Welcome to Character That Counts

The 2026 event will mirror the same information as the 9/22/25 event. Special guest speaker "TBA" 2025 Special Speaker: Brenton Bell
Ironhorse Golf Club; Leawood, KS
Registration: 7:15 a.m.; Breakfast Burrito's & TGIW Devotional 7:45 a.m.; Shotgun Start 9:00 a.m.
Lunch catered by Chick-fil-A

In addition to 111 golfers, here are our 27 sponsors for 2025 tournament:
*MB3 Restoration - Marshall Kintzele & Brenton Bell (GOLD)
*Triune Financial Partners - Jeff Jaworski & Partners (GOLD)
*Martin Mechanical Engineers - Jim & Seth Rogers (SILIVER)
*Moyer & Descombes - BJ Moyer (SILVER)
*Open Door Financial - Jason & Rona Batt (SILVER)
*Orthosport Rehabilitation - Scott Ridings (SILVER)
*Schnick Construction - Ron Schnick (SILVER)
*Summit Pointe Insurance Advisors - Chris Bell (SILIVER)
*United Heating & Cooling - Mark McWilliams (SILVER)
*Derek's Automotive Services - Derek Sanders (BRONZE)
*Fender Family Dentistry - Dr. Roger Fender (BRONZE)
*Raymond James Financial Services - Steve Heggs (BRONZE)
*Stewardship Capital - Ron Finke (BRONZE)
*Tom & Kari Lipscomb (BRONZE)
*Advocare - Fred & Cynthia Olson (HOLE)
*Beyond Wealth Advisors - John Kliewer (HOLE)
*Chick-fil-A - Lance Spencer & Dustin Andrews (HOLE)
*Foster Marketing Group - Stephen White (HOLE)
*God's Bucket Brigade - John Higginbotham (HOLE)
*Jim Hubbard Insurance - Jim Hubbard (HOLE)
*Midwest Minister's Fellowship - Howard Cordell (HOLE)
*Strother Fabrication - Tyler Schloss (HOLE)
*TK Roofing - Tom Knotts (HOLE)
*True Griff Printing - Kyle Griffin (HOLE)
*ZoneCoach - Dennis Bacon (HOLE)
*Friends of the Ministry (2 Anonymous Givers)

2022 Special Speaker: Sherman Smith (SHOW ME THE FATHER), former NFL player & coach
Award winning chicken wings at the turn cooked on-site by Beyond Wealth Advisors
We had 106 golfers and 25 sponsors.

In 2021, we had 96 golfers and 27 sponsors with Damion Cooper as our special speaker.

Check out a brand new YouTube Channel (effective April 1, 2020) with TGIW lessons and notes. As of March 1, 2026 there are 435 subscribers.

There are also special sessions you can view on the YouTube Channel:
1) On February 3, 2022, Rod Handley shares his story with The Fellowship--Seattle Chapter.
2) On February 10, 2022, Sherman Smith shares his story with The Fellowship--Seattle Chapter.
3) On March 16, 2022, Rod Handley & Damion Cooper spoke at the 60th Annual Kansas Prayer Breakfast.

Sherman Smith (from "SHOW ME THE FATHER") will be back with us for the following events from November 14-16, 2025.

**Speaking at National Coalition of Ministry to Men Conference (November 14-15) at FBC-Blue Springs in Independence, MO
**Preaching at both services at Kings Church on Sunday morning, November 16
Services can be viewed on the Kings Church website

Sherman Smith (from "SHOW ME THE FATHER") was back with us for the following events from June 18-21, 2023.

**Preached all 3 services on Father's Day (June 18) at Abundant Life Church in Lee's Summit
Services can be viewed through www.livingproof.co

**Coaches & Athletes Rally on June 19 @ Abundant Life Church in Lee's Summit
This session can be viewed now at www.youtube.com/c/rodhandley

**Men's Cookout on June 19 @ FBC-Blue Springs
This session can be viewed at www.youtube.com/c/rodhandley (no later than June 26)

**TGIW--Lee's Summit on June 20 & 21
This session can be viewed now at www.youtube.com/c/rodhandley

It was a POWERFUL few days with Sherman & Sharon Smith. All sessions will be posted on our YouTube Channel a few days after these events.
www.youtube.com/c/rodhandley

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Sherman & Sharon Smith were initially with us in Kansas City from September 19-22, 2022. The Smith's story is seen in the movie "SHOW ME THE FATHER." It included the following events and all of them are posted on Rod Handley/TGIW YouTube Channel.
**Monday, September 19 -- Abundant Life Church (Lee's Summit, MO)
**Tuesday, September 20 -- TGIW--Lee's Summit @ Lee's Summit Community Church (Lee's Summit, MO)
**Wednesday, September 21 -- TGIW--Lee's Summit @ The New Stanley Event Space (Lee's Summit, MO)
**Wednesday, September 21 -- FBC-Blue Springs (Independence, MO)
**Thursday, September 22 -- 20th Annual Golf Tournament (Raymore, MO)

DVD copies of "SHOW ME THE FATHER" are available for $20 per copy. If you haven't seen the movie, I urge you to do so. Contact Rod to order your copy today!!

