James Stillwell, Adult Life Pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church, Lexington, Kentucky

Ronnie Caswell, Pastor Forest Park Community Church, Louisville, KY

Matt Huston , Minster of Single Adults/Recreation Westport Road Baptist Church Louisville, KY

Karl Babb , Family Ministry Director, Kentucky Baptist Convention

Guy Futral , Team Leader, Leadership Development Team, Kentucky Baptist Convention

Spring 2006,

I have known Karen for years as a premier Myers-Briggs instructor.
Now God has given to her and to her husband Mike a vision for
incorporating Myers-Briggs information into a spiritual retreat for
couples.
What a great idea! For our group, it was just what we needed.
If you want to provide a great environment for understanding your mate,
you could not do better than a Couples Communication Camp with Karen and
Mike.  We plan to use their skills with many of our couples' classes in
the future.

Dr. James Stillwell

Adult Life Pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church, Lexington, Kentucky

July 26, 2004

To Whom It May Concern:

This letter is to serve as a recommendation for The Ministries of Designed Diversity. Karen Hughes helped lead a Spiritual Gifts and Personality Profile Workshop at our church in June of 2004. The workshop itself helped to bring a diverse group of people into a better understanding of how God has gifted them for works of service in His church. It was a weekend full of fun and excitement, as individuals began to see where they could serve the body of Christ. Following the workshop over half the group continued to meet for a few weeks to formulate three new ministries within the church. These new ministries are in direct correlation to the help that Karen brought to our church. I would recommend this for any church without hesitation. Karen is a true gift to the body of Christ. I look forward to seeing how the Lord continues to use her and Designed Ministries for His glory. Feel free to contact me if I can be of any assistance.

January 7th, 2004

Dear Seminar Participant,

In late 2003, our young adult group from church set out for an all day Saturday retreat. We had long felt the need to get out of town and spend a day retreating from the hectic schedules. Karen brought the idea to us about doing a spiritual gifts retreat. She has spent a great deal of time in the secular world working with the various personality studies that are out there and wanted to bring elements of that into a session of seminars that also incorporated a focus on spiritual gifts.

So we set out to begin planning our one day retreat. Karen secured the assistance of several others to help make our Saturday one that would impact us as we closed out the year 2003 and looked ahead to 2004. The one day retreat concept worked well for our group. We were able to spend quality time learning through the various seminars and also had the opportunity to have a couple sessions of worship built into the day.

I think as we all walked away from the day we knew that this is just what we needed. Several of us were made aware of things about our personality that we had not considered before the day began. We also began to learn about each other and what makes us tick and where we have similarities. Among the group we found various personality types but also various spiritual gifts.

Karen does an excellent job leading you through the varying aspects of the personality studies and gives you a very detailed description of how to better understand who you are. From that understanding you are able to better address your spiritual gifts and what areas you can be of most service in the kingdom.

I would highly recommend a weekend seminar for your church group, your workplace, your Sunday School class, or your church staff. It will give you an excellent perspective on one another. Karen is a very organized and articulate leader when it comes to this area and she has always had a passion to aid people in their understanding of who they are and who the people are that surround them.

May God bless you in where you are and the people that He has surrounded you with.

Serving Him,

Matt Huston

Minster of Single Adults/Recreation Westport Road Baptist Church, Louisville, KY

December 12, 2003

Greetings:

Karen Hughes served as ministry assistant for the Family Ministry Department of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. In her role she contributed greatly to the effectiveness of the various department events.

She coordinated the on-site logistics for senior adult celebrations, the senior adult leaders' summit and MarriageFest. She worked with volunteers at each event; providing them both instruction and encouragement. Karen possesses an ability to work with a variety of people in diverse contexts.

Her creativity often emerged as she worked with developing the promotional materials for the various events. She actively sought to generate freshness and vitality in materials and the events.

Karen is enthusiastic about ideas and possibilities. She eagerly engages in dialogue; exploring different approaches or options for meeting the need. Her affinity for networking propels her to constantly expand her relational circles.

In her interactions with constituents, Karen sought to provide the very best service for the person. Living in and contributing to Christian community is one of her expressed core values. Karen knows and appreciates the different facets of personalities, spiritual gifts and skills each person possesses. She values the unique contribution each can make to the advancement of the Kingdom of God.

I am confident that the Lord will continue to work in and through Karen as she faithfully follows Him.

Respectfully

Karl D. Babb

Family Ministry Director, Kentucky Baptist Convention

January 10,2004

To Whom It May Concern:

Karen Hughes has served as a ministry assistant on the Leadership Development Team, serving in the Family Ministry Department. She gave effective leadership to the Senior Adult Celebrations and MarriageFest events as well as the ongoing work of Single Adult Ministry. She was responsible for the daily tasks related to the department which included correspondence, accounting and personal contact with the constituency in person, by telephone and electronic media.

Karen is a committed and caring leader who wants to serve others and is careful to stay in close contact with those she serves. Her background and training have equipped her well to engage in this work of consulting with others to help them develop their strengths and gifts and build strong relationships. I commend her to you for consideration in helping your organization.

Sincerely

Guy Futral

Team Leader, Leadership Development Team, Kentucky Baptist Convention