Hope for the Journey Hosts and Teaching Session Speakers
For 15 years, Show Hope’s Hope for the Journey has impacted more than 155,000 parents, caregivers, church leaders, and professionals with much-needed, paradigm-shifting insight, education, and training. That legacy continues as we launch hopeforthejourney.com, with a reimagined experience that better serves children and families, churches, and entire communities.
Access Hope for the Journey teaching sessions, Going Deeper video segments, Practical Perspectives, and more for three months or one year, based on your unique needs.
We are grateful for Show Hope’s Founders, Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman, along with Executive Director Kristin Parks for lending their voices to the new Hope for the Journey platform. In addition, Hope for the Journey would not be possible without the team from the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development at TCU (KPICD). This year, we are welcoming both familiar and new faces to the platform.
Show Hope Hosts
Mary Beth & Steven Curtis Chapman
Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman founded Show Hope in 2003. The Chapmans were married in October 1984 and have six children—three biological children, Emily Chapman Richards, Caleb Chapman, and Will Franklin Chapman as well as three daughters welcomed home through adoption, Shaohannah Hope (Shaoey), Stevey Joy, and Maria Sue, who is now with Jesus. Mary Beth is a speaker and “New York Times” bestselling author of “Choosing to SEE,” and Steven is the most awarded artist in Christian music history. He is also the bestselling author of “Between Heaven and the Real World.” The Chapmans live in Franklin, Tennessee, where they enjoy time together along with their family that includes seven “grands.”
Kristin Parks
Kristin Parks is the Executive Director of Show Hope. She was born and raised in Southern Illinois but has made Tennessee home since her college days at Union University. After serving 15+ years in a ministry/business organization, God led her to a new place of service at Show Hope, first as the Senior Director of Finance and then as the Assistant Executive Director. Kristin is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with experience in accounting, auditing, finance, operations, and human resources. In addition to organizational and leadership development, Kristin is especially passionate about using her expertise to make a difference in the lives of families and children impacted by adoption and foster care. In her spare time, Kristin enjoys cooking, reading, being outdoors, and, most of all, spending time with family and friends.
Teaching Session Speakers
An Introduction to Trust-Based Relational Intervention®
Sarah Mercado
Sarah Mercado is a Training Specialist with the KPICD. As a training specialist, her main focus is instructing professionals working with children who have experienced trauma in TBRI®. Sarah earned her bachelor’s degree from Sweet Briar College in Virginia. She began her career as a direct care staff working with adolescent boys living in a residential treatment center (RTC). After serving in the RTC for several years, she shifted her focus to foster care, where she was regional director for a foster and adoption agency. Sarah spent 20 years serving youth and families within residential and foster care settings as a direct-care worker and trainer before beginning her work with the Purvis Institute in May 2016.
TBRI Connecting Principles
Amanda Purvis
Amanda Purvis is a Training and Consultation Manager with the KPICD. In her role, Amanda’s main focus is instructing professionals working with children who have experienced trauma. Amanda earned her Bachelor of Social Work degree from Metropolitan State University in Denver. She began her career working in child protective services as an intake worker. Amanda then transitioned to foster care and post-adoption support, where she spent a decade of her career before beginning her work with the Purvis Institute in December 2017. She holds a Master of Criminal Justice and Criminology degree from TCU and today lives in Colorado with her children.
TBRI Empowering Principles
Geoffrey Nelson
Geoffrey Nelson lives in Waco, Texas, with his wife and two sons and has been dedicated to TBRI since 2015. His journey began at a Methodist Children’s Home, where he became a TBRI educator and practitioner, launching a career focused on supporting children and families. Over nearly a decade, Geoffrey has applied TBRI principles in diverse settings, including residential treatment centers, foster care and adoption agencies, schools, and corrections. Today, he serves as a Training and Consultation Specialist with the KPICD. Geoffrey is passionate about creating meaningful change for individuals of all ages. Inspired by Dr. Karyn Purvis’s words, “I don’t care if they are 1 or 100. People all need the same kinds of stuff,” he continues to champion the transformative impact of TBRI in his work and community.
TBRI Correcting Principles
Dr. Daren Jones
Dr. Daren Jones is the Associate Director of Training & Consultation services with the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development (KPICD) at TCU. Since Daren joined the Purvis Institute in 2014, he has been an integral part of teaching and spreading TBRI across the U.S. and throughout the world. Daren earned his bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He began his career as a behavior instructor of a therapeutic day treatment program serving children and youth who could no longer function in a regular academic school setting. Daren also spent 12 years serving youth and families within residential and foster care settings before beginning his work with the KPICD. He holds a Master of Social Work degree as well as a doctorate in Counseling & Counselor Education. Today, Daren lives in Fort Worth, Texas, with wife, Katie; daughter, Ruby; and son, Finn.
