To contact Patricia about a speaking event, click here.
Great audience at Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church, National Day of Prayer event, Austin, TX

"Your writing and speaking are both so refreshing because of your honesty and straightforwardness. I have already received much positive feedback."
Pastor Wayne "Coach" Gordon
Lawndale Community Church,
Chicago

"You have helped spark the creative energy of these students!"
Sarah Huges,
Colorado Youth News Project

"What an impact you had on our audience!"
June Hamersma, Director
The January Series
Grand Rapids, MI

"Our members have been talking about you and your book all week. It was marvelous and meaningful."
Pastor Daphne Hamborg
Christ the King Lutheran Church

"Your seminar was great and was the subject of our 10:30 meeting yesterday. People, including myself, were inspired by your words. Thanks for taking the seminar so seriously and for sharing all that wisdom."
Greg Moore, Editor
The Denver Post

Your message was so inspiriring!"
Denise Joyce, President
American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors

"Personally, it was the high point of the conference for me. You are indeed a gifted speaker and writer because you share the 'truth." Thank you for your ministry of truth and for coming to Texas."
Terry Hargrave
Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

"It was moving and thought-provoking. I told friends about it for days afterwards."
Gwen Thornton, Program Manager,
Division of Continuing Education,
University of Colorado at Boulder

"How can I put into words what is wordless! Your gift to our women was like a moment in which God came directly through the Spirit into the hearts of his people to greatly offer them truth. Thank you!"
Elisa Morgan, President, MOPS Inc.

"I continue to receive positive feedback from those who were in attendance and even those that were unable to attend but heard about your presentation."
Barbara Kenton-Mohrlang
Community Living Alternatives Inc.

"You freely shared yourself -- your vulnerability -- with us. I say 'thank you." But your courage deserves more than just those two words."
Ron Crawford
Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

"All of us felt that you believed in our desire as well as our capacity of following through, and that genuine and mutual respect strengthened our time together."
Jacqueline Taylor, Provost
Davenport University -- Western Region

"The heart of what is in My First White Friend came through in your presentation. Thank you for being so open."
Jerry Stromberg, Executive Director
Christian Community Health Fellowship

"It was my joy to be part of the MOPS closing on Sunday morning and experience how God so powerfully used you with that group of young women."
Alene Betts
Castleheart Creations Inc

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MY SPEAKING CALENDAR

Greeting the spirit-filled Women's Prayer Breakfast, Congregational Church of South Hempstead, Long Island, NY

To schedule a talk or workshop, just click on the blue email-contact link at the top left. Thank you.

March 2009
Issachar Community,
Five Points, Denver, CO
"Conversation on Race"
7 p.m.
March 10, 2009

Champa House
Denver
Book Discussion: "I Told the Mountain to Move"
March 18, 2998

April 2009
Congregational Church of South Hempstead
Long Island, NY
April 24-26, 2009
Prayer Retreat Leader and Women’s Day Speaker

May 2009
Greenwood Community Church
Greenwood Village, CO
Singles Class Discussion Leader
"The Authenticity of Prayer"
11 a.m.
May 3, 2009

Race in America Book Club
Boulder, CO
Discussion: "My First White Friend"
5:30-7 p.m.
May 7, 2009

Greenwood Community Church
Greenwood Village, CO
Singles Class Discussion Leader
"The Authenticity of Prayer" (Part II)
11 a.m.
May 17, 2009

June 2009
Living Fellowship Church
Highlands Ranch, CO
Breakaway Breakfast
Morning Speaker
9:30 a.m.
June 13, 2009

July 2009
Fifth Episcopal District Youth and Young Adult Retreat
University of Denver
Denver, CO
Workshop Leader: The Power of Prayer Journaling
2 p.m.
July 9, 2009

September 2009
Dillon Community Church Women's Retreat
"Moving Our Mountains With Prayer"
Highlands Retreat Center, Allenspark, CO
Sept. 11-13, 2009

Colorado Youth News Project
Contemporary Learning Academy
"Writing the Personal Essay"
Sept. 16, 2009

Women of Words Book Club
25th Anniversary
"Reading in the Spirit of Sisterhood"
(Guest author, not speaking)
Denver Renaissance Hotel
Sept. 26, 2009

October 2009
Douglas County Libraries' Writers Conference
"I've Got an Idea for a Novel, Now What?"
Castle View High School
Castle Rock, CO
Oct. 10, 2009

January 2010
2010 Christian Writers' Workshop
"Put It In Writing: Your Book Now!"
(From Idea to Book -- Discovering
God's Path to Getting Published)
Shorter Community A.M.E. Church
Denver, CO
Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010

Healing Writing Workshop
Single Moms Ministry
Shorter Community A.M.E. Church
Denver, CO
Jan. 22, 2010

February 2010
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
"When Professors Dare to Pray:
On Academic Life and Almighty God"
University of Colorado at Boulder
Feb. 3, 2010

March 2010
Women's Ministry Prayer Event
"Facing Our Giants With Prayer"
(Workshop Leader)
Fountain of Life Church
Scottsdale, AZ
March 6, 2010

Women's Ministry Event
"Put It In Writing: A Christian Writers Workshop With Patricia Raybon"
Fountain of Life Church
Scottsdale, AZ
March 6, 2010

May 2010
Christian Writers' Conference
Estes Park, Colo.
(Two workshops)
- "When Writers Dare to Pray"
- "My Story, His Glory! Writing and Selling the Personal Essay"
May 12-15, 2010

Colorado Prayer Luncheon
Denver, Colorado
Colorado Convention Center
(Reading Old Testament Scripture)
May 27, 2010

September 2010
Words For the Journey Christian Writers Guild (Rocky Mountain Region)
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
Park Meadows Mall
Lone Tree, Colorado
Sept. 28, 2010

June 2011
Women's Prayer Breakfast
Brookins Community AME Church
Los Angeles, CA
June 25, 2011 (Tenative date, Final TBD)

MY BOOKS

I TOLD THE MOUNTAIN TO MOVE
Learning to Pray So Things Change

"Daring, raw and real."
--Philip Yancey
"Glorious...Raybon can tell a story to be sure."
--Publishers Weekly
"Highly recommended."
--Midwest Book Review
"A real gem...(her) writing is fluid and substantial."
--FaithfulReader.Com
MY FIRST WHITE FRIEND Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness
"Courageous and original."
--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"A search one can only recommend."
--Washington Post
"Raybon's writing is luscious."
--New Orleans Times-Picayune
"It literally sings."
--Andrew Billingsley,
author, Climbing Jacob's Ladder