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You Are Invited
To attend our
11th
Annual
Fundraising Banquet
NEW BEGINNINGS
Monday May 19, 2008 6:30 p.m.
Seating begins at 6:00
First Church of Nazarene
1871 Boyers Road,
Harrisonburg, VA
Keynote speaker: Dan Keffer, community relations director with Day Seven
Ministries.
Enjoy a complimentary meal!
Hear inspiring music and testimonies.
Find out what God is doing through Greater Hope!
A Word
from the Board
What better time than just after Easter to
embrace new beginnings in our lives! We are in such a season at Greater Hope.
Jeff Watros, Executive Director of Greater Hope for nearly 10 years, resigned as
Director and will concentrate his energies toward his counseling ministry. Jeff
continues to be a part of Greater Hope in a counseling capacity. We are so
appreciative of the founding ministry work of Jeff (and Wendy). The board has
sought Jeff’s input as we plan for the future. We plan to honor Jeff and Wendy
at the banquet.
Where does Greater Hope go from here? The
board recently met for a retreat with a consultant to guide our next steps.
Greater Hope is alive! This is a time to open a new chapter. It is my fervent
prayer that the last 10 years of Greater Hope will provide a platform to expand
the reach of this ministry in the Valley. The ministry of Greater Hope has had
3 parts in the past: small-groups (Living Waters, Crosscurrent, Boundaries),
counseling, educational/informative (speaking at churches, newsletter, etc).
These will continue. We are exploring ways to re-structure, develop, and expand
the ministry.
My vision is to see the ministry of Greater
Hope be more accessible to relationally and sexually wounded people in the
Valley. We invite you to be a part of the future of Greater Hope in whatever
ways God leads!
In Christ,
Mike Winters, Board
chair
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A
Christ-centered support group for those seeking truth and grace in their
sexuality and relationships.
A
Christ-centered support group for those seeking truth and grace in their
sexuality and relationships.
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eight to ten week group,
meeting once a week
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safe, confidential
environment
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for seekers or
established Christians desiring deeper healing through Jesus Christ
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sessions include
worship, teaching, and healing prayer
Please call our office
any time at 540-574-4189 to enroll.
Application
and nominal fee required.
 Boundaries,
by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend, addresses specific issues that
confront today's Christians…
The cost for the
Boundaries class is $60. Each
participant will also need to purchase the
Boundaries textbook, available at local Christian bookstores. Each
class will consist of live and video teaching, discussion, prayer and
assignments.
Issues such
as:
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Living
a life out of control
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Having
people take advantage of us
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Having
trouble saying no
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Being
disappointed with God because of unanswered prayers
Please call our office at 574-4189
or email
kkipps@greaterhope.org
for further details and to enroll.
Living
Waters— Pursuing Sexual & Relational Wholeness in Christ
A 25-30 week
in-depth discipleship program ministering to people seeking healing
from various expressions of relational and sexual brokenness.
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LEADERSHIP TEAM
Board Members
Rev. Mike Winters, Chair
Rev. John Kuebler, LPC, Vice Chair
Mr. Winfred Miller, CPA, Treasurer
Rev. Murphy Terry, Secretary
Russell Waldrop
Ella Martin
Support Staff
Kathy Kipps – Administrative Director
Rev. Jeff Watros - Counselor
Bill Troyer,
CPA – Finance Committee Chair
Sarah DeBoer, MA –Graduate Intern
MEET THE BOARD
Russell
Waldrop
Russ Waldrop joined the Board of
Greater Hope in April of 2007.
He is currently the Chaplain of Western State Hospital in Staunton and was,
previously, the chaplain of Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center in
Fishersville, a total of 26 years in Virginia state service. He is a native
of Brookhaven, Mississippi, and a 1964 graduate of Ole Miss. He received his
Master of Divinity degree in 1972 and his Doctor of Ministry degree in
Counseling in 1991 from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville,
Kentucky. He is a Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors,
a Clinical Member in the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, and a
Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia.
Russ was ordained in September, 1970, at
Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville, and served as chaplain to
several mental hospitals and a prison before moving to Virginia in 1981. He
is married to Molly Grogan Waldrop, a schoolteacher of 29 years and they
have three grown children, Kevin and Kelly Lindamood and Sarah Waldrop.
Molly and Russ are members of Laurel Hill Baptist Church in Verona. Russ
states “I joined the Greater Hope Board of Directors in order to represent a
Christian, pastoral and clinical perspective for people healing from
relational and sexual brokenness. Through membership on the board, I can
help insure that these three areas continue to be addressed.”
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