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  Newly published author, Lisa Arceneaux may have her roots in Texas, but she calls Portland her home.  Her first book, “What Happens When Sinners Pray” has recently been released with a book signing and lecture at Portland’s Talking Drum Cafe & Book Store, 446 NE Killingsworth, talkingdrumbooks@att.net, www.talkingdrumbookstore.com, on August 4, 2007.  Lisa can be reached at:  l_arceneaux@yahoo.com

The book can be purchased at Talking Drum Book Store in Portland as well as at Agape’ Christian Books, 1711 SE Hawthorne Blvd.  Or you can order the book from Lisa by writing, PO Box 12084, Portland, Oregon  97212-0084.

The call of God to preach and teach the Word of God has been on the life of Lisa Arceneaux since birth. Salvation at the age of 8 years old, the door was opened to the call of God, ordained before the foundation of the world.“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” [Jeremiah 1:5]

She has served as a minister of the lay staff, teacher and outreach minister licensed through the Praise Assembly Full Gospel Ministries in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma under the leadership of Apostle/Pastor Fannie M. Wallace. Ordained also as a minister of the gospel to evangelize through the Neighborhood Church of God in Portland, Oregon.

For the past 5 years she has served under the leadership of Dr. T. Allen Bethel of the Maranatha Church of God, in Portland, Oregon.

Her goal is to Teach, Preach, Share, Live, and be an Example for others to be encouraged. To help them to taste, touch, feel, and embrace the awesomeness of how God the Father is, who he is, and understand how to live for Him and live with Him. Her ministry focus is to help others grow spiritually through discipleship and mentoring.

Finally, she spends time as a “Prayer Warrior” on behalf of the Body of Christ.

Lisa Arceneaux is more importantly a Servant of the Lord.

You can view Lisa’s video here:  Lisa Arceneaux

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  Dr. Linda Beed earned her Master of Theology (Magna Cum Laude) and Doctorate of Religious Education from A. L. Hardy Academy of Theology. Following six years of teaching (Black Church History, Thesis and Dissertation Preparation) Dr. Beed retired from the Academy. The student writing handbook she developed is a valuable tool that continues to be used by the Academy students.      Dr. Beed is a veteran Children’s Minister who continues to serve in the capacity of instructor/administrator for New Covenant Christian Center under the leadership of Apostle Tony and Pastor Renee Morris.

      Overcoming experiences that told her what she could not achieve, is the inspiration that drives her to help others. Her passion for teaching and writing the Word is what led to the development of On Assignment. Through this publishing company her debut novel Business Unusual will be released in spring 2007. 

      Dr. Beed serves as Co-Chair of the Faith Based Arts Conference and Co-Coordinator for the AA panels of Romantic Times. She is also a member of the Seattle chapter of the Professional Women of Color Network and American Christian Fiction Writers.

      As a workshop developer and facilitator she has traveled across the country to lend her special blend of teaching and motivation to help inspire others to discover and walk passionately in their purpose. Community, business and faith-based audiences receive uncommonly portrayed truth specifically for the purpose of helping them overcome constraints limiting their potential.  Dr. Linda Beed is a native Washingtonian who resides in Seattle with her husband Bernard.

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 The book, “Business Unusual” is available at:  http://www.talkingdrumbookstore.com/; http://amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-3487643-8102304?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Business+Unusual&Go.x=12&Go.y=9 

See the video presentation held at Talking Drum Bookstore on August 4, 2007:  Dr. Linda F. Beed

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This forum is all about lifting up small businesses–profit or non-profit. So you can somewhat understand the excitement generated when we were fortunate enough to have Renee Mitchell as our keynote speaker.From her bio we learn:“S. Renee Mitchell is an award winning columnist for The Oregonian, a performance poet, playwright, MBA-trained entrepreneur, graphic designer, artist, jewelry maker, school volunteer and an inspirational public speaker. In May, she was flown to New York City to receive an Ida B. Wells Bravery in Journalism Award for her community work advocating for domestic violence survivors. To read more about the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century, check out www.womensenews.org . Recently, Renee helped create an innovative project to educate and empower African and African American women and their children. She will talk to us about The Healing Roots Village and engage us with a brief performance of her poetry, put to music.” .” thehealingrootsvillage@blackmail.com.” Renee’s presentation was on helping small businesses get media attention. She focused on 6 criteria a story needs in order to be newsworthy: “Timeliness”; “Novelty”; “Consequence”; “Human Interest”;“Prominence”; “Proximity”. Please watch the video and download the PDF files.   See the Video             View the PDF

.”Contact:www.nappyrootspress.com                        nappyrootspress@blackmail.com

Our next speaker, Naim Hasan, is a photographer I met at United Way’s “Art of Change Gallery” first Thursday event last July. You can see his work displayed in an interview I did for that event:   http://nlemedia.com/SunshineDixonWeb.wmv     He had a wonderful story to tell about how he came to be doing photography for a living. Please view the attached video: Naim Hasan VideoContact: Naim@n2htec.comwww.n2htec.comI have been planning for some time now to bring together authors for the purpose of sharing insights, stories and the kinds of issues surrounding writing and publishing. In fact one of the forums coming up will be devoted to this subject. We were very fortunate to have James Gordon show up and speak to us about his passion. Although he and I share the same last name, and have Irish and Scottish roots, we are not relatives. His roots also go back to Egypt. I believe mine go back to Guiness (I‘ll have that in a frothy pint, thank you.). Nevertheless, we both share a passion for publication, production, promoting and composing. See his video: James GordonSee the PDFContact:Gorentine@yahoo.comwww.gordonenterprises.netPamela Weatherspoon spoke to us about her organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters. NLE Media Productions supports through our Small Business Forum groups like this because they deal with the fabric of our community. We have been graced by organizations like the Big Brothers Big Sisters, Sisters of the Community and United way of the Columbia-Willamette. Building up the community takes many hands and voices. Pamela spoke eloquently about this organization and her own background. She is a vibrant and courageous spokesperson: see the video see the PDF Contact: pamela.weatherspoon@bbbs.org                  www.bigbrothersbigsisters.orgThere is this magnificent building on MLK Jr. Blvd. that my wife, Carol and I have admired for some time now. The name on the building at 6360 NE MLK Jr. Blvd is “henry V”. Many who were at this forum had also seen and admired the building, but none of us knew what it was all about. Thank goodness Bridget Sullivan spoke at our forum. She is a producer for henry V and they are all about media and production. But Bridget is also part of the BigBrothersBigSisters organization. You can see her video presentation here: Bridget SullivanContact:  Bridget.Sullivan@henryVevents.com          www.henryVevents.com  Big Brothers & Big Sisters is in need of voluteers for “Earth Day”  see:        http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/vol/214104990.html Lastly, what would one of these Small Business Forums be without live commercials for our sponsor, Hannah Bea’s Pound cake & More, LLC? With a 255 pound “certified” ham as emcee, what would you expect? See the “live” commercial: HAMThat’s it for August. Wait till you see what we have planned for our September 27^th Small Business Forum. We’re not telling–you’ll have to be there.