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About Speaking

Janice Mayo Mathers is a conference and retreat speaker who specializes in encouraging women to see adverse situations as godly challenges. Her expertise lies in her ability to transform the ordinary into adventure. An award winning, former member of Toastmasters Int., she speaks with imagination and humor, lacing her talks with heartwarming personal anecdotes and riveting stories from history. For more information about her speaking, select the "speaking topics" button in the column to the left.

About Writing

Mayo Mathers is a contributing writer to seventeen books and author of three:
    Finding Adventure in the Ordinary - A Survival Manual for Uninspired Parents, Moody Press
    Like a Pebble Tossed - the Legacy of a Prayer, ACW Press
    A Reflective Journal of Lists, Aspen Press

She has also authored four Devotional Enhancements:
    God Is...
    Do NOT Worry
    Yet I Will Praise the Lord
    Dreams

She has been a columnist with:
    Today's Christian Woman Magazine
    Virtue Magazine

and is currently a regular contributor for Today's Christian Woman

Her articles have appeared in many magazines including:
     Focus on the Family
     Guideposts
     Country
     Christian Parenting
     Decision

Janice uses her maiden name, Mayo, as her first name when she writes in tribute to her father, Howard Mayo, who died when she was a child.

About Commitments

Janice is a Speaker Consultant and a corporate member of the Board of Directors for Stonecroft Ministries, an international organization committed to helping women connect with each other, their communities and with God.

About Family

Married to Steve, a hunting guide and outfitter, Janice works with him in their family-owned well drilling business that spans three generations. They have two grown sons and two beautiful daughters-in-law who enrich their lives daily.

About Adventure

Adventure is a passion that colors most every decision. She'll chose experience over possessions any day and loves taking on a new challenge. She recently tried surfing with limited success but great exhilaration. Her next challenge is going to be wind surfing unless another opportunity shows up first. She has visited all 50 states and five continents, never ceasing to marvel over the incredible complexity and beauty of God's creation.

Contact

Janice Mayo Mathers

PO Box 1591

Bend, OR 97709

Phone: 541 389-0743

Or use our contact form.

References

Janice Mathers is a valued member of Westside Church and has assisted in our Women's Ministries for over ten years. Because she is an accomplished author, business woman and speaker we are confident she would be an excellent addition to your organization.

Pastor Ken Johnson, Lead Pastor, Westside Church, Bend, OR

Janice will take you from laughing to crying in a split second as you feel yourself drawn into the story so completely that in the end you can’t be sure if it was her experience or yours. Everyone who has ever heard her hungers for more. She is truly a master of her craft.

Marcia Mooney, Teacher and Speaker

Whether as a retreat, conference or keynote speaker, Janice is always well-prepared and shows that much research has gone into what she is sharing. Her dramas are wonderfully performed. How she is able to portray any biblical character in a way her audience relates to is remarkable.

Donna Huntley, Stonecroft Consultant