Speaking
Here’s a list of my speaking topics. If you have a different theme in mind, just ask! To book me for your next women’s event, call 604-755-8285 or email
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“Grace Fox can address an audience of hundreds yet make you feel as though she’s having a conversation just with you. She handles tough topics with scriptural truth and humor, and inspires women to believe that with God all things are possible.”
Margaret Gibb, President, Women Alive
Speaking Sample
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Retreat Packages
Fearless and Free
Grace Fox helps women of all ages find freedom from fear’s paralyzing effect. With wit, warmth, and wisdom, she teaches them how to:
- Overcome financial insecurity to reevaluate the felt need to work outside of the home.
- Rise above the fear of inadequacy to embrace new opportunities, such as local service projects, overseas missions trips, or leadership positions.
- Conquer the fear of rejection and develop confidence to make new friendships or mentor younger women.
Born to S.H.O.P.
It’s true! Women were born to S.H.O.P. – Serve Him (God) on Purpose. We do that most effectively when we understand His plan for us. This 3-part retreat package helps women:
- Prevent the draining effects of comparing yourself to other women.
- Appreciate their unique abilities and develop their talents.
- Enjoy the healing power of forgiving people and past hurts.
- Discover the value of silence, and learn how to build it into a busy lifestyle.
World–Changing Women
Women of Worth, Women of the Word, Women of Worship – a world-changing combination! This retreat package helps women utilize their God-given potential and become influencers in their homes, communities, and beyond. Grace helps women:
- Develop a self-worth that produces the confidence to face new challenges.
- Conquer the fear of change such as a move, loss of a relationship, or an empty nest.
- Experience the calming effect of prayer and reading God’s Word upon a worried mind.
Extreme Makeover: Heart Edition
God is like a master building contractor who works within our hearts to achieve beautiful, eternal results. This series of messages empowers women to:
- Counter adversity such as a job layoff or the loss of a loved one with calm assurance.
- Respond to mistreatment with the attitude, “What can I learn?” rather than “Woe-is-me!”
- Experience the freedom to release someone who offends you into God’s hands.
Passport to Freedom
Life is filled with twists and turns. Sometimes the journey’s pleasant and we enjoy every minute. Sometimes we wish we could disappear, hiding in a safe place until the storm passes. Regardless, God has given us everything we need to navigate the way. This 3-session package helps women:
- Replace the fear of rejection with the courage to develop meaningful relationships.
- Minimize jealousy of others, and maximize appreciation of yourself.
- Learn how to respond to a crisis with peace, rather than panic.
Celebration of Praise
What is the key to feeling powerful versus powerless? Our ability to praise God – even during turbulent times. This teaching by Grace Fox is a 4-part package that helps women:
- Recognize God’s activity in our lives, even when He seems silent.
- Experience joy from praising God, even when they don’t feel like it.
- Decrease daily stress, and replace it with serenity.
Beautiful You! – (Mother-Daughter Retreat)
Society’s concept of beauty doesn’t even begin to compare with God’s view of what makes a woman attractive. This retreat package reminds moms and daughters of the qualities that God considers lovely and shows us how to model them. It helps the audience:
- Overcome the fear of inadequacy and embrace their God-given potential to face opportunities such as making new friends, volunteering in the community or church, or going on a short term missions trip.
- Focus on developing godly character qualities such as integrity and purity rather than on succumbing to society’s values that say sexy is sweet.
- Discover the adventure of pursuing God’s unique purpose for their lives rather than trying to fit into the mold of others’ standards.
Single Presentations
These can be tweaked to include a clear Gospel presentation. Let me know if that's what you'd like.
Christian Living
Power-Packed Prayers
When we pray, we sometimes sound like a parrot with a limited vocabulary. How can we intercede more effectively? By praying God’s Word. This workshop includes take-home resources and enables women to:
- Identify God’s promises and grow in courage as they learn to apply them to everyday life.
- Pray according to God’s will rather than according to personal desires that are sometimes self-centered or short-sighted.
- Pray in faith believing that God will answer even though the enormity of the obstacles facing them makes them feel as though nothing can help.
Spa for the Soul
Busy lifestyles can leave us feeling frenzied. What’s the secret to maintaining a spirit of serenity in the midst of a hectic schedule? This message helps women learn to:
- Regard their relationship with Christ as a friendship to be developed rather than an obligation to be fulfilled.
- Value the discipline of seeking silence rather than viewing it as “one more thing” on their agenda.
- Face life’s demands and challenges with confidence and courage.
Fearless and Free
Fear can either hold us captive and steal our joy or it can become a catalyst for personal growth and for experiencing God in new ways. Which will it be? This message helps women:
- Overcome the fear of acknowledging a painful or shame-filled past and admit how it’s affected their lives so healing can begin.
- Break the pattern of negative self-talk by renewing their minds with the truth of God’s Word.
