"This conference changed my life."
- 23 Year Old Female
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"I left the conference experiencing a "shift" in my thinking-God REALLY does love me. Something happened in my core where I recognized how much I was living from my false self and not the new identity I have been given!"
- 35 Year Old Male
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"I've never attended a conference so outstanding, so full of substance and so full of hope."
- A Pastor
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"Powerful! Profound! The best conference ever attended. Very real… Honest and truthful without condemnation. A safe place to cry and heal."
- Conference Attendee
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“This conference was exceptional! I’ll never be the same again.”
- Conference Attendee
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“Your presentation of this material is inspired; it is from God’s heart. If the church would take hold of it, we could change our world.”
- Conference Attendee
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“Janelle shares with passion and inspiration, touching the very souls of all who listen.”
- Former Student
"I'm 68 years old and this (conference) has been one of the greatest blessings of my life."
- Conference Attendee
Restoring the Glory Conference
"Those who look to Him are radiant: their faces are never covered with shame." Ps. 34:5
Restoring the Glory is a conference produced, promoted and sponsored by Desert Hope Ministries. The purpose of the conference is to provide a dynamic message of God's truth surrounding our inherent glory as image bearers, real relationships, authentic sexuality, and meaningful intimacy. Janelle is the Coordinating Director and main speaker for this event.
Restoring the Glory is a dynamic and unique conference exploring God’s design for real relationships, meaningful intimacy, and authentic sexuality. Its overarching message is hopeful and life giving, offering genuine support for people at any stage in their journey towards intimacy with God or others. Special testimonies from men and women who have experienced the wonder of God’s grace and love are often highlights of this event as well as heart-felt worship, healing prayer, drama, film, art, and music.
Founder and Director of Desert Hope Ministries, Janelle Hallman, is the main speaker at the conference. In the past, Janelle has worked with a team of other professionals and ministers to supplement her speaking. Typically, local ministries and Christian specialists are relied upon to provide educational and healing workshops on the final day of the conference.
All conference speakers are prepared to discuss topics related to sexuality, gender, intimacy and associated struggles from an extremely frank and direct perspective, yet with a spirit of openness and compassion. Conference speakers strive to be genuine as they share their own personal struggles and speak from their hearts.
Who Should Attend and Why?
The conference is designed to appeal to a variety of populations, including married, single, male and female, lay people, mentors, professional counselors, parachurch ministers, and clergy. The age of conference attendees typically ranges from 16 (with adult) to 80 years old.
What Will Happen?
Besides experiencing potential major paradigm shifts in terms of one's image of God, image of self, and image of others, most folks who attend these conferences benefit in the following ways:
Learning - About the mystery and inherent glory of human love, intimacy, and sexual wholeness
Confessing - Individual and cultural idolatry and false ways of living and relating
Healing - Taking steps towards recovering their true identity and original glory as male or female
Celebrating - Gaining strength for their ongoing journey towards wholeness and meaningful intimacy.
Conference Schedule
Thursday Evening
Opening: Longing for Authentic Connection
Testimony: Special Guest
Closing: Finding our Deepest Desires
Friday Morning
Experiencing Real Relationships
The Faces of True Love
Friday Afternoon
In His Image: Declaring His Glory
His Image and Glory Under Attack
Friday Evening
Male and Female: What's it all About?
Testimony: Special Guest
Saturday Morning
Restoring the Glory: Finding Our Missing Pieces
Workshop
Saturday Afternoon
Workshop
Testimony: Special Guest
Dare to Desire and Live with Longings
Closing: An Ancient Journey
Conference History
The majority of the material presented at this conference was developed by Janelle as a result of counseling, educating, and ministering in the area of sexual and relational brokenness for the past twenty years. As a popular national and international speaker, her passion is to share God's word in a way that speaks to the deepest needs of the human heart. For more information on Janelle [pick here]. Janelle and her team have produced over five city-wide conferences over the past seven years:
Lookout Mountain Community Church 2002
Good Shepherd Church 2004
Lookout Mountain Community Church 2004
First Presbyterian Church of Boulder 2005
Church in the City 2006
Exodus Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference (portions of conference) 2007
Pastor's Forum in Maputo, Mozambique, 2007
Materials for Hosting
1. Conference Manual For Churches
2. Conference Proposal And Budget
If you need more detail conferencing hosting a conference please contact us.
