Speakers
2025 Keynote Speakers
Bonny Cable
Bonny Cable grew up with a song in her heart! She feels a close connection to the Lord through song, knowing it is one way He wants us to praise Him. Together with her husband Joe of 20 years, they are working to raise their boys, Jack and Jett, to also love praising the Lord in song and maybe even to raise them up to be song leaders. The Cables live In Temple Terrace where Bonny is an education professor at Florida College. She is thrilled to be able to impact education for many kids by teaching future teachers to work in that mission field. Bonny finds great joy baking for others and hosting them in her home which she loves to decorate for each season and holiday. Having learned music in band, then chorus, and in a singing group for Florida College called the Friends, she sees God's loving hand in preparing her to be able to serve in this unique way through song leading. What a blessing!
Annetta Hastings
A native of southern Indiana, Annetta Hastings lives in Indian Shores, Florida, with her husband, Lee, and worships at the Temple Terrace church of Christ.
Annetta attended Florida College (FC) from 1984-1986, completed her bachelor’s degree in mathematics education at Indiana University, and earned her PhD at the University of South Florida. She began her career as a high school mathematics teacher and varsity coach. In 2007, Annetta transitioned to teaching full-time in the mathematics department at FC. She now serves on the college's advancement team as a major gift officer. She recently co-authored a book with many of the female faculty entitled, Each Winding Path. Annetta strongly believes in family first. She and her husband have two adult children, Sloan and Olivia. She is deeply passionate about her faith and loves having the opportunity to share it around the country.
2025 Workshop Leaders
Candace Reynolds
Candace, a native of North Carolina and graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, became a Christian during college and now calls the area home. She works at UNC and is an active member of the Walnut Street Church of Christ in Cary, North Carolina. Passionate about spiritual growth, Candace founded the Grow Retreat in Raleigh, North Carolina, and serves on its leadership team. She finds joy in working alongside others in the kingdom through leading women’s studies, teaching children’s classes, and organizing and developing curriculum for toddlers through middle schoolers. Recently she has been blessed with the opportunity to bring together the Walnut Street college students from area universities, helping them build community around the dinner table and through service. Candace also loves hiking with her rescue dog, Mabel, cultivating her moss lawn, and cheering on the Tar Heels.
Annie Rutherford
Annie Counts Rutherford is a faithful member of the Embry Hills church of Christ in Atlanta, GA. She is originally from Flowery Branch, Georgia, where she was taught the gospel by her wonderful parents and baptized by her father at the age of twelve. Now 29, she works as a bilingual pediatric speech and language therapist for Gwinnett County Public Schools. She married her husband, Austin, in May 2021 and they currently reside in Dunwoody, Georgia. She has many interests, but some of her favorite ways to use the gift of time include teaching Bible classes for kids of all ages and traveling abroad to share the gospel and see God's creation. She is thrilled to lead our workshop titled "Worriers to Warriors!"
Haley Watts
Haley is a co-author of Tumbling Stones: 12 Ideas to Develop Spiritual Grit in Families (2020). Before moving to Georgia last year, she worked with the Winnetka Avenue church of Christ in Los Angeles, where she reviewed and advised on the church’s financial assets. During their time in California, she and her husband started and managed a campaign to send spiritual educational materials to thousands of households in the community as part of their efforts to spread the Word of God.
Haley is a Finance professor at the University of Georgia after having previously been a professor at Pepperdine University. She is also a co-founder of an organizational consulting and research company and a regular workshop leader.
2025 Song Leader
Alison Graham
Alison (Patton) Graham is a private vocal coach and recording artist. She works with elite-level students at Brittany Leazer Productions in Atlanta, GA.
She served on the board of UPLIFT (formerly known as the Tampa Bay Area Ladies Weekend) for 22 years. Mrs. Graham has also been a camp counselor and Bible class teacher for the Florida College summer camp in Florida for the past 19 years, the co-director of Florida College Arkansas winter camp for eight years and has been the vocal coach for Florida College’s Camp Rock for eight years. Her favorite thing in the world is sharing her passion for the Lord to others while she is teaching a voice lesson or a Bible class. Alison resides in Fayetteville, Georgia, with Phil, her husband of 32 years. They attend the South Fayette church of Christ, where she is a part of their jail ministry.