Family Connect Weekend

August 22-23, 2025
Gruver, TX 79040

Connect Heart To Heart With Your Teen
through informative sessions and engaging activities. You and your teen will gain wisdom and useful tools presented by expert speakers.

Registration Deadline: August 23, 2024 at noon

TOPICS

Teen Sessions

Future Success Depends on Current Realities

Jeff Neal

Teens and Tech

Kyle Wassom

Anxiety Depression Suicide Pandemic

Mark Roberts

Parent Sessions

A Moms Perspective Changes Everything

Suzanne Manning (Crazy Cool Family)

The Power Of A Parent

Lori Kuykendall

Equipping Dad To Be The Leader In The Home

Don Manning (Crazy Cool Family)

Combined Sessions

Pursuing God As A Family

Don and Suzanne Manning (Crazy Cool Family)

The New Sexual Revolution

Lori Kuykendall

Sex Change Regret

Walt Heyer

Connection Experience : Connecting Heart To Heart

Richard Ross

SPEAKERS

Crystal Yates

Singer-Songwriter Crystal Yates is that rare breed of artist that blends the truth of the Bible blended with the down-home goodness of her native country Americana roots.   

A multi award winning performer named 2 years in a row as the Texas Christian Country Artist Of The Year, and 3 Dove award nominations, her awe-inspiring stories and songs weave strongly and tug at the heartstrings of any age.  Along with her guitarist and husband Will, they have shared the stage with artists such as Jon Foreman, Lauren Daigle, Aaron Neville, Martina McBride, just to name a few.  

Don Friesen

Don is a modern suburban dad just trying to raise his kids and get through the day with a bit of money in the bank and a scrap of dignity intact. With a unique style that can best be described as frenetic and engaging, Don captures the irony of parenting, marriage and everyday absurdities through characters, voices, parodies and some of the best written routines around. He’s a wanna-be geek who constantly upgrades to the latest technology, but can never get it to work, leading to signature bits about tech support, Idiot's Guides, texting and passwords.

Friesen has recently taken his smart, savvy, and highly-caffeinated comedy to the stage at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA, for the taping of his new Showtime one-hour special titled "Ask Your Mom." In his first nationally released concert special, Don delivers a winning hour of clever, true-to-life “he’s talking about my family up there” comedy that manages to be adult-smart yet family-friendly.

Doug Crawford

Doug Crawford, BIO for parents: Digital Safety Specialist and Chief Presentation Officer. Doug is a faithful husband to Rose, father to six uniquely gifted children, grandfather of the world’s BEST grandsons, and friend to everyone he meets. Derived from over 15 years of pastoral ministry, ordained in the Baptist Church, and now over six years with Protect Young Eyes, he is driven by a desire to provide for, prepare, and protect families. Frequently interviewed by a variety of media outlets, including articles, podcasts, and local news stations, Doug absolutely loves teaching and seeks to serve each audience with compassion, integrity, and a dash of whimsical flair.

Joshua Broome

Joshua Broome has a radical story of redemption which gives him a unique perspective in today’s culture that God is using in a mighty way. Now over a decade removed from the darkness of being in the pornography industry for 6 years, that seemed inescapable, he now shares his story on podcasts, TV shows and stages worldwide about how he discovered both purpose and lasting freedom in Christ.

Equipped with an education in Christian Ministries from Liberty University, Joshua and his wife, Hope, have been married for 8 years and live in Dallas, Texas with their four sons. His message is centered on the good news that no matter what you’ve done or what has happened to you nothing can separate you from the love available to you in Jesus!

Pam Stenzel

For years, Pam Stenzel was on the "front lines" as Director of Alpha Women's Center, a counseling center for women undergoing crisis pregnancies. Her experiences taught her that before teen pregnancies and STD rates could decline, attitudes of teens toward sex had to change first. Desiring to bring about that change, Pam started speaking nationally full-time and is in great demand both here in the U.S. and in other countries.

Drawing from her personal story, as well as her visits with teens around the nation, Pam talks about the consequences -- both physical and emotional -- of sex outside of marriage. It's been her experience that, if given the facts, today's young people are fully capable of making good, healthy decisions.

Pam has traveled nationwide, speaking with well over 250,000 young people about the issues of sexuality and the importance of abstinence. Pam also holds seminars with parents and educators regarding issues of teen sex and how vital character building is in a child's upbringing.

PRICING & INFO

August 23-24, 2024

Registration

Deadline:
August 23, 2024
Noon

Cost:
$25 per person
Teens must be 8th-12th grade

Register by August 23rd at noon. Please note, any registration after August 15, meals and t-shirts will not be provided; however, there are restaurants within walking distance of the Gymnasium.

Registration fee is non refundable but can be transferrable

Registration includes packet materials for teens & their accompanying adult(s).

If registered prior to August 15th, meals will be provided for Friday evening, Saturday breakfast, lunch & final concluding meal on Saturday evening.

Due to limited space, meals for community members with no teens in attendance will not be provided. Thanks for your understanding. 

*Due to the nature of the topics and in-depth discussions parents are advised to visit the websites of the speakers and ask questions to be confident your 12 year old is able to grasp and process the material.

Location

Gruver High School Gymnasium
601 Garrett Ave
Gruver, TX 79040

Schedule

Friday, August 23

5:30 – 6:15 PM – Dinner Provided
7:00 PM – Family Fun Night

Saturday, August 24

8:00 AM – 4:00 PM P3:D2D Presents Cruising thru the Culture Storm

  • Overcoming the past and creating your future
  • Harmful effects of pornography
  • Empowering students with the knowledge that every human being has purpose and meaning, and that their own character is the foundation by which change begins
  • Preventing, disrupting and ending human trafficking through education and advocacy
  • Obstacles+Opportunities/ Message of hope and inspiration for a ridiculously good life
  • Connect Heart To Heart

TESTIMONIALS

STATS

Teens admit to sexting
39%
Teen girls feel pressure to take & send explicity photos
51%
Teen girls send nude or seminude photos of themselves
22%
Teen boys send nude or seminude photos of themselves
20%

RESOURCES

VISION

The vision of P3 began from my passion to help parents and their teens connect heart to heart. I am a wife, mom, grandmother and active community volunteer. I was a classroom presenter with Living Choices of North Texas – a division of Woman To Woman Pregnancy Resource Center in Denton TX for 12 years.  Tim and I volunteered as student ministries leaders for over 20 years. Having the opportunity to be involved in the lives of teenagers for over 20 years and raising 2 daughters 11 years apart, I have witnessed a cultural shock. I believe this is due greatly to the rapid changing technology sensation and the unlimited access available . Today, on average, children have a smart phone at age 10 – an internet metropolis of 24/7 access to anything and everything. Children (infants to teens) are the target of negative influence via technology now more than ever in history. Most parents know far less technologically than their children. I have realized while presenting life changing information to teenagers, that if the same information is not being implemented at home and if the relationship between parent and child is disconnected, what I teach will not have long term positive effects on students. Once the heart to heart pipeline is disconnected between parent and child/teen, the pipeline is quickly filled with negative influence of this culture. A strong relationship between parent and teen is essential to the overall well-being of that child. The heart of P3 is designed to strengthen parent / teen relationships and restore those that are broken. 

-Tesh Beaty

HOTLINES

National Human Trafficking Resource Center - Polaris Project
1.888.373.7888

Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline
1.800.843.5678
or Report Online

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services - Report Child Abuse
1.800.252.5400
or Report Online

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an outreach of Peace of the Rock Ministries