Nursing Home Ministry Calling
My name is Terry Comeford, and I have a nursing home ministry calling on my life. I was born in Norfolk, Nebraska in the United States of America. I am an Army Veteran. Shortly after I received baptism at a summer church camp at the age of thirteen, my journey with the Lord started in earnest. It was at this time that I felt that God was calling me to the ministry. I went through a time of searching for truth. That path led me to explore many different religious organizations, synagogues, and churches.
After I left the United States Army, I moved to San Antonio, Texas. I lived there for fifteen years, and I became a funeral director and embalmer. In 1999, I moved back to Nebraska to lend assistance to my aging mother. My mother went into a nursing home, and I started helping with the church services there. She went to heaven three years ago.
Seven years ago, I married the love of my life, Sally Mercado. When I married Sally, I started to make a fully committed effort to follow Jesus. The best decision of my life. Together we share our passion for Jesus in a nursing home ministry. I started doing Bible teaching, preaching, and leading the worship service as I mentioned earlier. We do a complete service with communion for the residents. I am also the leader of a men’s group at our local church.
Free Ministry Training at CLI
This free online ministry training at Christian Leaders Institute is a huge blessing as I answer my nursing home ministry calling. I did not want to go into debt for my ministry education. These classes at Christian Leaders Institute are very informative and have helped me to grow. They made me think through so many of the leadership challenges and blessings that are faced. I look forward to studying more for my nursing home ministry calling.
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Biblical Training Opportunity
My name is Joel Mukonyoro from Kenya. I am a Kenyan currently residing in South Sudan. I am thankful for this biblical training opportunity with CLI. At first, my pastor saw that I had something in me after giving me permission to preach in the church. Then, he realized I had the grace of God to serve and preach, so he told me to join the ministry. But, I refused simply because of what I had seen in many servants of God. Often, they live in poverty. Therefore, I had many of the reasons to say no.
But afterward, I realized that when God calls you, He will supply your needs as long as you remain faithful to Him. I stand today to say that God has done it. I have seen Him supply my needs. I am blessed with a wife and two children. By God’s grace, they are doing well. As I am serving the Lord, we have gone to places where we had never been before. We associated with many great men of God on this ministry journey.
Service to God and Biblical Training Opportunity at CLI
In simple terms, serving God brings honor and respect. When we respond to God’s calling to serve Him, we shall be honored by God. So, do you know what many people are looking for today? People are looking for honor and to have a good name others will admire. Another thing I learned after serving, we shall be where Jesus is. What a privilege it is! Despite the challenges in the ministry, He will still create an opportunity for us to go forward. So, let us continue in this work of the ministry without giving up.
This free biblical training opportunity at Christian Leaders Institute is a Godsend for me. Now I can learn more about the Bible, grow in my walk with God and in my leadership skills. Thank you, CLI!
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Women Ministry Call
My name is Michelle Yvonne Wren-Thoreson, and I have a women ministry call on my life. I live in the United States. My nickname is Shelly, and my husband gave me the road name of Sassy. I am 51 years old and just got married to the man that God brought into my life. We married on the eighth of September 2018 at Highway 2 Heaven Bible Church. We have three German Shepherd dogs that are our “kids.”
I grew up going to a Christian grade school in northern Illinois with a difficult transition to public school for Jr High and High School. That was a major cultural shock. I went to a Christian school but grew up without any of the Christian values. I experienced physical, psychological, and sexual abuse as a child. My parents were divorced when I was three years old. Then, my father remarried later that same year, and my mother remarried four years later. My mother walked out on us. So it was hard on us, but I became my daddy’s tomboy.
Personal Struggles and My Women Ministry Call
I grew up not liking myself and continually doubting myself as I was often criticized and put down. I could never do anything right, and my mother still thinks that and treats me that way even today.
Growing up as a Baptist, I had some church knowledge. But, once I was on my own, I turned away from the church. I never had a good role model in religion. Since then, I have found my way back to God! I rededicated my life and received baptism again on Easter Sunday in 2018.
I have the calling to minister to and help women grow in Christ. With the guidance of the teaching and leadership of Christian Leaders Institute, I will be able to guide women in the way of a better life through God.
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