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2004
RevWriter Writers Conference
Presenters
Marlene Bagnull
Created to Minister: Writing to Help Others (Rev Track)
Author
of five books, including Write His Answer - A Bible Study for Christian
Writers, Marlene has compiled and edited three books, the latest of
which is For Better, For Worse - Devotional Thoughts for Married Couples
(Christian Publications, 2004). Marlene has contributed to over 20 books
and has made over 1,000 sales to numerous Christian periodicals. She owns
a small publishing house, Ampelos Press, and annually directs two Christian
writers conferences, one of which she founded. She has served on the faculty
of over 75 Christian writers' conferences and has taught over 50 one-
and two-day writing seminars coast to coast. www.writehisanswer.com
Rev. Susan M. Lang
Writing for the Hereafter: Writing for the Religious
Market (Writer Track)
An
ordained pastor, Sue devotes herself to leadership and congregational
support through the publication of the RevWriter Resource (ISSN 1545-939X),
a free electronic newsletter for busy congregational leaders, and through
congregational consulting and leadership workshops. She is the author
of books, such as Our Community: Dealing with Conflict in Our Congregation
(Augsburg Fortress, 2002), and numerous articles. In 2003, RevWriter Susan
M. Lang organized the first annual RevWriter Writers Conference to support
those writing in the local congregation and for the larger Christian market.
www.revwriter.com
Lisa Marie Beamer
Church Newsletters in the 21st Century (Rev Track)
Lisa
is a freelance writer specializing in family, parenting, women's issues,
and education. Lisa provides services to businesses, church groups, and
community organizations, including web site design, newsletters, PR materials,
and copyediting. Lisa is a moderator for Momwriters, an online community
of writing parents. Periodically, Lisa teaches writing and offers mentoring
services to new writers. Lisa is the founder and president of Christian
Families Ministries, Inc., and will be editing its two online publications:
Christian Families Online and Homeschool Families Online.
www.lisabeamer.com
Barb Huff 
Teaching without Preaching: Finding the Balance in
Writing for Children (Writer Track)
Barb is a full-time
writer, wife, mother, foster parent, child advocate, mentor, youth sponsor,
and Sunday school teacher. She is the author of the ON TOUR young adult
series (Barbour), the next two books of which will be released in September
2004. She champions children in the areas of literacy, child abuse awareness,
foster care, and adoption; her writing for adults highlights these causes.
Her works for children have appeared in numerous publications. barbhuff.tripod.com
Chris Summy
Daily Devos (Rev Track)

Currently a Lutheran Associate in Ministry and a Master of Divinity student
at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, Chris is serving
a call in Young Adult and Adult Christian Education at Trinity Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. She is also chaplain for the
ELCA Northeast Penn Synod Candidacy Committee.
Rochelle Melander 
Developing a Writing Life (Writer Track)
Author and coach
Rochelle Melander likes the saying: "Waiters wait; writers write."
With her husband, Harold Eppley, she is the author of six books including,
Our Lives Are Not Our Own: Saying Yes to God (Augsburg Fortress,
2004). She is the founder of LifeRhyme Coaching and coaches individuals
to create a life that rhymes with their dreams and helps improve the quality
of their work. Subscribe to her free e-mail newsletter and learn more
about her at www.LifeRhymeCoaching.com.
Rev. Thomas M. Lang
Pastor of the RevWriter Conference's
host congregation, St. Michael's
Lutheran
Church
Tom
is a Biblical Storyteller and a member of the National Association of
Biblical Storytellers. He has taught numerous workshops on the art of
storytelling and was one of 70 storytellers at the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America's "River of Hope" Youth Gathering in New Orleans
in 1997. He is currently developing StoriedCommunities, his ministry of
storytelling and music. He may be contacted at St.
Michael's.
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