Location of Conference: Atlanta Evergreen Lakeside Resort | 4021 Lakeview Drive | Stone Mountain, GA 30083 | 770-879-9900 | atlantaevergreen.com

Once you register for the conference, you will receive a link to register for the hotel rooms. The discounted rate of $155/night (NOT per person) includes entrance to Stone Mountain Park if you are staying on the property. (Those not staying at the hotel will need to pay $20/day to enter the Park.)

The hotel rooms have either a King bed (can accommodate 2 people) or 2 Queens (can accommodate up to 4).

We are at the same location as last year! While it is further from the airport, the property is beautiful! You may want to arrive on Wednesday and enjoy the beauty of Stone Mountain Park and attend a Pre-Conference workshop on Thursday morning.

IMPORTANT:

• You will only be able to make hotel reservations through the link provided once you register. Central Reservations nor the front desk have access to your room block/rate. Do NOT contact the hotel to make changes; contact Kathy Wargo, kwargo@pcanet.org, if there is a problem with your reservation.
• This year, we will not be able to add rooms once our block is filled. Please be sure to reserve your hotel rooms when you register for the conference. Do NOT reserve a hotel room until you have registered for the conference. No rooming reservations can be made after January 20, 2027.
• Also, please do not reserve more rooms than you need because if we run out of rooms, we have to turn away women from attending the conference. When room reservations are cancelled at the last minute, it affects our contract with the hotel and we aren’t able to get those rooms back for others. Thank you!

Schedule:

Thursday, February 25, 2027

• 9:15 am – Registration opens for those attending Lunch and Learn
• 10:00 am – Lunch and Learn Options (choice of 3 pre-conference workshops; includes lunch)
• 12:30-1:30 pm – Registration
• 2:00 pm – General Session #1
• 3:45 pm – Regional Gathering #1
• 5:45 pm – Dinner and General Session #2

Friday, February 26, 2027

• 9:00 am – General Session #3
• 10:30 am – Workshop Session #1
• 12:00 pm – Affinity Lunches: WE, W4, Presbytery Women’s Ministry, Writers, Disability Dialogue, Churches 1-100, Church Planting
• 2:00 pm – Workshop Session #2
• 3:15 pm – Break – Ideal for times to network and fellowship
• 4:30 pm – Regional Gatherings #2
• 6:00 pm – Dinner, Tool Talks, and Porch Party

Saturday, February 27, 2027

• 9:00 am – General Session #4
• We will dismiss by 10:30 am

Workshops (You will choose 2 workshops)

Speakers

Kristie Harrick serves as the Women’s Ministry Director at Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama, where she is in her ninth year of ministry. Growing up in a military family, Kristie lived all over the United States, an experience that gave her a love for people from all walks of life and shaped her heart for ministry. She earned a BBA degree and later an M.Div., combining a background in leadership and theology with a passion for discipleship. Before her current role, she served over 20 years in Student Life departments at both Christian and secular colleges and universities. Kristie lives in Helena, a suburb of Birmingham, and enjoys gardening in her free time.

Paula Miles is wife to Kevin, mother of four, and grandmother. She grew up in Anderson, SC, and graduated from Clemson University. She currently serves as women’s ministry coordinator at Clemson Presbyterian Church where she has been on staff since 2014. Studying and teaching God’s Word is her passion along with encouraging and equipping women as they walk with Jesus. A conference and retreat speaker, she serves on the PCA’s Discipleship Ministries (CDM) National Women’s Ministry Team as a trainer.

Susan Hunt is the widow of PCA pastor, Gene Hunt, a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She is the former PCA Coordinator for Women’s Ministry and author of several books including Heirs of the Covenant, and TRUE, the discipleship curriculum series on biblical womanhood for teen girls. She co-authored Transformed: Life-taker to Life-giver and Life-giving Leadership with Karen Hodge as well as Aging with Grace with Sharon Betters. She has also written several books for children.

