"Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause.." - D&C 58:27
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Tony Brigmon
Tony Brigmon was the original Ambassador of Fun for the highly successful Southwest Airlines. Initially working in Southwest’s customer care and employee development areas, he helped the corporate culture reward humor and creativity. Over a 30+ year career Tony has worked with hundreds of major organizations to energize and inform cultural transformation. He is an astute observer of super-performing human behavior and delights in sharing examples of those behaviors that not only led to super-performance at Southwest Airlines, but also positively influenced the other 1700+ organizations he has served.
Master of Fun
Speaking Saturday after Diner
Carol Crampton
Carol Crampton was born in Union Town, Pennsylvania and raised in Toledo, Ohio. She and her husband Jack Crampton were baptized in 1976. They have been married for 44 years and are blessed with three sons, 8 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Carol has had gardens in Ohio, Colorado, Illinois and Texas. Here in Texas she has had the most success with gardening in grow boxes, so that is what she will talk about.
Gardening in
Grow Boxes
Room 104 - 106
2:00- 2:45
3:30 - 4:15
Heather Earl
Bio to come
Preparing for
Disaster
Room 104 - 106
11:15 - 12:00
1:00 - 1:45
Lee Hervey
Lee Hervey is a convert and has been a member of the church for 39 years. She searched for the truth as a teen and was overjoyed to find the true church! She is married, has four children and eight grandchildren. Lee is a singer and was a music teacher for many years. She is now a Licensed Professional Counselor. She has experience treating clients with depression, anxiety, trauma history, grief, marital problems, anger, and many other concerns. She also especially enjoys working with children and adolescents. She receives joy as she is able to help others realize their potential and value.
The Parable of the Sower…or What Am I Growing in This Dirt, Anyway????
Often it seems our lives are going along happily, or at least somewhat peacefully, and then a rock or two is thrown into our soil. How are we supposed to grow “good fruit” when the rocks or drought or vermin attack us? We will consider how our circumstances can change and alter our feelings of closeness to our Savior and explore His nature and His unchanging love and grace.
The Joy
of Living
Room 107
2:00 - 2:45
3:30 - 4:15
Debbie Thatcher
Debbie Thatcher was born in Stettler, Alberta, Canada and raised in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. She received a B.S. in Physical Education from Brigham Young University and her teacher certification from TAMU-Commerce. Currently she works as a 5th grade science teacher in Caddo Mills ISD. Debbie and President Ed Thatcher have been married for thirty-eight years, and are the proud parents of six adult sons and twelve grandchildren. Currently she serves as the Heath Stake Indexing Director and as a Family History Consultant for Heath Ward.
Indexing
Room 110
11:15 - 12:00
1:00 - 1:45
Greg McMurdie
Bio to come
Finance &
Budgeting
Primary Room
2:00 - 2:45
3:30 - 4:15
Donna Toups
Donna Toups is a native Texan from Beaumont, Texas and a convert to the Church. Knowing the struggles her single mother faced each month to pay the bills, Donna has searched for additional income since she was a teenager. As an employee of LDS Employment Resources Services for 14 years, she has continued to search for sources of income – full-time, seasonal, part-time temporary, and self-employment. Currently she serves as Relief Society President and spends as much time as she can with her family.
Online Employment
Opportunities
Primary Room
11:15 - 12:00
1:00 - 1:45
Jody Van Drimmelen
Workshop Synopsis:
We all face disappointments, ongoing trials and often feel like we are never going to reach our desired destination! We sometimes feel like the little band on Gilligan's Island who thought we were going for a three hour pleasure cruise only to discover we have been marooned on a distant island that has no escape! This interactive workshop will help you to explore how to have faith while navigating the life you never envisioned.
About Jody Van Drimmelen
Jody is a Child and Family Therapist with a private practice in Arlington, Texas. She is a native Texan born in Oak Cliff hospital in Dallas during the time of poodle skirts and car hops. She was baptized in Austin, Texas in September of 1970, when Austin was a part of the San Antonio Texas Stake and only had one ward. Someone told her she was of the pioneers of the church in Austin… but she thinks that might just have been a nice way to say she is old!
She has served in too many positions to list, but the ones she would take back in a minute are Seminary teacher, Institute teacher and nursery leader. Where else can you take off your shoes, play with the blocks, have a snack and rock a baby to sleep as a calling?
While serving in the church, she has learned the value of prayer, praise and being prepared! She is often asked to speak for conferences, firesides and workshops. Some of her favorite classes have been, Fearlessly Flirting: The patience to charm rather than overpower, Hold My Hand- Hold my heart: Expectations and Realities of Healthy Relationships, When Life Gives you Lemons. She loves helping others and is always looking for the next fun service project and most recently helped to put together backpacks for the Arlington Back to School Round up!
She LOVES to cook and plan parties so much that she sometimes plans a party just so she can try out a new recipie. She often brings her newest creations to the Arlngton Potluck/fireside Sundays… and has a LONG list of recipies she wants to try… but just needs an excuse! A wonderful day is one where she gets to putz around in the kitchen cooking whatever strikes her fancy.
When all the children flew the nest, she returned to school to complete a lifelong goal of a college degree and liked it so much she went on to get a Masters in Social Work. Her goal was to become a Child and Family Therapist so she could reach out and help those struggling with personal and family issues.
She was married for 32 years before her husband received a new calling on the other side of the veil, leaving her to navigate the world as a single adult. Since his death she has completed her schooling, received a Masters in Social Work, opened her own practice, and is currently writing a book!
