We are excited to gather together with Christian women from every sphere of leadership. Our program is packed with great speakers and opportunities to expand our leadership insights. Save the date, spread the word, and commit to come along for this inspiring day.

CHANGE

We are going to be focusing on the theme of 'Change' and we are excited to tell you more in due course but for now we want to share with you our confirmed speakers so far! 

CONTRIBUTORS

KEY NOTE SPEAKERS 

Catherine De Souza

Catherine is the CEO of Prison Fellowship England & Wales. She is a speaker, justice advocate, Elim Pentecostal minister and a trustee of Tearfund. Her background includes leading churches, working with prison ministries and serving on several charity boards. Catherine is passionate about inspiring and equipping the Church to pursue justice, care for those who are marginalised and transform society. Catherine is married to Dominic and they have two daughters.

Oge Austin-Chukwu

Dr Oge Austin-Chukwu is a Speaker, Author, Leadership & Executive Coach, Entrepreneur and filmmaker. She is the Founder/Director of several businesses including Reach Coaching, Mok Properties Limited and ATS Limited. Passionate about justice and equity, she co-founded the Sheerah Network , a social enterprise that empowers people from the Global Majority to flourish in their leadership and equips organisations to implement and monitor diversity, equity and inclusion.

She serves on the board of The Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust as a Non-Executive Director and has a background in medicine, having worked as a Medical Practitioner for several decades before finally hanging up her stethoscope a year ago. She is married to Austin, and has two adult children.

LEADERSHIP PANEL

NAME:Siân Wynn Rees

BioSiân lives in Pontypridd, and is both Kyria’s National Leader for Wales and Bible Society’s Head of Wales. A musician by training, and an encourager by choice, she is passionate about God and the Bible. In her spare time, Siân is wholeheartedly committed to seeking out the perfect skinny latte.

NAME: Victoria Lawrence

Bio: Victoria Lawrence is an ordained minister and the founder of The Father’s Joy Ministries; an organisation dedicated to empowering women to lead and occupy their space with confidence in all spheres of society. An arm of TFJ also focuses on family raising children with additional needs and equipping the church to make room for all God’s creation. She works as Church Engagement Manager and leads Equality, Diversity and Inclusion work for Bible Society England and Wales! She is a member of the Board of Trustees at London Institute of Contemporary Christianity. She runs Neurodivergence workshop for churches.! Her work and passion for advocacy for SEND families and marginalised members of the society especially women has earned her many awards such as Wise Woman Award, Inspirational woman of the year, Woman for African award and many more to name a few! She lives in kent with her three adorable young adults that she fondly calls champion but above all, she is a firm believer in the power of prayer and the Word!

NAME: Nicola Foster

Bio:Pastor of Zeo Hitchin. Nicola has journeyed with God her whole life, but fallen ever more in love with Him as an adult, working as a families pastor, before transitioning into whole church pastoring. Nicola is passionate about others knowing that they are seen, heard, known and loved by God. Especially in how the church is empowered into reaching out and sharing in the everyday. Nicola loves family time, laughing till your belly hurts and spending time making food for others.

NAME: Tobi Olujinmi

Bio:Tobi Olujinmi (Executive Producer, Media Executive and International Speaker)

Practical information

During the day we will worship together, listen to inspirational speakers, share more of what Kyria is doing nationally and much more. There will be opportunities to network with others. Refreshments and Lunch will all be provided as a part of your ticket, please do let us know of any dietary requirements.

VENUE

Zeo Church Hitchin, SG5 1HF

Worship lead by

Zeo Church Hitchin

PARKING

There is parking available locally and in close proximity to the venue.

Lairage Multi-Storey Car Park is next door to Zeo Church and directly opposite Zeo Centre is Christ Church Car park with a limit of 4 hour parking.

GIVING

We will be taking up a offering for the work of Kyria Network and our ongoing work in the UK and beyond,We would invite you to come ready to contribute to this offering

OUR POSTURE

Leading well, especially in uncertain times, requires listening, learning and loving well, even when we hold differing views. Kyria is committed to modelling what it is to disagree agreeably even when sharing the same platform and the same space. As a network, Kyria is not aligned to any particular denomination or political party, but exists to champion, empower and release women across all leadership spheres.

REFUNDS

We sadly also can't offer refunds after the closing date of 31st January due to catering requirements and costs.