Team Members

Tatiana Anderson was born and raised in Ukraine, and has been in the PCA for over 25 years, serving in various ministries in her local church, including women’s ministry team, youth and children’s ministries, and small group discipleship. She has taught women’s Bible studies, facilitated women’s ministry small groups, and worked alongside different teams of women within the context of her church’s women’s ministry. Tatiana loves serving her church and sharing the love of Christ with people in her life.

Tatiana has been married to Jonathan for 23 years and together they have three children: Elle (18), Evan (16), and Nadia (14). Tatiana and Jonathan live in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where they are members of Village Seven Presbyterian Church. Together they lead a small group and Tatiana is involved in the church’s women’s ministry. Tatiana also serves on the National Women’s Ministry Team as Regional Advisor for the West. As a family, they enjoy hiking, skiing, paddle boarding and inviting people over to share meals and meaningful conversations.

Creigh Brown is currently on staff as the Women’s Ministry Director at Christ Community Presbyterian Church, in Lakeland FL. She is currently serving as the Regional Advisor for Women’s Ministries in Florida, and also served as the Southwest Florida Presbytery Women’s Ministry Coordinator from 2020 to 2023. Creigh has served her local church in leading discipleship and community groups, teaching Kids’ Worship classes, and leading international missions trips. She and her husband Jamie (a Ruling Elder at CCPC) have been married for 29 years and have been blessed with four children. As those children are growing into adulthood, Creigh and Jamie are enjoying the mysterious transition from parenting adolescent children to walking alongside adult children. Together they enjoy backpacking, saltwater fishing, road trips, and whatever opportunities they have to spend in God’s beautiful creation.

Courtney Denton is married to Alex and has three children, Blakely, Banks and Andrew. She serves as the Mid-Atlantic Regional Advisor on the national PCA women’s ministry team, as well as a Women’s Ministry Trainer. Courtney is the founder and Executive Director of The Life House Women’s Shelter, desiring to provide help and hope to women in need. Courtney’s heart for serving the needs of others is an outpouring of the mercy, grace and love she has been shown by God. Her desire is to equip and encourage women with the understanding of their God-given design and to live a life transformed by the Gospel. She is the author of KICKSTAND Devotionals. Courtney loves time with her family, Mexican food, shopping, and traveling.

Eden Flora is a member of Christ Presbyterian Church in Oxford, Mississippi. She is the Regional Advisor to the Mid-South. Eden works as a full-time artist, which is inspired by her faith. Additionally, she works as a Registered Art Therapist. Eden is married to her delightful and very tall husband, Gray. They have two beautiful, joyful boys. Eden loves to paint, read, exercise, cook with her recipe club and spend time with family and friends. More information about Eden can be found at www.edenwflora.com.

Mary Henley Green is the Director of Women’s Ministry at Christ the King Presbyterian Church in Houston, Texas where she has been a member and served in this role for three years. She is the new Regional Advisor for the West Region. Mary Henley is originally from Memphis, TN, where she was raised at Independent Presbyterian Church, where she came to know and love the Lord. She went to college at the University of Mississippi for undergrad and graduate school in Elementary Education. During her college years, she went to Christ Presbyterian Church in Oxford, MS, and was really involved in Reformed University Fellowship. After Ole Miss, she worked four years for RUF at the University of Texas as an Intern and Campus Staff for four years where she attended All Saints Presbyterian Church before moving to Houston.

While she has been in Texas, she graduated from Reformed Theological Seminary with a Masters of Arts in Biblical Studies. Mary Henley loves to study and teach God’s Word to all ages of women. She delights in working alongside women in their faith and connecting women cross generationally. Mary Henley loves playing Mahjong, Pickleball, being outdoors, cheering for Ole Miss, and going on walks with her golden retriever, Moose.

Karen Hodge serves as the Coordinator for PCA Women’s Ministry, where she seeks to connect women and churches to one another and to sound resources. She is also having the time of her life serving alongside her husband, pastor and best friend Chris, as they serve at Village Seven Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs, CO. Chris and Karen have two adult children, Anna Grace Botka and Haddon Hodge. She is the host of the enCourage podcast and authored Transformed: Life-taker to Life-giver, Life-giving Leadership (along with Susan Hunt), and Breathe: The Life-giving Oxygen of the Lord’s Prayer.