Due to COVID-19, we began meeting via ZOOM on March 25, 2020 for TGIW--Lee's Summit. Over 310+ ZOOM lessons & 497 videos, plus outline notes, can now be found on our YouTube page. Please go their through the link below and become one of our subscribers.

Lessons posted for CTC Staff Members:
Rod Handley (7 Signs/Miracles July - Dec 2020; MoMENtum--2021; Identity--2022; uncomMEN--2023; FRUIT--2024; PRAY--2025)
Greg Griffin (2 Peter June 2020 - Mar 2021; Philippians May 2021 - March 2024; 1 John April 2024 - Present)
Damion Cooper (7/15/20; 3/21/21; 7/20/21; 8/25/21; 12/1/21; 2/2/22; 3/2/22; 5/18/22; 6/15/22; 9/14/22; 11/9/22; 1/11/23; 3/15/23; 7/19/23; 9/20/23; 11/29/23/ 3/20/24; 5/1/24; 7/24/24; 1/15/25; 3/26/25; 7/23/25; 9/10/25; 2/225/26)
Derek Handley (12/28/22; 7/5/23j; 8/2/23; 8/23/23; 10/18/23; 11/22/23; 1/3/24; 2/7/24; 3/12/24; 4/10/24; 5/14/24; 6/5/24; 7/10/24; 8/21/24; 9/18/24; 10/23/24; 12/4/24; 1/29/25; 2/26/25; 4/8/25; 5/7/25; 6/4/25; 7/16/25)
Dr. Dan Gerdes (8/5/20; 1/21/21; 4/28/21)
Mark Martinez (8/30/23; 12/13/23; 4/24/24; 6/26/24)
Glen Nash (10/20/21; 3/16/22; 8/17/22; 12/14/22; 9/6/23; 4/17/24; 11/20/24; 5/28/25; 2/18/26)

Other Speakers (in alphabetical order):
Jason Adam (12/24/24)
Mike Bayly (1/28/21)
Eric Boles (5/6/20)
Ron Brown (4/22/20)
Joe Calhoon (6/3/20; 6/2/21; 11/23/22)
Paul Coffman (12/30/21; 12/27/23; 12/31/25)
Bill Corum (10/19/22)
Mark Denison (6/1/22)
Dustin Doll (11/11/20)
Brian Doyle (Feb 2023; 1/10/24)
Tim Doyle (8/6/25)
Greg Finch (7/2/25)
Neil Getzlow (10/9/24; 10/22/25)
Charles Graham (8/26/20)
Dr. Peter Greenspan (1/21/26)
Jake Handley (12/29/21; 12/31/24)
Bill Hildebrand (2/17/21; 5/5/21; 4/20/22; 11/16/22; 5/31/23)
Evan Lange (9/16/20; 3/10/21; 2/16/22; 4/5/23; 8/6/25)
Ryan Lefebvre (12/7/22)
Elliot Johnson (9/13/23)
Jeff Kemp (5/13/20)
Scotty Kessler (5/27/20)
Jon Kitna (5/13/20)
Todd Long (1/18/23)
Don Manning (11/8/23)
Dan Meers (12/22/21)
Les Norman (4/30/25; 9/17/25)
Brian Phillips (7/14/21)
Jim Ramos (9/29/21)
Darrell Robinson (5/3/23; 2/14/24; 6/17/24)
Tass Saada (10/7/20; 11/4/20)
Miles Serig (4/22/25)
Byron Shepherd (7/28/21; 6/29/22; 5/17/23; 10/2/24; 10/15/25)
Sherman Smith (9/21/22; 6/21/23)
Lance Spencer (9/1/21)
Scott Stanger (8/12/20; 12/23/20; 2/24/21; 6/23/21; 1/19/22; 8/24/22; 12/21/22; 3/8/23; 10/11/23; 5/29/24; 1/8/25)
Cory Stout (4/27/22; 7/13/22; 2/8/23; 2/19/25; 12/17/25)
Bill Stutz (5/19/21; 10/12/22; 11/1/23)
Scar Sullivan (5/24/23; 3/6/24)
Mike Sweeney (5/20/20)
Team Jesus (7/29/20; 10/28/20; 3/3/21; 10/27/21; 1/26/22; 7/21/22)
Trace Thurlby (4/15/20; 8/4/21; 3/23/22; 4/12/23; 8/7/24)
Terry Towles (6/9/21)
Tim Truesdale (6/24/20)
Tiffne Whitley (3/12/25)
Dalton Vann (6/30/21)
Chris Williams (10/16/24)
Elmo Winters (11/13/24; 11/12/25)
Clay Withers (12/2/20; 4/14/21; 11/17/21; 3/30/22; 9/26/22; 6/7/23; 1/24/24; 9/11/24; 6/25/25; 1/28/26)

Check out where Rod, Dan, Greg, Derek, Glen, Mark, Patricia and the rest of the CTC staff is speaking!!

For those who receive our CTC/TGIW Spring Newsletter, it arrived in your mailbox in late March/early April 2022. Look for information on four new books (Team Workouts on Character, Book 1 & 2) plus more updates!! (NOTE: This was our final edition...details inside of the newsletter).

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