Peggy Osborne has been a pastor's wife since 1974 when she and Chris Osborne married. After serving in Franklin, New Baden and Midland, Texas, they served together at Central Baptist Church in College Station, Texas for 33 years. They have had the privilege of sharing with countless families and college students who have attended Texas A&M University and Blinn College. In January of 2020, they stepped down from the pastorate but not from ministry! Peggy and Chris have moved to Fort Worth where Chris is teaching as a full time professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. With this move, Peggy has the opportunity to continue to support and mentor students’ wives and other women attending the school. She says that it is a privilege to see the next generation standing strong in Christ!

Peggy believes that her spiritual gift is teaching. She has a passion for teaching all age groups... from young children to older adults. Chris has always said to, "Find your gift and couple it with your passion!" That has proven to be a rewarding experience for Peggy as she has served alongside him at the church, seminary and in the secular world.

Peggy has been in the field of education for over 25 years. She spent fourteen years in the elementary classroom teaching pre-k, kindergarten, second and fourth grades. From 1998 through 2010 she was an administrator within the College Station Independent School District's Early Childhood Department in College Station, TX. Since December of 2010, she and her daughter, Lauren, have been consulting with Faith Based Schools and childcares, school districts and Head Starts all across the state.

In addition to consulting work, Peggy has enjoyed speaking at MOPS groups, women's events such as "Advent By Candlelight" and women's retreats. She enjoyed many years of teaching a women's Sunday School class and various studies in her church setting. She especially enjoys getting to speak alongside Lauren as a Mother/Daughter team and alongside both her daughter and daughter-in-law, Courtney, as a trio!

What does she say is her favorite in all of her busy life? No doubt that it would be passing on a legacy to her five grandchildren...Ethan, Charis, Drew, Wesley and Layla! According to her, there is nothing more exciting than seeing the next generation fall in love with Jesus!

Lauren Blaschke has a bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Texas A&M University and earned her Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas at Arlington. She taught school in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for eight years and has been consulting with and speaking for churches, school districts, childcare groups and parents since 2005.

God has given Lauren a deep desire to support, encourage and love women. She wants them to use their divine gifts and talents to further the kingdom. She longs for women to live in the freedom that comes with believing and obeying God fully.

Lauren is also an excellent resource for parents and teachers as she invested in public school children for six years and in a private school setting for two years while in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.  She has gotten the opportunity to “practice what she preaches” on a daily basis in her home with Wesley, who was born in 2011.  As a single mom for seven years, she has a unique perspective on the importance of intentionally training a child in biblical principles.  She is now married to Byron Blaschke and has opened her arms to two more children, Ethan and Layla. They are living north of Houston in The Woodlands.

She is a zealous speaker at women’s events, retreats, parenting seminars and children’s leadership events.  She wholeheartedly believes that scripture is the inspired Word of God and believes in speaking that Truth everywhere she goes.

 

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Courtney Osborne and her husband, Stephen, have been married since 2002. They are the proud parents of Drew and Charis, their twins.  Together, Stephen and Courtney, have served at church and led young married couples in Sunday School.  Courtney feels blessed to mentor women that are struggling with infertility or loss, after walking down this road with Stephen for many years.  As a family they love to hike, play outside, and play eventful games of Uno.

Courtney began teaching in 2004 and spent years in both kindergarten and pre-k classrooms. She enjoyed her years in the classroom in private school, public school, and home bound student instruction.  Courtney’s passion lies in imparting a Biblical worldview to children and assisting parents in doing the same.  Her years as a parent have taught her the value and struggles of training
children in the knowledge of the Lord.  She feels that educating children in Biblical principles is vitally important to future generations and it starts while they are young. With the children now in school, Courtney has returned to the classroom as a fifth grade teacher in a private, Christian school.  Believing that God has called her to use her experience to encourage and minister to others, Courtney desires to support mothers of young children, mothers of multiples, women waiting to become mothers, and early childhood educators.  Her message is a genuine one from real life experiences.  She is open and honest.
Women of all ages have had the opportunity to be blessed at retreats, workshops and conferences as she shares her passion and speaks from her heart.