GOING DEEPER

I have facilitated small groups since 2006 and I believe it is the major part of my healing.

In late 2019  began doing online small groups.  I found by doing these groups it not only allowed me to process my pain but allowed others to feel free to be themselves to share, feel and to heal.

Women want a place to  share, grieve, and love together in a safe place, without being shamed.  They  want to be real and let out their secrets, their pain, and their behaviors that they use to avoid their pain. They need to receive unconditional love and acceptance, since it is Love that brings changes.

I learned to facilitate as well as being one of them in the group as we learn to BE with each other and grieve in our pain. We would listen to, validate, and encourage each other as we choose to forgive our offender, and ourselves and learn to walk in freedom and peace.  I now have many testimonies of women who felt unworthy and struggled with feeling God’s love being able to feel His love in a deep way.   

As the wife of a Gulf War Army Veteran, Phyllis had sustained the brunt of her husband's undiagnosed PTSD for 20 years, but God had not abandoned her. She has experienced the trauma that comes from living with someone who has PTSD. She and Robin raised 3 children while in the midst of family pain and trauma. Her youngest child was a senior in high school before Robin was even diagnosed with PTSD. She has led and co-led small groups in church and home groups for over 15 years and has a love for people and a desire to see healing come in every area of struggle.

In 2015 the healing process began for both Robin and Phyllis. She and Robin co-founded Crossing The Bar Ministries in 2017 to help people walk out of the prison of PTSD. She has been leading groups for 3 years with SPM and learned from long time team member Nancy Nobles as well as Trisha. For the past year, she has been adding to her skills learning from April Jones. 

Katie knows first-hand the signs, symptoms, addictions, and specifically pain PTSD can bring to a marriage as the wife of a former firefighter, EMT-B, and 911 Communications Officer who didn’t know what he was suffering from until she spoke up. She has also navigated the pain and fallout of church hurt, both as a pastor’s wife and a volunteer, and she is thankful to say there is hope to be found in the process of peeling back the onion layers!

Katie has led and co-led small groups over the past 12 years with ministries including Celebrate Recovery and Life’s Healing Choices, as well as Shiloh Place Ministries. Since 2013, she has co-led small groups under the guidance and training of Trisha Frost and other team members including founding team member, Nancy Nobles. Katie earned her B.S. in Psychology with a focus on Early Childhood Development and has a Masters in  Education. She is able to apply many aspects of her education to help listen to and minister to others in small group settings.