workshops

After reading the descriptions, choose one workshop to attend during the conference.
After the event, all of the workshops (all 16!) will be sent for you to watch if you would like.

Dare to Dream Creative Expression Workshops

11:30-12:30 PST

Choose one workshop to join in our morning Creative Expression Workshop choices.  If you have a heart for MORE than 1, all of the replays will be sent to you after the conference.

  • Theresa is an internationally known speaker who empowers and activates believers to walk in their supernatural creative destiny. She is a forerunner in the New Creative Renaissance, blending in aspects of healing and the prophetic within her ministry and empowering her students in her online Create Academy to do the same.

    She led the Creative Arts Department at Bethel Redding for over 19 years, teaching and empowering BSSM students and members of Bethel church to transform the city, church life, and missions work. She built up teams in Redding, Ca to to go out into the city to touch the educational, political, and business realms through weekly programs. 

    Her heart is to transform culture and awaken believers to intersect God’s creative heart into the lives of those they meet.  She leads internationally and nationally creative and dream conferences around the world.

    In 2018, Theresa started her online Create Academy Learning Platform, where she has raised up hundreds of students to fulfill their God-given destiny as they go through her courses with her weekly. She now has developed four levels of mentorship within the Create Academy platform, where students are mentored and discipled by her and her community. Currently, there are Create Academy Satellite campuses and networks that are starting Create Academy hubs around the world.

    You can check out her Create Academy on theresadedmon.com as well as look at her wonderful art and merchandise that she has designed and is for sale.

    Theresa’s books include:

    Cultivating Kingdom Creativity  “A Manual on how to create with God for kids and adults”

    Born to Create “Stepping Into Your Supernatural Creative Destiny”

    Created To Overcome: “An Interactive Journey of the Heart through Art and Poetry”


Art

“Becoming a Revelatory Artist”

Instructor:  Theresa Dedmon and Artist Panel

Theresa has raised up artists for over 20 years who paint in God’s Presence and are now creating works of art that are radically impacting the church as well as transforming cities and galleries all over the world.  

You will hear testimonies, understand Kingdom core values that can equip and empower you as an artist at whatever level of training or experience you’ve had. We value all different styles and types of art.  We welcome you to join this thriving community, where your dreams can become a reality!

  • Kevin has been in pastoral ministry for over 30 years and has a B.A. in Biblical Studies

    and a M.A. degree in Church Leadership from Vanguard University. 

    He taught revival Kingdom theology, Treasure Hunts and healing in the Bethel School of

    Supernatural Ministry for 13 years.  He was also on the leadership team of Bethel

    Church during that time, where he developed Treasure Hunts, Firestarters, HomeFire

    and activating church members in evangelism as well as training new believers and new

    members in a revival supernatural lifestyle. 

    Kevin has also authored the following books: The Ultimate Treasure Hunt, Unlocking

    Heaven: Keys to Living Naturally Supernatural, The Risk Factor, T.N.T.,  Firestarters

    Curriculum, HomeFire curriculum and his latest book Presence Therapy. 

    Kevin, along with his wife Theresa, spend their time speaking at conferences and

    churches, writing and developing curriculum in which people are equipped, empowered

    and activated in miracles, healing and prophetic as a normal lifestyle of the believer.

Writing 

“Learn Ways to Become a Kingdom Writer in Any Genre or Style”

Instructor: Kevin Dedmon

Kevin will equip you on the core values you need, so that you can pursue your dreams to write in any genre by discovering the basics of finding your style, outline, and audience.  His expertise in raising up writers in Create Academy to move forward in turning them into a reality will help launch you toward starting and moving on to the finish line!

  • Nathan Obokoh is a prophetic, interdisciplinary artist. He is passionate about exploring life, loving the naturally, supernatural relationship God invites us to both personally within and outside the church. He has travelled internationally & across denominations to help equip people to hear and steward God’s word for themselves and share revelation through art.  

    Commercially Nathan works in pastel, filmmaking, acting and is currently developing the exciting media of dichroic light sculpture. He believes creativity is part of our nature as image-bearers of Christ, recognising how God speaks can manifest in many ways. What we create with God can be powerful, arresting or comforting. It can spark old memories or new thought, opening up the heart. Creativity has the potential to carry His divine breath and the miraculous potency of His beautiful love.

