Heart Garden Ministry Staff
At Heart Garden Ministries, we are so proud of our highly trained and passionate ministers. They are called by God to this ministry and they long to see you healed and walking in the fullness of your God-given destiny.
Rose Spagnola
Ministry Leader
I realized right after I got married 42 years ago that my own issues were impacting my marriage in a bad way. I knew that if I was to have a healthy marriage I first had to be a healthy wife and mother. I was blessed that first year of marriage to find a great resource at my own church called inner healing. I myself have been through inner healing ministry numerous times since then. Today my heart's desire is to see all believers fully walking in their giftings and callings, without the hindrances of unresolved wounds. I love to minister to teens and women from all walks of life but particularly those who have suffered from abuse of all types, childhood traumas and low self-esteem.
Tesa Hogue
Heart Garden Minister
My name is Tesa Hogue, I was born and raised here in Cookeville, Tn. I am a cosmetologist and an artist! I love creating artwork that reflects Jesus' heart, and I love to make others feel beautiful. The opportunity to be an inner healing minister was presented to me by God when he led me to my own inner healing here at Heart Garden Ministries. Going through traumas in my own life has given me a deep desire in my heart to lead others to healing in their own traumas and it's truly is humbling and amazing walking this path with Jesus. If vou are in desperate need to transform your right, you have come to the right place. We are all here for you, and we are so excited to encounter Jesus with vou!
Aleashia Kowalski
Heart Garden Minister
One encounter with Jesus can change everything!
I grew up in a broken home. It wasn't all bad, but it wasn't all peachy either. The only value that I believed of myself was the value of the world and what the world said I was. My worth was validated by the people around me until I met Jesus, face- to- face. From that moment, my whole world changed upside right, and I began walking in truth. During the course of time through my own journey of inner healing, Jesus gave me a zealous passion to lead others to Jesus in their own journey of inner healing.
Today, I am honored that Jesus would choose me to partner with Him in setting the captives free. He who the Son sets free is free indeed. Jesus is the truth, the way, and the life!
Frankie Rich
Heart Garden Minister
Hello, my name is Frankie and I am truly honored to be a minister here at Heart Garden! I first found and received healing here in 2023, The Lord called me to go through training and become a minister shortly after. I have been sent here to help bring women to the feet of Jesus.
Amanda Drake
Heart Garden Minister
I initially came to Heart Garden because I was interested in the ministry. I thought it would be a great resource for several people I knew, but I knew that I needed to go first before I could suggest it to others. So I did. I had no idea all that God had in store for me - all the healing and freedom he wanted to bring to me! For many years I felt stuck and defeated, but now I feel joy and excitement in my relationship with Jesus. Inner healing has completely changed my life, and I am so excited and honored for the opportunity to help others on their own journey.
Lori Dunn
Heart Garden Minister
My desire is to be a catalyst by bringing change to lives of women by drawing out the passion God placed inside of them. With the guide of the Holy Spirit, I utilize my degree in Trauma and Crisis Management with inner healing to bring wholeness to others. Throughout my journey I have found people heal and become who they are created to be within authentic relationship and community and finding their place and grace to serve. I have a heart for the “misfits” that do not fit into a typical mold of society and believe they have a unique calling on their lives to effect change in all 7 mountains of influence. I am a prophetic and relational healer that helps individuals and families find the way back to God along with finding His purpose for their lives.
Bennett Henderson
Heart Garden Minister
My name is Bennett. I am married to my beautiful wife, Caroline. We have three children and enjoy hiking, food, and traveling together. Jesus has changed my life through Heart Garden. He has given me freedom, joy, and peace as I have let Him heal my heart. I am excited to see others set free by the power of Holy Spirit.
Lois Dorr
Leader of Heart Garden Maine
As a Pastor’s kid, I was in church every time the doors were open. By the age of eleven, I knew I needed a Savior and embraced the Lord with all my heart. I memorized the Word of God and believed it. However, it became more and more confusing as we kept family secrets, worried what the neighbors would think, and wondered how people who “knew” the Lord could live this way.I couldn’t wait to leave home, so after graduating high school I went to Bible College.It was there I met the man who would become the father of our 4 children.We pastored for 10 years, while our family kept secrets, worried what the neighbors would think, and wondered how people who “knew” the Lord could act this way. By the grace of God,I now know that my heart is a Garden, where Jesus desires to meet with me. I have learned to come out of agreement with the lies of my enemies, and live by my TRUE identity, who He says I am!
