February Newsletter

Thank you for your Support!

Your prayers and financial support made it possible for us to serve more than 10,400 patients in 2017. We are so thankful that we get to be a part of this ministry with you and can't wait to share all the good things happening in 2018.

An Answer to Prayer

A Patient Story from Christ Health Center

"Finding Christ Health Center was an answer to prayer.

My son was adopted 4 years ago from Bulgaria weighing in at 21lbs when he was 8 years old.

He is terrified of doctor offices and hospitals because he was not treated well in Bulgaria.

Today the doctor who saw him truly understood my son’s fear and embraced him with love!

For the first time in 4 years a doctor was able to get a close look in his ear without sedation.

I truly felt the Holy Spirit in this clinic and I know my son was more at peace during his appointment. Amazing work is being done!"

Pictured: the patient at home with his sister and at Christ Health Center on the day of his visit. Photographs were provided by and shared with permission of the child's mother.

More than Practical Experience

Training Students from Across the State

Christ Health welcomes students from universities across Alabama to spend time shadowing our providers throughout the year.

In addition to the Family Medicine Residency program in Chalkville, each of our providers at Woodlawn spend between 16-32 hours per week with students by their side.

"While the students are with us, we have an opportunity to not only share our practical experience, but to teach them how to approach medicine as a tool for sharing God's love" says Cory Harris, a Nurse Practitioner at Christ Health who oversees our partnership with UAB's CRNP program.

We love our students and are thankful for the joy and excitement they bring to this work.

Photo above: Just a few of our Woodlawn medical providers with the students who are shadowing them this semester.

Meet Brittney Harris

Licensed Counselor Joins Christ Health Staff

"My call to counseling began with a simple word from God, “I want you to help people.”

I didn’t know what that meant for a long time, but through my own experience with mental illness and from seeing the lack of mental health care services that are available for the disenfranchised, I was led to become a Counselor.

There is a terrible stigma associated with mental illness in our society and you can often see it in the way people are treated.

God’s call on my life is to be an ear to those who have never been heard, a voice for those who are continually silenced, and a reminder that ultimate healing and hope comes from our Savior, Jesus Christ, who can bring purpose out of the deepest of pain."

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