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Founder Minister Johnrice (JR) Newton, R.N., M.Div,

Newton was born and raised in Lubbock, TX and has a B.A. in Social Welfare from Texas Tech University. She graduated from Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, Lubbock TX and has been a Registered Nurse since 1988. She relocated to the Dallas area in 1992 and completed her Masters of Divinity at Brite Divinity School-Texas Christian University Ft. Worth, TX in December 2014.

Min . Newton founded Tapestry Ministries in 1999. While serving as the Executive Director of the organization, she also works as the Community Health Nurse for CitySquare Dallas, TX. She conducts trainings and speaks at conferences nationally and internationally regarding the dynamic of domestic abuse, the impact of domestic abuse on communities and importance of the role of faith communities in addressing domestic abuse.

In 2016 Min. Newton published her book, Healing Voices: Women of Faith Who Survived Abuse Speak Out, Vol. 1 (available at Virtual Bookworm, Amazon, Barnes and Noble). This book is a collection of 11 women’s stories of their survival of abuse and how their faith helped them through. Min. Newton’s personal journey is one of these stories.

She was named one of the Great 100 Nurses in Dallas/ Ft. Worth in 2001. She serves as in the United Methodist Church.

Ms. Newton is the proud mother of four children – Johnice, Dwayne, Marcus, and Veronica, and has four grandsons- Joshua, Axel, Tyson and Austin; one granddaughter Brittany, and one great-granddaughter Elowyn.

Her mantra is: “I work for God, and I am never unemployed.”

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Brandi Simmons, Board Member

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Johnny Martinez, Board Member

Aidee Compos, Administrative support, and case management

Newton was born and raised in Lubbock, TX and has a B.A. in Social Welfare from Texas Tech University. She graduated from Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, Lubbock TX and has been a Registered Nurse since 1988. She relocated to the Dallas area in 1992 and completed her Masters of Divinity at Brite Divinity School-Texas Christian University Ft. Worth, TX in December 2014.

Min . Newton founded Tapestry Ministries in 1999. While serving as the Executive Director of the organization, she also works as the Community Health Nurse for CitySquare Dallas, TX. She conducts trainings and speaks at conferences nationally and internationally regarding the dynamic of domestic abuse, the impact of domestic abuse on communities and importance of the role of faith communities in addressing domestic abuse.

In 2016 Min. Newton published her book, Healing Voices: Women of Faith Who Survived Abuse Speak Out, Vol. 1 (available at Virtual Bookworm, Amazon, Barnes and Noble). This book is a collection of 11 women’s stories of their survival of abuse and how their faith helped them through. Min. Newton’s personal journey is one of these stories.

She was named one of the Great 100 Nurses in Dallas/ Ft. Worth in 2001. She serves as in the United Methodist Church.

Ms. Newton is the proud mother of four children – Johnice, Dwayne, Marcus, and Veronica, and has four grandsons- Joshua, Axel, Tyson and Austin; one granddaughter Brittany, and one great-granddaughter Elowyn.

Her montra is: “I work for God, and I am never unemployed.”

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Tonya Hill

Treasurer, Retired RN

Tikisa Jackson, Vice President

Vice President, CitySquare Senior Director of Health Equity and Food Security Community Health & Food

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Book: Created to ThriveVoices

JR Newton is a contributing author to Created to Thrive

Book Description

Discover How To Cultivate An Abuse-Free Community

Created To Thrive brings together the voices of experts and faith leaders to tackle topics related to abuse. Born out of a desire to equip pastors and Christian leaders to respond wisely to create safe spaces where all can flourish, Created to Thrive explores the dangerous consequences of women’s devaluation and how theology can perpetuate abuse.

Created to Thrive Will Help You:

Understand and address domestic and church abuse
Gain best practices for creating abuse-free spaces
Respond wisely to reports of violence.

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Please contact tapestrycares@gmail.com if you’d like to get the book into Churches, Libraries, Seminaries, Public Libraries, Book Stores, or Shelters

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Book: Healing Voices

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JR Newton, Founder of Tapestry Ministries wrote a compilation of short stories of women who have experienced domestic violence.

Book Description

“Healing Voices” consists of 11 real-life stories of women who have experienced various forms of violence (domestic violence, rape, incest, and other violent acts), with their “common thread” being the realization they survived because of their faith in God. Some of the women have chosen to remain anonymous and others reveal their identities, but all desire their voices be heard and want their stories to inspire hope and renewal for other women who may be in abusive relationships, or who are recovering from such experiences. Each woman’s story is followed by a spiritual reflection written by a female clergy person to help discern the message of hope that each story reveals.

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Please contact tapestrycares@gmail.com if you’d like to get the book into Churches, Libraries, Seminaries, Public Libraries, Book Stores, or Shelters

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Healing Voices Volume II is Coming Soon.

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Gina Woodard, Board Member

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Tiffany Johnson

Associate Director at Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation. She works closely with the Eagle Scholars College Readiness Program

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