Hi, this is Natalie Hoffman of Flying Free Now.com, and you're listening to the

Flying Free Podcast, a support resource for Women of faith, looking for hope and healing from hidden

emotional and spiritual abuse.

Welcome to episode 37 of the Flying Free Podcast. Today our guest is Stacy Womack,

the founder and executive director of Abuse Ministry, and Services, the acronym is Arms.

She has dedicated herself to building community awareness around domestic abuse issues from

a faith perspective. Through through programs she's developed since

1997. She has served victims of domestic violence through women's victim

recovery classes. These classes, written and developed by Stacy, are now offered in Oregon,

across the U.S., Mexico, Kenya, and Canada. In her commitment to addressing these issues,

she has also written, developed, and currently co-facilitates

Arms Batterr intervention programs specific to men and women of faith,

offered to both voluntary and court-mandated clients.

Stacy has co-chaired both the Multnomah and Washington County Family Violence Coordinating

Council.

She was the 2012 recipient of the Judge Harrell Award in

Multnomah County for outstanding collaborative efforts to end family violence.

Stacey's dedication and determination have grown a small grassroots endeavor into a viable

organization that has done much to end the cycle of abuse for thousands of men, women, and youth.

Stacey has been married for 39 years to her husband Jerry.

They have six children and 11 grandchildren.

She enjoys writing youth fiction and spending time with her family.

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