We know it is what God is asking of us!!!!
Thanks and I hope to put your group on our calendar soon!
Because of God’s grace!
Kate Gosselin for all ten of us
Here’s another pre-Julie May speaking engagement solicitation. Pay attention to the email address Kate used while contacting Christian churches looking for money. It was [email protected]. Get it? “sixy?” Kate’s sexy, but she had sextuplets, so now she’s “sixy.” Cute. Kate somehow thought it was appropriate for churches.
(Cute photos of the family across the top)
Looking for a highly energetic speaker with a very intriguing family... and an amazing story?
Jon and Kate Gosselin were your average couple. After Kate gave birth to
twins Cara & Mady,
they wanted just one more baby.... and ended up with sextuplets!
You have to hear their whole story in person to believe all that has transpired in their family since the addition of the sextuplets.
Miracles upon miracles have unfolded before their very eyes...and there is only one way to explain it: God!
This couple has a very inspirational and uplifting message with plenty of real life humor that everyone can benefit from!
Appearances by the entire family or just Kate & Jon are available upon request.
Currently the family is booking speaking engagements in front of audiences of 100+.
Dates are booked on a first come/first serve basis.
A $100 deposit will be collected to confirm your date.
For more information regarding booking and speaking fees contact:
Kate Gosselin by email: [email protected]
"Jon and Kate were one of favorite featured speakers. What parent could resist a story like theirs? Although few could relate, no one could deny their genuine love for Christ, each other and the incredible blessings of such a large family. They inspired those of us with far less challenges to rely on a God that is able to meet all our needs. They definitely brought the wow factor and their visit is still a buzz on campus. I would highly recommend this couple for your next event or weekend."
-Lisa Shumacher of the New Covenant Community Church in Fresno, California
(Another cute family photo)
“Jon & Kate Plus Eight” as seen on Discovery Health Channel
www.sixgosselins.com
I’ve read many of Kate’s contracts. There are really too many to include all of them here. In addition to those contracts, I have countless “Speaking Agreement” forms from various churches booking Kate for speaking engagements. To give you a small sampling, I came across 14 speaking agreements that were sent back to Kate with the required deposit in March 2008. They totaled $48,600, and that was BEFORE what happened next, when the real money started pouring in.
As noted earlier, on April 14, 2008, Kate signed a contract for the entire Gosselin family, including Jon, to be represented by Julie Carson May of Media Motion International, LLC.
The contract stated that Julie May needed to make Kate at least $350,000 in the initial term of the contract, and $300,000 per year in any of the option periods, in order to keep Kate as a client. For her time and expertise, Julie May earned a 15% commission on all things Gosselin from that day on. The contract also entitled Julie May to a 15% commission if Kate had Julie help her with any “pre-existing projects” she may have had in the works. This was certainly strong incentive for Julie to work hard to help continue the exploitation of the Gosselin children.
Before Kate hired Julie May, she was asking for and getting $1,800-$2,000 per speaking engagement. Not a bad sum at all. But from that day in April of 2008 forward, Kate began demanding as much as $25,000 per church speaking appearance. Considering this new speaking fee, it certainly would not have been lucrative for Kate to waste her valuable earning time honoring her small-potatoes $1,800- to $2,000-per-appearance deals when she could be making more than ten times that amount.
After negotiating a new contract for Jon & Kate Plus Ei8ht with Discovery, Julie May went right to work canceling speaking engagements at Christian churches and conferences Kate had previously booked at the lower fee. Julie May then booked as many new speaking engagements as she possibly could for Jon and Kate at the much higher fee; she even booked some new speaking engagements on the same days as the ones she had canceled.
Getting right to the point, Kate decided to throw the Christians under the bus and switch her God to the almighty dollar. When Julie May decided to raise Kate’s speaking fee, the moral and ethical thing would have been for Kate to have honored her commitments to the church groups and other organizations who had already booked her at the lower fee. Then, after fulfilling her previous commitments, she could have charged the new speaking fee.
