St Charles, MO Begins In…
Friday, May 1, 2026
7:00 PM SHOW
6:30 PM Pre-Show Panel with Speakers
6:00 PM DOORS OPEN
Aspire Speakers & Artists
SPEAKER
Amberly Neese
Comedian & Speaker
Amberly Neese is a speaker, comedian, and author with a passion for “GRINspiring” others. She has won hearts (and funny bones) of people all over the country (www.amberlyneese.com) at various retreats, conferences, and fundraisers. Amberly received her Master’s degree from Biola University and now serves as a professor at both Embry-Riddle Aeronautical and Grand Canyon Universities.
Amberly has a heart for connecting others to God and to one another. Her three most current bible studies are “The Belonging Project” (guidelines to help you thrive in biblical community), “Common Ground” (strategies to help you navigate sticky relationships), and her latest, “Untangling Faith” (approaches to tackle deep spiritual questions by looking at the questions of Jesus). In addition, her popular devotional, “The Friendship Initiative: Loving and Connecting Like Jesus” provides new strategies for making friendships. Amberly is a featured comedian and speaker for both Aspire and Aspire tours. She and her husband have two adult children and live in Prescott, Arizona, where they enjoy the great outdoors, the Food Network, and all things Star Wars.
COMEDIAN
Dorie McLemore
Comedian
Dorie is a comedian/story-teller/joy-bringer and best-selling author who believes that caffeine is keeping her alive, popcorn should have its own food group, dry-cleaning saves marriages and that true joy comes from knowing we are worthy of God’s love in the middle of all our imperfections.
She has been speaking and performing stand-up comedy since 2006 for audiences coast-to-coast and around the globe.
Recently, the Christian Comedy Association had her deliver a keynote speech for its annual national conference and she had the opportunity to provide an after-party comedy show for the Thrive Women’s national conference. She has performed comedy with speakers Alicia Britt Cole, Renee Swope (Proverbs 31 Ministries), Dr. Caroline Leaf and more.
WORSHIP LEADER
Mia Koehne
Singer/Songwriter, Worship Leader, & Speaker
As a singer/songwriter and worship leader, Mia’s soulful music reflects the painful beauty of human struggles and a passion to worship the God who saves. Her life is a compelling story of sin, surrender, sanctification and song. Living as a testimony to God’s grace and His forgiveness, she is inspired to share that message of hope with others through music as a recording artist, a writer and a speaker. Mia is the wife of Bob and the mother of three children, Chris, Aaron and Miriam.
6:00 pm
Doors Open for General Admission & VIP
Come in early to shop and visit speaker and artist tables.
6:30 pm
Join us for a 15 minute panel with the speakers.
7:00 pm
Event Starts
Join us for 3 hours full of laughter, learning, stories, and music.
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