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SUMMARY:Adult 1 | Critical Conversations Night
DESCRIPTION:Having uncomfortable conversations is difficult\, but when you are knowledgeable and well-equipped\, it makes a discussion with your children more manageable and meaningful. We invite all parents to attend Critical Conversations: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding & Discussing Homosexuality & Gender Development. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to hear from the Executive Director of Living Hope Ministries and expert on gender identity and confusion\, Ricky Chelette. Be encouraged by Chelette as he teaches a crash course on how to talk to kids about the LGBTQ+ lifestyle in a way they can understand that’s all based on God’s Word.  \n  \nDinner will be catered by Babe’s Chicken and dessert is Banana Pudding! \n  \nREGISTER HERE\nCHILDCARE REGISTRATION\n  \n  \nRicky Chelette \nAs Executive Director of Living Hope Ministries\, Ricky Chelette’s vision\, leadership\, compassion\, and passion for truth has helped LHM grow and expand amidst a culture often antagonistic to its mission. Before joining LHM\, Ricky served the Lord as a single adult/outreach pastor\, youth pastor\, and education minister\, and even used his gifts of singing and teaching\, traveling the US to perform gospel concerts. Ricky was one of the founders of LHM’s online support forums and was instrumental in establishing satellites of LHM in Denton and Houston. Ricky holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/Pre-Law\, a Master of Arts in Religious Education\, is an ordained minister\, and has taught at seminaries\, colleges\, and universities in addition to speaking throughout the US and abroad. While serving as executive director\, Ricky concurrently serves on the pastoral staff at First Baptist Church\, Arlington\, TX as an ordained pastor. \nOver his more than 30 years in ministry\, Ricky has vast experience speaking to and journeying with thousands of men\, women\, and friends and family of those struggling with gender and identity confusion. Ricky enjoys traveling\, cooking\, painting\, writing\, reading\, and seeing people’s lives transformed by Jesus. His real passions are teaching the word of God\, serving the church and her people\, and hosting folks at his house for his personally prepared gourmet meals. Ricky was joyously married for 30 years to the late Merlinda Allen Chelette\, who went to be with the Lord in April 2019.
URL:https://firstdallas.org/event/critical-conversations-night/
LOCATION:CenterStage
CATEGORIES:Married Adults,Men,Women,Single Moms
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