What others are saying...
“Kathy’s contagious energy fills the room. With Kathy, anything
is possible – the sky is the limit and I want to be like her when
I grow up!”
Dr. Holly Hoffman
Nat’l Award Winning Faculty, Counseling & Special Education
Central Michigan University
Video: Pastor Scott McKee introduces Kathy Long as the speaker for Community Church's Sunday morning worship service
“Kathy Long is one of the most gifted people I have ever worked with. She is a visionary leader who can mobilize people for ministry. Kathy thinks big and inspires others to think big too. She is an excellent communicator on and off the platform. I recommend Kathy to any organization that wants to reach its full potential.
Dr. Scott McKee, Senior Pastor
Ward Presbyterian Church
“I count my years spent on staff with Kathy Long as a gift. Seeing her in action as a leader, communicator and visionary has been a formative and delightful part of my journey as a leader. Kathy has a gift in creatively getting to the heart of what matters most as a Christ-follower and lives what she teaches like few people I know.”
Rev. Brian LaMew, Sr. Pastor
Mt. Pleasant Community Church
“Kathy Long is passionate about God, life and people. Her energetic personality is contagious and inspires you to be motivated to go above and beyond in everyday living. Her topics are useful, applicable and always sprinkled with fun…we love having her come to retreat!
Denise Perry, Women’s Retreat Coordinator
SpringHill Camps, Evart, MI
“I thank God all the time that He brought me to Community Church where I was able to serve under Kathy Long’s leadership. Kathy’s creative, personable, excellent ministry style always leaves those serving with her and those being served feeling cared for and renewed. She is a gifted leader. I am a better mother, wife and layleader because of my years of service alongside Kathy.”
Kate Connors
Volunteer Leader for Women’s Ministry
Mt. Pleasant Community Church
Video: Sr. Pastor Brian LaMew of Mount Pleasant Community Church (Michigan) welcomes Kathy
“As my Mentor Mom, Kathy has shown me how to wear the many hats of motherhood, how to enjoy every moment with my children, how to make leftovers a special meal, how to teach my children to have a soft heart for God, how to make everyday moments something to celebrate, how to love my husband respectfully, how to love God and so much more.”
Angie White, Mentee
Wife of 13 years and Mother to 3
“Attending Kathy’s hospitality seminar was life changing for me. I typically never had anyone over to my house as my own expectations for having company were so high I could not meet them. Kathy gave me practical and fun ways to serve the Lord through hospitality that doesn’t take a ‘Wonder Woman’ to prepare! Kathy is practical, witty and above all, she is a godly woman who walks her talk!”
Jacquie Wood, Music Teacher, Leader in Ministry, Mother, Grandmother
Workshop Attendee
“I never once felt like a volunteer, I always felt like family. Kathy Long has a gift for seeing people’s natural abilities and talents and finding just the right volunteer opportunity for them in the church. It is a fit that not only benefits the church but truly helps the volunteer to grow and flourish. Finding that right fit though is just the beginning! Kathy spends an enormous amount of time nurturing, supporting and empowering volunteers to be the very best they can be for God’s Kingdom and for everyone else around them. In my own life, Kathy saw gifts in me I never even knew existed. As a young woman in my twenties, her leadership, mentoring and friendship helped me find and develop these gifts and gave me the confidence to do more and more. As a not so young woman in my forties (!) I still rely on what I learned from Kathy as I mother my three teenage children, teach junior high and mentor teens in my community. Working as a volunteer under Kathy’s leadership has honestly been one of the most transforming experiences of my life.”
Kim Dudinetz
Ministry Volunteer for Kathy
