The National Leaders Conference program is designed with you and your organization’s needs in mind! You’ll hear from keynote speakers eager to encourage and share their leadership experience with you. Want to build your knowledge in a specific area? Choose from workshops on a variety of relevant topics. Whether you are a legislative liaison, board director, or content manager, you’ll find speakers and sessions meant for you.

Our schedule will continue to be updated, so check this page often! 

Floor Plan

Wednesday | Sept. 18, 2024
TIME
EVENT/SPEAKER
LOCATION
11:30 AM–4:30 PM
Registration
Hermitage Lobby
5:00–10:00 PM
Opening Festivities (Ticketed Event)

Regal Opry Mills

Thursday | Sept. 19, 2024
TIME
EVENT/SPEAKER
LOCATION
7:00–8:15 AM
Newcomers Breakfast
McGavock's Ballroom
8:00–8:30 AM
Morning Prayer
Edgewood
8:30–9:30 AM
Worship and Devotions
Daniel Heffington
Phil Tuttle
Hermitage Ballroom
9:30–9:45 AM
Break / Youth Dismissed to Kids and Teen Programs
9:45–10:45 AM
General Session: Showing-Up Moments
Abraham Hamilton
Hermitage Ballroom
10:45 AM–12:30 PM
Meet and Greet Exhibitors
Hermitage Lobby
11:00–11:30 AM
Midday Prayer
Edgewood
12:30–2:45 PM
HSLDA Lunch and General Session: Hallmarks of High Performers
Dr. Andrew Johnston
Hermitage Ballroom
2:45–3:15 PM
Break
Hermitage Lobby
3:15–4:30 PM
A Missional Approach to Homeschooling: Impacting Society through Education
Aziza Butler
Chris Butler
Oaklands
Teaching Apologetics at Home: How Do I Know If I'm Doing It Right?
Renton Rathbun
Evergreen
Carrots, Sticks, and Cattle Prods: A Crash Course in Motivating People
Dr. Andrew Johnston
Belmont
Recovering Our Confidence and Our Culture: The Unrecognized Cause of the Culture War
Dr. Joseph Woodard
Cheekwood
4:30 PM
Free Time
9:00–9:30 PM
Evening Prayer
Edgewood
 

Friday | Sept. 20, 2024
TIME
EVENT/SPEAKER
LOCATION
8:00–8:30 AM
Morning Prayer
Edgewood
8:30–9:30 AM
Worship and Devotions
Daniel Heffington
Phil Tuttle
Hermitage Ballroom
9:30–9:45 AM
Break / Youth Dismissed to Kids and Teen Programs
9:45–10:45 AM
General Session: Creating a Stickier Biblical Worldview: Lessons from the Gospel . . . AND the Law
Renton Rathbun
Hermitage Ballroom
10:45 AM–12:30 PM
Meet and Greet Exhibitors
Hermitage Lobby
11:00–11:30 AM
Midday Prayer
Edgewood
12:00–1:00 PM
Lunch Cash Cart
Hermitage Lobby
1:00–7:30 PM
A bus will be available for transportation to downtown Nashville approximately every 90 minutes at the Hermitage Portico. Bus will drop off and pick up near the Assembly Food Hall. Final downtown pickup is approximately 7:30 p.m.
1:00–4:00 PM
Optional: Home Team: When Families Win Together
Phil Tuttle
Oaklands
Optional: Mini Masterclass on Conflict and Difficult Conversations
Dr. Andrew Johnston
Belmont
Optional: Recovering Our Confidence and Our Culture: The Challenge of Bureaucratic Tyranny
Dr. Joseph Woodard
Cheekwood
9:00–9:30 PM
Evening Prayer
Edgewood

Saturday | Sept. 21, 2024
TIME
EVENT/SPEAKER
LOCATION
8:00–8:30 AM
Morning Prayer
Edgewood
8:30–9:30 AM
Worship and Devotions
Daniel Heffington
Phil Tuttle
Hermitage Ballroom
9:30–9:45 AM
Break / Youth Dismissed to Kids and Teen Programs
9:45–10:45 AM
State of the Nation
Hermitage Ballroom
10:45 AM–12:30 PM
Meet and Greet Exhibitors
Hermitage Lobby
11:00–11:30 AM
Midday Prayer
Edgewood
12:30–2:30 PM
Ladies' Luncheon
Maria Hamilton
Hermitage Ballroom
Men's Huddle
Abraham Hamilton
Belle Meade
2:45–4:00 PM
Faithful Civic Engagement
Chris Butler
Oaklands
How Biblical Worldview Is Critical Thinking
Renton Rathbun
Evergreen
EPIC: The Fight for Faith and Family in a New Age
Heidi St. John
Belmont
Recovering Our Confidence and Our Culture: Rebuilding a True, Good, and Beautiful Culture
Dr. Joseph Woodard
Cheekwood
4:00–6:00 PM
Free Time
6:00–8:00 PM
Closing Banquet
Jim Mason
Hermitage Ballroom
 

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