Whatever their age or stage of spiritual growth,
these presentations give women hope and invite them to grow!
All retreat, seminar, workshop, special event topics can be adjusted to fit your time requirements |
COZY UP TO GOD!
 Most Christians want to feel closer to God but struggle with finding the time. Life is like an over-stuffed suitcase packed to the brim with constant activity. Getting alone with God to listen and relax in His quiet presence can seem an impossible dream. In this unique seminar/retreat designed to give breathing room, Poppy helps you:
- Overcome feelings of failure and receive God’s warm acceptance of who you are
- Discover and practice a variety of fresh and fulfilling ways to cozy up to God
- Develop a plan to nourish the unique person God has created you to be for His glory
LORD, FLIP MY HOUSE!
 Do you love watching decorating shows on T.V.? Do you marvel at the changes that can happen in the right hands? Have you ever thought that YOU can experience inner changes when Jesus, the Master Builder, starts remodeling YOUR house?
In this fun, Biblically-based presentation, Poppy gently helps you see what needs removing, restoring, or renovating in your heart, attitudes, words, and self-talk. Using true life illustrations of her own ups and downs, you will laugh, identify, and grow as you discover how Jesus can help you:
- Recognize and replace the old, ugly stuff stuck on the walls of your heart
- Overcome attitudes that detract from Jesus’ work in your life
- Develop sensitivity to using words that create feelings of warmth and safety
- Build a new basis for your self-talk, enabling you to delight in God and yourself
(Talks drawn from Poppy’s book: I’m Too Human to be Like Jesus.)
"The ladies came back with rave reviews from retreat. Thank you so much. My only complaint was that it wasn't long enough - I wanted more of you!"
Sara L. Retreat Coordinator
DRAW ME CLOSER
Does your heart long to climb higher, to grow closer to God? This is His desire for you, too. Sadly, many Christians live in the valleys of life, struggling with habits and thoughts that rob them of experiencing the comfort and joy of God’s presence. In this life-changing seminar, Poppy shares her journey from the valley to finding POWER to climb, encouragement to persevere when the going gets rough, and the vital role others play in our spiritual progress. These presentations will help you:
- Identify five key stumbling blocks that keep you in the valley
- Discover the spiritual P.O.W.E.R. every climber needs
- Develop the ability to persevere and overcome the boulders in your way
- Embrace the support of others as you climb together
WISDOM FOR TODAY’S WOMAN 
(Insights from Esther)
Today’s woman can feel overwhelmed with issues—how should she make decisions, deal with loneliness, improve her marriage, handle unexpected and undesired circumstances? Applying insights from the lives of five people in the book of ESTHER, Poppy helps you discover how to:
- Overcome emotional reactions and make choices you won’t regret
- Spark up your marriage with four easy actions
- Discern whose advice helps you grow, and whose advice needs to go
- Handle loneliness in God-honoring ways that fulfill your human longings
- Accept and grow in difficult and undesired circumstances
- Wait God’s timing and follow His leading
- Watch for and overcome attitudes that spoil your joy
Click Here to Check out Poppy’s Bible Study on Esther |
"Thank you so much for the wonderful gift of wisdom you shared with the ladies this weekend. I so appreciated how practical your messages were and how beneficial and relevant for women of any age."
Peri L. Women's Ministry Director.
 SPEAK WISELY, YOUR WORDS HAVE POWER!