Jessica Alsip
Heart Garden Minister
My past had a lot of abandonment from family and bad relationships that put me in a destructive cycle of pushing people away and building walls around my heart to try to protect it. I was rejected many times by family, friends, loved ones, and even my church. This brought anger, shame, guilt, and depression into my life. But God….changed everything with a real life encounter with Jesus. Jesus Himself tore down the wall I built around my heart, so I can be close to Him and others without fear of abandonment and rejection. Getting to know Jesus with a real relationship Changes EVERYTHING!
My heart is to bring the fatherless (orphans in the spirit) to the Father and the husbandless (widows in the spirit) to Jesus. (James 1:27) Help bind up the wounds of the broken-hearted and proclaim freedom to the captives. (Isaiah 61)​
Marcus Smith
Heart Garden Minister
Marcus is a lover of Jesus, husband to Andrea, father to 6 amazing people and grandad to 10 other incredible humans. He loves watching the Braves and Tarheels. He enjoys playing basketball, laughing, and worshiping.
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He loves to see other guys become vulnerable. It never gets old watching Jesus heal their identities as men and seeing them fall so deeply in love with the beauty of Jesus.
Denise Grizzard
Heart Garden Minister
My parents divorced when I was in fifth grade. At that point, my dad took my two sisters and I to Tennessee while my mom stayed where we had grown up, in Florida. This created a deep sense of shame, guilt, condemnation, rejection and unworthiness that I could not overcome by myself. The Holy Spirit and a friend helped me get set free from all those lies that I had allowed to come into my life. My heart had pieces missing out of it from past trauma and hurt. Jesus went and got the pieces of my heart that were missing and brought full healing and restoration to my heart and made it whole.Through what I went through the Holy Spirit has given me a heart to see everyone encounter the presence of God to bring complete healing and restoration to their heart, mind and physical bodies. I deeply long to see everyone get set free like I was.
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Kevin and Jerri’ Lalonde
Heart Garden Ministers
We lead the couples ministry here at Heart Garden. We relocated from Louisiana where we also provided pastoral guidance and inner healing for our church for 6 years. We feel called to minister healing, deliverance and restoration to couples for their marriages as well as individual sessions for men and women. Having previously served as staff pastor’s and missionaries, we especially have a big heart for those who are pastors, currently serving in ministry or have experienced church hurt. We know that life’s experiences, challenges and unanticipated traumas can lead to brokenness and wounds, but the Lord desires to heal and will heal if you allow him.
He wants full restoration in each life so there is nothing hindering the fullness God has in your life or marriage. We believe providing a safe comfortable environment and encountering Jesus in the ministry session will do this! We count it an honor to partner with you on this journey!
Rachel Henderson
Heart Garden Minister
Hi! My name is Rachel Henderson. I am a wife and stay at home mom who enjoys many different artistic hobbies and homestead pursuits. I love plants, animals and sunshine. Seeing God’s beautiful creation makes my heart sing. From an early age I remember hearing His voice, having dreams, and visions…but then I became an adult and the cares of this life consumed the simplicity of relationship with the Father. After a long spiritually barren season, the Holy Spirit began waking me up again. Going through Heart Garden Ministry was an integral part of this process. Having the Holy Spirit show up and walk me through repentance, forgiveness, and blessing was healing beyond words. "Transformational” is probably the best way I can describe this process.
My desire is to see people healed and walking in their true identity & calling. I am grateful to this wonderful ministry for being a springboard for heart healing in middle TN, the US, and around the world! I'm so thankful to God for opening the door for me to become a part of the team here at Heart Garden Ministries!
Laura Smith
Heart Garden Minister
I came to Heart Garden seeking additional healing from childhood wounds, failed relationships and a deeper connection with God. I felt as though I had been wandering in a wilderness for two decades seeking something the world could not fulfill. While being led with prayer I encountered Jesus in a way that brought me into a closer relationship with my heavenly Father.My healing has been a process but the journey to a deeper understanding of the presence of the Holy Spirit being activated into every part of my life has been worth uprooting all the junk from the past. Going back to move forward is a lesson from Heart Garden that will set you free!
