Speakers and Worship Leaders for February 2024
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Nancy Squires - Speaker
Nancy has a passion for walking with women who are hurting due to the chaos and pain in their lives. She is that hurting mom and wife who has helped her family members navigate through the pain of addiction and mental illness, as well as battling through her own issues of accepting that her child is a part of the LGBQT+ community. She has taken life's chaos and pain and turned it into an opportunity to glorify God.
She is the Executive Director of Just Be Held Retreats.When she is not planning retreats, you can find her encouraging others as a speaker at conferences and other events.
She is married with four adult children and a granddaughter. She loves coffee dates with girlfriends (well, coffee in general), movies, nature, and travel.
Elaine Scott - Speaker
Elaine has been on staff with North Point Ministries for over 25 years, spending most of that time leading and developing volunteers in both Care and Adult Groups ministry. She is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary with a Master of Arts in Christian Leadership. She is also a certified life coach and loves helping individuals move forward in positive, productive ways. Elaine and her husband, Al, have been married 27 years and have two adult children, along with a beautiful granddaughter. In her spare time, you can find her working in her garden, drinking coffee with friends, or hanging out with her family.
Jodi Ward - Speaker
Jodi Ward is passionate about creating safe spaces for women to be seen, heard, and to share their story. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor who enjoys leading women’s groups focusing on emotional fitness, relational care, and spiritual transformation.
Jodi and her husband have a counseling/consulting practice in Roswell, GA providing individual & couples therapy. They also lead marriage retreats and marriage intensives together. Jodi has been married for almost 22 years and has three wonderful sons.
Mary Topolinski - Speaker
Mary is a Parent Mentor-Coach whose greatest passion is to help hurting parents find encouragement, strength and practical solutions for the challenges of having a loved one with mental illness or other serious life challenges. She has walked the journey and after years of struggling alone, has found new ways to manage and cope. It is Mary's greatest honor to guide parents on their own pathway of recovery, healing and hope in both group formats, and individually.
Mary is a Certified Life Coach and member of the International Coaching Federation, a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors, and is both a Certified Mental Health Coach and Trauma-informed Coach. She is a facilitator with Hope for Hurting Parents and is involved with leading Grief Share at her church.
Mary has been married to her husband Jeff for 34 years, has three grown sons and a beautiful new daughter-in-law. In her spare time she enjoys crafting, hiking, getting together with friends, and traveling. She is currently working with her sweet little dog Darla on becoming a certified therapy pet!
Monica Roberson - Worship Leader
Monica Roberson has been leading worship since she was 14 years old. She knew at a young age that God had called her to use her gifts to lead people in worship, and that one day she and her husband would work together in ministry. Now, that’s exactly what she is doing. She is married to Adam, the Pastor of Wiregrass Church in Dothan, Alabama, and she works part-time at Wiregrass doing communications and leading worship. Her heart is for people to encounter the presence of Jesus through the gift of music. Monica and Adam have four children: Jackson (12), Beckham (10), Evelyn (8), and Josiah (4).