Would you sometimes like to cut off your tongue? Wish you could swallow your words? Someone is always listening, whether it’s your child, spouse, friend, relative, co-worker, or yourself! Words have the power to break hearts and relationships, they also have the power to build up, heal, encourage and be used by God to bless others. These empathetic messages spoken from one woman’s heart to another, enable listeners to:
- • Analyze what’s behind angry words and how to use ones that build, not destroy
• Get a grip on gossip by understanding what prompts it and what to say instead
• Discover the powerful dynamics of withholding or giving affirming words
• Learn new and upbuilding words that spouses, children, and others long to hear
Click Here to Check out Poppy’s Bible Study
on Speaking Wisely, suitable for groups. |
 CHANGE YOUR THINKING—CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
What you think can either spur you on to a more fulfilling life in God’s purposes, or stop you in your tracks. Your automatic thoughts, self-talk, and fears can intimidate, control, and ultimately determine what happens in your life. Poppy’s practical and inspiring messages help audiences:
- Grow from the inside out, moving from self-imposed fears to God-liberating faith
- Recognize life-affecting crossroads, weighing carefully their possible outcomes
- View every situation in life as either God’s growing place or Satan’s gotcha place
- Overcome worry and fear by strengthening their confidence in God’s care for them
 REACHING HIGHER
LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM
Have you ever wondered how to be a successful Christian? After tracing the up’s and downs of ABRAHAM'S relationship with God, you will:
- Discover the importance, for yourself, of walking in obedience
- Recognize that knowing and watching your weaknesses helps you grow
- Identify six common misconceptions about who God is
- Learn how to wisely handle conflict
- Develop the ability to wait in faith for God to move in your life
- Acquire more insight into what matters most to you
Seminars:
Suitable for one-day events for women, couples or singles, and community outreach
 Why Can't He . . .
Do you find yourself nodding in agreement with the answer to that question? You want your marriage to be happy and honoring to God, but you wonder how when your husband baffles and sometimes irritates you. You may even wonder if you made a terrible mistake.
A fun, informative seminar for women who are married, have been married, or want to be married! Men can also be included for a male/female focus.
Poppy Smith offers you hope in this upbeat, empathetic, and biblically grounded presentation. Based on her book, Why Can’t He Be More Like Me?, this seminar will help attendees better understand areas of conflict in marriage including different backgrounds, expectations, needs, and reactions on a variety of topics from communication styles to finances and sex.
FIND YOUR PASSION…and Live It!
 Do you wonder what God created you to do? Want to explore and find direction? Do you have desires and dreams but wonder where to go with them? In these practical, inter-active presentations you’ll be challenged to not only see life as your most precious gift, but also as something God wants you to invest for the sake of His kingdom. With insightful questions and thought-provoking exercises, Poppy will enable you to:
- Dare to dream about what God has for you no matter your age or stage of life
- Review your experiences, discover your strengths and sources of fulfillment
- Explore the options your strengths present in order to identify concrete possibilities
- Anticipate obstacles, both internal and external, so you can work on solutions
- Move forward, putting together a plan of action to start living your passion
 I'm Too Young...to Be This Old!
Do You Ever:
- Look in the mirror and wonder what happened?
- Feel your children are too old to be yours?
- Puzzle over why your friends are aging prematurely?
- Secretly brood about your life, wondering if your best years are over?
...If so, you're not alone!
Everyday thousands of women experience the same feelings, ask the same questions, and wonder about the same issues. But, hope and help is at hand.
What you Will Discover
- Three liberating facts about midlife.
- How to look in the mirror and smile!
- How to care for aging parents without guilt.
- Why you need to free yourself from regrets.
- How to shed the "I Can't" syndrome and expand your horizons.
- Insights into who you are, now that you've grown up.
- Steps to discerning God's unique purpose for you.
- Eight keys to thriving in the years ahead.
Click Here to Check out Poppy’s Book
I'm Too Young...To Be This Old! |
Why Can’t He Be More Like Me?
In this fun and eye-opening presentation, you will discover reasons why your mate is not like you. In spite of baffling personality traits, differences in upbringing, and unrealized expectations, your relationship can thrive as you learn to analyze, accept, and adapt to one another. (Suitable for women or couples event).
Sex, Power and Serving God
 Sex and Power is a dangerous combination tripping up many Christians working in ministry and the marketplace. Offering fresh and much needed insights into this growing problem, Poppy will help you:
- Recognize that power can be used and abused by both genders
- Discover hidden ways both genders attract, and what to watch for in yourself
- Review your own areas of vulnerability
- Plan your personal course of action based on your deepest values.
(Suitable for denominational gatherings, Christian leadership and mission conferences, etc.)
Sex and Power in the Workplace
This workshop presents the same helpful information tailored to a secular audience. Ideal for HR presentations. |
Humorous and practical, a talk every woman can relate to!