Two roads.
One calling.
One stayed and built. One ran, and came home. This is the story of Lorilee Amedia and her daughter Michal Russo, and the ministry God grew between them.
- 2017Founded
- CanfieldOhio
- 3Generations of faith
A little church
in Canfield, Ohio.
In 2017, Lorilee began recording programs in the little church where her husband, Pastor Frank Amedia, was serving as pastor. They were meant for women in Pakistan, many of them oppressed, who needed a word of hope. It was never about her. She had always been more comfortable in the back row, and because of her past, she didn't think she was qualified to speak. Then the Lord gave her a verse, and it gave the ministry its name.
A word for the nations
Programs recorded in Canfield and sent to women who needed to hear that God had not forgotten them.
Around the table
Brunches at Touch Heaven where women shared their testimonies, and the quietest woman in the room would leave everyone undone.
From the table to the screen
"I want to launch a podcast," Lorilee said on a walk one sunny day. Michal answered, "I'm your girl." More than a hundred episodes followed.
Women of the Bible
Mother and daughter, studying the women of Scripture together: the Bible study, the free course, and a television series on the way.
Amedia
Lorilee Amedia
A musician, worship leader, and builder of ministries. Lorilee founded New Creation Woman and, with her husband Pastor Frank Amedia, co-founded Touch Heaven Ministries. More than forty-five years married, a mother of four and a grandmother of ten, she has spent a lifetime learning to trust God's voice, even when it said rebuild over something everyone else had given up on.
She is the steady, maternal voice of the ministry: the one who holds a woman's story with care and reminds her she is covered, she is loved, and she is whole.
Russo
Michal Russo
Michal was prayed over before she was born, carried through the streets of Jerusalem in her mother's womb. Then she ran from the calling for ten years, all the way into the world of yoga and the New Age. When everything shattered, she knew exactly where to go. Jesus put her back together, and the prodigal daughter came home.
Today she is a wife and mother, an author and conference speaker, and a producer. She writes the Women of the Bible series she hosts with her mother, and she documents her own journey so other women can avoid the pitfalls she walked through. You can run, but you can't hide from God.
Michal also serves on the ministry team of Emerald Glory Wellness, which hosts healing and equipping retreats for women. See the retreats ↗
Mother and daughter.
Two voices, one message.
One stayed and built. One ran, and came home. Between them they hold both halves of the same truth, the covering and the calling, which is why the ministry feels less like a program and more like a homecoming. A legacy of faith, now three generations deep.
Your story deserves
this room.
If you carry a testimony of redemption, Lorilee and Michal would be honored to hear it.