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SPEAKING & SEMINARS

Invite her into the room.

She boldly whispers into spaces of pain, hardship and grief — weaving honesty and humor into the same hour. Churches, conferences, care teams and classrooms.

Ruth‑Ann Thompson outdoors among pine branches, smiling toward the camera

See her on a stage

Video placeholder — drop in a clip from a live seminar or a Gethel Z. Jones set.

SIGNATURE SEMINAR

Sunshine in the Shadows

Widowed at age 24, she pulls from personal experiences to weave honesty and humor into her grief seminars. For churches, conferences and care teams.

BEST FOR

Churches · Conferences · Care teams · Hospice staff

KEYNOTE

Belonging & Acceptance

Finding — and building — the places where people belong.

BEST FOR

Conferences · Schools · Nonprofit staff days

ADVOCACY

Kinship Care

For the grandparents, aunts and neighbors raising someone else's child.

BEST FOR

Kinship networks · Social services · Support groups

COMEDY / CHARACTER

Gethel Z. Jones, live

Her comedic character, turned loose on your audience.

BEST FOR

Banquets · Women’s events · Fundraisers

Formats she works in

Tell her the shape of your event and she will build to fit it — a single session, a whole day, or a Sabbath morning.

KeynoteHalf‑day seminarFull‑day seminarBreakout workshopSunday serviceComedy setPanel or Q&A
01

Send a request

Date, audience, and the shape of your event. Anything you already know is enough to start.

02

Talk it through

She will ask who is in the room and what you need them to leave with, then propose the format.

03

She arrives ready

Session built to your room, with books and signed copies for the table if you want them.

WHO SHE SPEAKS TO

Churches & ministries

Sabbath services, retreats, women’s and family ministry days.

Conferences

Keynotes and breakouts on belonging, grief and acceptance.

Care teams & hospices

For the people who sit with grief professionally.

Schools & libraries

Mrs. T reads, and the Open Fielders come along.

Kinship care orgs

Advocacy, training days and family events.