Shaped by Faith Archives - Shaped by Faith with Theresa Rowe

Timothy Poiles opened The Coffee Shoppe in the most unlikely of times, during COVID. But it was God’s timing. When COVID was wreaking havoc on our country, Timothy was taking a leap of faith as a new business owner. Timothy knew God was calling him to set aside any fears he may have had and to trust God in this new business adventure. So, he went for it!

Being a small business owner is not for the faint of heart. The first few years of running any business can be most challenging to say the least. Timothy has experienced some slow days where he got discouraged, and even considered closing at one point, but GOD wasn’t going to have that.

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Sally Phillips is the power house behind the Opportunity Center. She is passionate about providing training, advocacy, and support to people with disabilities. Of course, she cannot do this alone, she has an amazing staff who are just as passionate about helping those with disabilities achieve their life goals. There is also a very active Board who volunteer their time to help in anyway they can.

The Opportunity Center was started in 1956 by a group of parents who wanted to help their children who were not allowed to attend public schools. Can you even imagine not allowing children to attend school because of their disability?

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Shaped by Faith guest this week…Craig Brown is a public speaker and author, as well as the Recovery Pastor and Director at Church of the Redeemer in Gaithersburg, MD, since 1999. In his 20+ years as a Recovery Pastor, he has helped thousands of people, including business owners and professional leaders, to find the healing and freedom from shame in Christ that delivers us from pain, guilt of our past actions. He is a former radio Local Sales Manager at Salem Communications WAVA 105.1 FM. Craig lives in the Washington DC area with his wife and three sons.

In his new book, Stop Hiding Start Healing, Craig Brown shares his 20+ years of experience helping thousands of people through Christ-centered recovery discover how to be set free from the pain, shame and guilt of their past.

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George Rose is an Artist, Producer, and Song Writer out of Dallas, Texas. With his catchy hooks and his expertise in multiple genres, you are sure to find something you love. In the past 6 years, he has been able to plant deep roots in the music industry by working with many other Producers and Artists.

After graduating High School in Texas, George started working with two-time Grammy Award winning PlayNSkillz and Lecrae’s label Reach Records Artist, Hulvey and Wande, just to name a few. He was living the high life and trying to fit in with his new claim to fame. His life came crashing down when he moved out of his parents home and began taking drugs.

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Rick Rhodes, a long standing committee member for the National Day of Prayer, knows first-hand the results of the power of prayer. Rick had serious back pain that started in 1972. By 2006, after four back surgeries, his pain was unbearable. He suffered so much pain that he eventually lost his job. Rick was desperate for relief and continued crying out to God. After going to the Cleveland Clinic to help with his chronic pain, Rick experienced a miracle. God healed his back and took away his pain.

Rick attributes his miracle to the power of prayer. He was persistent in his prayers and never gave up hope.

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Ashley Webb contributes her love and joy of cooking to her grandmother. She has fond memories of spending time with her grandmother in the kitchen while honing her skills as a soon to be chef. Little did she know that one day she would open her own business to teach and inspire others to have the same joy that she experienced with her grandmother.

The name of her business is, Joy’s Cooking Classes. The name was inspired by her family members names along with the Bible Verse in Galatians 5:22-23 that says, “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”

Ashley graduated from KWC with a Teacher’s Degree, but she actually never ventured into the classroom.

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I recently met Barbara Sundstrom at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville, TN. NRB is the World’s largest gathering of Christian Communicators and is the premier conference for those who work in radio, TV, film, or digital marketing.

We struck up a conversation while waiting to speak with Christian Television Networks in hopes they would be interested in our projects. I really had no idea that Barbara had been in the film industry for many decades. She never let on or talked about herself. She wanted to know what my TV show was all about and she listened intently as I explained the purpose of Shaped by Faith.

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