Events

Conferences, school speakers, staff speakers, parent group speakers...

To schedule Jami & Michele as guest speakers at your event or to invite them to your church or school, email royallegacyministries@yahoo.com

or call 985-705-8722 to reserve a date and discuss details.

Kick-off Assemblies and Teacher Training

Jami and Michele travel to help you host a kick-off assembly for moms and teens to have a sneak peek at all the fun that comes with the classes. We also do a short training for teachers to help them prepare for the upcoming lessons.

Mother-Daughter Conferences

Imagine a day when moms and daughters sit together to learn, listen, talk, question, pray, laugh, and enjoy their relationships with each other!

Speakers and authors, Jami Babco & Michele Tinker, deliver a high energy, tool-filled, inspirational message that leads participants to consider:

1. What kinds of mothers & daughters do we hope to be?
2. How can mothers & daughters be close?
3. How will she remember me?
4. What can we do today that makes our future great?

The day includes:

Uplifting worship music by worship team
Multi-media presentation: music, slides, DVD, power point
Role playing, fun exercises, and engaging activities
Take home materials and tools
Light breakfast reception, snacks & beverages, and a delightfully catered luncheon
Autographed copies of Be a Queen... series books available at book table
“Keepsake” journal to commemorate the day’s special moments.

Take home materials and tools:

Bank account pocket books with entries
Deposits & withdrawals in relationships activities
“No” is as valuable as “yes” exercises; boundaries
Mother-daughter 20 questions with keepsake journal
Relaxation exercises
Fun mother-daughter Bible study ideas

Comments from moms & teens at the conference:

"I really needed this! Thanks!"

"My mom and I really talked and listened to each other. I am glad we came. It was neat to think of her at my age."

"The conference helped to open up my heart and mind to explore ways to strengthen and enjoy my relationship with my daughter. I loved session 3."

"Excellent! Everything was excellent-the music, the food, the tote bags, the speaking, the dvds, and I loved the time together!"

"We shared so much with each other and learned many great tools to use in our relationship. Thank you so much for doing this!"

"This was an outstanding conference! When are you doing it again?"

Christian Educators Fellowship National Conference

Jami and Michele attended the CEF National Conference which was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in October 2008. This year the CEF partnered with Preaching from the Center, a national event for Christian educators and pastors. The theme was "Blessed to Be a Blessing" and we hosted a booth in the CEF Discovery Station.

We personally spoke to hundreds of pastors, youth pastors, education & curriculum coordinators, teen girl small group leaders, teachers, resource coordinators and library assistants about our Be A Queen series. We were enthusiastically received and told repeatedly, “This is exactly what we have been looking for and couldn’t find anywhere!” We agreed saying, “That’s what we discovered and why we had to write the books!”

Here are a few of the comments we've received:

Dr. Abiade, Director of Education Administration and Coordination at the General Board of Discipleship UMC, met with us at the Christian Educator’s Fellowship Conference and later emailed to say, “Thank you for your service to God through Royal Legacy Ministries; God has given direction for the older women to teach the younger. Somewhere along the line we lost track of that reality and I am so thankful that you are placing us back on track. I pray your strength in the Lord as you seek to be faithful to our Savior in relationships with our youth.”

Cokesbury representatives confirmed what we found in our market research that there is nothing else on the market like our series. Greg Cady, manager of the San Antonio, TX Cokesbury store asked, “Where have you been and why aren’t you in our stores?” We were pleased to send sets of our books back to Texas with him and along with hundreds of other conference participants from all over the country.

Yale Divinity Library Acquisitions Assistant, Ms. Soli Johnson, was very encouraging and recently requested a set of our books which we promptly shipped for the library.

We have had requests for other applications of our book series from women who work with women recovery facilities or teen detention centers.

Cathy Byrd in Panama City, FL writes,
“Recently I have begun a new job as program manager for a 20 bed Christian women’s substance abuse recovery facility called Bethel Village. The women in our year-long program are all recovering from not only substance abuse, but also low self esteem, physical and sexual abuse (in many cases), and lots of trauma and drama in life. Many of them are “stuck” in an adolescent mindset. I believe that the principles in your Royal Legacy (Be A Queen series) books would be useful as part of the teaching that I will be doing with them.”

School Speakers

To schedule Jami & Michele as guest speakers at your school assembly or staff development day, email royallegacyministries@yahoo.com or call 985-705-8722 to reserve a date and discuss details.

School Assembly Guest Speakers

Jami and Michele offer an upbeat, funny, inspirational message for teens on topics such as teen talk, leadership, goals, friendships, self-image, boundaries, and/or emotional work.

