Loren Miller

As Loren tells Bible stories, the stories come to life while conveying the great truths of scripture. You'll feel the intense heat as King Nebuchadnezzar throws Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into the furnace. At the same time, you'll realize God is with you in your own trials. Loren is available as a speaker for Sunday services or special events. He will develop new stories for your particular event.

Loren will also come to your church to present the Bringing Bible Stories to Life workshop. The workshop teaches participants a step-by-step process of how to turn a written Bible passage into a vivid, oral story that comes to life in the minds of the listeners. The workshop is easily customized to meet the needs of your group. The skills learned in this session are valuable for children's Sunday School teachers, adult Sunday School teachers, small group leaders, pastors, youth workers, parents, and grandparents. Be sure to ask about a "Storytelling Sunday."

Loren, his wife Deb, and their four boys live near Bloomington, IL. They are active members of Hopedale Mennonite Church.

Loren Miller
2552 E 800 North Rd
Stanford, IL 61774
(309) 379-2411
loren@biblestoriesalive.com
www.biblestoriesalive.com

Ken Pierpont

Ken Pierpont is a humorist, story–teller and writer. He has been married to his wife Lois since 1979 and they have four sons and four daughters, which makes him something of an expert on youth culture. Ken loves to tell warm–hearted true tales of faith and family.

He and his family live in Flint, Michigan where he is the Director of the Character Inn and International Conference Center. He is the founder of the Eternal Vision Ministry Team.

He has been a pastor all of his adult life, pastoring his first country church at seventeen years old. His talks are filled with humorous and touching inspirational stories of life past and present, rural and urban.

When Ken tells stories you can count on both laughter and tears. If he is having a good day you will laugh and cry at the same time. Ken often speaks of overcoming painful childhood experiences by the work of God in his life.

People often ask Ken to tell stories of how he overcame difficult obstacles of life, like anger, lust and addictions. He speaks frequently on how he lost 105 pounds.

You can contact him at 810-610-4142 or ken@kenpierpont.com. Ken publishes a free electronic newsletter read by nearly 5,000 households a week. You can read his stories and meet his family at www.kenpierpont.com

Dodie Davis

Dodie loves to tell a story. She tells Bible stories in Sunday morning worship, Sunday Schools, Christian schools and in mid-week family programs. She is also trained to conduct a storytelling seminar that sharpens and refines everyone's ability to tell "unforgettable" stories. Her unique teaching style makes it fun! Dodie is on a church staff as Christian Education Director/Office Manager.

She accepts invitations in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Occasionally she is available to go to other parts of the United States.

She can be contacted at:

GraceLife Church
822 W. Main St.
Anoka, MN 55303
(763) 422-1482
dodiedglcanoka@comcast.net

Michael A. Forestieri

Rev. Michael A. Forestieri is a Biblical storyteller for all ages, teacher of the Word, exhorter, writer, speaker, dramatist, husband, and father. He is the founder and president of Parables Tell It Like It Is, Inc., an international non-profit ministry whose vision is: "To impact lives with the power of God's Word through teaching and the performing arts." Original and classic tales, Biblical parables, and culturally diverse stories with Judeo-Christian values comprise his ever growing repertoire. Michael offers the Art of Storytelling workshop to churches and schools as a tool for ministry. "We live in a sight and sound generation and we need to 'speak the language' that this dying world will hear." Invite Rev. Michael to your church, school, retreat, or outreach to add humor, drama, and the love of God through the power of story.

Rev. Michael A. Forestieri
Parables Tell It Like It Is, Inc.
P. O. Box 1602
Bear, DE 19701-1602
(302) 836-5966 Home/Office
(302) 562-1615 Cell
parables@att.net
www.tellitlikeitis.org

Dan LeMonnier

Entertainer and educator Dan LeMonnier performs nationwide, delighting audiences of all ages with his storytelling, music and humor. His renditions of biblical and personal stories, world folk tales, history and original songs all reflect his belief -- every story that has breath can praise the Lord. Let Dan customize a program to suite your specific event, or choose from over twenty programs that include holiday themes, multicultural folklore, and positive life skills. Recordings include Grimms in America (tall tales retold), Prairie Visions (Midwest history), Picture Book (songs of family and hope) and Begin Again (based on his popular Children's Chat Sermons). Dan is a Youth Leader and Stephen Minister and is available for assemblies, workshops, keynote speaking and seminars. References, audio and video samplers are available upon request. 