Performing Arts

“Presence-led Performing Arts”

Instructor: Nathan Obokoh

Nathan has led Performing Arts Theatrical performances and media at his church and has performed in community events, where he has seen the power of the Holy Spirit move upon people in profound ways.  

He has written a dramatic “Prism Light Show,” which he has taken into schools, public events, and churches.  Through sanctified imagination exercises, he will expand your understanding on how to bring God’s limitless creativity into theatrical performances.

This is for people who have a heart for media, theatre, spoken word, acting, and script writing.

  • Janine’s journey with dance began at age 3yrs. She spent her early years performing on TV shows and in Dance Festivals in Tap, Modern, Jazz and Contemporary styles. It was only much later that Holy Spirit began to connect her love of dance with her passion for Worship. This journey of discovery led her to develop a language of expressive movement to connect with and from Gods presence to bring healing, breakthrough, and transformation.

    Janine is a member of Cristian Dance Fellowship South Africa  (CDFSA) representing her region. She also leads the Dance Ministry for Transformerz, a movement equipping tweens and teens for ministry, I Am Amazing Kids Ministry for younger children with outreaches across the country and youth programs in local townships . She has attended International courses in Prophetic Dance and Technical Movement and is completing her leadership year with Theresa Dedmon in Create Academy as well as her certification in CaraMayan ( Biblical Meditation through movement.) as she leads workshops around the country.

    A wife and mother of three adult boys, Janine has experienced life to the fullest and is passionate about activating people to express their worship and seeing Heaven released wherever they go. 

    “Daily I will worship You passionately and with all my heart” Psalm 63:4 TPT

Dance

 “Dancing Under the Power of the Spirit”

Instructor:  Janine Thetard

Janine will equip and activate you on how to engage in the Presence as you dance. You will understand the power of Presence-based movement that releases healing, identity, and freedom.

People who have a heart to learn dance movement or are trained dancers will be equipped through our Create Academy Dance Community.  All levels of dance will find this beneficial.

  • Lindsay loves Jesus. Her relationship is displayed and demonstrated in every facet of her life. Lyndsie, her husband, Marcus and their two children, reside in Solon, Iowa. She is a prophetic voice of this day gifted with a purpose to present wisdom and experience in a way that evokes wonder in those around her. She is a gifted worship leader, speaker, podcaster and author with a God-given passion to build upon the advances of those before us while leaving a legacy of victory,  increase, and dreams for the generations to come. It is her desire that each person would find their identity in Jesus and, together, we would see the expectation of Heaven displayed here and now on Earth.

Music

“Creating Music from God’s Heart”

Instructor: Lyndsey Schnoor

We can either write and create music from our own ability and experience or we can create music that comes from encounters with God.  You will learn the power of how to partner with heaven as you create music.

Lyndsey will share her process in how she has led others in Create Academy’s Music Community to write and produce music in freedom, and then she will invite you to do the same through an activation. We invite people who are song writers, singers, and musicians to be activated and equipped at whatever musical level you are currently at.

  • Randy Schimon is a husband of 40+ years, father of 4, grandfather of 5.

    Retired to be refired in life's purpose, after a career of 37 years in the Aerospace industry.

    Randy has led, supported and served in Children's Ministry for over 30 years. 

    With his wife, he attended and graduated Years 1-3 at Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry (BSSM). With Theresa Dedmon as his 3rd year BSSM mentor, he was introduced to Create Academy. In this creative community, God has unveiled and released his creative and prophetic giftings. 

    He is a leader and spiritual Father of many in the BSSM and Create Academy communities.

    He was born to encourage and release hope in a world that is increasingly more hopeless.

    As a worshiper and pursuer of the Father's heart, he is living his dream to be a history maker!

    You can find him on 

    Facebook and Instagram as Randy Schimon

    Website: civilitygoviral.com

How To Align Your Dreams With the TRUTH

“Break Off Powerlessness and Defeating Mindsets that Limit Creative Dreams”

Instructor: Randy Schimon

Many of you may feel stuck as you start to move forward in fulfilling your creative dreams. The 4 deadly destroyers of creativity (shame, fear of failure, rejection, and perfectionism) may be overtaking your thoughts and preventing you from believing in your dreams.

