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Danny R. Von Kanel, author, church growth consultant, and church musician, will be leading a “Get Published” Seminar at the Bogalusa YMCA on February 25th from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.

Von Kanel has served local churches as Minister of Music at Liberty Baptist Church, Liberty, Ms (1999 - 2002), First Baptist Church, Franklinton, La (2002 - 2005) and Memorial Baptist Church, Bogalusa, La (2005 - 2008). He is presently bi - vocational serving Roxie Baptist Church, Roxie, Mississippi. While at Liberty Baptist, his Sweet Spirit Singers toured the country and youth choirs went to Washington D.C. and New York, appearing on television twice. While at Memorial Baptist Church, Von Kanel founded and directed the 2008 School of Fine Arts. He also began their annual Living Nativity. Von Kanel now teaches with the Bogalusa City Schools at Northside Tech Middle School in Bogalusa, teaching Music and Journey to Careers. He has been married to Beverly Gay Allen Von Kanel for 32 years. They have two grown sons and four grandchildren.

The seminar will cover knowing market opportunities, writing a query letter that gets you in the door, what works and what doesn’t, choosing words that sing, how to get a book published, and keys to writing an effective book proposal.

Von Kanel has hundreds of published articles in 45+ magazines including: Focus on the Family (under a pen name), Mature Living, Ministries Today, Let’s Worship, The Deacon, Parent Life, The Deacon, Let’s Worship, Group, Rev., Clergy Journal, Enrichment Journal, Priority, The Sunday School Leader, Creator, and The Journal for the American Society of Church Growth.
In addition, he has two books published by CSS Publishing in 2003 & 2005.

The cost of the seminar is $20.00 per person. All of this cost is being donated to the Hope Homeless shelter sponsored by the YMCA of Bogalusa.

The public is cordially invited to this seminar. Pre - registration is encouraged with limited seating. Please register at the YMCA office.