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Speech from Rolling Hills Community Church

Rolling Hills Community Church, 3550 Southwest Borland Road, Tualatin, OR 97062,

Location: Forties and Up Singles Group

(Missed it? Click to here live the first 12 minutes. )

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"[Carl] is a master storyteller...."
Scott Modrall, OC missionary to Southern Africa

" Carl is a man who hears what the Spirit is saying and places the poetry of that message for the reader to hear for himself."
Bettie P. Mitchell, International Executive Director, Good Samaritan Ministries

"I have a special place in my heart for Carl Townsend....Carl has taken some of the toughest trials life can dish out, and hangs in there with grace and love. He will never know how positively his life has impacted mine. "
Bob Waymire, international researcher for the church and co-author with Carl of Discovering Your City


Carl Townsend is founder and president of Strategic Resources Ministry and has been active in various city initiatives such as Mission Portland and Love-In-Action. He is a visionary in the real sense of the word. He's published over 40 technical books and now has authored three books about the spiritual journey and co-authored another with Bob Waymire on the "how-to" of city research for transformation. He specializes in motivational speeches that are Bible-based for people searching for purpose and vision.

Each of the following can be presented for you as a speech or workshop. Book materials are also available. All speeches and workshops are Biblically-based and have lots of stories.

In Pursuit of Healing

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In June of 1989 Carl was suddenly paralyzed from the shoulders down in about 24 hours while vacationing in Switzerland. On his return to the states, the doctors told him his neural system was destroyed and he would never walk again. A little over a year later he walked unaided. Just as he began celebrating his healing, his wife was diagnosed with leukemia. She didn’t survive, even with a bone marrow transplant.

From these experiences Carl began a spiritual journey for his own personal healing, traveling to prayer conferences to learn from intercessory prayer leaders about healing and the relationship of prayer to healing. At the same time he looked at the life of Christ, only to discover Christ seemed to have no consistent strategy in healing. Or did He?

Jesus made it quite plain that this same authority and power he had in healing is available today.
After Carl battled the loss of his neural system and then his wife, he began a journey to the best of prayer warriors to find the secret. In In Pursuit of Healing, Carl shares what he discovered.

Catching the Wind: Finding Vision in a World of Chaos

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Carl invites you into an adventure of discovering vision, purpose, personal healing, and intimacy with God. You will find Carl a master story-teller, weaving personal narratives, biblical insights, and insight of others in an amazing story of how to find Vision and Purpose in a world of Chaos.

  • Does Life Have a Purpose? If So, What is the purpose of life?
  • How Can I Find the Specific Purpose and Identity for My Life?
  • How Can I Know If My Purpose is the Right One?
  • I Am Looking for Place. Where and How Can I Find It?
  • Why Does God Allow Suffering and Pain If He is All-Powerful and Loves Me?

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