At Kinston-Lenoir County Church Women United recent World Community Day celebration at Sharon United Methodist Church, Elsie McDowell was presented a Certification of Appreciation for her service to her church and community.
The certificate was presented by Mallie Stocks, president of CWU.
McDowell is the organization’s lay leader and delegate to annual conference. She is a certified lay speaker and teaches a women’s Bible study each Monday morning. She serves on the worship committee and, as lay leader, attends most other leadership committee meetings of the church.
She serves on one of the church’s four food teams and is active in visiting the hospitalized from the congregation. She is passionate about serving her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and she frequently fills a much needed role of encourager, confidant and advisor to the pastor.
There are many other ways and examples of her discipleship, but she is not one to toot her own horn. She serves and loves people because she loves Jesus Christ.