Five Essentials for the Long Haul
Heather! Flies
Wooddale Church
About the workshop:
Whether you entered student ministry as a lifer or "just for a few years," you have realized that long-term ministry is viable, honoring and fruitful. And hard. And complicated. How do you stay in it and stay healthy, sane and grounded? Heather will share five essentials for the long haul from her 32 years in front-line student ministries. Get ready for challenge, encouragement, fun and helpful conversation!
About the presenter:
Heather Flies is in her 28th year as the Junior High Pastor at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie. She LOVES students and people in general!
Outside the walls of Wooddale, Heather spends a great deal of time and energy as a communicator. During the school year, she is invited into local schools to speak on abstinence, self-esteem, and other current issues. She also encourages women in all seasons of life, trains youth workers, and helps parents understand how to love their teenagers well.
In addition, Heather authored I Want to Talk to My Teen About Girl Stuff , a book for parents and her book for teenagers That’s What She Said/That’s What He Said.
FUN STUFF: Heather loves football, dominating on the tennis court, Tigger and listening to Christmas music 11 months out of the year. She owns 319 bottles of nail polish and 98 pairs of shorts (which she wears all winter long!) She is the daughter of a long distance truck driver, the youngest of six children, and grew up in southern Minnesota. Heather lives in Minnesota with her husband, Chad, and their two St. Bernards.