Dan LeMonnier
(219) 923-5997
(219) 923-6602 (fax)
banjotales@sbcglobal.net
www.banjotales.com

Rebecca McCuin

Rebecca McCuin is a graduate of Plymouth State Universtiy at Plymouth, New Hampshire. She holds a B.S. and MEd. in Elementary Education. She is a certified teacher, storyteller, and a musician. Rebecca has performed programs for libraries, schools, churches, nursing homes, banquets, fairs, parades, Retired Teachers Associations, Odd Fellows, Suffolk Downs Race Track, and a prison. She is available to teach training sessions in storytelling, creating collaborative programs with children, and to present programs. Charges are arranged on an individual basis. 

Rebecca McCuin
(603) 726-8802
bak802@aol.com.

Margie Reitsma

As The Story Connection, professional storyteller Margie Reitsma shares stories with children and adults of all ages in libraries, schools, churches and communities across Iowa and the Midwest. She believes that storytelling helps us build connections--to our environment, to our neighbors nearby and faraway, and even to our own memories and dreams. And whether she's telling environmental or multicultural folktales, family and personal stories or historical tales, Margie's goal is to connect people to each other—to build community—through the power of storytelling.

Reduced prices for schools & other sponsors booking sequentially in the same area or district. Funding is available from The Arts in Education Program/ Iowa Arts Council. Prices may vary for mileage & lodging.

Single Assembly: $100.00/ 2nd Assembly $50.00
Half Day (1 Assembly & 2 class visits): $150.00
Full Day (1 Assembly & 4 class visits): $225.00
For additional information contact
Margie Reitsma, The Story Connection
1018 College Ave.
Adrian, Michigan 49211
(517) 263-8935
mreitsma@rconnect.com
www.thestoryconnection.com

For more information:
Check The Iowa Arts Council/Arts in Education for possible funding
E-mail Margie and ask for details.

Mike Lockett

Dr. Mike Lockett is a teller of traditional tales. Known for his humorous children‘s stories and audience participation tales, he is also experienced with using a wide variety of dialects to make stories come alive for audiences. During his 33–years as a public school teacher and administrator, Mike gave more than 1200 programs on reading, language arts, parent involvement, working with at-risk students, and many other topics – in addition to storytelling. He has written a number of sort articles and abstracts for journals and educational organizations. He published five sets of “story cards,” each containing eight children‘s stories, and wrote one chapter for John Walsh’s book, The Art of Storytelling, published by Moody Bible Press. Since retiring from education, Mike has started a small publishing venture, called Heritage Schoolhouse Press. It is his goal to create and disseminate storytelling materials for use in schools, libraries, churches, and homes. Through Heritage Schoolhouse Press, Mike has released two audio storytelling CD’s, “Tales from the Hills” and Tales from Around the World. It is Mike’s goal to continue developing and sharing stories through publications and through programs.

Mike grew up in the Swedish Covenant Church in Rockford, Illinois. He accepted Christ while at Bible Camp at Covenant Harbor during his teen years. He says he learned much about storytelling from two of his Sunday School teachers as a child. Mike and his wife Becky are members of East Wite Oak Bible Church in Carlock. They both sing in the choir and Mike volunteers in the Sunday School and at Awanna, telling stories. He took John Walsh’s class on “Telling Bible Stories” and on “Bible Telling,” and has begun to write and tell Bible stories for his own church and for others. His stories have been featured on Christianstorytelling.com. He has spoken for church groups in Illinois, Missouri and Nebraska, telling stories and witnessing for Christ. Though he has been successful in his work at churches with telling Bible Stories, Mike still feels like a novice in Bible Telling and plans to continue volunteering at his own church to practice this new skill before taking it out on the road.

Mike is available to tell stories or give workshops anywhere. He is willing to go where he is needed and is not limited by distances. He travels as “The Normal Storyteller”, bringing his stories and music to children, families, and senior groups. You can learn more about Mike and the types of programs he has given by looking at his website MikeLockett.com. He is willing to create special programs upon request.

He can be contacted at (309) 454-2300 or by writing him at 1401 Heritage Road West, Normal, IL 61761

E-mail Mike
http://www.mikelockett.com

John Walsh

John Walsh is the president of Christian Storytelling Network, International Learning Solutions, and Northland‘s Storytelling Network. He has delighted audiences across America and the several other countries with his skill in telling stories. His stories are truly unforgettable.

John can take a workshop of any size and mold it into a practical seminar that greatly enhances how each person communicates. His book, The Art of Storytelling published by Moody Press, captures his sincerity and practical presentation.

His CD, Tales of the Journey, has targeted these six Bible stories for adults as well as children. In the 2002 Christmas season, John released a Christmas Story CD (for radio only) entitled Today‘s Radio Picture. These 20 two-minute Christmas stories were aired on over 300 Christian radio stations around the world.

Contact John by email: jwalsh@ChristianStorytelling.com, or call (309) 663-0022.