Upcoming Events and Speaker Resources
Come join us for a delicious breakfast along with a community of women focused on taking time to care for ourselves. This will help us to better take care of the ones we love. Our hope is you will walk away feeling restored to move forward into your daily life and walk away with a gift from Faithfully Restored.
2024 Breakfast Club
Motherhood
Come celebrate Mother's Day at our May Breakfast Club. Enjoy coffee, breakfast, and hear one mom's inspiring story of motherhood.
About the Speaker:
Chrissy Pursell Adolf is a worshipper, musician, athlete and diabetes advocate. She is wife and mother to diabetic 2 year old son. Having been diagnosed as a Type 1 diabetic herself at 8 months old there was always fear surrounding carrying and having a child. Chrissy also has OCA1A albinism, which perhaps caused most concern and insecurity of having a child with a more visible disability and knowing the years ahead of physical and later visual insecurity. These seasons of fear, heartache, and trust have produced more gratitude than she knew possible.
When: Thursday, May 2nd at 10am
Where: The Offices of Faithfully Restored
100% of your ticket price goes towards our mission to serve women walking through hardships.
2024 Breakfast Club Sponsor
Thanks to sponsorships, we achieve much more together than individually! We extend our gratitude to Churchill Mortgage for sponsoring our 2024 Breakfast Clubs.
Past Breakfast Club Events, Resources and Speaker Q&A’s
April Breakfast Club - Finding Hope After Divorce
About the Speakers:
Kathleen Johnson writes, "I heard these words after 12 years of marriage. "I don’t love you anymore. I want a divorce.” With two young daughters, a deeply-held belief in the sanctity of covenant marriage, and a life-long dream of having a united Christian family, I was devastated. As evidence of previously unknown betrayal emerged, overcoming bitterness and unforgiveness felt like an insurmountable challenge for a time. Thankfully, my pain prompted a deeper search for God and resulted in a stronger dependence on Him that catapulted me into a wonderful season of healing, mind renewal, and restoration. God hates divorce for good reason—but with God, there is hope, comfort, and peace on the other side. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit." Psalm 34:18
Tracey Kerr, an Alabama native, currently serves as the office manager at Mason Chiropractic in Franklin, TN. Tracey spent the majority of her early career years serving her family above all else. From a nursing degree to a former homeschool mom of now a grown daughter, Tracey has journeyed through both triumph and tragedy, risk and redemption. The vulnerability of her story, and God’s gracious pursuit over her life, will inspire you right where you are.
Speaker Q&A with Kathleen Johnson and Tracey Kerr
March Breakfast Club
Terra Tucker is a Pastoral Care - Marriage and Family Therapist with a Masters in both Marriage and Family Therapy (2008) and Christian Arts with an emphasis in Pastoral Care (2022). Terra is passionate about seeing people be all God created them to be, and joining God where He is at work in restoring lives. She is a wife, mother, Mimi, daughter, sister and friend. Terra and her family live in Middle Tennessee and can often be found in downtown Franklin.
Speaker Q&A with Terra Tucker- Coming SOON!
February Breakfast Club
Jenna & Zoë have been writing and leading worship together in Nashville + around the country for 6 years. Combining their divine calling and musical talents, Jenna & Zoë strive to accomplish one goal: bringing glory to the lord through fresh songs of worship in every season.
Speaker Q&A with Jenna & Zoë
November Breakfast Club
Carol Bevil is a Christian author and speaker. She is the founder of Fuel Your Body, Feed Your Soul, LLC: an Instagram ministry and blog dedicated to the truth found in Romans 12:2 and Matthew 6:33. She has authored three books: You Are His: A 21 Day Devotional ; Break Through: 6 Weeks to Demolish Diet Culture Strongholds, and her new release, Caught Up in Hope: a 40 day devotional journey to exhale at the feet of Jesus. Carol is passionate about knowing Jesus better so that her life makes Him known. She surrendered her life to Christ at the age of forty having been raised in a Jewish home. Her writing has been featured in several publications and she serves as an ambassador for Sadie Robertson Huff’s ministries LOsister and Live Original where she gets to encourage women in their faith. Currently, Carol lives in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband Chris of 25 years and their four children surrounded by piles of laundry and a kitchen full of good things.
Speaker Q&A with Carol Bevil
October Breakfast Club
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month our guest speakers, Heather Milburn and Emily Demers shared their stories and how to best walk alongside someone impacted by cancer.
Heather is a co-founder of Faithfully Restored, wife, a mom to two and a two-time breast cancer patient.
Emily is a friend, sister in Christ, foster mom and breast cancer survivor.
Jennifer Matwijec was our final guest speakers and was unable to attend the event due to surgery related to her cancer diagnosis. She is a wife, mother to five, aunt, friend, breast cancer survivor and founder of Waves of Grace.