Stephanie Hubach (MATS, Covenant Theological Seminary) and her husband Fred are long-time members of Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ephrata, in Lancaster County, PA. She is currently on staff as the Women’s Counselor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, PA. She is also a Research Fellow in Disability Ministries in affiliation with Covenant Theological Seminary. Previously, she served as MNA’s Special Needs Ministries Founding Director, which was the grateful recipient of the 2010 Women in the Church Love Gift. Steph is the author of Parenting & Disabilities: Abiding in Gods’ Presence (2021); Same Lake, Different Boat: Coming Alongside People Touched by Disability (2006, Revised and Expanded 2020); and All Things Possible: Calling Your Church Leadership to Embrace Disability Ministry (2007). She has been published in a variety of outlets including byFaith, Focus on the Family, The Gospel Coalition, and enCourage. Steph’s passion is making the gospel—the good news of the coming of Christ’s kingdom—accessible to all, in word and deed.

Connie Miller presently serves a dual role with the PCA as a National Trainer and the Women’s Ministries International Coordinator, having conducted trainings and conferences in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Germany, France, England, Ireland, and Zimbabwe, Africa, Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. She also had the opportunity to co-author the women’s Bible study, Hinged: Vitally Connected To God and His Church covering the book of Ephesians. She and Mike just celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary. They have 3 amazing children, Mary Sha, Cate and her husband, Jeff; Mikie and his wife, Megan. “Nonnie” is the name she goes by to their five ADORABLE grandchildren, Bo, Grishie, Mary Cait, and Maggie and Louie. She loves hiking, biking, traveling and spending time with family and friends. Connie is also a local real estate broker with Helen Adams Realty in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Cheryl Mullis loves seeing God’s grace in the everyday—whether it’s a breathtaking sunrise, the colors of a blooming garden, the beauty of a face, or the joy of a heartfelt conversation. The truths of the gospel continually remind her of Jesus’ faithful sufficiency, and she’s passionate about walking alongside others, encouraging and equipping them to live out their faith with courage and joy.

As Director of Discipleship at her church in Annapolis, Maryland, Cheryl leads Bible studies, teaches regularly, and invests in training ministry leaders. She also enjoys speaking at retreats and serving as Northeast Regional Advisor for the PCA’s Women’s Ministry Team. After raising five wonderful children, she and her husband, Don, are embracing a new season of life—still serving, still growing, and still celebrating the goodness of God.

Chandra Oliver serves on the PCA Women’s Ministry Team as a trainer and advisor for chaplain and military wives. Originally from Oklahoma, Chandra now resides in North Carolina with her husband Matthew, a teaching elder in the PCA and Army Chaplain at Fort Liberty. Despite frequent moves, Chandra finds stability and purpose in applying the unchanging beauty and hope of Scripture to the unique challenges faced by military spouses. She finds joy in volunteering with fellow Army spouses, leading women’s Bible studies, hosting a supper club, and organizing events for her Army family. Chandra’s ministry is deeply rooted in encouraging others with Biblical truth, a gift she treasures in her transient lifestyle.

Elizabeth Steele will be serving as Regional Advisor for Alabama, Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle. She has been teaching Bible studies since she was nineteen, and loves to see women get excited about the Word. Having served with Campus Crusade, overseas orphan ministry, and local churches for the last three decades, she is no stranger to serving. She loves her pastor-husband, her five kids, a good mocha, and asking strangers over to her house for Sunday dinner.

Molly Thomas serves as the Women’s Ministry Director at Jacob’s Well Church in Green Bay, WI. She is the new Regional Advisor for Mid-America. She is married to her childhood sweetheart, Spencer, who serves as the Pastor of Care and Counseling at Jacob’s Well. They have three children and a dog who acts like a 4th child sometimes. When she’s not working or caring for her home or her people, you’ll find her doing some sort of gardening, landscaping, organizing, or DIY project!

