Spring 2012 Men's Breakfasts!
Speaker To Be Announced
The Spring 2012 Men's Breakfasts!
TBD
The Fall 2012 Men's Breakfasts!
With Ravi Zacharias
Author and Lecturer
Ravi Zacharias
For 36 years Ravi Zacharias has spoken all over the world and in numerous universities, notably Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford University. He has addressed writers of the peace accord in South Africa, the president's cabinet and parliament in Peru, and military officers at the Lenin Military Academy and the Center for Geopolitical Strategy in Moscow.
Dr. Zacharias has direct contact with key leaders, senators, congressmen, and governors who consult him on an ongoing basis. He has addressed the Florida Legislature, the Governor’s Prayer Breakfast in Texas, the United Nations in New York, the White House, and the Pentagon.
Dr. Zacharias was born in India in 1946 and immigrated to Canada with his family twenty years later. While pursuing a career in business management, his interest in theology also grew, and he has numerous earned and honorary degrees, including a Doctor of Laws degree from Asbury College in Kentucky. He is presently Visiting Lecturer at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University in Oxford, England.
Dr. Zacharias has been a visiting scholar at Cambridge University. While at Cambridge he authored his first book, A Shattered Visage: The Real Face of Atheism, updated and republished in 2004 by Baker as The Real Face of Atheism. In all, Mr. Zacharias has authored or edited over twenty books, including Walking from East to West: (Zondervan, 2006), The Grand Weaver (Zondervan, 2007), and Beyond Opinion (Thomas Nelson, 2008). His latest books are The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists (Zondervan, 2008) and Has Christianity Failed You (Zondervan, 2010).
He is listed as a distinguished lecturer with the Staley Foundation and has appeared on CNN and other international broadcasts. His weekly radio program, “Let My People Think,” is aired on more than 1700 outlets worldwide, and his weekday program, “Just Thinking,” on over 400. Mr. Zacharias and his wife, Margie, have three grown children. They reside in Atlanta.
Ravi Zacharias will be the featured speaker at the Southern California Gathering of Men breakfasts in November, 2012.
David Kim
The Fall 2011 Men's Breakfasts!
David Kim is convinced that success comes to those who start!
And start he did. David Kim “Ignited” his life and started forward. His story is about how he went from a new American immigrant to the CEO and owner of numerous food brands, including: Baja Fresh, Sweet Factory, La Salsa and several others.
What does it take to think big? What principles can you adopt to get started, and stay on the path to success? And once success starts happening … come to grips with what life is really all about?
David Kim is the Gathering of Men speaker for our 2011 Fall breakfast events in Torrance, Anaheim, and Pasadena. He’s going to talk business, personal development principles, profit-boosting insights for building toward success, but he’s also going to talk about what really matters in life. The bottom-line principles that all of us men can use to fuel our journey toward true success and significance.
How can we survive in this day and age? By incorporating the right principles into our lives out there in the marketplace. We all want to survive and thrive – David’s personal testimony will inspire you and warm your heart to move your life forward to significance.
You won’t want to miss the unique story of David Kim’s success story, and the transformation he has experienced along the journey.
Bring your friends and co-workers to hear David Kim – CBS’s Undercover Boss – share his “No Excuses” story.
Scott Gragg
The Spring 2011 Men's Breakfasts!
11-year NFL Veteran and College Football Coach
Listen to Scott's talk on Podcast
Scott played 11 seasons in the National Football League with the New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, and New York Jets. He started in 151 NFL games, including 112 in a row. He was named to the NFL's All-Pro team in 2002 and received the Bobb McKittrick Award (Outstanding Offensive Lineman) while playing for the 49ers
Scott was a second round NFL draft pick in 1995 by the Giants. He is a graduate of the University of Montana (1995) with a degree in mathematics, and attained his Masters in Teaching in 2009 at George Fox University.
He was one of the most outstanding football players in Montana Grizzly history, playing offensive tackle, where he currently serves as the Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator. Previously he served a four-year stint as the head football coach at Silverton High School in Oregon, leading his teams to the state playoffs twice (2007 and 2008).
He is the only player in Montana school history to receive the Paul Weskamp Award (Outstanding Offensive Lineman) three times, earning the award in 1992, 1993, and 1994. He was an All- Big Sky Conference selection all three of the seasons that he started, as well as a three-time Big Sky all-academic team pick.
He started in the 1994 East-West Shrine Game and the Senior Bowl, and to date he is the only Montana player ever selected to play in the Senior Bowl. He was named to several All-American teams following his junior and senior campaigns.
Scott and his wife, Toni, have a daughter, Anna, 13, and a son, Brian, 11.
