Margaret Shaw, Laity Care Leader – Mobile, AL

“As a pastor I have long had the conviction that the church IS THE PLACE for counseling; but we have allowed the secular world to take away that role from us and have even convinced ourselves that we are not qualified to counsel! In reality it is the exact opposite! God’s people using GOD’S WORD…

“I discovered my God given talents as a teacher and encourager at the LCC. It is a great blessing for a Christian to know what their talents are and then have the opportunity that the LCC creates to apply them in service as my gift back to God.”

Learning to serve God as a Laity Care Leader is an incredible privilege and exciting beyond words. It’s getting to witness God’s transforming power through His Word with my own eyes!

To see hurting people’s lives changed by words of truth from God lifts my spirit and encourages me in my walk of faith I’ve witnessed the Holy Spirit’s control at the LCC as He orchestrates and changes appointments so that the appropriate counselor meets with the appropriate counselee in God’s appointed time. Glory, honor and…

God impressed me in my recent quiet times to witness to people of my past, the ones that knew me long before I knew Christ Jesus. The Holy Spirit would not leave me alone abou t this call. I did not want to do it as they knew me all too well…my faults and my…