Andrea Smith
Ministry Leader
Andrea has been married to an amazing man, Marcus Smith for over 25 years and served in full-time ministry almost as long. During that time they have lived in seven different states as well as spent three years as missionaries in Asia. She is blessed to be the mother of 6 kids, 5 of whom are adopted. Her passion is to teach people to encounter Jesus in the garden of their heart and receive healing and freedom. She loves how Jesus always shows up and does incredible things when we get still and wait on Him.
Kristi Jared
Ministry Leader
I grew up in a traditional Christian family. Painful childhood experiences led me to believe my only value was in my body, I didn’t deserve anything good, and the world would be a better place without me. I looked to others to tell me whether I was loved or accepted. Over time, the rejection, shame, guilt, and condemnation became more than I could bear.
Today, I know the Truth: I was loved by Jesus even before I was born. He created me for Himself, not for anyone else. He tells me I am accepted, safe, and worthy of His love. My value is in my heart, not my body.
My heart is to strengthen, encourage, and love others. I want to help others experience the same healing Jesus is working in me. I know what it’s like to be imprisoned and tormented by lies, and I want to help others experience the freedom that Truth can bring.
Renee Whited
Heart Garden Minister
My passion is to see people healed, delivered, restored and set free to walk fully in their God-ordained purpose and destiny. My husband, Ronald, and I are active members of First Church in Livingston, TN, and are also Healing Room ministers at Restoration House in Cookeville, TN. I am so very excited to now be a part of Heart Garden Ministry and I look forward to the impact the ministry will have in this region for the glory of God.
Lou Alice Funk
Heart Garden Minister
Walking into the Heart Garden was one of the best things I have ever done. Receiving inner healing is like walking out into the sunshine after being inside for a very long time. It is like walking with no pain after a chiropractic alignment. Inner healing is like changing into soft comfortable clothes after a long day of work, or diving into the pool on a hot summer day. It is relief!
But better than that, inner healing is freedom on the deepest level.
Through the inner healing ministry of Heart Garden I discovered that I had been listening to lies and letting them shape my identity. This ministry helped me recognize those lies and replace them with Truth. I learned how to get free, and stay free, of the fear, shame and condemnation that had kept me behind that glass wall. I finally got a deep, heart-level understanding that God loves me exactly as I am, and that has set me free!
My heart’s desire is to help other people find that same freedom and peace.
Jesus + Life = Joy
Caroline Henderson
Heart Garden Minister
I first went through Heart Garden as a ministry receiver in September of 2024. The Lord started peeling back the layers of hurt I was carrying from rejection, depression, and fear. The freedom I found was unfathomable! The Lord has continued to walk me down the path of healing since then, both through my time in the secret place with Him and through walking in community with others who are also pursuing inner healing. I now know one of the reasons God is graciously continuing to clean my heart is to help others find this path of healing for themselves. True healing, peace, and joy is real! I remember when I was cynical and did not really believe anything in my thoughts, my relationships, or my emotions could change. But we CAN be truly transformed! This can only come by encountering the presence of Jesus on the deep, intimate level that He desires. I've never been the same since my first encounters like this, and I'm never looking back! The best part is that this special time with the Lord is not just for the ministry room. You can literally have this every day with Jesus! I love helping people connect with the Holy Spirit and learn how to hear God's voice.
I'm also happily married with two sons and a daughter.
Pennie Cole
Heart Garden Minister
My relationship with God really began when Jesus rescued me out of a life of addiction and brokenness. I had known about God in childhood but never really 'knew' Him. I began to walk with Him and learn more about His love for me and my true identity. The Holy Spirit has led me into a deeper understanding of the Father's heart and the authority we have in Christ that is birthed out of intimacy with Jesus. When I came to Restoration House, I discovered inner healing, and the weapons of our warfare-the power of repentance and forgiveness-in matters of the heart. It is God's desire to set us free continually, that Jesus will receive the reward of His suffering. I have found this with Heart Garden Minisrties. His desires become our own and I love to watch Jesus encounter others with His love. Then they can experience the same freedom and discover who they were always meant to be...💙 Isaiah 61:1-7 Psalm 147:3