A church’s mission to carry the gospel outside their four walls proved to be a blessing to a local EMS provider.
On Saturday, April 12, the pastor, his wife and several congregational members of the Family Worship Center in Van Buren presented Southwest EMS with a check for $4,000.
“We have a lot of givers in our church, and we want to be a blessing to our community,” shared the pastor’s wife, Penny Ring. Pastor Terry Ring agreed, stating, “We are blessed to be a blessing. Not a handout to just receive, but to reach out and be a blessing.”
A blessing it was, as Mike Hines, SWEMS Director of Operations, accepted the donation. “This money will be used to equip our trucks with ultrasound equipment.”
Members of the congregation were not only generous to donate financially, but they also catered a meal to crew members. Two SWEMS alumni and members of the church, Tommy Gregory and Ronnie Schader, enjoyed reminiscing about their days of service.
With sincere appreciation for the service the men and women of SWEMS provide on a daily basis, the church extended a prayer of gratitude. That same expression and ministry in action that they have, in the past, extended to the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department, and King’s Elementary School.
“We are so grateful for this church,” commented SWEMS Education Director Ryan Rowe. “We are humbled that they choose us, and we want to continue to provide the very best service we can to our community… This donation will certainly help us do that.”
