Friendship, this talk will delve into its insights on loyalty, honesty, and morality in friendships. The second half will include what Catherine thinks Cicero would say about modern issues in relationships, like texting, phone calls and social media. 

Caroline Koperski—Hoynak

This discussion will consider how having a career as a woman looks different than as a man, especially when contemplating traditionally male-dominated fields. Although society says that we as women should be striving for ever-increasing egalitarianism in our career paths, I will consider if this truly leads to our fulfillment. Double standards may exist for us in these fields, both at work and at home. I want to encourage creativity when discerning a career and describe my journey to becoming a full-time physician assistant, as well as a full-time wife and mother.

Kaitlyn Zellner—Gillespie

This talk will discuss how our families impact who we are today and the relationships we choose to have in the future. Whether you come from a thriving, healthy family or one that struggles with dysfunction, this talk is for you! Let’s identify parts of your family’s legacy—which parts you want to continue and which parts to set down along your path.

Bethany Widmer—Searle

Come learn more about the heart behind hosting and come away with intentional and budget-friendly ways to host gatherings that make guests feel welcomed.

Jen Lutz, Hadiah Mabry, & Reagan Pierce—Plaster

Join us for a Q&A to hear stories and advice about how to not slip into the common and sometimes easy mindset of “I hate all men.” We noticed (and have surely participated in) a habit of bashing men for every wrong we experience. While we all do this out of good fun sometimes, there is enough true bitterness behind the sentiment of “man-hating” that we think it is worth addressing. Come ready to hear these women’s real life experiences about working through bitterness from past relationships, navigating friendships with men, and more! 

Rebekah Bollen—Plaster

Join us in the opening talk to introduce our Summit theme of 2025: Horizons. Explore the world of opportunity around you and walk away with practical tips to make the most of your journey and step toward the horizon.