The focus of the message is tailored to the school theme for the assembly. For example, a school assembly for Red Ribbon Week/Say "No" To Drugs is the perfect time for our boundaries presentation. The aching backpack and how to say "No" roleplaying exercises are very engaging and memorable. Teens enjoy our storytelling way of teaching, funny ancedotes, and multi-media presentation.

"We have to be responsible with our daily tasks like eating, sleeping, managing time, taking care of our belongings, doing our work and so forth. We are also expected to be responsible for our feelings, attitudes, behaviors, choices, limits, desires, thoughts, values, talents, and love. These kinds of responsibilities are called our “daily load” (Cloud and Townsend). No one else can carry our daily load for us. Our feelings and attitudes are ours." (From Be A Queen...Not A Princess...The Crown Is Bigger! Ch.4)

Assembly Topic Suggestions

Honor roll breakfast-teen talk, leadership, friendships, self-image, goals
Red Ribbon/D.A.R.E-teen talk, friendships, boundaries
Diversity-leadership, friendships, self-image
Motivational-teen talk, leadership, goals, friendships, self-image, boundaries, and/or emotional work
PTA/parent groups-teen talk, leadership, goals, friendships, family, self-image, boundaries, and/or emotional work
And much more!

Staff Development Speakers

Jami and Michele offer a positive and proactive message for staff development on dealing with teens in the school setting. A school environment that uses a common vocabulary with boundaries, behaviors, language, and emotional work is empowered! Students and staff can proactively address issues using concepts learned in training. The focus of the message is tailored to the staff development theme.

For example, one staff development theme we have encountered in the school environment is dealing with disrespectful words, language, and attitude from teens. Our message on speaking and thinking is perfect for this issue. The participants learn to teach students to do a personal maturity checkup, to discard speach that is not "edifying to the listener", to identify which situations students may find themselves more prone to stumble, and how to substitute better choices.

We define and instruct:

"Author, Jan Silvious states, “The tongue is one of the first markers of maturity. If you want to give yourself a personal maturity checkup, you can begin by listening to yourself. Do you sound the way you want to sound, or do you sound like a whiny little girl? Your words are a dead giveaway.”

We share true but funny anecdotes:

When I (Michele) was a child, I was playing Hide–n–Seek with my brother in my dear grandparent’s backyard. Grandma was hand watering her beautiful flower garden with a hose, and I wanted to hide in the garden because there were tall sunflowers, gladiolas, and roses that would provide good cover. I heard my brother as he was finishing his count down, and I panicked because he was a better player (at practically everything) than me, and I thought just once, I might stump him. I started to step into the garden, when Grandma said, “Michele, don’t go in there.” I ignored her because I was desperately trying to get hidden before he opened his eyes. Then, she said, “Michele, I don’t want you in my garden!” Well, now she did it; she just identified where I was planning to hide, and I was outted just as my pressure to be hidden was most intense. I said, “Grandma, shut up!” Oops, BIG mistake!!! My momentary, short term goal just jeopardized my long term one. Grandma, who was truly a fabulous Queen, said nothing. All I saw was “the look” which brought me to my senses, causing me to run into the house, find my room, and lay on my bed crying hot tears. Granddad came to see me and all he had to say was, “You cannot speak to your Grandmother that way” and “I’m very disappointed in your behavior” and “You need to apologize to your Grandmother.” I’ll never, ever forget how important it was, and always will be, that I made things right with her. She was so grand and it has been imperative that she was God–given to be in my life. I am all the good things that I am today because of God and because He placed this fantastic Queen in my life at that particular time!

Losing control over my mouth was a sign that I had already lost control over my mind. That was clearly apparent in my Grandma’s garden lesson. In order to “not do that again”, I would have to mature in my thinking. Some experiences sear or scorch a lasting impression on the mind and then, “we know”. After that incident, I prayed that God would grow me up and He did. Whenever I find myself in a situation where I feel desperate pressure, I know that my mouth might not be a help to me, so I have learned to get quiet and think before I speak. We need God to change us."[Excerpt from Be A Queen...Not A Princess...The Crown Is Bigger! Ch.3]

Staff Development Topic Suggestions

Godly speaking and thinking from teens
Mature Christian behavior in teens
Helping teens set reasonable boundaries
Helping teens seek and maintain healthy friendships
Facilitating strong family support
Reasonable boundaries in teen romantic relationships
Teaching teens conflict resolution skills
Responding well in teen crisis