Jennifer Matwijec Q&A
Emily Demers Q&A
September Breakfast Club
In honor of National Suicide Prevention Month our guest speakers, Shardé Curry and Alexis Hill shared their story of grief and triumph after their mother Tonya Moore-Young took her life on July 8, 2021.
Speaker Q&A with Alexis Hill and Sharde Curry
Dr. Melody Aguayo is a wife, a mom of two, and a parent consultant for overwhelmed parents who are looking for support and solutions to navigate their parenting journey. For our August Breakfast Club, Melody shared about boundaries and expectations in parenting.
Speaker Q&A with Dr. Aguayo
August Breakfast Club
Savannah Spalding is a mom, friend, sister in Christ, and founder of Saylor's Story. For our May Breakfast Club, Savannah shared her story, her hope in Jesus and how to best walk alongside a grieving mother of a stillbirth.
Speaker Q&A with Savanah Spalding
May Breakfast Club
April 2023 Breakfast Club
Tammie Osbourne and Shelley Ramsey are wives, friends, and special needs mothers. For our April Breakfast Club they shared their stories, their hope in Jesus and how to best walk alongside a special needs mother. Be sure to watch the Q&A to learn more about them, their stories and how to best serve a a special needs mother.
Speaker Q&A with Tammie Osbourne and Shelley Ramsey.
March 2023 Breakfast Club
Katie Lipscomb, Brittany Anderson, and Jen L’Herault are mothers, friends, daughters, and sisters in Christ bonded together by the deep pain of losing their husbands. For our March Breakfast Club they shared their stories of loss, their hope in Jesus and how to best walk alongside a widow. Be sure to watch the Q&A to learn more about them, their stories and how to best serve a widow.
Speaker Q&A with Brittany Anderson, Len L’Herault and Katie Lipscomb.
February 2023 Breakfast Club
Kirbee Millers road to entrepreneurship through passion and creativity has not been without hardship. On New Year’s Eve 2018, her parents were critically injured in a car accident, leaving Kirbee to spend many months sleeping in the hospital, advocating for her parents’ care. Ultimately this experience reinforced Kirbee’s commitment to creating inclusive and meaningful moments that Nourish. To learn more about Kirbee, to connect, or to purchase her book please head to her website.
Event Recap and Speaker Q&A with Kirbee Miller.
2022 Breakfast Club
Lauren Rainey Tenney wants you to know that you can live a life of peace and freedom. Armed with tools she has used herself; Lauren helps people set boundaries, ask questions, and push through stale paradigms to develop a stronger sense of self, genuine empathy, and deeper faith.
November 2022 Breakfast Club
Q&A with Lauren Rainey Tenney
How would you describe yourself in three sentences?
I’m a mom, a wife, a friend, a daughter, a sister and most importantly a daughter of the King. I strive to elevate God in the way I live, speak and love people. I never do it perfectly but at 42 years old, this is my goal ❤️
What got you started on your journey of setting healthy boundaries and wanting to share that journey with others?
My life was tumultuous and confusing. I loved the Lord but kept finding myself depressed, hurt, and frustrated that things weren’t going the way I had dreamed they would and that dream was to be peaceful, happy and full of joy. I knew I was missing something very obvious and so I set out to find it. Enter boundaries and my life changed.
What have you found to be difficult in setting boundaries? What do you find encouraging?
It’s difficult to set boundaries with people who have no idea what they are and that live a life of blaming others for everything. The encouraging thing about this is, when you are rooted in your healthy boundaries, you can be around these people and not be trampled over. AND when they see you living solidly in your boundaries it can give them permission to do a little digging and figure out what’s missing in their life. They can ask (either audibly or just internally); “Why are YOU so confident and joyful?” And your life choices can show them the answer.
What would be your biggest piece of advice for someone seeking to create their own boundaries?
Baby step your way into boundaries. If you aren’t used to it, don’t go full boar! Take one person that you love and that loves you and start with them.
Where can people hear more from you and follow you on social media?
Please visit my website for tons of content! And also follow along on Instagram @laurenraineytenney and binge the content there.
Tiffany Kern is a stay-at-home mom to three children and is passionate about loving and serving her family well. She enjoys playing with her children, shopping local and creating community wherever she goes. When she is not cheering on her pro-bowl punter husband, she enjoys cooking, exercising, and spending time with family and friends. Tiffany is passionate about Bible translation and is heavily involved in IllumiNations where their mission is to make God's word accessible to all people by 2033.
Lauren Cox is a mom, actress, believer and wife to Tennessee Titan's Morgan Cox.
October 2022 Breakfast Club
Q&A with Lauren Cox
Describe yourself in just three sentences.