Instead of choosing that path, Julie May emailed the church groups who had previously booked Kate and told them the BIG lie – that Kate could not attend because she needed to be at home with her family, spending more time with her children.
On April 28, 2008, Julie May sent an email to get Kate out of a speaking engagement. She addressed the email to “Judy” and introduced herself as someone working with Kate and Jon Gosselin. She then said that she had some “disappointing news” and proceeded to inform Judy that Jon and Kate “unfortunately” had to “cut back on their upcoming speaking engagements and travel in order to spend more time with their children.” Julie May told Judy how really sorry they were that they couldn’t make the trip, and they would be happy to return her deposit. She apologized again that they were not able to attend and told Judy that “they were so looking forward to meeting you in person and also meeting your wonderful group!” Julie then said that if Jon and Kate were in her area in the future, there might be a way to work out a future appearance. She left out the part about how much higher the speaking fee would be, however.
There was just one additional little problem with how the cancellations were handled. Kate and Julie May must not have thought that the canceled-on churches would notice the big, fat lie when Kate ended up speaking at a different church on THE SAME DAY on which their event was originally scheduled, but had been canceled. This actually happened. They had the nerve to book speaking dates on the very same days that they had previously canceled other, lower paying bookings, using the excuse that Kate needed to be home with her kids.
Here’s one of many speaking engagement lists that I found among Jon and Kate’s documents. I have redacted email addresses and telephone numbers. Pay special attention to the last part at the end where it reads “WATCH DATES.”
JON & KATE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Updated August 20, 2008
September 3, 2008 Little kids first day of school
September 10, 2008 Grain Council SMT on Sept. 10 and media either day
before or after (and either Sept. 9 or 11)(Kate and Steve)
September 14, 2008 Cornerstone Christian Fellowship
Abington, PA (Kate & Jon & Steve)
Contact: Pastor Jason
Phone:
Email: [email protected]
Event Specifics: 9:00 and 10:45 am services
September 21, 2008 Morristown Memorial Hospital
Morristown, NJ (Kate & Jon)
Contact: Heather Colburn (Am. Prog. Bureau)
Phone: 781-878-xxxx
Email: [email protected]
Event Specifics: Afternoon talk (event 1-4 pm)
Car pick up at 10am (req. Brad)
September 30, 2008 Regis & Kelly (NY—whole family)
October 2, 2008 Birmingham - Southern Women's Show
Birmingham, AL (Kate & Jon, same day in and out
from Philly)
Contact: Glenn Rosenbaum (Celebrity Access)
Phone: 818-508-xxxx
Email: [email protected]
Event Specifics: Airport concierge service.
October 11, 2008 Orlando - Southern Women's Show
(Oct. 9-12) Orlando, FL (
Kate, Jon, Cara & Mady)—with Steve,
fly from Philly
Contact: Glenn Rosenbaum (Celebrity Access)
Phone: 818-508-xxxx
Email: [email protected]
Event Specifics: Wilderness Lodge (2 nights paid)
Check to Kate for difference in airfares to go towards Steve
payment
October 16, 2008 GMA/Pre-tape Fox & Friends (NY--whole family)
October 19, 2008 First Assembly of God
Waynesburg, PA (Kate & Jon)
Contact: Richard Ritenour
Phone: 724-627-xxxx (church); 724-852-xxxx (h)
Email: [email protected]
Event Specifics: 10:30 am service, 3:00 ticket event
November 1 OR 2, 2008 Central Assembly of God
Bossier City, Louisiana (Kate and Steve)
Contact: Lori Smith
Phone: 318-210-xxxx
Email: [email protected]
Event Specifics: Lori may want to move to Saturday—checking on exp.
Sunday evening event (currently, may move to Sat. Nov. 1st)
November 11-12, 2008 V-Tech SMT/Media
New York (Kate and Steve)
Will be traveling to NY on Nov. 11th for media training, SMT on 12th.
