Registration -- Sandy Main and Susan Willingham

• Membership applications available

Welcome & Devotion (please set your cell phone to silent mode)

Announcements on overhead projector

• Preview new library holdings and checkout process (for members)
• Upcoming meeting highlights (speakers & themes)
• Upcoming Christian Writers conferences
• Upcoming writing contests

Training Series: 7 Steps to A Published Magazine Article,

Part 1: Idea Generation

• Where do we find ideas?
• Developing "writer's radar"
• Idea mapping techniques
• Journaling (free flow writing) ideas

Fellowship Break

Open:

1. Snacks Area,
2. Free Resources Table,
3. Membership Enrollment,
4. Member's Library Checkout

Door Prizes

• A door prize will be given to 1 of each 10 registered attendees
• Ä Keynote Speaker handout(s) will be distributed
• Ä Introduction of any speaker "wares" for sale after the meeting

Keynote Topic: Song Writing

Speaker: Rich Langston, songwriter, music minister

Rich Langston and his song writing partner, Jerry Adams, will share their songwriting tips and a few of their songs.

• Rich is the Minister of Music & Senior Adults at Hopedale Baptist.
• Jerry plays for the Baldnobbers in Branson.
• Question & Answer time typically follows presentations.

Closing Announcements

• Share & Critique Group lunch location for today.
• Please help us put away tables & clean up all your/our stuff.

Adjourn to:

• Share/critique groups over lunch at the eatery of their choice.