If this is happening, Heidi and Randy will share their breakthrough testimonies and help you defeat these deadly destroyers with declarations, encounters, and learning to create a new image of yourself.

Dare to Dream For Your Creative Passions to Impact Others

1:10-2:10 PM PST

Choose one workshop to join in our morning Creative Expression Workshop choices.  If you have a heart for MORE than 1, all of the replays will be sent to you after the conference.

  • Lyn Rosenthal is currently a Marriage Family Therapist Associate at Dunamis Wellness in Redding, CA, specializing in trauma healing. She holds a Master’s in Counseling from National University and is a Certified Technician in Brainspotting Phase One through the Pacific Counseling and Trauma Center. A graduate of BSSM Third Year, she interned with Theresa Dedmon and served as a BSSM Mentor for Third Year with TD Ministries for two years. She was part of ARTS on Stage at Bethel Church in Redding, CA, for six years and is currently a member of the Prophetic Arts Team for Bethel Healing Rooms.

    As an accomplished abstract artist, her work has been featured at the Saint Martin Residential and Hotel Towers in Hong Kong, Genesis Gallery in South Korea, and The Art Hunger Gallery in Redding, CA. Her art is currently on display at The Color and Light juried art show at The Guilded Gallery in Stanwood, WA, and The Botanicals juried art show online at Las Laguna Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA. She also creates private and commercial commissioned pieces. In addition to her work as a therapist and artist, she is a Creativity Coach for TD Ministries, helping individuals achieve their creative goals.

    I am currently a Marriage Family Therapist Associate for Dunamis Wellness in Redding, Ca.  My focus is on healing trauma. I have a Masters in Counseling from National University. I am also a Certified Technician in Brainspotting Phase One, with the Pacific Counseling and Trauma Center.

    I am a Bssm Third year graduate and interned with Theresa Dedmon.  I also was a BSSM Mentor for Third Year with TD Ministries for two years with 4 interns one year, then 2 interns.  I was ARTS on Stage at Bethel Church in Redding, Ca for 6 years and am currently part of the Prophetic Arts Team for Bethel Healing Rooms.  I served on Bethel Church in Redding, Prophetic Ministry for 8 years.

    My accomplishments as an Abstract Artist include work at the Saint Martin Residential and Hotel Towers in Hong Kong, Genesis Gallery in South Korea, The Art Hunger Gallery in Redding, Ca, for Three years, currently on display at  "The Color and Light" juried art show at The Guilded Gallery in Stanwood, WA, and "The Botanicals" juried art show online at Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Besch, Ca.  My work also includes private and commercial commissioned work.

    I am also a Creativity Coach for TD Ministries where I help people reach their Creative Goals.  I have been part of TD Ministries Coaching for 5 years.

HEALING THROUGH ENCOUNTER ART

Instructor: Lyn Rosenthal and Create To Be Free Instructors

This workshop will give you creative tools on how to heal trauma, emotional pain, and wounds from the past.  Lyn and the certified Create To Be Free instructors will share testimonies on how Create Academy’s “Create To Be Free” program can be an instrument of healing in people’s lives through creating watercolor prompts and encounters with God. 


Note on Supplies:  For this workshop, you will need to have watercolors and mixed-media paper ready to go for the activation exercise for a shortened version of the Create To Be Free course.

  • Theresa is an internationally known speaker who empowers and activates believers to walk in their supernatural creative destiny. She is a forerunner in the New Creative Renaissance, blending in aspects of healing and the prophetic within her ministry and empowering her students in her online Create Academy to do the same.

    She led the Creative Arts Department at Bethel Redding for over 19 years, teaching and empowering BSSM students and members of Bethel church to transform the city, church life, and missions work. She built up teams in Redding, Ca to to go out into the city to touch the educational, political, and business realms through weekly programs. 

    Her heart is to transform culture and awaken believers to intersect God’s creative heart into the lives of those they meet.  She leads internationally and nationally creative and dream conferences around the world.

    In 2018, Theresa started her online Create Academy Learning Platform, where she has raised up hundreds of students to fulfill their God-given destiny as they go through her courses with her weekly. She now has developed four levels of mentorship within the Create Academy platform, where students are mentored and discipled by her and her community. Currently, there are Create Academy Satellite campuses and networks that are starting Create Academy hubs around the world.

    You can check out her Create Academy on theresadedmon.com as well as look at her wonderful art and merchandise that she has designed and is for sale.

