GET TO
KNOW:
Christina
(Christy) Williams
Christy is a member at
First Congregation in Independence, Missouri.
Christy was born to
Fred and Betty Williams in Honolulu, Hawaii. They returned to St.
Louis when Christy was a little over a year old. After staying in
St. Louis for seventeen years, they moved to Independence in 1986.
Baby sitting and
volunteering in the hospital were Christy’s favorite pastimes
while growing up. Her First “real job” was working in a
retail pharmacy as a technician and sales clerk. During college, she
worked at Petey Childers Pharmacy and also did some retail work in a
clothing store. Christy graduated from college with B.S. degree in
nursing. She has worked at several settings with her nursing degree.
The last fourteen years have found her working at North Kansas City
Hospital.
Christy was asked to
join the Women’s Council in April of 2009. When asked to make
a comment about her work as a member of the Women’s Council,
she wrote, “I am a new member, but am excited that we now have
a yearly Women’s Retreat. It is nice to have the opportunity
to see sisters come from all over to join in fellowship in the lord.
It provides a time to fill our spiritual cups back up to overflowing.
Since participating in the women’s Retreat 2009, it was a
privilege to ask ladies to participate, reluctant to say yes, who
afterwards told me what a blessing and testimony they had while doing
their parts. This has touched me so and I have been blessed as a
result.
Christy has the
following testimony to share.
When I was eleven years
old, I was in a bind over religions. My cousins, Sherry and Carole,
and I hung around each other a lot. We did everything together; we
were like sisters. After sometime had passed, I asked my Mom if I
could go to church with them on Sunday evenings, since the
congregation (RLDS) didn’t have services in the evening. My
Mom didn’t see anything wrong with this so she said yes. It
came to the point where I only wanted to go to the Baptist church and
that I decided I wanted to be baptized into that church. I thought
“How am I going to tell my Mom.” Finally the time came
when I was to tell her. She was shocked and upset. She told me to
pray about it. She also told me that we weren’t to hang around
each other outside of family get-togethers. About this time, the
RLDS church was having a junior retreat in which I was forced to go.
On the Saturday evening
of this retreat, it had been raining so we had our campfire inside in
front of a fireplace. As the service began to get serious, I stopped
singing and began to stare into the fire. While staring into the
fire, I was unaware of anything around me. The fire changed color,
pure white, and this voice spoke to me and told me not to change my
membership. This was what I had been praying for.
Christy Williams