Marcie Tuten is married to Chris and together they have three beautiful girls. Marcie has been a part of four different PCA churches in her life and has enjoyed seeing the unity shared doctrine brings to different congregations. Currently, she is a member of ChristChruch Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA where she teaches 5-year-old Sunday school, helps facilitate a women’s Bible study, and hosts the homegroup Chris leads. She enjoys drinking coffee, reading good books, and taking walks.

Allison Van Egmond serves as the Women’s Ministry Coordinator at New Life PCA in Escondido, CA and West Coast Regional Advisor on the national team. Her husband is a math teacher and has served as a ruling elder for the last ten years. They have two kids in elementary school. One challenge Allison routinely faces is navigating life with a disabled husband. But through this, she gets to see God’s grace daily as He helps her apply His good Word to life’s challenges. For fun, Allison loves going on camping adventures with her family.

Check here for answers to often asked questions:

• Do I have to pay to enter Stone Mountain Park? If you are staying on the property, you do not have to pay to get into Stone Mountain Park because it is included in your room rate. At the entrance, tell them you are with the PCA.
• What should I bring? You may want to bring a bag to carry around your notebook, Bible, etc. Always bring a sweater since hotels can be cold! You may want to bring something for breakfast to avoid paying for an expensive breakfast.
• What time should I arrive? If you are flying, your flight should arrive by noon so that you are at Stone Mountain in time for the conference to begin. You may want to consider flying in on Wednesday. There are beautiful trails to spend some time outside.
• What time does it end on Saturday? The last session will end by 10:30 am. If scheduling a flight after 2 pm, you should have enough time to get to the airport.
• Is there a refrigerator in the room? Yes, there are refrigerators in each room.
• How do I get from the airport to the hotel? Unfortunately, we are not able to get bus service on Wednesday or Thursday to go to Evergreen Lakeside Resort from the ATL airport because of so many different flight arrival times. It is best to get an Uber.
• Is there a bus from the hotel to the airport? There are a limited number of seats available on a bus to the airport on Saturday morning, leaving right after the conference ends at 10:30 am. The cost is $25/person.
• Can I get a refund? No, unfortunately we are not able to give refunds. Here is our policy, and we thank you in advance for not requesting exceptions. CDM Conference Refund Policy: [for conferences over $200] All registrations are transferable without penalty for the same event in the same year. The registrant is responsible to sell (or gift) their registration to another individual and then notify CDM of the change.If you must cancel, a person may choose to use their registration fee as a tax-deductible donation to a CDM scholarship fund. (A scholarship fund specifically designed to offer financial assistance enabling more people to attend CDM training & conferences). If a person would like to donate to this fund, their registration fee would be reclassified as a donation, and they would receive a receipt for their tax-deductible gift.If requesting a refund for cancellations made 6+ weeks prior to the start of the event (by 12/31/24), email kwargo@pcanet.org with your full name and home address. You will receive a refund less a $50 cancellation fee. For cancellations made within 6 weeks of the event, no refund will be provided.
• Will there be exhibitors? Yes, we will have several Committees and Agencies of the PCA represented as exhibitors. We will also have the PCA Bookstore with a wide selection of books for sale.

CDM Conference Refund Policy: [for conferences over $200] All registrations are transferable without penalty. The registrant is responsible to sell (or gift) their registration to another individual and then notify CDM of the change. No refunds after January 15, 2027.

If you must cancel, a person may choose to use their registration fee as a tax-deductible donation to a CDM scholarship fund. (A scholarship fund specifically designed to offer financial assistance enabling more people to attend CDM training & conferences). If a person would like to donate to this fund, their registration fee would be reclassified as a donation, and they would receive a receipt for their tax-deductible gift.

If requesting a refund for cancellations made 6+ weeks prior to the start of the event, email kwargo@pcanet.org with your full name and home address. You will receive a refund less a $50 cancellation fee. For cancellations made within 6 weeks of the event, no refund will be provided. Thank you in advance for not requesting exceptions.