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Vickey
Banks
Encouraging
and equipping women
to experience deeper intimacy
in their relationships with God and
others.
Vickey
Banks is an inspirational speaker and author from
Oklahoma. As the president of Heart to Heart
Communications, it is her overriding passion to
really know God and to help others know Him in a
deeper and more personal way than they ever
imagined. Vickey says, "I find it amazing that
friendship with God is even possible - that He
actually longs to have a very personal relationship
with each of us. I wouldn't want anyone to miss out
on this!"
To
help others experience this deeper intimacy with
God, Vickey has been leading Bible Studies and
speaking to women's groups for twenty years. With a
degree in Interpersonal Communications, her
audiences often comment that she is fun and
friendly, while finding her messages challenging
and deeply grounded in God's Word.
Vickey
is the author of Sharing His Secrets: Intimate
Insights From the Women Who Knew Jesus and
Love Letters to My Baby: A Guided Journal for
Expectant and New Mothers (Multnomah
Publishers). She also writes a monthly newsletter,
One Woman's Heart, and has had her work
published in a dozen compilation books and
devotionals. Among these are the best-selling
Stories for the Heart series (ed. Alice
Gray, Multnomah Publishers). She has also written
for the Baptist General Convention of
Oklahoma.
A
highly relational gal, Vickey strongly values the
relationships in her life, and desires to help
others experience deeper intimacy in theirs. Vickey
and her husband, Brian, are college sweethearts and
have been married for over twenty years. They are
the proud parents of two children, and are very
active in their home church where they have teach
classes on marriage and parenting.
When
Vickey speaks, you will hear a heart that genuinely
longs to know God. She shares with the transparency
of a trusted girlfriend, while communicating
insights from Scripture with true authority. It is
her fervent desire that after listening to her
speak, you will be drawn to know the God she loves
in a deeper and more intimate way.
Retreat
Packages:
Sharing
His Secrets
Get the inside scoop on intimacy with God from
the women who actually walked and talked with
Jesus! They know what causes tears to trickle down
His cheeks, compels Him to reach out His hand in
compassion, and makes Him feel loved and enjoyed.
Take a fresh look at their face-to-face encounters
and experience a more life-altering intimacy with
God today.
Triple
Dip Friendships: Celebrating the Relationships
in Your Life!
This retreat focuses on Three Favorite Flavors of
Friendship: The Girls, The Guy, and The God Who
Makes Them All Sweeter. It begins with a fun and
lighthearted look at girlfriends and then helps you
find the keys to unlock your husband's heart. The
last session focuses on the Best Friend to all and
how to experience deeper intimacy with God. Grab a
spoon and enjoy Triple Dip Friendships!
Fulfilling
God's Dream: Becoming All God Wants You to
Be
Isn't it amazing that the God who balances the
clouds and hangs the stars in place created you as
well? You were handmade by God! But, what in the
world was He is thinking of, when He created you?
What are His plans and purposes for your life? Join
Vickey as she seeks to help you answer these
questions, that you can indeed become all God wants
you to be.
Topics
Include:
My
Life Is an Open Book
To share her testimony, Vickey brings along some of
her very best friends - her journals! By opening
them to her audience, she opens up herself and
shares a very intimate account of her relationship
with God. A sagging self-image, searching for God's
will, heart-wrenching pain over the hurts of
others, laying dreams at God's feet, and tales from
the PMS dungeon are all there! Don't judge this
book by her cover. Open and enjoy!
Love
Letters: Leaving a Lasting Legacy
When God wanted to assure us of His love for all
time, what did He do? He wrote about it in His
letters. That's what the Bible is - a collection of
love letters from God. Vickey will help you follow
His heavenly example and put your love for others
on paper, that they may hold your words in their
hands and relive them over and over
again.
Sharing
His Secrets: Friendship with God
Vickey says, "Friendship with God is not only
possible, it is what we were created for!" She
believes God longs for intimacy with each of us,
and only an intimate friendship with Him can meet
the deepest needs of our hearts. How do you
cultivate this kind of friendship? What is God
looking for in a friend? Who does He share His
secrets with? Vickey answers these questions as she
shares the Reservation, the Requirements, and the
Rewards of experiencing friendship with
God.
Keys
to Your Husband's Heart
Have you ever lost your keys? It's maddening, isn't
it? In this session, Vickey leads you on a search
for some very important keys - the keys to your
husband's heart. She takes you through God's Word
and highlights some contemporary Christian books on
marriage as well. One thing is for certain, at the
end of your search you will have found your keys.
Whether or not you use them will be up to
you.
Girlfriends:
The Family We Choose
This session is a fun look at some of the lessons
Vickey has learned from her girlfriends. In the
midst of laughter and heart rendering truths, you
will be given practical help on how to make and
maintain your own family of choice. This session is
a perfect choice for a girl's night out
event!
Filling
Mommy's Cup
In the Tea Party of Life, we all come with a cup to
be filled. Who spends most of her time filling up
everyone else's cup? Mommy does! But, who fills
Mommy's cup? The Holy Spirit - He alone can keep
her cup full. He's like the bottomless teapot! With
the help of Scripture, this session examines how to
so decorate our world with reminders of Him that
our cups remain full of good fruit to
share.
Living
A Life That Matters
To live a life that matters, we must be about
accomplishing our purpose. Regardless of your
temperament, training, and talents, Vickey believes
we all share a basic, two-fold purpose. This
session takes a look at the life of Paul, an
extremely purpose-driven man, to illustrate you can
live a life that truly matters.
Wrapped
With Love: The Gift of Christmas
Don't you just love presents? It's so easy to view
Christmas as a massive mission to find that
"just-right" gift for everyone on your list. Vickey
challenges you to not allow ANYTHING to take your
eyes off Jesus this holiday season. She asks you to
pause in the midst of it all and reflect on God's
oh-so-perfect, just-right gift of Jesus. She then
prompts you to move beyond reflection and to
respond as the Wise Men did when they came upon the
Savior - they brought Him presents! But, that's not
all! Find out what He wants from you this
Christmas.
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Other
topics include Getting A Grasp On God's
Word and Journaling Your Journey. All
topics can be adapted to tie into the
theme, time frame, and needs of your
group.
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