Our guest for lunch this week weas Jason Pernick, a 20-year veteran of the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office. He discussed the role of the Prosecuting Attorney in the Oakland County Criminal Justice System. As a Major Crimes Prosecutor, he is responsible for prosecuting high profile cases including homicides, robberies and serious assaults. In his career at the Prosecutor’s Office, Pernick has served as Chief – Warrants Division, Executive Staff Attorney, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Warrants Division Prosecutor, District Court Division Prosecutor and Circuit Court Division Prosecutor. He is a graduate of Wayne State University Law School, Wayne State University and the University of Detroit High School. Prior to joining the Prosecutor’s Office, Pernick served as a Troy Police Officer for 6 years.

Today, we celebrated the men and women who do the real work at our offices, our Administrative Professionals. We'll packed the house with over 25 VIPs joining us! Our guest speaker was Elaine Grohman, author and Healing Touch Practitioner. Her experiences of working as an Energy Healer, Angel Reader and educator help us to begin to understand that we are never truly alone; that Life supports us, and offers us insights and information about this journey called Life. Elaine has an active private practice and is involved in helping the public and those in medicine, both nursing and medical students, begin to understand the importance of Energy Medicine, intuition and the true meaning of Healing — Body, Mind, Spirit and Emotions. Her book, "The Angels and Me" is a collection of illuminating and moving true stories seen through the her eyes as an Angel Reader and Energy Healer, and her clients. The book allows the reader to view the transformations that she has witnessed — shining a light on this experience called Life.

Our guest for lunch this week was Berge Avesian, Director of Member Services for Evangelical Homes of Michigan. This non-profit organization is a provider of services for seniors all over the Metro Detroit region. For more than 130 years it has strived to meet the needs of those it serves in the best way possible. Their new LifeChoices program is a designed to provide a wide variety of senior care services while capping the costs of care. Too often seniors forgo proper care because they cannot afford it. Ignoring potentially small problems can allow them to become big problems, which can quickly drain a senior’s life savings. Evangelical Homes is working help seniors avoid have to sell their home and drain their life savings to receive quality care. For more information about Evangelical Homes and their LifeChoices senior living program, visit their web site at .www.evangelicalhomes.org.