Christian Speaker
Harpers Ferry West Virginia 25425
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| Position | Christian Woman Speaker |
| Website | http://www.thegentlesavior.com |
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| Location |
Harpers Ferry, WV 25425
United States of America |
After 17 years in Charlottesville, Virginia, Lynn (formerly Lynn Bell) recently moved over to Harpers Ferry, W.Va., with her new husband Christian Pechuekonis (pronounced “Petch-uh-konis”). They followed the siren call of a 1920’s stone foursquare home in a beautiful historic community, and as they set up housekeeping they are watching for how God will use them in this next stage of their journey.
Now a freelance copywriter and editor, Lynn spent the past nearly two decades working in communications for the University of Virginia. She is the mother of two twenty-something daughters and has been a volunteer Bible teacher in every church she’s ever been a member of over the past 35 years.
She and Christian are currently looking for a new church where they can worship and serve. In Charlottesville, Lynn last attended All Souls Church, where her most recent class was called “A Woman’s Place in the Ministry of Jesus.”
She first became interested in the topic of Jesus and women during the 15 years when she lived out West. Eventually, she published a 10-week Bible study for women, called The Gentle Savior: Seeing Jesus through the Eyes of the Women Who Met Him (available on Amazon).
Lynn says that her ongoing study of the interactions of Jesus with women has given her complete confidence about God’s love for her. More importantly, it has transformed her relationships with other women, both in and out of the church. Her sisters in Christ were incredibly supportive when her 31-year marriage ended several years ago, and they have celebrated vigorously with her over the past year as she developed a relationship with the kind and generous man who is now her husband.
Lynn just completed two one-year terms as board chair of Love in the Name of Christ in Charlottesville, a non-profit mobilizing churches to serve needy people. She has volunteered for her local shelter for women experiencing domestic partner violence and has traveled to Ensenada, Mexico, four times to build homes for needy families.
She enjoys everything Jane Austen, painting vintage furniture, learning new ways to make vegetables taste delicious, and spending time on her new front porch surveying the lush flower garden left by the previous owners of her home.
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Submitted by Christ Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA on Wednesday, Dec 28, 2022
Lynn Bell was a recent speaker at our women’s retreat. I appreciated the messages she brought to us from Scripture about women in the Bible and their encounters with Jesus. One of the things I really loved was that her teachings were very interactive and had a lot of questions for us to think about and apply to our own lives. But the thing I most appreciated about Lynn is that she shared her own story with us and how Jesus has encountered her. I would have gone away from the weekend thinking the teaching was good but it takes it to another level to hear what someone has walked through and that they are having to live out what they are teaching. This is not just a good Bible study or a retelling of great Bible stories. These are things Lynn is encountering firsthand from the Gentle Savior Himself. That makes me leave the weekend saying that was a great teaching and a great teacher.
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Submitted by Maple Grove Christian Church on Thursday, Mar 10, 2022
Lynn Bell is one of the core members of Maple Grove Christian Church. She has an incredible passion for the Lord and His people, especially young people and women who have been through crisis. I had the opportunity to go on a mission to Mexico during the summer, and I saw Lynn's servant heart in action. Lynn has a genuine and gentle spirit and a warm and inviting presence about her. During the mission to Mexico Lynn led our team's nightly devotions and did a awesome job helping us to keep Christ at the center of our efforts.
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Submitted by West Waynesboro Church Of Christ on Friday, Nov 13, 2015
Lynn Bell spoke for a women’s retreat I recently attended. I had never met Lynn and did not know what to expect. I was excited to see what she and the Lord were about to share with me. I was not in the least disappointed. I found Lynn to be very knowledgeable, warm and compassionate. She is a gifted teacher. I have been reading and studying God’s Word for most of my life but had not really explored the ideas Lynn presented regarding Jesus’ relationships with the women he came in contact with. Her lessons were informative and applicable to what we as women deal with in today’s society. The questions Lynn provided for our group discussions were challenging and thoughtful. She inspired me to further explore how Jesus views women. Lynn was a true blessing and I am thankful to have been a part of the “Sisters in Christ” weekend.
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Submitted by Cherry Avenue Christian Church on Sunday, Nov 08, 2015
Lynn's knowledge and presentation of the encounters that Jesus had with women was powerful. It has changed how I view myself under the umbrella of grace and how I view other women. Her presentation was thought-provoking and engaging. The ladies at the retreat really enjoyed the time to break out into groups and answer the questions that Lynn provided. The personal devotional she created helped participants dig even deeper. It was a great weekend of being "Sisters in Christ and Sisters of Christ." We are so thankful that Lynn was able to share with us. It was truly a blessing.
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Submitted by Discovery Christian Church, Broomfield, CO on Friday, Oct 30, 2015
"We were so delighted to have Lynn speak at our Women’s Retreat! From the start she was wonderful to work with as she developed handouts for us, listened to our specific needs and made every effort to bring God’s truth to our ladies. Lynn was organized and prepared with prewritten notes and power point slides that added a multimedia dimension to her talk. She presented questions and allowed time for discussion that provided a very dynamic element to the presentations. Above all of these visual and interactive parts of her talk, Lynn very simply and honestly presented Biblical truth to a hungry audience. She laid out example after example of God’s love for women shown through Jesus’s interactions with them. She challenged all of us to look at how we treat and interact with other women and to honestly ask ourselves if we see, love and accept our sisters as Jesus does."
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Lynn explores the interactions of Jesus with women throughout the Gospels, how these women responded to Jesus, and what these narratives teach us about the place of women in the Kingdom...
Posted by Lynn Bell Pechuekonis on 04/27/2017
The conversations Jesus had with and about women during his ministry provide a window directly into God’s heart. As the face of the Father, Jesus showed us that God loves, understands,...
Posted by Lynn Bell Pechuekonis on 12/29/2015
Do you know why there are two testaments or four Gospels? Why do some Bible books read like stories and other don’t? Why are books like Revelation so hard to understand? This...
Posted by Lynn Bell Pechuekonis on 10/28/2015
Jesus lived in a male-dominated society under the influence of legalistic religious leaders whose teachings made life incredibly hard for most women. Refusing to condone and perpetuate...
Posted by Lynn Bell Pechuekonis on 10/28/2015
We Christians believe we are saved by God’s grace through faith, yet many of us fall back to living by law when it comes to our daily walk. When we do that, we miss some incredible...
Posted by Lynn Bell Pechuekonis on 10/28/2015
When we look into the face of Jesus, we see the heart of the Father reflected there. When we look at the words and actions of Jesus, we see that, yes, most certainly God loves and...
Posted by Lynn Bell Pechuekonis on 10/28/2015
“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did!” This 10-week Bible study joins a thirsty-hearted Samaritan woman in inviting you to meet a man who looks into a woman’s heart and knows exactly what she needs. Who values women regardless of their marital status, professional skills, sexual history, or financial position. Who notices both the heroic faith of women in desperate circumstances and the quiet suffering of sisters racked by grief and chronic illness. Who invites women to work alongside Him and use their intellectual capacity to know him more fully. Who inspires women to give...
Posted by Lynn Bell Pechuekonis on 11/08/2015
