Hey friend, this is Julie, and I have some really exciting news to share with you.

Mark your calendars because we are having an authentic intimacy conference October 4th and 5th.

Now, this is an opportunity for our community to gather and to invite other people who need to understand God's heart towards sexual issues.

Our theme for this conference is Reclain, God's heart towards sexual issues. Our theme for this conference is Reclaim, God's design for sexuality, and why it matters.

To reclaim means retrieving or recovering something that was previously lost, and that's

our heart to see God reclaim broken places within our hearts and families.

So at this event, you're going to be challenged to rethink both the cultural and traditional

religious narratives of sexuality in light of God's word.

You'll also hear teaching and really powerful testimonies that prompt you, whether you're

single or married, to consider your own commitment to sexual integrity, and you'll be

equipped to walk with hurting friends in both the grace and truth that Jesus demonstrates.

I hope you'll plan to join us right here in my hometown, Akron, Ohio.

This event is for men and women, ages 16 and up, and registration just opened, so save your seat at Authenticenemacy.com slash reclaim.

Hey there, this is Julie Slattery and you're listening to Java with Julie.

This podcast is a production of authentic intimacy, a ministry dedicated to reclaiming God's design for sexuality.

I'm excited to share this episode with you because it's a conversation with somebody who, when I was younger, was basically a Christian celebrity,

music artist Sandy Patty.

Sandy has five Grammy Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, three platinum records, five gold

records, and 11 million units sold.

In the Christian music industry, she's simply known as The Voice.

But for decades, Sandy will tell you that she felt like she had no voice at all, because

she was keeping a secret of childhood sexual abuse.

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