    Theresa’s books include:

    Cultivating Kingdom Creativity  “A Manual on how to create with God for kids and adults”

    Born to Create “Stepping Into Your Supernatural Creative Destiny”

    Created To Overcome: “An Interactive Journey of the Heart through Art and Poetry”

CULTIVATING A PROPHETIC CREATIVE CULTURE  

Instructor: Theresa Dedmon and Create Academy Prophetic Team

In order for you to fulfill your creative dreams, you need to understand how to grow a prophetic CREATIVE culture in yourself and then be activated in how to cultivate this in others around you.

Theresa has helped thousands of creative people and communities around the world, develop a creative culture of celebration. Her core values have helped grow and sustain the Prophetic  creative movement around the world. She will give you amazing tips, exercises, and activations that will give you a framework for how to build this in your own life and within others. These principles are beneficial if you are called to church community or want to reach the marketplace. You will receive a prophetic packet that will help you grow this prophetic culture.

Note on supplies: You will need watercolor supplies or dry media (colored pencils, etc. for the activation time to see how a prophetic culture can happen.

  • Nathan Obokoh is a prophetic, interdisciplinary artist. He is passionate about exploring life, loving the naturally, supernatural relationship God invites us to both personally within and outside the church. He has travelled internationally & across denominations to help equip people to hear and steward God’s word for themselves and share revelation through art.  

    Commercially Nathan works in pastel, filmmaking, acting and is currently developing the exciting media of dichroic light sculpture. He believes creativity is part of our nature as image-bearers of Christ, recognising how God speaks can manifest in many ways. What we create with God can be powerful, arresting or comforting. It can spark old memories or new thought, opening up the heart. Creativity has the potential to carry His divine breath and the miraculous potency of His beautiful love. 

CULTIVATING CREATIVE STORIES TO SHARE THE KINGDOM

Instructor: Nathan Obokoh

Nathan will share Kingdom creative strategies that he has implemented to reach others in the educational, church, and community realm.  He will share valuable secrets on how God has given him stories and theatrical presentations that are awakening the needs within people’s lives to who God truly is and how His Light can be their source. 

  • Kevin has been in pastoral ministry for over 30 years and has a B.A. in Biblical Studies

    and a M.A. degree in Church Leadership from Vanguard University. 

    He taught revival Kingdom theology, Treasure Hunts and healing in the Bethel School of

    Supernatural Ministry for 13 years.  He was also on the leadership team of Bethel

    Church during that time, where he developed Treasure Hunts, Firestarters, HomeFire

    and activating church members in evangelism as well as training new believers and new

    members in a revival supernatural lifestyle. 

    Kevin has also authored the following books: The Ultimate Treasure Hunt, Unlocking

    Heaven: Keys to Living Naturally Supernatural, The Risk Factor, T.N.T.,  Firestarters

    Curriculum, HomeFire curriculum and his latest book Presence Therapy. 

    Kevin, along with his wife Theresa, spend their time speaking at conferences and

    churches, writing and developing curriculum in which people are equipped, empowered

    and activated in miracles, healing and prophetic as a normal lifestyle of the believer.

SUPERNATURAL CREATIVE STRATEGIES TO REACH OUR CULTURE/COMMUNITIES

Instructor: Kevin Dedmon

Kevin’ search for creative ways to reach others has been part of his life for the last 30 years.

His best-selling book, “The Ultimate Treasure Hunt” has helped millions of people understand how they can step out and take risks, which has had global impact.

Now, he wants to give you amazing downloads on how you can reach the next generations through creative strategies that are simple but effective through gaining a vision of what they need and pairing that with your personal creative dreams.

  • Becky has spent the last 40 years building marketplace leaders in real estate and passionately pursuing her Kingdom purpose through various ministries, but her prophetic and artistic talents were left untapped until the Holy Spirit led her to the School of Creativity back in 2019.  She was watching this event on-line from her home in Dallas when she received a very powerful move of the Spirit which ignited a deep yearning to get to Bethel, so she could get connected to the creative tribe there.  This began an unconventional journey with God that included quitting a commercial real estate career in Dallas, packing and moving to Redding, joining Bethel, and meeting Theresa all in less than 6 months!   She has been connected to and developing her Kingdom creative call through Create Academy and under Theresa’s leadership ever since!

