Judy Tuttle-Zollner
503-910-5316
jtuttl@aol.com
I am the co-director of Salem Pastoral Counseling Center, where I also serve as a marriage and family therapist. I have taught classes and Bible studies, and led retreats and workshops for over 35 years. Most of my classes are topical, with scriptural foundation. I've been attending Salem Alliance for almost 25 years. My husband Morrie and I have five children and eight grandchildren.
Judy Tuttle-Zollner's Topics
| Topic | Description | # of Sessions | Categories & Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics of a Healthy Family | Raising children these days is hard- one needs to have the right focus spiritually and relationally in order to teach healthy traits to our children. |
1 |
Marriage & Family In |
| Clothing Ourselves with Gladness | The thread of joy, laughter and suffering - How do these connect? You'll be surprised. WIN Statement All of life has joy and sorrow. Trying to understand the connections and how God is essential in this process is a critical key to handling life as God would want us to. |
3-4 |
Hope & Healing Up |
| Discovering your Spiritual Gifts | Assessing your giftedness and how God can use these gifts for ministry. WIN Statement Understanding your giftedness so you can minister and be used by God. (Also a retreat topic) |
1-2 |
Gifts - Spiritual & Personal In |
| Equipped for Compassion | Principles of Caregiving WIN Statement This is designed for people who are ministering in care giving situations such as hospital ministry, care team etc. |
6 |
Serving Others Out |
| Forgiveness | Is it necessary? How do I do it? How do I forgive myself? WIN Statement God calls us to forgive - ourselves and others. How do we practically do this? |
2 |
Health - Soul, Mind & Body In |
| Grief and Loss | How do we deal with the losses in our life and how do we help others deal with them as well? WIN Statement Grief will either come knocking on our door or we will hear about others we know experiencing pain. How do we handle it? What do we say to others? |
1-2 |
Health - Soul, Mind & Body; Hope & Healing In/Up |
| How Do We Know God's Will for our Lives? | Is God's will a dot on the map? How do we know for sure what God's will for our lives is? |
1-2 |
Listening Up |
| How to Help a Friend in Crisis | General principles in care-giving. Can include specific areas of crisis: death and dying, trauma, divorce, terminal illness/cancer, suicide, depression and grief. WIN Statement So often we avoid helping or showing care because we don't know what to say or do- learning these principles helps us effectively minister as God would want us to. |
1-4 |
Serving Others Out |
| How to listen to others and to God | Following up on the sermon series on the Holy Spirit and also trying to learn how to listen to others and communicate more effectively. |
1-2 |
Listening Up |
| Joy & Laughter | Where has life's fun gone? How to rekindle this very healthy and necessary piece of life. WIN Statement There is a time for laughter and joy. It transcends the circumstances of our life yet many of us miss out. |
1-2 |
Hope & Healing Up |
| Loving Ourselves as God Loves Us | Where does our self worth come from? We need to recognize the importance of loving ourselves so that we can then go out and love others. WIN Statement Love others as you love yourself" - What does this scripture verse really mean and how do we fulfill it in our everyday life? |
1-2 |
Health - Soul, Mind & Body In |
| Managing Stress in our Lives | Stress can greatly impact our relationship with God, others and our own quality of life. Finding healthy ways to manage stress from a Biblical perspective is important. |
1-2 |
Health - Soul, Mind & Body In |
| Ministering to Hurting People in the Church and in the Community | Practical teaching of what to say and do in order to effectively minister to hurting people. WIN Statement This would be appropriate for church workers to help them develop/learn skills and tools to minister effectively to at-risk children. |
1 |
Serving Others Out |
| Qualities that Make a Marriage Successful | Examining our marriage and developing the qualities that create closeness and connection are very important. |
1-2 |
Marriage & Family In |
| Raising Christian Kids in an Age of Challenge | Parenting is a very difficult job these days. Ways to be more effective in this role. WIN Statement Our children will only be as strong spiritually and emotionally as we lead them to be. These are challenging times but there is much we can do as parents to help our kids grow up healthy. |
1-2 |
Marriage & Family In |
| Speaking the Truth in Love | How do we communicate truth in a way that is loving and respectful but also honest? WIN Statement God says that we are to "speak the truth in love." - How do we do it? |
1-2 |
Conflict Resolution In |
| Suicide Prevention | How do we recognize the signs of suicide? How do we help surviving family members? Can God use us to help in this difficult work? WIN Statement Understanding how to help our own family, others and realizing God's presence during times of suicide is essential - this is a topic we avoid but it needs to be addressed. |
1 |
Serving Others Out |
| The Gift of Love | Loving ourselves, loving others, loving God and love and forgiveness. WIN Statement God calls us to a life of love. What areas need improvement and how does God help us and equip us to carry out His command? |
1-3 |
Health - Soul, Mind & Body; Following Jesus; Attributes of God In/Out/Up |
| Whatever Happened to Compassion? | God calls us to a life of compassion- how do we practically follow this calling in our lives? |
1-2 |
Serving Others Out |
| Where is God in my Pain? | Understanding this is fundamental to our faith and necessary for us to help others. WIN Statement An understanding of pain and suffering from God's view is essential to spiritual growth and caring for others. |
2 |
Hope & Healing Up |