Person of the Week - Bill Taylor
On Monday I went to a funeral. Dee Dee, the mother of one of our pastors, had been in a nursing home for a number of years and became critically ill and died last week.
Just over two years ago Bill Taylor felt God leading him to begin a Nursing Home Ministry. Bill is a financial planner by trade, but that didn’t stop him from doing what God was leading him to do. He met with one of our pastors, ran the idea by him, and began meeting with nursing homes to see if they were open to the idea of Henderson Hills providing weekly worship services at their nursing home.
Dee Dee, was a resident at Grace Living Center, one of the nursing homes Bill visited. He was given approval to have the worship services and Dee Dee became a faithful attender immediately. When Dee Dee died, Kevin her son, asked Bill to conduct the funeral service because he was her pastor.
Not only is Bill the ‘Person of the Week’, he’s also one of my newest heroes! Bill did an awesome job at the funeral. He was the perfect person to lead the service for Dee Dee. He truly was her pastor and it was VERY evident.
He is a great example of someone listening for God’s voice and following His leading. I’m personally not in favor of human cloning, but if we could clone Bill, I might reconsider.