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The gift of peace in times of crisis

Posted December 17th, 2024

A single phone call nearly 20 years ago turned Jenni Whitford’s whole world upside down. Jenni and her young family had only just returned from vacation when her husband’s workplace called. “I came home from a session meeting and got a call that my husband, Ken, had collapsed,” recalled Jenni, who was then serving as a three-quarter-time Christian educator in her home church, First Presbyterian in Jackson, Michigan. When they arrived at the hospital, Jenni and her two children, ages 9 and 12, learned that 36-year-old Ken Ellis — a dedicated husband and father — had died of an aortic aneurysm.

Studying history while making it happen

Posted December 3rd, 2024

Sitting next to a picture on the wall at her office, LaTrell Clifford Wood accidentally discovered a significant piece of her family’s history.