November 14, 2008 Women of Purpose Conference
Hershey Lodge & Convention Center
University Drive & West Chocolate Avenue
Hershey, PA 17033
Contact: Penny & Jessie
Phone: Ruth Puleo 570-460-xxxx
Email: [email protected]
Event Specifics:
December, 2008 Keep Clear
LOCATIONS FOR 2009
January 10, 2009 First Assembly of God
Marcy, New York (Kate and Jon)
Contact: Pastor Tim
Phone:
Email: [email protected]
Event Specifics: Sat. 2:00 event
Six Lessons with Q&A, signing photo cards
Covering car service
February 4, 2009 Indianapolis Home Show
Indianapolis, IN (Kate and Steve, fly in Feb. 4 am,
back Feb. 5 am)
Contact: Brent
Phone: 317-705-xxxx
Email: [email protected]
Event Specifics: Covering all Steve expenses
2 talks (likely in afternoon/early evening).
February 7, 2009 King Street Church
Chambersburg, PA (just one person, may cancel?)
Contact: Annette Smith
Phone:
Email: [email protected]
Event Specifics: Julie to discuss security
February 22, 2009 Gateway Church
Parkesburg, PA (Kate and Jon)
Contact:
Phone:
Email: [email protected]
Event Specifics:
March 7, 2009 First Christian Church MOPS
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Changed to 1 day event (Kate and Steve?)
Contact: Pastor Stuart or Amanda
Phone: 270-765-xxxx
Email: [email protected] [email protected]
Event Specifics: Change to 1-day event
Call to arrange specifics—Julie to discuss Kate only and Steve
March 20, 2009 Roswell United Methodist Church
Atlanta, Georgia (Kate, Jon, Cara and Mady)
Contact:
Phone:
Email: [email protected]
Event Specifics: 7:30 pm event (?)
April 30, 2009 Baltimore Washington Medical Center (pending)
Baltimore, MD (Kate & Jon, evening keynote)
Courtney Conference Center
301 Hospital Drive
Glen Burnie, Maryland 21061
Contact: Adrianne Carroll
Phone: 410-553-xxxx
Email: [email protected]
Event Specifics: 6:00-8:30 pm
May 2, 2009 PA Women's Conference (awaiting contract, have deposit)
Harrisburg, PA 12-2 pm (Kate & Jon)
Contact: Chris Lee
Phone: 310-822-xxxx
Email: [email protected]
Event Specifics: Covering private car service
12:00 Keynote (1 hour) followed by 1 hour signing
(photo cards)
ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE EVENTS:
Oct. 20, 2008 – North Carolina, Lane Home Furnishing Conference (Jon)
Nov. 6/7—Sacramento, CA conference (Jon or Kate & Steve)
November 23/24th—Madison, WI conference event (Kate & Steve)
Late November—K-Mart SMT/media outreach
January 22, 2009–Houston, TX, Evening Women’s Christian Conference event with Lysa Terkeurst (Kate & Steve)
March 25-30th, 2009—One day in this range, North Carolina, Lane Home Furnishings Event (Jon or Jon & Kate and Steve)
“WATCH DATES”—PREVIOUSLY CANCELLED SO WATCH WITH RE-BOOKING:
Sept. 27/28, 2008 -- New Life Church (Louisiana)
Jan. 11, 2009 – First Assembly (moved to 1 day only)
Jan 23-25, 2008 – Mission Viejo CA churches
Sept 12-13, 2009 – Newburgh, IL
Sept. 26, 2009 – Judy DeLoria Michigan conference
Oct. 23-25, 2009 – Ohio
The “WATCH DATES” were written down so Kate and Julie May would make sure not to contact the same churches they had canceled on…because that might make Kate look bad.
While the unethical handling of the speaking fee, in itself, is bad enough, if you take a step back from this big lie, you’ll see an even bigger one.
