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Renew Conference

Reclaiming God’s Design for Sexuality

Saturday, October 4 • Everett, WA

In a culture flooded with confusion, shame, and brokenness around sex and identity, the Renew Conference offers an opportunity to return to the heart of God’s design. This transformative event is for men and women who long to experience renewal—body, soul, and spirit—through the healing truth of God’s word.

This is not your typical sex talk! Through powerful teaching, honest conversations, worship, and prayer, we’ll uncover how God’s design is not only beautiful but deeply restorative. Whether you’re navigating personal struggles, seeking healing from past wounds, struggling with family or cultural pressures, or simply desiring a deeper understanding of God’s intent for sex, intimacy, and identity— Renew is for you.

Come be restored. Come be renewed. Come discover the freedom of living fully in the truth God holds for you.

Schedule

Saturday, October 4
9:00am: Main Session 1
10:30am: Breakouts
11:30am: Lunch
1:15pm: Main Session 2
2:00pm: Breakouts
3:15pm: Closing Session

Pricing

Early Bird Pricing: $55
(Ends August 31)

Standard: $70
(Beginning September 1)

Groups (10+): $47

Volunteer Pricing: $44
(Volunteer Here)

Main Session Speaker

Todd McKeown was born in Seattle and raised in Santa Barbara, CA. He holds a B.A. from Grand Canyon University and a Master of Divinity from Denver Seminary. He has worked with YWAM overseas, served as a chaplain assistant in the U. S. Army, and is a lead pastor at Oso Community Chapel since 2016, as well as a career firefighter. His wife Bobbi, and two boys live on a 20-acre farm in Oso, WA. and together they love exploring the mountains of their backyard in the North Cascades.

Breakouts

Your Brain on Porn (For men only)
Hosted by Greg Richie

5 proven ways pornography warps your mind and 5 biblical ways to renew it.
For the follower of Christ, the goal
 is not merely “quitting pornography,” but is something far richer and more comprehensive. If merely modifying behavior was the most important thing, there are any number of psychological tips and tricks one can use. But for the Christian, as it should be for all people, the goal is not merely recovering
 from pornography but being remade by God Himself into the image of the perfect Man, Jesus Christ.
This is the work of the Holy Spirit.

What do I really want? Clarifying Desires & Values (For singles/windowed/divorced only)
Hosted by Preeti Shah

Explore how to identify your true relational and sexual desires, separate them from cultural noise or past experiences, and align them with your core values and faith. Whether you’re navigating singleness, healing from loss, or hoping for a new beginning, this session will help you gain clarity, set healthy boundaries, and move forward with purpose and peace.

Preeti Shah is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 20 years of clinical experience, specializing in trauma, Out of Control Sexual Behavior (OCSB), sexual addiction, and sex therapy. Her therapeutic approach is grounded in Differentiation-Based Relationship Therapy and the Crucible Approach, which emphasize personal growth through discomfort, self-confrontation, and emotional honesty.

Known for her warm yet direct presence, Preeti helps clients face hard truths, stay present in conflict, and move towards emotional and sexual integrity. She works with individuals and couples healing from sexual trauma, betrayal, and relational rupture.

Outside of her practice, Preeti enjoys raising her daughters, dancing, rock climbing, playing games with friends and serving in her church community.

In This Together— Finding your voice when you long to be heard and understood
Hosted by Karen Crawford

Marriage can feel overwhelming when you are not sure how to express your needs—or when your words seem to fall flat. In this gentle, hope-filled session, certified life coach and betrayal trauma specialist Karen Crawford will guide couples through the building blocks of honest communication and healthy boundaries. With warmth and sincerity, Karen will help you begin restoring emotional safety, listening well, and speaking with clarity—even in the hardest conversations. You will learn why both husband and wife deserve a voice in the marriage and how empathy, truth-telling, and trust can begin to grow again. Whether you are stuck in silence, circling around old arguments, or just feeling disconnected, this breakout offers tools, encouragement, and a path toward greater connection.

Karen Crawford is a certified professional coach with over 25 years of experience supporting women and couples navigate the pain of relational wounds and conflict. With deep compassion and insight, she specializes in relational trauma, offering a safe, grace-filled space for individuals to rediscover their voice, reclaim their identity, and begin the healing journey. Rooted in a Christ-centered approach, Karen empowers couples to restore trust, establish healthy boundaries, and move toward deeper emotional and relational connection. Her heart beats for guiding husbands and wives toward clarity, courage, and renewed intimacy—even in the most complex dynamics. Karen currently provides private coaching, intensives, and group support through Prodigals International.

Teaching Kids About Sex
Hosted by Becka & Grady Cruze

Hear honest and practical experience from parents of four things they focused on to keep their kids safe. This breakout will offer:

  • Insight into why it’s crucial to talk to your kids about sex, sexuality, and pornography
  • Real-life tips and conversation starters to help you engage confidently and age-appropriately
  • Resources to support and equip you for ongoing conversations at home

You’ll leave encouraged, informed, and empowered to be your child’s first and most trusted voice on these important topics.

High school sweethearts that have been married for 21 wonderful years and parents to four amazing kids (ages 13, 15, 17, and 19). Becka and Grady have lives full and rich with family, community and faith, deeply involved in their local church, active in Young Life, and passionate about walking alongside others in all seasons of life. Parenting has taught them countless lessons – some beautiful, some hard. They look forward to sharing how they have learned to show up with love, empathy, and a whole lot of grace.

