VoxCOn 2023: Sept 21-22

CALLING ALL PREACHERS & MINISTRY TEACHERS:
Want to work on your speaking skills and find a renewed heart for preaching?

VoxCon is a 2-day event in Houston, Texas, focused on the art of preaching & teaching.

Come find your creative voice, refresh your passion, and hone your communication skills—as well as cultivate a heart for sharing the Gospel and making a difference.

VoxCon is intentionally small, with only 200 seats available, so register today!

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2023 PRESENTERS

***With over 10 years of experience in coaching*** and consulting, Michelle is a director at the Townsend Institute Executive Coaching and Consulting Program at Concordia University Irvine, where she oversees the online graduate program's curriculum, faculty, and students. She is an ICF-certified executive coach, an ICF-certified Team Coach, and The Six Types of Working Genius certified, among others.

Tanner Olson is an author, poet, and speaker.
In 2019 Tanner released his first book titled, ‘I’m All Over The Place: A Book of Poems, Prayers, and Wonderings.’ Since it’s release, he has traveled around the country sharing poetry and delivering messages at churches, schools, coffee shops, and various conferences.

In 2013, Tanner started the creative project, Written to Speak with the mission of spreading hope and announce love through spoken word and poetry. Under the name Written to Speak, Tanner has released over 50 recorded spoken word poems and several videos.

Tanner’s work uniquely blends faith, humor, and curiosity as he seeks to point readers and listeners toward the ultimate source of hope and love, Jesus.

You can find Tanner spreading hope daily on Instagram, as well as YouTube and Facebook.

Chad Bird is a Scholar in Residence at 1517. He has served as a pastor, professor, and guest lecturer in Old Testament and Hebrew. He holds master’s degrees from Concordia Theological Seminary and Hebrew Union College. He has contributed articles to Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Modern Reformation, The Federalist, Lutheran Forum, and other journals and websites. He is also the author of several books, including his latest, The Christ Key: Unlocking the Centrality of Christ in the Old Testament. He cohosts three popular podcasts: “40 Minutes in the OT,” “Field Guide to the Bible,” and “Hidden Streams.” Chad and his wife Stacy have four children and three grandchildren. They enjoy life together in the Texas Hill Country.

Matt Randerson is the Vice President of Growth & Operations at Barna Group where works with churches and faith-based organizations to identify their most important business opportunities using research. Matt sees research as a way to create confidence and clarity for organizations around their greatest opportunities in the Christian landscape. Prior to Barna, Matt worked for a Fortune 300 company designing compelling engagement offerings for church pastors around the country. Matt has a B.A. in Pastoral Ministry from Lee University, as well as an undergraduate minor in Religious Studies. He lives with his wife and son in Atlanta, Georgia.

Jill Phillips and Andy Gullahorn are a Husband-and-wife Singer-Songwriter Duo. Jill Phillips is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter who got her start in the business after graduating from Belmont University in 1998. Her guitar based folk-rock sound combines with rich, insightful lyrics that deal with age-old topics in new and fresh ways. Her self-titled debut album on Word Records was produced by grammy-award winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick. Phillips’ newest release, The Good Things, releases December 2, 2008 and centers around themes of family, relationships and faith.

Andy Gullahorn is a singer/songwriter originally from Austin, TX. He moved to Nashville, TN back in the 1900’s to attend Belmont University and upon graduating, he married a girl who was about to sign a record deal with Word Records. This was Andy's greatest achievement. After years of playing guitar on the road with his wife and writing songs for various other artists, he started recording his own records again and returned to the road for solo shows as his wife wanted to be home more with their beautiful children who resemble their father. Before pandemic-land, Andy would spend most of the year on the road performing at conferences, house concerts, clubs, retreats, festivals, churches and stairwells. During COVID-time, when he is not resentfully monitoring online school for those beautiful kids, he spends his time writing songs and performing online shows accompanied by a fake applause machine. He also has a healthy appetite for hobbies. His favorites include bowling, badminton, collecting used Christmas trees, creating haunted trails for neighborhood kids, and giving high fives.
His eighth and most recent record, Everything As It Should Be, released in 2018 to great fanfare (from his mom).