At the same time Kate Gosselin was going from church to church with her hand out, asking parishioners possibly far less fortunate than herself for “Love Offerings” to help support her family, because she didn’t know how she would be able to take care of her eight children otherwise, she was actually very quietly signing those endorsement deals worth hundreds of thousands of dollars that you read about earlier. She was also moving into that million-dollar home on 23 acres just outside of Wernersville, PA.
Some of the endorsement deal specifics bear repeating. In September of 2008, Kate received $50,000 in cash and $35,000 in tax-free merchandise just for shooting a brief video saying how much they “can’t wait to get their new Lane furniture.” On September 15, 2008, again at the very same time Kate was visiting churches and begging for money, she signed a deal with Kmart for $158,000 cash for a total of three days of “work.”
Deals like these were coming in fast and furiously, and Kate couldn’t get enough of them. But Kate obviously never mentioned any of those deals to the people at the churches who were passing the collection basket to help a “struggling” mother of eight. The thought of jeopardizing her now $25,000 per speaking engagement was the furthest thing from her mind.
In 2008, the same year she was begging for money from church-folk, the Gosselin tax return showed an adjusted gross income of $1,954,414.00. That is the kind of money most people don’t see in a lifetime. Despite that, Kate kept on asking and begging and collecting money from less well-off families at churches who believed her lies and wanted to help her feed her children.
What those kind, generous folks were really helping her do was live a life of luxury, going to expensive spas and pampering herself with the finest things money could buy.
Let me be very clear here. The issue was not that Kate was charging a high speaking fee, and that churches and organizations were willing to pay it; the issue was the fact that Kate misrepresented herself and lied about her circumstances as a means to get people to donate more money to her. There is a word for that. It is called fraud.
DOES KATE GOSSELIN REALLY EVEN BELIEVE IN GOD?
Mir-a-cle noun
1 : an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs
Miracles to Kate Gosselin include things like getting a good deal on a freezer at Lowes. Call me crazy, but I alwa
ys thought God would have more important things to worry about than Kate’s freezer – like, say, wars, famine, and starving children all around the world, for example. I guess I was wrong. This is a paraphrased excerpt from one of Kate’s journal entries:
Another miracle day. Kate said she and Jon got a new freezer for $618 after using a gift card and a rebate and ten percent off. Then Kate’s brother Kevin gave her a $100 coupon so Kate sent Jon back to the store for even more savings.
Kate mentions miracles, God, Jesus and Lord several hundred times in her books and journal. Given her actions and willingness to scam others, it makes me suspicious whether she truly even believes in God, or if she just uses God’s name as part of the big scam she’s been perpetrating on the American public all these years. Kate breaks nine of the Ten Commandments on a regular basis (she hasn’t killed anyone yet) and rarely goes to church now that she’s rich and famous.
In the beginning, Kate was all about God. God this and God that. She knew early on that by aligning herself with Christians, and speaking about God continuously, she would have a built-in audience to sell her story to, and to buy her books, and to watch her shows – and to believe her lies. But when she got rich and famous, she suddenly stopped going to church. Why would that be?
This is the list of speaking points that Kate delivered to her patrons just before the “Love Offering” basket was passed around for her:
‘Six (in honor of our sextuplets) Lessons We Have Learned’
God is in control.
God is Gracious and Strong.
Trust in God.
God is love.
God will provide.
Give God the Glory and Praise.
Kate’s testimony: I was born and raised in a Christian home, school and church. I was saved when I was 8 years old on Sept 8, 1983. Growing up, I knew that Jesus loved me and that he saved me, but it was more about how God would punish you when you got out of line. I was never able to see God for who He really is…..It wasn’t until He chose to give us our six beautiful children and really put us in a position that we needed to fully rely on Him for EVERYTHING daily and hourly did I realize…. We struggled through the hard times (especially during my pregnancy, and in the first year with 8 kids) and actually asked ‘why us?’ and were angry with God at times.
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