Direct outreach
Your email goes straight to Van's public booking contact.
Contact and booking
Make the first note easy for event teams, podcast hosts, and community leaders.
Use the email buttons below for a ready-made first draft, then add enough context for scheduling, audience fit, and tone.
Best first note
Keep it concise and include event basics, audience, and timing.
Scheduling clarity
Share preferred dates, format, and location or time zone up front.
Request paths
Choose the lane that matches the invitation.
Each path keeps the request specific from the start so the reply can move toward fit, schedule, and format instead of clarifying the basics.
Event organizers
Invite Van for youth events, firesides, recovery groups, or conferences.
Best for youth events, conferences, and recovery gatherings that need honest storytelling with a clear path toward hope.
Email a Speaking Request- Invite Van to Speak
- Start a Speaking Request
- Plan a Youth or Recovery Event
Church and community leaders
Reach out for firesides, parent nights, testimony meetings, or smaller community gatherings.
A good fit for firesides, parent nights, testimony meetings, and smaller gatherings that need careful language and practical next steps.
Email a Community Request- Plan a Church or Community Gathering
- Ask About a Parent or Leader Night
- Start a Community Conversation
Podcast hosts
Invite Van into a longer conversation about recovery, faith, and coming back.
Best when you want a candid, long-form conversation about recovery, faith, accountability, and coming back.
Email a Podcast Invitation- Invite Van on Your Podcast
- Request Van as a Guest
What to include in the first email
A concise first note is enough. These details help the first reply cover fit and next steps without another round of basic follow-up.
- Organization, congregation, or show
- Event type, gathering, or recording format
- Audience and approximate size
- Preferred date and time window
- Location, remote setup, or time zone
- Topic fit or desired emphasis
- Best callback details and anything else to know
How to make the reply easier
- Lead with the event or recording basics.
- Name any audience sensitivities or content boundaries early.
- Confirm whether the setting is in person, remote, or hybrid.
Still deciding if the fit is right?
Start with the appearances page, choose the conversation that best matches your audience, and mention it in your first note.