Candid, dynamic, friendly…and memorable are some of the words used to describe Janet Mitchell. Her fun, engaging style keeps her audiences wanting more. As a master storyteller, she shares her heart, passions and faith, relating incidents from her life that will touch you and make you laugh. Janet addresses relevant life issues and how it just takes one to make a difference in your world!
Janet has held staff positions with Youth for Christ and Forest Home Christian Conference Center and has served as the director of a Christian preschool. Janet is a popular speaker for women’s events, MOPS, family camps and single-parent groups.
As a senior in high school, Janet lost the use of her legs following surgery. On the night of her tenth surgery, she met Marty, who became her cheerleader and was alongside her as she learned to walk again. Eventually, he became her husband. Janet and Marty have been married for over thirty-eight years and have three children. Janet’s knee problems reoccurred when she was thirty-two. She was horrified to learn she had been a victim of medical negligence, fraud and concealment. Her additional surgeries had been attempts to correct the mistakes. Janet has since become a voice for others who have suffered medical fraud. Assembly Bill 2571, borne out of her misfortunes, unanimously passed both the California Assembly and the Senate and was signed into state law on August 31, 2000. Her story, Taking a Stand, has motivated others to “take a stand” and remain firm in their faith through the good, bad, and the outrageous.
Janet has been featured on radio programs across the nation, including popular programs such as Focus on the Family and Billy Graham’s Decision Today. Janet has appeared on television programs such as, Fox, CBS and ABC News, Aspiring Women, The Harvest Show, and Chuck and Jenny. Her stories and articles have appeared in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, Multnomah’s Stories for the Extreme Teen, and in magazines such as Woman’s World, Light and Life, and Celebrate Life. Her Testimony, “When Doctors Make Mistakes,” was published in Today’s Christian Woman magazine.
Janet’s book, A Special Kind of Love, published by Broadman and Holman and Focus on the Family, has been highlighted by Rick Warren in his “Ministry Toolbox.” Her Hands on Faith: Family Nights and Hands on Faith: Family Fun books by Carson-Dellosa are available along with Janet’s seven new Praying Scripture Flip Books. Janet’s Taking a Stand book is truly a testimony of God’s faithfulness through the good, bad and outrageous. Her Words Matter book sharing how a parent’s words impacts a child’s life is too ready to be read.
One thing Janet has learned is: It just takes one to change the world we live in.
Book Janet for your next event then live the life Jesus died for you to live—forgiven, empowered and victorious.
Words Matter
Taking A Stand
A Special Kind of Love
Family Nights
Family Fun
| Introducing | Janet Lynn Mitchell Sharing a faith that is contagious |
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| Area of Expertise | Christian Living / Life Application | ||
| Genre | Speaker, Author | ||
| Offers | Keynote, Secondary, Workshops | ||
| Topics | Christian growth, Faith application, Home schooling, Parenting, Bullying prevention, Preventing medial mistakes | ||
| Suitable Events | Retreats, Conferences, Seminars, School assemblies and Workshops | ||
| Suitable Audiences | Corporate and Christian, adults mixed, women’s groups, Mom’s groups, Homeschooling, Teens | ||
| Travels From | Santa Ana, (SNA) and Los Angeles (LAX) | ||
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Sample Prior Bookings
Corporate: University Southern California, CNI nursing students, PEO Sororities, Southern California Libraries.
Christian: J Saddleback Church Lake Forest California, Mariners Church Irvine California, Cottonwood Church Los Alamitos California, Christ United Methodist Church, New York, Orange County Christian Writers, Forest Home Christian Conference Center California, Glorietta Christian Conference Center New Mexico, International Network of Children’s Ministries, Early Childhood Director’s conference Allen, Texas.