- UCC News To Know! Total Health Spokane Health Coach & Medical Ministry Intensive — August 14-27
- Cost: THS is paying the fees, it is free to church members
- Place: To be determined
Save the date for the Total Health Spokane Health Coach and Medical Ministry Intensive held August 14-17. Trainers include Dr. Lilly Tryon, a professor from Southern Adventist University with a doctorate in nursing practice with an emphasis in lifestyle medicine. Lectures will also feature Dr. Elvin Adams, retired specialist in internal medicine and public health and author of multiple books. More details to come. contact page
Lilly Tryon, DNP, FNP-BC
Professor, Southern Adventist University
Dr. Lilly Tryon is a family nurse practitioner with over 25 years of nursing experience in lifestyle medicine, community health education, and faith-based health ministry. She has a Master’s Degree in Nursing (Drexel University, 2006), a Doctorate in Nursing Practice with an emphasis in lifestyle medicine (Southern Adventist University, 2014), and holds national certifications in lifestyle medicine, health coaching, plant-based nutrition, and exercise physiology. As Professor at the Southern Adventist University School of Nursing, Dr. Tryon focuses on expanding the use of lifestyle medicine in advanced practice nursing and teaches courses in health promotion, nutrition, exercise, and health coaching. She practices part-time at A Pattern Medical Clinic, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she utilizes a lifestyle medicine approach for preventing, treating, and reversing chronic disease. Her extensive background in faith-community nursing and health ministry led to the development of training workshops and materials for using a coaching approach in church health outreach programs. As a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, she believes that the ultimate key for achieving optimal health and well-being lies in understanding and cooperating with God’s restorative work in humanity, and she is passionate about helping people understand the connection between faith and health.
Elvin Adams, MD, MPH
Internal Medicine and HIV/AIDS specialist
For more than a decade Dr. Adams has practiced public health in Federal and County Governments. He has served in the General Conference and local conference settings. His passion is for health evangelism practiced in the local church. In retirement he writes books and weekly articles on healthful living.
Dr. Elvin Adams is a retired specialist in Internal Medicine and Public Health, author of The Principles and Practice of Health Evangelism and Jesus Was Thin, So You Can Be THIN Too, and the Best Weight Nutrition and Weight Management Program.
Dr. Mark Sandoval
Emergency Medicine & Lifestyle Medicine
Dr. Mark Sandoval obtained his doctorate in medicine (MD) from Loma Linda University School of Medicine and subsequently obtained his board certification in Emergency Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. While a missionary physician in Trinidad & Tobago, God gave him a passion for health education. He became involved in radio and TV health programming, development of health literature, and organizing health outreach around the island. At that time, he founded H.E.A.L.T.H. by the Book, a not-for-profit organization promoting health and wellness across the island. Subsequently, he served as medical director and president of Uchee Pines Institute as well as Director of the Health Ministries Department of the Gulf States Conference.
Currently, he is the founder and president of New Paradigm Ministries, a counseling/health ministry which focuses on restoring LIFE (Live Free • Improve Relationships • Find Purpose • Experience Health) to people in bondage. He is the father of many wonderful children, the husband of one amazing wife, and the adopted son of the God of love.
Barry Tryon, PhD
Professor of Applied Theology in the School of Religion at Southern Adventist University.
Dr. Tryon has served as a pastor in the Florida and Pennsylvania Conferences, and as Executive Secretary / Ministerial Director in the Pennsylvania Conference. His interests include gardening, travel, and baking sourdough bread.
Richard Ramont
Director for Media Production with It Is Written and Founder of Outpost Ministry Solutions
Since 2010, Richard has specialized in developing and field-testing tools for comprehensive health evangelism used by Seventh-day Adventist laypeople worldwide. These include the NEWSTART Lifestyle Club, Reversing Disease Seminars, and LifeStart Health. Richard lives near Chattanooga, TN with his wife, Roxana, of 22 years and two boys, Richard, III (18) and Zachary (16).
