Featuring our very own Rochelle Brandon, the Active Adult Ministry is excited to host its first discussion on Sunday, October 19, 2025, immediately after worship service in the Fellowship Hall.

In excerpts from her September 2025 blog at rochellebrandon.com, Rochelle says:  "And if I’ve learned anything in my walk with God, ... when you ask Him to transform your life, He just might do it. ... God slowly peeled away my attachment to control, speed, and expectation." In answer to Rochelle's prayers, God provided her: a college scholarship (she missed years of reunions, being close to her people, her church, her roots); acceptance into medical school (she had four grueling years of sleepless nights and emotional exhaustion); an Obstetrics and Gynecology practice (she became known by nurses as the "black cloud” because she was usually on call if there was a worst-case scenario on labor and delivery); and a desire to deepen her spiritual life after retiring in 2024 (she became a full-time caregiver for her mother in the same year and her father passed away a little over year later).

Rochelle also writes: "Then the physical toll of decades in medicine practice showed up in my body. Back pain. Fatigue. ... He was deepening my spirit. Pruning me. Teaching me non-attachment. Training me to live by eternal things, not transient ones. ... His will is hard sometimes. It is hair-raising. It is exhausting. But it is also exhilarating to be amid His work and a witness to His miracles."

As a church community growing and thriving in our faith, we look forward to hearing more from Rochelle in person about her prayer journey and her future plans. Interested attendees who desire a $15 box lunch may sign up on Sundays, September 21st and September 28th, 2025, after worship in the lobby outside the church office.