Matt is the founder and curator of VoxCon, and a frequent speaker at conferences churches around the country.

He’s the host of *What Matters Most* and *Engaging Truth Radio*, as well as the author of *Tough Call: A Little Book on Making Big Decisions.*

Matt previously served as the planting pastor of Our Saviour New York in New York City as is currently Sr. Pastor of St. Mark Houston in Houston, Texas.

Matt is passionate about communicating life changing truths in accessible ways, and equipping others to speak, create, and lead with clear purpose and great impact.

Matt Peeples is passionate about connecting the disconnected to Jesus and developing church planters and everyday missionaries who will do the same. Matt Lives this passion out through preaching, teaching, and training the next generation of disciple makers, church planters, and ministry leaders. Matt partners with networks, districts and local congregations to train church planters, everyday missionaries, and develop missional strategic plans and training content to further their missional impact. Through The Kairos Network Matt leads national webinars and speaking engagements designed to equip and inspire people in the areas of : outreach, church planting, technology, social media, and missional leadership. Matt has been a church planter, local pastor and is currently the founder and director of the Kairos Network. Matt currently resides in Saint Louis with his wife Liza and their three boys: Brooks (10), Samuel (8), and Reece (6).
To learn more about the network or to connect with Matt visit http://thekairosnetwork.com

Frank is the frontman for Atomic Opera, a solo artist, pastor & worship leader for NewChurch (a local church in Katy, Texas), public speaker and record producer. His first book, “Joyride: A Beginning in Every End” is available now.

James is obsessed with the intersection of the Gospel, technology, culture and fun. He is the host of the GodGeeks podcast and the St. Mark Drivetime podcast, he is a former radio personality and frequent guest of KFUO, and a pastor at St. Mark Houston. If you love Lego, Star Wars, or food, James will gladly be your friend.

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Tickets & Pricing

Through instruction from amazing communicators, inspiration from talented artists and entrepreneurs,
you’ll be immediately equipped to communicate with clarity, authenticity, and impact.

INDIVIDUAL: $225

**FULL ACCESS TO VOXCON**

GROUP (5+): $200

**BRING YOUR ENTIRE TEAM**

THURSDAY
CONCERT: $35

**CONCERT ONLY TICKETS**

VoxCon is intentionally intimate, with only 200 spots available….

…. so be sure to grab your tickets today!

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VOXCON SCHEDULE

Voxcon 2023 Conference Program

Thursday
SEPTEMBER 21

3:00PM |DOORS OPEN
REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN
4PM |VoxCon KICKOFF
* Session I: Matt Popovits, The Heart of Great Teaching
* Session II: Frank Hart, Using Humor in Preaching

6PM |HAPPY HOUR
A time of Signature Cocktails, Good Food, & Community on-site
7:30PM |VoxCon CONCERT
An evening of Story & Song with Andy Gullahorn and Jill Phillips
9PM |VoxCon AFTERHOURS
Join us at SlowPokes for drinks & lite bites (Note: Food and first drink on us!)

Friday
SEPTEMBER 22

7:30AM |DOORS OPEN / BREAKFAST ON-SITE
Bagels & Fruit Provided

8:00 AM |VoxCon CON’T
* Session III: Matt Popovits, The Habits of Great Teaching
* Session IV: Chad Bird, Putting the Key of Christ into Every Text We Preach
* Session V: Matt Peeples, Speaking the Gospel in Everyday Spaces
11:30AM |LUNCH & VoxCon SESSIONS
* Jason’s Deli Sandwiches Provided
* VoxCon Sessions- A time of discussion and conversation
1PM |VoxCon CON’T
* Session VI: Matt Randerson, 5 Considerations for Preaching & Teaching
* Session VII: James Cleland, ARTificial Intelligence in the Pulpit
* Session VIII: Michelle Thompson, Head → Heart → Home

4PM |VoxCon 2023 ENDS

Also Featured
During VoxCon 2023

* Tanner Olson be our host for VoxCon 2023, sharing his poetry, his creativity, and his insights throughout the event.
* We will have times of conversation & stories from our speakers.
* You will have opportunities to make connections and learn from others.