Many years ago, Pam Bradford of Hueytown saw people from the Appalachian Mountains without proper food, clothes, shoes and other necessities. Pam knew she had seen this poverty for a reason.
Tucker Briley, 45, of Elberta did not imagine that her Christian life journey would include being an interim children’s minister, yet that is what happened after she had served for a time as the preschool assistant …
“Wherever I am,” Pauline Hall of Aliceville said, “that’s my missions field.” She volunteers with a prison ministry for women, has been her church’s pianist for 37 years and was the church’s administrative assistant for 23 years.
Tom and Beverly Toone of Birmingham see their mission as serving. Since the 1980s they have worked as “doers” in different missions projects at their church and with the Birmingham Metro Baptist Association.
Jackie Masters of York is the quintessential church secretary. “That was my mission, my calling,” says the 87-year-old. With the exception of seven years of retirement in the early 2000s, she has been her church’s secretary since 1972.
Carolyn Matthews, “the bread lady,” is known for giving away hundreds of home-baked loaves each year. She could also be called “the caring lady” and “the whatever-is-needed lady.”
Joy Brewer of Sardis Springs Baptist Church in Athens is a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, but her life is most notably marked by her love and dedication to serving Jesus.
Donna Howard of LaFayette was a pastor’s wife for over a half century. Here, she shares some of her wisdom and how God has been present through it all.
