Fellowship Church
Marriage Conference
In all marriages there are challenges, but when you face these challenges "together", strength can be renewed, unity repaired and you can become intimate allies. Learn how you can face together the "Four Greatest Challenges in Marriage" with insight and expertise from Rick & Teresa Dunn.
Scroll down for notes and audio from the Marriage and Singles Conferences.
Marriage Conference Sessions
Friday, March 8, 2013
Session II: Creating Oneness Through Conflict Resolution
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Session III: Deepening Oneness Through Sexual Intimacy
Session IV: Protecting Oneness Through Unified Parenting
Rick Dunn
Rick joined the staff of Fellowship Church in 1997 after eighteen years in the field of youth and family ministries. Rick assumed the role of Lead Pastor of Fellowship Church in 2002. A native East Tennessean, he has served as a campus ministry leader, a youth and family life pastor, a retreat/conference speaker, and as a college and seminary professor in both national and international contexts. As a part of his tenure in educational leadership, Rick served at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, our denomination’s seminary in the suburbs of Chicago, as Chair of the Department of Educational Ministries. Rick is the author of Shaping the Spiritual Life of Students: A Guide for Youth Workers, Pastors, Teachers & Campus Ministers (IVP) and co-author of Shaping the Journey of Emerging Adults: Life-Giving Rhythms for Spiritual Transformation (IVP). He is co-editor of Reaching a Generation for Christ: A Comprehensive Guide to Youth Ministry (Moody Press), and a contributor to the Life Application Bible for Students (Tyndale).
Teresa Dunn
Teresa has worked in private practice and as director of a Christian university counseling center. She has worked with a wide variety of psychological issues over the years and has specializations in trauma work through EMDR. She also specializes in sex therapy and seeks to help clients live in integrated ways, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Teresa’s passion is to help men and women, individually and as couples, to discover the full potential of all they were created to be. She explores with her clients how to practically live out of that potential as they work through the issues that hinder them. Teresa also presents at national conferences, churches, and women’s retreats on a variety of topics, including: Managing Stress, Living Passionately.
Singles Conference
In life there are challenges. How do you make wise choices? How do you navigate dating, contentment, sexuality and friendships? Do we trust our closest friends, authors or cultural norms? Making choices, as a single, can be a challenging - and sometimes overwhelming - task. Learn how to make choices to shape a healthy life from Clark Stevens and Stacie Johnson.
Singles Conference Sessions
Friday, March 8, 2013
Session I: Choosing to Be Me: Living Out of Our Unique Design
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Session II: Choosing a Full Life in an Empty World
Clark Stevens
Clark Stevens is passionate about seeing lives transformed with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and encouraging individuals to live vibrant lives in the unique calling and giftedness God has designed for each person. He is enthusiastic about helping single adults discover how to live with confidence in this distinctiveness given identity precedes optimal intimacy with others. While directing LaunchPoint, KARM’s new life restoration program, he enjoys engaging people in his counseling practice and consulting work.
Stacie Johnson
Stacie Johnson has spent most of her adult live single and came to believe she may never marry. Still, she describes her single years as “thriving”while loving the life God gave her. She traveled the road of ministry for ten years before moving to Southern California to attend seminary. In 2009, Stacie moved to Knoxville. She was married 2 years ago at the age of 36. She still counts marrying later in life as one of the biggest blessings of God.