The evening will begin promptly at 6:30 with a “Sweet Escape” Dessert Bar & Refreshments to follow.

Upon arrival, every guest will be ushered through a mock set-up of our Client/Advocate Room, followed by a virtual tour of our Waupaca Center. (If this sounds like something of interest to you, guests are invited to arrive between 5:45 & 6:00 to ask questions and spend a little more time looking around the mock set-up at our resources and ministry tools!)

Upon arrival, every guest will be ushered through a mock set-up of our Client/Advocate Room, followed by a virtual tour of our Waupaca Center. (If this sounds like something of interest to you, guests are invited to arrive between 5:45 & 6:00 to ask questions and spend a little more time looking around the mock set-up at our resources and ministry tools!)

Our Great Turnaround Presenter

John Grant, Attorney
Florida State Senator (retired)

John Grant, Jr. has been practicing law in the Tampa Bay area since 1968 and has a long history of public service. He was appointed to the Graduate Fellow Board in the U.S. Department of Education by President Ronald Reagan, and has been twice appointed to the Florida Commission on Ethics, where he served as Vice Chairman.

John was elected to the Florida House of Representatives, where he served for seven years. He went on to serve an additional 14-year term in the Florida Senate. Since leaving public office, he has represented clients as an advocate to the United States Congress and the Florida Legislature. Most recently, he joined the Governor’s Faith Based and Community Advisory Council. He has also has served on the faculty of numerous academic institutions, including the U.S. Peace Corps.

In his local church, he is an ordained deacon and Bible fellowship teacher. He serves on the board of The American Bible Society and is chairman of America’s Board of the United Bible Societies. John frequently speaks and teaches in countries throughout Central and South America.

John currently practices law with his two sons, one of which was recently elected to the same seat in the Florida House of Representatives that John held 30 years ago. John and his wife, Beverley, have three children and eight grandchildren.