by Penny Brill I am honored to be sharing with you Stephen Ministry News. My name is Penny Brill and I have been a Stephen Minister for five years. I have found Stephen Ministry to be an opportunity for growth as a Christian. I am learning how to listen when others talk and to not offer advice. Stephen Ministry reinforces that God is the cure giver and we as his disciples, can learn how to be caregivers, sources of support and drinks of cold water to those in need. We are non-judgmental listeners, offering compassion to others struggling with overwhelming issues in their lives. We as Christians are only in charge of our own behavior, responses and actions. We are available to walk along side
By: Stephanie Copeland Reflections in the Midst of a Global Pandemic These are uncertain times even as we are at the end of five months of isolation. The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has been transforming the lives of millions of people in a way most of us never imagined. Changes have been taking place so quickly that most of the world’s populations have been caught off guard. We are all trying to adapt to this new reality in the hope that the pandemic will end soon, although we are now beginning to see that it is impossible to predict how long it will last and what long-term consequences it will have for all. In these days of crisis and home confinement I, as well as others I have hea