    Building upon a life filled with God adventures, Becky is now called to inspire, encourage and coach others to pursue their own creative journey and is honored to help Theresa, as a leader in Create Academy, raise up an army of Kingdom creatives to bring God’s love and healing into the World.

    Rebeca Fletcher Waggoner of Pilot Rock, Oregon is a fourth generation Happy Canyon Show participant and began volunteering in the Happy Canyon show at the age of three, coming out of the trunk.  For the last 20 years, she has been honored to play the part of the nurse in the Doctor Act. Becky currently serves as the Show Director for Happy Canyon in its 107th year – and is the first woman on the board of directors.


    Out of her love of the show and its colorful history, Becky began a quest to see Happy Canyon’s story preserved and to honor a century of people who have volunteered.  After many years of research, document and photo collection, Becky authored Happy Canyon:  A History of the World’s Most Unique Indian Pageant and Wild West Show. 


    Becky also has had a passion for teaching about her amazing God for over 20 years – especially true identity.  She loves people and also has been a part of intercession for Wild at Heart Ministries for many years.  She and her husband, Allen, have amazing three children and one daughter in law, a son in law and the most adorable granddaughter.

RAISING UP WOMEN TO FIND THEIR IDENTITY THROUGH CREATIVE STRATEGIES

Instructors: Becky Leebens and Rebeca Waggoner

Most women have gone through an identity crisis about who they are and have been raised to doubt their self-worth and voice. Becky Waggoner will share powerful biblical truths and examples about how we can transform identity through Holy Spirit-led creative strategies that help women change the negative narrative they have been trapped in.

Becky Leebens will share  how women’s breakthroughs and influence can become a source of hope to  help heal the broken women in our culture.

It’s time for women of all ages to be valued and feel secure in their identity as we teach them who they are through creative ways like Create To Be Free. If you are hungry to creatively help women grow in their identity, then come to this workshop and grow!

  • Nathan Obokoh is a prophetic, interdisciplinary artist. He is passionate about exploring life, loving the naturally, supernatural relationship God invites us to both personally within and outside the church. He has travelled internationally & across denominations to help equip people to hear and steward God’s word for themselves and share revelation through art.  

    Commercially Nathan works in pastel, filmmaking, acting and is currently developing the exciting media of dichroic light sculpture. He believes creativity is part of our nature as image-bearers of Christ, recognising how God speaks can manifest in many ways. What we create with God can be powerful, arresting or comforting. It can spark old memories or new thought, opening up the heart. Creativity has the potential to carry His divine breath and the miraculous potency of His beautiful love. 

RAISING UP YOUTH AND CHILDREN TO CO-CREATE WITH GOD & KNOW THEIR IDENTITY

Instructors: Julie Small and Tamara Pahl

We carry the future in our arms- our children!

If we want to transform and creatively impact the world, we need to help children and youth develop a strong supernatural creative identity. 

Julie and Tamara will share testimonies on how they have raised up children and youth who are moving in the prophetic and healing through dance, art, and writing. They will share ways that you can raise up children and youth to co-create with God.

So many children and youth  have been told they are not powerful, creative, or supernatural. This workshop will give you the tools to change that narrative and build a firm foundation on how we can raise them to be world changers!

  • David Pennington is the husband of one amazing wife, Father to 3 beautiful girls. He wrote the children’s book, Bobby’s Big Adventure, with his children. 

    David is a Reverend for the Elim Pentecostal Church in the UK, where he enjoys bringing creativity and the supernatural into every aspect of his ministry.

    David has a gifting as a Prophetic Artist (Art of Redemption) where he uses his gifting to minister to kids in schools, church, and the marketplace.

GROWING A CATALYTIC CREATIVE COMMUNITY

Instructors: David Pennington and Create Academy Leaders UK

Jenn McClellan and Create Academy Leaders USA

David has grown a satellite Create Academy UK branch within his church and larger community that is transforming the church and is bringing hope and healing to his community.

Jenn McClellan has grown a Creative Community based in Hawaii which is impacting both the church and the community through her art classes and dream retreats.

David and Jenn will give you tools and tips on how to build a creative community around you and how our Create Academy family has many branches to impact churches and community in supernatural ways. Find out how you can become a part of these branches as well!