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Helping Hearts by Kelly Holliday
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osing my 21-year-old son in Iraq while I was undergoing chemo for breast cancer completely interrupted my plans. I guess it’s important to describe my plans. God blessed my husband and me with the “Holliday Tribe,” seven sons and one daughter; I was a homeschooling mom who was not interested in working outside the home. Homeschooling was my vocation, and I had planned to do it until the last Holliday left the nest. God had other plans. I now have the distinct honor of serving as the Director of Spiritual Care at Crossover Health Services (CHS). Honestly, I do not particularly like the title “Director” and seldom use it. I see myself more as a spiritual caregiver and
counselor; God is the Director. CHS is a division of Crossover Bible Church (CBC) where my family and I have worshiped for the past 11+ years. After the two major events that literally changed the trajectory of our family’s lives, I returned to school completing an undergraduate degree in Family Studies and Gerontology, then continued on to complete a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy (completion set for Fall 2018)! Being at CHS seemed to always be God’s plan for me; when it was only on paper as a “vision,” God was very clear that I would be serving there. The pull was so profound that I remember telling Pastor Philip
to “make sure there’s an office for me in the building design.” Before I could work for Crossover, God needed to prepare and equip me. So, after completing my bachelors, I began working for Family and Children’s Services (FC&S) as a Family Support Representative; and wouldn’t you know it, God put me right in north Tulsa where I longed to be, so that I could develop relationships with the families in the area. Not even a year into this new role, I was encouraged to apply for an interim school counselor position at Hawthorne Elementary School. This was yet another step in God’s plan, because CBC partnered with Hawthorne and again I was able to develop relationships with
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