Join us for a sobering and in-depth study of the problems of drugs in our community. Over the four weeks, we will hear from experts who offer unique perspectives on a phenomenon that is tearing at the heart of our local communities, including a medical practitioner, a law enforcement officer, a mental health practitioner, and a legal expert.
When: Wednesday nights, Oct. 11th-Nov. 4th
What Time: 6pm – Dinner ($6 adults, $4 children, $20 family max)
6:30pm-7:30pm – Speaker
6:30pm-7:30pm – Seperate Children’s Program
Where: St. John’s Episcopal Church Parish House, 113 Madison Ave. (Enter from parking lot behind the church)
October 11, 2023
Dr. Jim Harrow, MD, PHD, DABAM, FASAM.
Medical Director of the Baptist Health Center for Addiction Recovery and the Addiction Medicine Service
Dr. Harrow received his B.S, M.S., PhD and M.D. from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. After nearly 30 years as an internal medicine practitioner, he attended the University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Division of Addiction Medicine & completed a Fellowship in Addiction Medicine in 2013 and was certified by the American Board of Addiction Medicine in 2014. In 2018 he was offered his current position with Baptist Health to develop an addiction medicine service.
October 18, 2023
Shonda Williams
Community Corrections Drug Court Coordinator of the Montgomery County Drug Court, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit
Ms. Williams began her career as a Judicial Assistant to the Hon. Lynn C. Bright and Hon. William H. Shashy. In 2003, she began employment in her current capacity under the Hon. Tracy S. McCooey and now serves under the Presiding District Judge Pamela R. Higgins and Circuit Judge Jimmy B. Pool. Ms. Williams is a graduate of Alabama State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and holds a Master of Justice Administration Degree from Faulkner University. She is a member of the Alabama and National Associations of Drug Court Professionals and is a native of Montgomery, Alabama.
October 25, 2023
Corporal Nina Knapp
Investigator, MCSO Special Operations Bureau-Narcotics Division
Corporal Knapp has been employed with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office since November 2017 and holds a current APOST certification. Her current assignment at MCSO focuses on the felonious investigations of narcotics, gangs, and illicit and nefarious financial gain investigations. Corporal Knapp is a certified in Standard Field Sobriety Testing (SFST), Advanced Roadside Impairment Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) and is a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Instructor. She is also a certified Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) Instructor. She has a BA in English from The Citadel: The Military College of South Carolina (2013) and a MS in Criminal Justice Administration from Faulkner University (2019).
November 01, 2023
Dr. Scott Holmes
Montgomery County Youth Detention Director for the Montgomery, Alabama Sheriff’s Department
Dr. Holmes currently serves on the National Faculty for the National Institute for Corrections-U.S. Department of Justice-Board of Prisons Division. He holds a B.A in Public Relations, M.S in Counseling/MFT, Masters of Divinity, Education Specialist Degree (Ed.S) in Clinical Mental Health Counseling., as well as a Doctor of Psychology. Dr. Holmes is a Certified Drug Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), as well as an ordained Elder in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). . He is a member of the Alabama Counseling Association, the American Psychological Association, and a 27 year member in Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Children’s Program Available for K-6th Grade– Jesus’s “Upside Down” Way of Living. The life that Jesus offers is radically different than the one the world offers. When we go “all in” with Jesus, he turns our ordinary life upside down in the most incredible way.
Nursery care is available.