I’m blessed to be a wife and a mother to three beautiful children. The Lord has continued to show me grace and mercy as I seek Him and navigate these roles. I love learning more about God each day and am passionate about sharing the knowledge I acquire to those around me in both word and deed.
What obstacles have you faced living a Christ-filled life in the midst of NFL culture?
With all the moving back and forth that we do, I struggle feeling content in this nomadic lifestyle. But I have to remind myself that even if we lived in the same house 365 days a year, this world is not my home and I would find other things to be discontent with.
How has the NFL grown your faith?
We’ve witnessed God’s goodness year after year. He uses the NFL to care for us and our family abundantly, and because of that, we can in turn care for others. We’ve thanked Him for His blessings. We’ve trusted Him through injuries. We’ve submitted to Him when we’ve changed teams. There are always tests and trials in this chapter of life, but God has been faithful.
What role has your community played to support you and give you encouragement?
As much turnover as there is year after year with the NFL, we’re all each other has during the season. No one else understands this lifestyle except us! This community has become a family away from home, and the believers within the Nfl community have continued to point me to Christ. Some of the friends we’ve made along the way know more about me than people I’ve known over half my life. I am very grateful for this community and how they poured into me over the years.
Do you have a favorite book or person from the Bible? Why?
Favorite book would have to Romans. It’s a book about righteousness— why it’s needed, how it’s provided, how it’s practiced. It’s an encouragement not to be ashamed of the gospel, but to admit our sinfulness and need for a savior and to boldly proclaim the Truth from there.
Favorite person, Ruth in the Old Testament and Paul in the New Testament!
The story of Ruth is inspiring because she leaves everything she’s ever known to follow her mother-in-law simply because Naomi emulates faith and hope—something the godless city of Moab has never revealed before. Ruth shows that the tiniest amount of blind faith in God can place you smack dab in the middle of His will as an active participant.
Paul because of his conversion story. How does one man go from murdering hundreds of Christians to writing the majority of the New Testament? It’s fascinating the pain he endured and the scrutiny he experienced all for the sake of the gospel, something he despised the most while he was still dead in his sin, as we all are at some point in our lives.
If you could give just one piece of encouragement/advice, what would it be?
Continue to seek Him daily and be bold in the truth. Find a community that pushes you to want to know more about God. And when you approach the Bible, don’t seek yourself throughout the pages but strive to learn more about the Lord.
Follow Lauren on Instagram @laurenbellcox
February 2022 Breakfast Club
Christa is a mom to three, wife, friend and certified Holistic Life Coach. She partners with clients to help them achieve personal and professional goals through providing education, guidance and resources. She is well educated in trauma and attachment styles and uses this knowledge to provide compassionate support and appropriate guidance to help clients move towards achieving their goals and gain clarity and fulfillment in their lives.
Q&A with Christa Booker
Self care is such a hot topic right now. What are some tidbits we can share with those that were not at the breakfast?
I’ve heard the phrase “Self Care" discussed so much lately, especially throughout the pandemic as many people experienced a new level of overwhelm.
I look at self care through the lense of making sure our individual needs are being met. When we make sure our needs are taken care of first, it helps us to show up in the world as the best version of ourselves. The first step I believe is to be aware of our different needs and how we fulfill them. At the breakfast the other day, I focused on self care through 8 categories of human needs. Anyone can read more about that from a blogpost on my website.
We would love for you to share with us what you thought of the breakfast?
Oh wow, I thought it went so well. I treated the breakfast as if it was a group coaching session, which none of the women knew going in. I was so pleasantly surprised at how receptive the group was. Personally I believe that this is largely attributed to the safe space that Faithfully Restored created as well as their clear mission to create connection and support for women in the community.
My personal coaching philosophy is 3 tiered - education, guidance and reflection. I spend a little time on education and guidance, but the gold is in the reflection of the participants. When we share our hearts with others, this creates a human connection and a feeling of belonging. The women that shared on Thursday did such a beautiful job I had chills the entire time. There were women there from different stages in life and different perspectives. I personally learned so much from them. My hope is that they keep in touch in the future - I didn’t want it to end!
Are there any action steps someone can take away that wasn't at the event?
Yes! As part of the “guidance” part of our day, I put together a self care worksheet. Anyone can work through this themselves. The main point of the worksheet is for each individual to think about how their needs are getting met and rank each category 1 - 5. Additionally, they were asked to narrow down 3 areas that are a priority for them to get support. Although the overall map may be daunting, I believe narrowing it down to small, attainable steps is key. And of course getting support around those - because we can't do it all alone!
My hope is that people walk away from this process with a roadmap on how they can better communicate their needs so that they can show up their best self in the world. And of course, if I can be their support in any way, they can email me or reach me via my website.