Stay in the boat
and hold on!
Relief Sociaty Room
11:15 - 12:00
1:00 - 1:45
Emily Wilson
Emily Wilson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She received her Bachelors in Social Work from BYU-Hawaii in 2003 and her Masters in Social Work from BYU Utah in 2005. She has worked as a play therapist with abused children, and as a therapist within a sex offender treatment facility, providing individual and group counseling to offenders, victims, and spouses of offenders.
Most recently she has been providing counseling to families within the Department of Family Protective Services. She is the mom of two daughters, Ellie age 6 and Sydney age 8. Sydney was named after Sydney Australia where Emily Wilson served a mission. She met Brandon Wilson, her eternal companion, on a Southwest flight. She loves chips and salsa and will forever consider herself a Californian.
Helping a Loved one with
Addiction
Relief Sociaty Room
2:00 - 2:45
3:30 - 4:15
Robert Packard
Bio to come
The Joy Of Temple Service
High Council Room
11:15 - 12:00
1:00 - 1:45
Talmadge Packard
Bio to come
The Joy Of Temple Service
High Council Room
11:15 - 12:00
1:00 - 1:45
Robert C. Packard
Robert C. Packard was born in Meridian, Idaho in1936 to a large family of 12 brothers and 4 sisters. He was blessed with fantastic parents who were great examples, and he later served as Bishop of the new Meridian 7th Ward. Only 6 months after finishing his mission in Virginia, W. Virginia & North Carolina, he married the great Talmadge Meredith. She has served as ward R.S. President, YW President and Ward Primary President, along with Nursery Leader and teacher of many classes. Robert C. Packard studied to become a dentist at the University of Oregon Dental School, and then moved to Nome, Alaska with the U. S. Public Health Service to care for Eskimos in 14 villages. Later he went back to Orthodontic School at Loma Linda, California, and practiced as an orthodontist in Boise, Idaho for 15 years, and in the Dallas area for 25 years for Apple Orthodontics. Bishop Packard has served as Bishop twice for 9 years, as Stake President twice for 10 years and as the Dallas Temple President for 3 years. He and Talmadge served in Japan and the Armania missions for 18 months each. They were great missions mainly because they had the greatest companion in the whole world. Bishop Packard, now home teaches 3 single sisters, and teaches a Temple Preparation Class and a Mission Preparation Class.
Opening
Session
President Jay Jones
Born in Downey, Idaho as the oldest of eight, President Jay Jones grew up in Bountiful, Utah and has happy memories of the Pioneer Day Parades. In high school he played football, tennis, soccer, and sang in the Madrigal choir. He enjoys rock climbing, water skiing, scuba diving and horseback riding with his kids, but his favorite is snow skiing. He served a mission in the Brazil South Mission, earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, and has been married to Connie B. Jones for 39 years. Their blissful union produced eight children, and they also have 19 grandchildren. President Jones is the founder and CEO of American Equity Partners and American Equity Properties, Inc., commercial real estate companies in Dallas, which he has directed for 27 years.
Connie Jones
Connie B. Jones was born in Evanston, Wyoming and raised in Orem, Utah. At Orem High School she was on the track team, played the flute, sang in the choir and performed with the drill team. She has been married to Jay B. Jones for 39 years, is the mother of eight, and the grandmother of 19. Through the years she has held many church callings, such as R.S. President, YW President, seminary teacher, and a particular favorite, primary chorister. When Pres. Jones was called to be Mission President of the Brazil Sao Paulo South Mission, it provided Connie the rare opportunity of serving side by side with her husband. She is thrilled that all her children have graduated from BYU, and enjoys being the photographer for her family’s adventures
Kevin Hinckley
Kevin Hinckley is an author and educator. His current book, Promptings or Me, was published in February of 2011. Currently he is completing Hurts, Habits and Hangups, A 12 Step Program For the Rest of Us. Two previous books, Burying our Swords and Parenting the Strong Willed Child were published in 2008. Kevin is a popular speaker and presents annually at Campus Education Week at BYU and BYU-Idaho. He also leads Book of Mormon Cruises to Mesoamerica. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, he maintains a private practice in Plano, Texas. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University. He and his wife Cindy are the parents of four children, eight grandchildren and one really obnoxious cat.
Fireside
Bruce Jones - Dallas Texas Temple President
Collins Bruce Jones, of the Plano 5th Ward, Plano Texas Stake, currently serves as President of the Dallas Texas Temple. His wife, Jeraldine Ann Cannon Jones, serves as Temple Matron. He has also served as stake president, bishop, high councilor, and as a senior couple Church Educational System missionary. He has retired as general manager and owner of Sunburst Shutters Texas, Inc.. He was born in Los Angeles, California, to Collins Elmer and Florence Maxine Jones.
At The Temple
Gordon Wright
Gordon Wright was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and raised in Provo, Utah. In addition to earning a living as a trial lawyer with the firm Cooper & Scully, P.C., he stays busy as a sealer in the Dallas Temple, as a Stake Missionary Preparation teacher, as a Gospel Doctrine teacher, and as a Spokesman for the Church in North Texas. Additionally, he chairs a national task force for BSA and serves on the local council executive board and committee. He and his wife, Lynette Allred have been married for 36 years, and have six children and nine grandchildren. Their youngest daughter is currently serving a full-time mission in the Brasil Belo Horizonte Mission.
Agency and
Keeping Our
Covenants
High Council Room
2:00 - 2:45
3:30 - 4:15