Faith Meets Mental Health SUMMIT PROGRAM May 6, 2023 | Frazer Church
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Faith Meets Mental Health
Session Schedule
Sessions will be held in Wesley Hall
9:00 AM Welcome – Dr. Chris Montgomery, Senior Pastor
9:05 AM Introduction – Kym Klass, Director of Communication
9:10 AM How Faith Meets Mental Health
Loresa Stansell, Stansell Counseling and Consulting
Break [10 minutes]
10:05 AM Growing a Marriage Together
Dr. Steve Wages, Faulkner University
Break [10 minutes]
11:00 AM Keynote Speaker
Dr. Matthew Sleeth, Blessed Earth
12:00 PM Boxed Lunch
12:30 PM
Where Do You Find Hope? Roundtable Session
Dr. Matthew Sleeth, Alabama Mental Health Commissioner
Kim Boswell, Jeff Hand of Fishers Farm, and Dewayne
Rembert of Flatline Movement (Kym Klass, moderator)
Break [10 minutes]
1:15 PM Parents of Children with Special Needs
Loresa Stansell, Stansell Counseling
Break [10 minutes]
2:00 PM Boundaries and Mental Health
Crissa Letson, Asbury Church
2:45 PM Closing – Kym Klass
Join us tomorrow – Sunday, May 7, 2023 – as Dr. Matthew Sleeth provides the message at both our 8:30 AM and 11 AM worship services.
The Miry Clay of Mental Health: Navigating the Intersection of Faith and Matters of the Mind
Loresa Stansell, LPC
Stansell Counseling and Consulting
Notes:
SeSSion 1
The DNA of a Sacred Marriage: A Blueprint for Growing Together
Dr. Steve Wages Director, Cloverdale Center for Youth and Family and Professor of Family Studies
Notes:
for the V. P. Black College of Biblical Studies, Faulkner University
SeSSion 2
Restoring Faith and Hope Always: How to Be a Force for Life
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Matthew Sleeth Executive Director, Blessed Earth
Notes:
SeSSion 3
Where Do You Find Hope?
Roundtable Discussion
Dr. Matthew Sleeth, Alabama’s mental health commissioner Kim Boswell, Jeff Hand of Fishers Farm, and Dewayne Rembert of Flatline Movement
Notes:
SeSSion 4
No More Chasing Normal: Parents of Children with Special Needs
Loresa Stansell Stansell Counseling and Consulting
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SeSSion 5
Boundaries as the Gift of Limits: How Honoring Ourselves Honors Others
Crissa Letson Pastor of Missions, Asbury Church
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SeSSion 6
About Our Speakers
Kim Boswell
Kimberly G. Boswell was sworn in as Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health on December 16, 2020. Boswell has more than 36 years of experience working with individuals with mental illness, substance use disorders, and developmental disabilities.
She earned her Master of Social Work from the Florida State University College of Social Work in 1984, with a specialization in planning and program evaluation. She holds a Bachelor of Social Work degree from The University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Boswell previously served as Chief of Staff, Associate Commissioner for Administration, and Director of Human Resources for the Department. Over the course of her career, she worked as a planner to improve human service delivery systems, a program evaluator, a School to Work transition coordinator, and also served as the state office administrator for the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services.
Boswell is a member of the National Academy for State Health Policy and the Long Term and Chronic Care Committee. She is also a member of the Mescal’s Children Center for Hope Board, which is a Christian ministry serving children in Kenya.
Boswell’s goals for mental health include furthering an accessible, interconnected, effective, and just system of care for individuals served by the Department of Mental Health.
Learn More: mh.alabama.gov/commissioner
Jeff Hand
Jeff was born again in 2008, then shortly after, he began visiting government housing communities in Montgomery to share the gospel. This led to outreaches in those housing projects through Inner City Evangelism, an organization he helped start.
In 2011, the Hands moved their family to Village Green in efforts to minister incarnationally to their neighbors. In 2013, their family moved into the Washington Park community.
Jeff served on staff with House to House until 2014, and then transitioned to Strong Tower at Washington Park, where he served as the missions pastor. Today, Jeff and Jennifer operate a nonprofit ministry, Fishers Farm, which is a residential discipleship home that exists to serve people of all backgrounds who struggle with the addiction of drugs, alcohol, and other life dominating sins.