- Discover the joy of setting their focus on the future rather than on the past.
Three Wise Women: Finding Jesus in Unexpected Places – (Christmas)
Journey through the lives of several women who discovered Jesus in unexpected places. This is a riveting message that helps audiences to:
- Discover Jesus as their companion in the lonely places such as widowhood, abandonment, and being misunderstood.
- Discover Jesus as their source of courage in fearful circumstances such as an alarming medical diagnosis.
- Discover Jesus as their source of joy even when facing major changes such as a move or financial difficulties.
Relationships
If Teacups Could Talk
If teacups could talk, what insights would they share about women and the value of their friendships? This inspirational session, which includes delightful visual aids, helps women to:
- Look beyond the differences and embrace relationships with women who are different than themselves.
- Enjoy the genuine fellowship that results when they risk being transparent with each other.
- Experience the joy that comes from maintaining friendships despite the prickles of various personalities.
Tips for the Lips
Are our lips an asset, or do they need a makeover? Scripture says they utter words that hold the power of life and death, so we’d better get it right! Using both biblical and present-day examples, this session helps women to:
- Discover the joy that comes from expressing words of thanksgiving even when they don’t feel like it.
- Refuse the temptation to gossip and instead, speak words that build unity among family members and fellow employees.
- Inspire hope in those who are feeling downcast by sharing words of encouragement.
Daughters of Encouragement
To encourage means to give courage to, increase the hope or confidence of, urge on, help, support. As Christian women, we should all be encouragers to those in our families, churches, and communities. This message provides practical tips that teach listeners how to:
- Look beyond their personal circumstances and offer support to the less fortunate locally and globally by providing appropriate material provisions.
- Provide encouragement to those within their sphere of influence by sharing God’s promises and when necessary, His warnings.
- Come alongside a new believer, a woman who has made a poor choice, or a younger woman, and help her maintain a forward movement in her spiritual journey.
Family Life
Raising World–Changers
This 45-minute presentation is geared for parents with preschoolers and elementary-aged children. Grace offers encouragement and practical tips for raising kids with a Biblical worldview who can make a difference in society. Parents will be able to help their children:
- Develop understanding and compassion for others local and abroad.
- Enable your kids to evaluate media according to what’s right, rather than what’s popular.
- Apply God’s Word to issues, such as how to tell the truth, obey authority, and show kindness in mistreatment.
Super Moms
Today’s society often minimizes the role of a mother, but in reality, it’s an all-important assignment. This session encourages moms to value their task and equips them with practical tips for being most effective by:
- Encouraging them to care for their total well-being, too, rather than pouring all their energies into their families and foregoing their own needs.
- Focusing on the importance of healthy relationships over having a clean house.
- Seeking to promote their spiritual growth despite the constant demands on their time.
Stress-Free Family Traditions
Each family is characterized by its own unique traditions. Why are they important? And how can we establish them? This session helps women to:
- Enjoy developing traditions that work for their family rather than what measures up to other families’ experiences.
- De-stress by understanding that good traditions are often simple rather than fancy or complicated.
- Refill their empty idea jar with creative suggestions to try at home.
Seven Secrets to a Stronger Marriage
The honeymoon ended long ago and married life has settled into a dull routine. Is it possible for romance to flourish again? Yes! This workshop helps husbands and wives learn to:
- Divorce-proof their marriage through praying together.
- Be intentional about having fun when busy schedules threaten to consume them.
- Look beyond their individual needs and practice the principle of honor.
Specific Needs
The Sanctity of Human Life
Society says it’s okay to dispose of people if their existence inconveniences us. God says otherwise. This message, filled with Biblical background, insights from experts, and real-life stories, helps audiences to:
- Examine their stance on this issue in light of God’s perspective, and bring it into alignment if necessary.
- Overcome their discomfort in the presence of individuals with physical or mental challenges and learn to be a friend to them.
- Recognize misperceptions about those who have special needs and develop a genuine appreciation for their uniqueness instead.
Endorsements
"Grace is a gifted speaker who speaks with passion and humor encouraging her audiences to listen in rapt attention."
"You have a gift for sharing your faith and making people feel comfortable while listening."
"Your message truly expressed your love for God and His Son Jesus, and His unconditional love for us. Many comments from those attending expressed the excellence of your presentation and especially your enthusiasm!"
"God richly blessed us as Grace spoke about praising God. We enjoyed her sense of humor and were encouraged as she presented God's Word with clarity and sensitivity. She wove the salvation message throughout her speaking and we saw seven ladies pray to receive Christ. God has gifted and blessed Grace with the ability to speak to people of all ages, as she relies on the power of God's Holy Spirit."
"Grace was an excellent speaker. She got us all looking at our own lives. After listening to her speak, I felt challenged to get back on track with my devotions, prayer and journaling."
