CURRICULUM WRITERS

We've got a fantastic group of curriculum writers who have a passion to see God move in the lives of preteens. Having written some fabulous program content for their preteen ministries, they are now able to do the same for others.

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	Cari Widdel Cari is crazy about sharing the good news of Jesus with young people! As the Children’s Ministry Director at Faith Baptist Church in Washington, IA, Cari loves the opportunities she has to build relationships with children of all ages. Cari also loves her job as wife to Tony, a youth pastor. These two enjoy nothing more than fighting Nerf wars, competing in eating competitions, and staying up way too late if it means they are hanging out with students! Cari began her career in marketing and communications and then sensed the Lord’s call to full-time ministry. She’ll never look back!
	Charlie Conder Charlie Conder is not your every day ordinary crazy person, although it takes just a dash of crazy love to lead two ministries: INFUSION for 5th and 6th graders and lift for 7th and 8th graders.  Charlie’s calling has led her to Grayson UMC in Grayson, GA, where she has been serving for the last 5 years.   She has a passion for teaching students about God’s amazing, unconditional love for them.  Besides loving on preteens well, Charlie is a “mama” to an awesome daughter and a wife to an incredibly patient husband.
	Jim Kast-Keat Jim is a writer, speaker, pastor, and pathological optimist.  He is the Middle School Program + Content Pastor at  at Mars Hill Bible Church in Gradville, MI where he co-leads Fifty6 (for 5th + 6th grade students) and The.element (for 7th + 8th grade students). He is also one of the co-founders of FourFiveSix.org, which is a group dedicated to helping your preteen ministry take the next step. Jim enjoys life with his beautiful and brilliant wife, Jes, with whom he does his best to smile, breathe, and go slowly. In his spare time he contributes regularly to Storypraxis and plays in the rock-awesome three piece band, Supernova Like the Sun. For more about Jim, head over to jimkastkeat.com and start exploring.
	Paul Mallory Paul is really just a big, dorky kid who is passionate about helping preteens know the awesome love of Jesus and that God Is Big Enough! He co-leads Route 56, a midweek program for 5th & 6th graders, and is the Children’s Worship Leader at his church, FUMC Mansfield, Texas. Paul is also a husband to an amazing and talented wife, Beth, and a dad to his incredible kids, Casey and Keaton.
	Sean Sweet Sean is the preteen pastor of Elevate, a ministry for 4th/5th graders at Sunset Christian Church in Rocklin, CA.  He hosts the yearly Preteen Leaders Conference, which revolutionizes the way pastors lead preteen ministries around the country. Sean is also one of the co-founders of FourFiveSix.org, a group dedicated to helping your preteen ministry take the next step. He lives in Lincoln, California with his beautiful wife and two daughters.
	Matt Morgan Matt is our content writer for the subscription side of PreteenMinistry.net and a writer of many of the preteen series. Matt Morgan is the Preteen Pastor at Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, AR.  After serving the last 8 years in children’s ministry, God has called him to minister specifically to 5th and 6th graders.  Matt is passionate about seeing this age group grow in their faith and serve others.  He is husband to a wonderful wife, Dana, and father to an amazing little girl, Maggie. You can check out Matt's blog at www.mattmo.org.
	Nick Diliberto Nick is an explorer, pioneer and adventure seeker at heart. He recently tried out for the hit TV show WIPEOUT (see pic to the left) & is still waiting to hear from them (not sure if it's going to happen). He is the creator of PreteenMinistry.net, preteen columnist for CM Magazine, co-founder of FourFiveSix, host of a show on CM Connect Radio: FourFiveSix On-the-Air and Children's Pastor at Seven San Diego Church. Nick is also a writer, speaker, husband and daddy to three awesome kids: Ethan, Joey & Emma. He loves to surf, although not very good, and is a total beach bum.

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