The Hands are currently members at Gateway Baptist Church. Jeff is also a CABC addictions counselor, and in the process of ACBC certification.
Jeff and his wife, Jennifer, have five children: Faith, Meli, Hannah, Izzy, and Elisabeth.
Learn More: www.fishersfarm.org
Crissa Letson
Following her own healing journey, Crissa’s first call into ministry was through the world of counseling. During this vocational season, she worked as a college career counselor and in the mental health agency setting. Crissa’s second call was into pastoral ministry. She is currently living that out as Pastor of Missions at Asbury Church in Madison AL. While her own vocational path has taken various stops along the way, the intersection of faith and emotional and mental health is a place of deep passion for her.
Crissa has been married to Greg (aka “Greg the Husband”) for 24 years and it just keeps on getting better! They have a feisty rescue dog named Penny and some very special kiddos in their lives they love deeply.
Learn More: weareasbury.com
Dewayne Rembert
Dewayne’s corporate background consists of being General Manager at Hilton Hotels. During the height of his career, he was led to leave the corporate world and start a ministry called Flatline Movement. He was Strong Tower at Washington Park’s first youth pastor where he developed their youth program which is known as iENGauge.
He is now the Lead Pastor of Flatline Church at Chisholm. He is a student at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also one of the chaplains of Lee High School football and basketball team. He is on staff with Montgomery Baptist Association as the Church Planting Strategist/Revitalization Coach. Dewayne is also on the “Committee on Committees” for the Southern Baptist Convention. Dewayne wrote his first book in 2018 called Flatlined 2 Ngauge. He is also featured in a documentary film entitled, “Fruit,” which is now on PBS.
Dewayne is a native of Linden, Alabama. He is married to his best friend of 21 years, Leslie, and they are proud parents of three children: Devin, Dorian, and Journi.
Learn More: flatlinechurch.org
Dr. Matthew Sleeth
Matthew Sleeth, MD, a former emergency room physician and chief of the hospital medical staff, resigned from his position to teach, preach, and write about faith and health. Dr. Sleeth has spoken at more than 1,000 churches, campuses, and events, including serving as a monthly guest preacher at the Washington National Cathedral.
Recognized by Newsweek as one of the nation’s most influential Christian leaders, Dr. Sleeth is the executive director of Blessed Earth and author of numerous articles and books, including Reforesting Faith and 24/6. His newest book, Hope Always: How to be a force for life in a culture of suicide, released in May 2021.
Dr. Sleeth lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with Nancy, his wife of more than 40 years. Their grown children serve with their families in full-time ministry and as medical missionaries in Africa.
Learn More: blessedearth.org
Loresa Stansell
Loresa holds a Master of Arts Degree in Mental Health counseling with an emphasis on Community Based counseling from the University of North Alabama. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Alabama and a National Certified Counselor. She served on the Chi Sigma Iota board for 5 years, including a year as acting president. She is the author of the book, No More Chasing Normal, that highlights the unique grief experience of parents with special needs children. She has made appearances on talk radio and on a PBS Television Network in the Greater South Florida area. She has recently hosted in a TEDx forum presenting her grief model on a Ted Talk platform that can be viewed on Ted.com. She also owns and operates a private practice in Florence, Alabama, where she provides training workshops to local agencies and provides mental health services to a wide client base in the Shoals area.
Learn More: www.stansellcounseling.com
Dr. Steve Wages
Dr. Steve Wages is Professor of Family Studies and Director of the Cloverdale Center for Youth and Family at Faulkner University in Montgomery. Dr. Wages obtained a Master of Marriage and Family Therapy degree from Abilene Christian University and a Ph.D. in Family, Child, and Consumer Sciences from Florida State University. He is certified as a family life educator (CFLE) by the National Council on Family Relations and was the 2015 recipient of the prestigious MooreBowman Award for outstanding and continuing support of family well-being in the state of Texas.
Dr. Wages is a frequent speaker on topics designed to strengthen marriage and family life including The DNA of a Sacred Marriage, The Emotional Roller Coaster of Parenting, and God’s Design for Human Intimacy among others.
Steve and his wife, Wanda, have two children, Dr. Alan Wages and Amy Wages, in addition to four grandchildren.
Learn More: www.faulkner.edu/additional-resources/ cloverdale-center-for-youth-and-family/
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We welcome your feedback on this year’s Summit. Email comments, kudos or suggestions to kklass@frazer.church.
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