Best Selling Author of 16 Books Christian Communicator Professional Speaker Topics: Becoming a Vessel God Can Use Walking in Total God-Confidence Standing Firm on Your Inheritance Personality Types: Understanding Yourself & Others The Broken Places Donna Partow is a bestselling author and Christian communicator with a compelling testimony of God's transforming power. She travels worldwide, sharing her life journey with disarming transparency and refreshing authenticity. In the process, she challenges pre-conceived notions about what it takes to be a vessel God can use. As Donna Partow says, "I'm on the planet for one reason: to demonstrate that God has absolutely no standards—he'll take anybody in. If you are willing to turn your life over to God, no matter what a mess you've made, he will astound a watching world with what he can do!" Powerful Presentations - Inspiring each woman to step into the place of ministry God has uniquely prepared in advance for her. Time for Personal Reflection - So women can apply and internalize the message and concepts shared. It also allows time for the Holy Spirit to minister one-on-one to the hearts of the women. Opportunities for Bonding and Strengthening Commitment - After hearing the message and taking time for personal reflection, women gather in small groups to discuss how the truths they've learned can change the way they live when they return from the mountain-top. Corporate Response - Each weekend concludes with a powerful ceremony calling the women to make a tangible response to what they have learned from Donna and each other-but more importantly, what they have heard from God. Becoming a Vessel God Can Use Donna uses Biblical examples to demonstrate how God uses ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things. The basic premise? Every time God intervenes in human history, he does two simple things: first, he chooses the wrong person. Then, He comes up with a seemingly dumb idea. Regardless of her past mistakes or present weaknesses, any woman can be used by God when she discovers the 5-Phase Journey to Becoming a Vessel God Can Use: ACCEPTING the way God made you Being EMPTIED of self to make room for God Allowing God to CLEANSE you, even if the process is painful Being FILLED with the Living Water of the Holy Spirit POURING FORTH your life in ministry as God directs Walking in Total God-Confidence Donna demonstrates how women can develop an unshakable faith in the God who loves us and called each of us for a specific purpose. Drawing upon the life of Moses and other Old Testament people of faith, she illustrates the importance of “putting on your boots” and walking by faith. We don’t always need to undertake some giant task for God. Often the Christian advances by doing small things with great faithfulness. Closes with a strong challenge to discover your unique place of ministry….then step out in faith to serve. Standing Firm on Your Inheritance One of Donna’s most powerful talks, she illustrates the unique challenges faced by first generation Christians and the responsibilities appointed to those who have enjoyed the privilege of being raised in a Christian home. Opens a dialogue between women from diverse backgrounds who often look at one another puzzled, asking, “Why doesn’t her life look like mine?” We have all been given the same inheritance…the only question is, what will we do with it? This session ends with corporate prayer. Powerful and life-changing. Personality Types: Understanding Yourself & Others A break from the spiritual intensity of Donna’s Bible-centered teachings, this is a strictly humorous look at the strengths and weaknesses of various personalities, based on her book, A Woman’s Guide to Personality Types. Women are encouraged to joyfully build upon their strengths and prayerfully work to overcome their weaknesses. Donna then goes out into the audience, “borrowing” purses to illustrate how you can tell a woman’s purse-onality just by looking at her purse. Outlandish fun…but eye-opening, too. The Broken Places The Closing Ceremony, which can run from 20 to 60 minutes, is based on 2 Cor. 4:7, “We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” Explains the real meaning of “letting our light shine” in a dark world. Ends with an altar call, inviting women to turn their broken places over to God, allowing him to transform them into their most powerful, authentic opportunity for ministry. "We enjoyed working with Donna. Throughout the preparation process, Donna was very down-to-earth and provided the kind of information we needed as we prepared our conference schedule. In person, Donna powerfully illustrated through her life experiences and study the Word that it is because of God alone that lives are changed. She also effectively conveys the incredible journey of yielding ourselves fully to God and witnessing what He can do through imperfect, but obedient 'vessels'." North Central WV Christian Women's Conference "Our women were, are and forever will be changed because of your obedience to share Christ’s love. It was awesome to be able to tell the director of men’s ministries that many of the marriages in our body will be strengthened and healed, because of a simple statement made over and over again by the women this weekend: ‘I will release my husband from the responsibility of being my bucket filler.’ So many more wonderful praise reports keep coming in!” Pattie Newsom, Morning Star Community Church "After the conference, I told you that your words had totally changed my life. You probably hear that a lot! Perhaps you often wonder later if that remains to be true. Well, it is now more than three months after that weekend and I want to assure you that, for me, it is certainly still true! I have been a Christian for many years, but something extraordinary happened to me that weekend in March. I will never, ever be the same again. Thanks you for allowing the Lord to use you to change my life! It's awesome how you have been able to share the deep pain of your past/present experiences to encourage and challenge others to have a closer walk with our Lord." Ruth Hanover First Church of God Hanover, PA