Laity Day Service

One day Rev. Carl Clary, our minister at this time at St. Andrews United Methodist Church, asked me to speak in church October 13, 1975, Laity Sunday, on the subject: JESUS – LORD OVER MY CONVALESCENCE. I had never spoken in front of the whole congregation before and I knew I would be petrified! But I thought to myself I just could not miss this opportunity to thank all the friends who had been so kind to us during my long illness, and most of all I wanted to thank the Lord for making me well. So I told Carl I would be afraid, but I would try…