Dr Dolston L Morian Biography

Biography of Dr. Dolston Lambert Morian

Date and place of birth
Dr. Dolston Lambert Morian was born on the 31st October 1964 in the North Western region in the South American continent of Guyana. He is the third of four siblings born to the family of Edward and Ambrocene Morian nee Taylor both deceased. Though he was born in the Essequibo County he spent the greater part of his life was lived in the rustic village of Golden Fleece of Berbice. Beset by harsh economic conditions, his family was forced into an aggregarian living for survival and became the crucible that helped shape him for his life work. He came to learn lessons of perseverance and developed into a determined youth who learned to shun ease and indolence so that he could sore to greater accomplishments in life. These virtues were inculcated into his life through the practical lessons and example of his mother Ambrocene Morian who was the solo guardian of her four sons Keith, Kirby, Dolston, and Derrick Morian.
Education
After his secondary school years, in 1991 he registered as a student of Caribbean Union College, now University of Southern Caribbean in Trinidad. He graduated in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in pastoral ministry with a minor in biblical languages.
In 2012 he acquired a masters degree in pastoral theology with competency in cognates in the discipline of family life education from Inter America Theological Seminary.
More recently May 03,2018, he successfully read for his Doctor of Ministry from Andrew University in Michigan. He also gained certification in the Parenting Guidance, Family Methodology, and Children and Adolescent leadership from Andrews University. Negotiation, organizational change strategy, and Train the trainer certification from GAMA Institute Saint Lucia, and certification in Child Sexual Abuse Prevention from ‘Be the Light International’– USA.
Marital Status
He has been married to his college sweetheart Ruth Norbal for the past twenty-four 24 years. She has been a secondary school teacher for twenty-two years in the health and family life department with the Ministry of Education in Saint Lucia. To their marriage two sons were born, but has providence would dictate one of them died during and the other died four days after childbirth.
Work experience
He commenced employment with the East Caribbean Conference of Seventh Day Adventist Organization as an intern pastor in 1997 in the Island of Saint Lucia. Within the period of one year as intern pastor, the Saint Lucia constituency was granted Mission status and became an independent entity of the Caribbean Union Conference of Churches. More than 1,000 persons have been led to become members of the kingdom of God at the time of his ordination in 2010.
In his twenty-three 23 years of ministry, he has served as district supervisor for approximately twelve 12. In 2010 he was asked to serve as departmental director with responsibility for Men’s, Family Life, Publishing, Sabbath School, Children & Adolescent Ministry at various times. He has done some part time lecturing at the satellite center of University of the Southern Caribbean in Saint Lucia. He is presently responsible for Family Life, Men’s, Sabbath School, Children and Adolescent Ministries. He and his lovely wife Ruth Morian nee Norbal were ordained to the gospel ministry in 2010 and have served with distinction.
As departmental director he has successfully initiated several important national events that have become premiere events. The national married couples conference, the National Family Life Leadership Certification training program, the National All Ye Men conference, national From Boyz 2 Men Conference, the National Child Safety and Protection Certification program, and the National Children & Adolescent Festival of Gospel Melodies with the Child Protection festival feature just to name a few.
He has successfully developed a professional workbook for the married couple’s conference that was successfully tested in Guyana in 2017. Thousands of participants have benefited from his transformational seminars conducted in Antigua, Saint Lucia, Guyana, Trinidad, Suriname, Tortola, Barbados, Dominica, Cuba, United States of America, and England.
Dr. Dolston Morian is a sought after, motivational speaker and conference developer and presenter with impact beyond denominational boundaries. He has been the guest speaker and presenter at secondary school graduations and teacher development day conferences. He has had engagements with officers of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force, Bordelias Correctional Facility, and Saint Lucia Electricity Limited.
At the grass roots level he has been engaged in a multiplicity of other programs: empowerment for community men, parenting conferences, family crisis intervention training, child safety and protection training, young parents empowerment conferences in association with community policing efforts, several appearances on national and local television programs.
He is the proud host of Prayz Family Life Special on Prayz FM Radio and has been hosting this event for the past fifteen years on a weekly basis.
Dr. Morian has conducted thousands of pre and post marital counseling sessions and has conducted scores of weddings across the Island. He certainly has a passion for family life ministry and humbly conducts his work among the nobles and the ordinary. His moving mantra is “Strong! Strong! Making Families Very Strong”. His own family is a model of what he advocates to others. His love for people knows no limit. He selflessly gives of himself to help others to discover the best in themselves. Countless are the testimonials of his influence on the families of Saint Lucia.
Others Notes
He is an avid reader, a keen researcher who always has something new to share. His is quite adept with a variety of other subject areas beyond the scope of family issues. He is a very articulate conversationalist who invests time in helping others to become empowered in dealing with the complexities of their own life situations. The members of the National Family Life Committee NaFLiC have expressed confidence in His leadership over the past seven 7 years and credit him for helping to transform the landscape of Saint Lucia with his life-changing ministry given to him by God. They believe he is chosen and performs his ministry with humility and always with a touch of class.
He loves to spend time reflecting and writing and has embarked on his first book project titled “Unclaimed”. He enjoys talking with young people about relationship formation. He spends much time providing meaningful intervention for families and is convinced that everything is doable and achievable with God. He enjoys witnessing to others about his faith and the testimonies of miracles in his life are numerous. He has recently begun walking on the beach in the morning to better manage his health. Please contact Dr. Dolston L. Morian @758 712 0873/458 5117. His email address is dolstonmorian@gmail.com or dolru_64@yahoo.com. Please take the pleasure of getting in contact with me for a variety of family life intervention services, seminars, conferences, leadership training services, church growth consultancy. My webpage can be accessed at http: //familyblist.com. looking forward to hearing from you.