As with most doors that God opens, they don’t open based on our 5, 10, or 15 year plans. Instead, they open in His timing, providing we are open to His will. When we started planning for a Janet Paschal concert in August of 2007, we never had plans of forming a ministry organization.
    Over the years, it had always been Rebekah’s dream to bring Janet to Beckley. While away at school in August 2007, Rebekah felt that God’s call that the time had come to organize the concert. In a matter of a few days, Linda Chaney, David Hurst, Jack Pennington, and Lynne Price all agreed to help with organizing the concert. We were just a group of lay people coming together to plan a concert for November 2007.
    During the months that spanned from August to November, we faced a number of struggles. But, as our group came together to get over the humps, we spent a lot of time in prayer, and our decisions, we feel were God-led. One interesting thing is that every time we needed to make a decision, the decision was unanimous amongst all 5 of us. Along the way, we did lose one of our team members to a move to Missouri.
    We learned a lot and we grew a lot over those months. And, by the time the concert rolled around, we knew that we had been called by God for that purpose, and that God would have there, the people whom He wanted to have there.
    Following the Janet Paschal Concert, we planned to meet to recap the concert, discuss what we had learned through the experience, and bring that season to a close.
    What we hadn’t expected was to obtain a donation in the mail to the group, just days before our planned meeting. When we met, there seemed to be a desire amongst all of us that there was ministry to be done in the community. And, we felt that God was calling us to form a ministry to reach out to the community – reaching souls for Jesus Christ, bringing together the Body of Christ, and bringing God all glory through everything that we do. The donation we feel is a confirmation that God had opened the door and we were ready to walk through it.
    The first half of 2008 has been spent on legal logistics, in obtaining our name, registering with the state of West Virginia, and working on our non-profit status. We are awaiting our final information from the West Virginia Secretary of State. We are a bit antsy and reading to jump into the ministry aspects, but the four of us are learning patience along the way