Personal Narrative: The Women's Ministry

For many years I felt a tugging in my heart that there was something for me to do. I felt as if there was more, but I did not know what it was nor did I know how to grasp it. I was raised in church, but it wasn’t until I became a member of First Church of God, Evanston, IL (now First Church of God Christian Life Center), that my walk with God developed. I attended Bible Study, a women’s ministry group, I was in the choir for a short period of time and I became close friends with the pastor and his wife. Being a part of the different ministries, sparked even more within my heart, but I still did not know what it was, I felt a void. I tried to fill this void with things outside of God, but nothing seemed to satisfy me. Then one day it happened! I …show more content…
I continued attending Bible Study, the women’s ministry, and I was still in the choir, but the void was still there; I just didn’t feel right or complete. I became a part of the Intercessor’s ministry and started attending Sunday School. I was doing all the right things and attending the right ministries, but this void was still present within me. It is interesting how people feel “doing the right thing” or “attending the right ministries” fulfills the void in our life, but it does not. From 1994 - 1997 the Church was under construction and during this time we held Bible Study in a building located across the street from the Church and Sunday worship services were held at different local junior high schools. One evening during at the end of Bible Study, I found myself at the Altar and one of the Ministers was praying for me. She laid her hands on my stomach and began to give me a Word of Prophesy. This had never happened to me before, so at first I was scared, but then I felt something move on the inside; I received the Holy Spirit and the impartation of ministry was placed on my life. From then until now, I have tried to fulfill the Call on my life as a teacher and preacher of God’s