Saturday evening as I returned to Orlando from my uncle’s funeral in Indiana, past these beautiful clouds, the scripture “blessed to be a blessing” (Genesis 12:1-8 ) echoed in my heart and mind.
I began my Christian Education ministry in ninth grade as an assistant Sunday School teacher, first grade. Educational missions is my calling and passion, drawn to focus on the education part of the Great Commission. Mom's generation and her parents' generation have passed from this earth, but I returned home through those clouds with a new fervency to serve and be a blessing as God has uniquely called and equipped me.
Last weekend in less than 24 hours, I lost two uncles, Alex & Roscoe. Their deaths marked the passing of two generations of ordained ministers in my family: Rev. Charles I. Snowden, Kentucky (Mom’s father) and Dr. Rev. Roscoe Snowden, Indiana (Mom’s brother).
In my extended family, I was blessed by the presence and influence of Rev. Alex Adams, Arkansas (Mom’s brother-in-law), and Dr. Rev. Nellie Snowden, Indiana (Mom’s sister-in-law).
I have always counted myself deeply blessed by this rich heritage of ministers plus other relatives on both Mom’s and Dad’s side of family, plus pastors and teachers who have set and continue to set an example of faithful service to God over the years.
I began my Christian Education ministry in ninth grade as an assistant Sunday School teacher, first grade. Educational missions is my calling and passion, drawn to focus on the education part of the Great Commission. Mom's generation and her parents' generation have passed from this earth, but I returned home through those clouds with a new fervency to serve and be a blessing as God has uniquely called and equipped me.