Healing from Sexual Trauma
Hosted by Kathy Myhre

No two trauma stories are alike, therefore no two healing journeys are alike. In this workshop we will look at some of the ways that sexual trauma can affect not only our sexual functioning, but our ability to trust our spiritual development and the meanings and feelings we attach to relationships. If you are just getting started on your healing journey, are feeling stuck, need some new resources, or would like help in supporting someone you love, we’d love for you to join us.

Kathy is a licensed clinical social worker with decades of experience in working with trauma. She has a private practice in Snohomish with a specialty in treating PTSD complex, trauma and complex relational issues.

Act of Marriage: YADA, Intimate Love
Hosted by Roger & Tonya Haskin

Seeing everything about each other and accepting completely

Purpose: In this session, we help couples move toward understanding one another and have practical, courageous conversations about sexual expectations and intimacy.

Lesson Outline:

  1. What I expected from sex in marriage
  2. Baggage we brought into the bedroom
  3. God’s view and purpose for sexual intimacy
  4. Be a student/servant in the bedroom (1Cor 7:2-5, Phil 2:1-8)
  5. Move towards courageous conversations

 

Since attending our first Family Life Weekend to Remember in 1998,

where we both accepted Christ as our Lord and Savior, we have served with Family Life both as volunteers and full-time missionary staff for over 26 years. It has been our privilege to help strengthen

marriages and families around the country and around the world. We believe God has the answers for many of the tough challenges facing families every day. We have been married for nearly 30 years, and we have three adult children, two of which are married, and eight grandchildren! Marriage

and family are very important to us, and we thank the Lord daily for His goodness and His blessings!

Body Image (For women only)
Hosted by Annabelle Zastro

Stories of Healing and Hope for Women
Hosted by Laura Clark, Lisa Shelby, Jonette Colacecchi

It is easy to feel embarrassed, ashamed and alone in your struggles. Come hear several women bravely share their stories and path to healing. When we feel the validation and support of people who understand what we are going through, it often lightens our burden and helps us break through the pain to finally see the path to our next steps of healing.

Stories of Healing and Hope for Men
Hosted by Randy Karr, Bob Robb, Mike Giroux

5 Steps to Porn Free Living (For men only)
Hosted by Randy Karr

Steps will propel your life in a direction that leads to lasting freedom!
 
The five steps outlined in this process are far more than just “good ideas” or “something else to try.” These represent a vetted, researched, and demonstrated pathway to lasting change. While some of this might sound like your old attempts, these steps will provide brand new insights. 
These new things may challenge you; they might be steps you know you’ve needed to take for months, maybe years but never have. 

Reclaiming Intimacy Through Connection & Pleasure
Hosted by Preeti Shah

God created sexuality and declared it was good. When sin entered the equation, distortions crept in keeping us from understanding and experiencing the sexual health God intended. This workshop will focus on the role of connection and pleasure and invite you to consider how your story, experiences, and cultural influences may hold you back from finding freedom and sexual wholeness.

God created sexuality and declared it was good. When sin entered the equation, distortions crept in keeping us from understanding and experiencing the sexual health God intended. This workshop will focus on the role of connection and pleasure and invite you to consider how your story, experiences, and cultural influences may hold you back from finding freedom and sexual wholeness.

It’s Not Your Fault (For women only)
Hosted by Steve Delaney

Have you recently discovered the sexual brokenness of the man you love? Self-doubt leads women to falsely believe they are not attractive enough, loving enough, sexual enough, or that there is some personal flaw that forced their partner to choose pornography or other forms of sexual behavior instead of them. Sometimes the man will place the blame on the woman, suggesting that if she would just change, the problem/behavior would go away. We will break through these destructive, false beliefs and present a factual perspective on sexual brokenness, pornography and sexual sin, and will help women understand that their partner’s behaviors began at an early age and are carried into the marriage as a hidden secret filled with denial, minimization and shame.

Steve Dulaney has been helping men get un-stuck from patterns of destructive behavior, moving from frustration, isolating pain and shame, toward a life of renewal and satisfying relationships for more than 10 years. His expertise includes providing both individual and group counseling for men who struggle with anxiety, trauma-related behavior, adoption issues, event-driven grief, and sex and pornography addiction.

Steve is the Executive Director of Prodigals International, a faith-based recovery program for men and women impacted by sexual addiction. Steve has been married for 30 years and has 2 children.

Break Destructive Patterns that Lead to Loneliness and Chaos
Hosted by Kerrie Arneson

Have you noticed repetitive patterns, thoughts and behaviors in your life that lead to hurt, misery, disappointment, fighting and chaos? Most of us have noticed how a single thought can in seconds create a reaction, turn us off, turn us on, or wreck a great day. We can do something about this! Come hear how the Bible gives us clear direction on how we can break free of these destructive cycles – it is the work of breaking strongholds.  Learn why this happens and what you can do to take back control with tactics that anyone can do.

Kerrie Arneson is a long-time member of New Life Church and has been involved with different ministries including facilitating groups in Mops, Discovery, Betrayal and Beyond, and more recently leading Betrayal Connections for women. Kerrie’s own personal story and experiences have led to her heart in helping women heal after sexual betrayals, and she has keen understanding and compassion for the various struggles that couples go through in working through their pain to come to a place of hope and trust again.

Safeguarding Devices and Understanding Understanding Healthy Accountability
Video presentation

Be renewed this fall!