BIO:

Wes has spent 15 years in full time youth ministry in Missouri, Texas, Ohio, and Kentucky. He has spoken in numerous settings with teenagers, college students, and adults. He has led retreats, mission trips, and has been a conference speaker, as well as preaching in various church services many times. One of Wes’s goals in life is to be the oldest person in youth ministry ever (although he’s not even close yet).

Wes has developed a number of exciting, relevant series for youth that can be adapted to college students and young adults, and to churches in general. These include:

> 7 Deadly Sins of a Youth Group
> Humongous Choices (making the right ones)
> Created to Relate (God’s design for relationships)
> Sometimes Life Stinks (dealing with disappointment)
> SURVIVOR Temptation (outlive, outpray, outlast)

Wes is married to an incredible wife, Cindy, and has two sons, Austin and Spencer. They also have an “adopted” son, Pete, from Thailand.

Wes has a B.S. in Business Administration from Murray State University in Kentucky. He earned his master’s degree in Religious Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas and is currently working on his doctorate in education and leadership (Ed.D.) from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

For more info, please visit: www.wessirles.com/Welcome.html