Pauline Hall of Aliceville has many missions fields. Primarily, “my children, my family were my missions field,” said the 88 year old, who has 7 children, 25 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. But she also encountered missions opportunities while being fire chief of Sapps-Union Chapel Volunteer Fire Department for 17 years (retired recently), its treasurer (42 years), a Disaster Relief chaplain, a team member on seven missions trips, a pianist or organist for churches (73 years) and the former administrative assistant for Pickens Baptist Association. “Wherever I am,” she 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.
Ministry Title: Church pianist
Church Name: Carrollton Baptist Church, Carrollton, in Pickens Baptist Association
Life Verse: “I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Gal. 2:20).
Describe where you focus your greatest ministry efforts: Church pianist; volunteer in our local prison ministry for women.
Q: Who was or is one of the most influential people in your faith life? Why?
A: The first person to tell me about Jesus was my Sunday School teacher, Mary Ellen Williams, at Plateau Baptist Church in Plateau, Alabama. Because of her love for the Lord in her teaching and Christian example, at the age of 9, God touched my heart and I got saved!
Q: Tell about a “turning point” in your life and how God was involved.
A: After my husband died in 2007, I was deeply afraid to stay by myself! In searching the Scriptures, I found a verse that seemed to speak directly to me: “I sought the Lord, and He heard me and delivered me from all my fears” (Ps. 34:4). I began reading and praying this verse each day. When the time came for me to once again be at home by myself, I discovered that my fear was gone! He had taken it completely away, even to this very day! Praise the Lord!
Q: What has God been teaching you lately?
A: To keep my mind and focus on Him alone and not dwell on the evil and darkness, which seems to control our world today.
Q: Have you ever read a book or heard a song that changed the way you think about God and faith?
A: As a teenager, I read the book “In His Steps.” It caused me to be intentional about my choices, always asking the question, “What would Jesus do?” Much later, as I grew in my faith and relationship with my Lord, the words in the latter part of Colossians 1:27 jumped out to me: “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” God revealed to me that God actually lives in me through His Holy Spirit and is the One who guides and helps me make the right choices!
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