Spotlight Speakers
Looking for someone to come share good news with your group, church, or organization? Take a look at the SGNM speaker archive!
(All speakers have appeared on Spotlight Good News Omaha. To hear their podcast, please click on the “Spotlight Stories” button which will lead you to their interviews.)
Tim Janiszewski
Director of Spotlight Good News Ministries
Subjects
Christian living
Faith and beliefs
Growing a healthy church
Pulpit supply - looking for someone to preach on Sunday morning?
Tim has served in local church ministry for over 30 years. He holds a PhD in Systematic Theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
John Bueno
Director of Latins United—a ministry to Hispanic people with focus on the Omaha area and Columbia, South America
Subjects
Understanding Hispanic cultures and ministry
Church Planting
Evangelism and Outreach
John has helped to plant three Hispanic churches in the Omaha area. He has also served as lead interpreter between the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in the USA and the Mexican Presbyterian Church.
Candace Gregory
President and Chairman of Open Door Mission, Omaha, Nebraska
Subjects
Understanding and serving the poor and underserved
Christian Leadership
Faith Life
Candace has served in many roles with Open Door Mission since coming from Canada to the US in 1994. She is involved nationally with ministry to the impoverished in our country.
Jon Driscoll
Founding Director of One Child, Inc., a mission to orphaned children in Ukraine
Subjects
Christianity in Ukraine
Ministry to orphanages and women’s shelters
Adoption of children in need
Jon is married to Svetlana, a native of Ukraine. Along with their mission to Ukraine orphanages, the Driscolls have adopted two children from a Ukrainian orphanage.
Anton Reginald
Subjects
Youth Ministry
Parenting
Youth and Missions
Anton for many years worked as a Youth Director in local churches. He also served as a House Parent at Boys Town in West Omaha.
Jeff Ryan
Jeff is Pastor at Three Timbers Church in Bennington, NE.
Subjects
Church Planting
Community Outreach
Christian Living
Jeff has been Pastor at Three Timbers Church since its inception in 2015. He previously served churches in Omaha and Orlando, Florida, where he also was chaplain to the Orlando Magic NBA team.
Toni Clarke
Toni Clarke is Executive Director of the Assure Center for Women in Omaha.
Subjects
o The sanctity of life for all people created in the image of God
o Parenting for unborn children
o Prayer Ministry
Assure Women’s Center is a ministry that upholds the value of unborn children while extending the compassion of Christ to parents and families.
Raul Saldivar
Raul Saldivar—is Chairman of the Board of MOBIA-Mentors of Bethany in America, a ministry that assist men and women transitioning from broken lifestyle patterns into new life in Jesus Christ by the Spirit of God.
Subjects
o Living your faith as an adventure with Christ
o Care and compassionate ministry to people with mental, emotional, and physical challenges
o Vision, organization, and leadership
Stephanie Olson
Stephanie Olson is CEO of the Set Me Free Project which works to address the problem of human trafficking in Nebraska, thanks Iowa, and beyond. Topics on which Stephanie speaks include:
o Stopping human trafficking before it starts
o Protecting our kids from becoming human trafficking victims
o How the local church can make a difference in fighting human trafficking
Stephanie also has spoken widely on issues of alcoholism and domestic abuse.
Chuck Tomek
Chuck Tomek is a medical doctor involved in medical missions to Africa in the South Sudan. He is amazed how God intervenes to make a impact for others and upon us when we make ourselves available to take the Good News to the world in word and deed.
Topics
o Living everyday as a missionary for Jesus — Short term and medical missions — The Christian Church in East Africa
Jay West
Have you ever wondered if God still speaks today? Have you pondered whether miracles can happen? Jay West has led renewal and revival meetings at churches in Greater Omaha and across the United States in which God's Spirit has worked in powerful ways to bring people to faith and to touch and heal their lives. Jay further has written several books and had opportunities to pray with/for politicians on "both sides of the aisle." Jay currently serves as Director of Prayer Ministry at King of Kings Lutheran Church in Omaha. Jay welcomes invitations to speak at churches and Christian organizations. Contact Jay by clicking the button below.