Heather Hill with Dr. Carolyn Moore Photo by McKenzie Brown with “That Very Moment Photography”
YOUR GENEROSITY IMPACT If you supported Asbury Seminary between 1995-1998, your gift is being multiplied one life at a time, reaping a harvest that is one hundredfold, through the life and ministry of Carolyn Moore. Your gift helped equip Carolyn to plant and pastor Mosaic Church in Evans, Ga., where she reached out to Heather Hill in prison. Heather came to know Christ and is now Administrative Pastor at Mosaic Church and is discipling others. Carolyn Moore felt called to preach as a 13-year-old girl, but women in the pulpit were not exactly normal in the South. Years passed before she was able to turn that call into a reality. She came to Asbury Seminary in 1995 to pursue an M.Div. and after graduating in 1998, started a worship service in downtown Athens, Ga. She felt called to enliven those who had become spiritually deadened by “church as usual” and worked to create spaces so that others could have intimate encounters with the Holy Spirit. “It was there that I discovered my gift for speaking, especially to those in the margins, who may have been raised in families much like mine, and who have never had the chance to become alive to Christ,” she said. In 2003, she planted Mosaic Church in Evans, Ga., fulfilling her calling to form new expressions of church. At Mosaic, she continued to create a church that made room for those on the margins, focusing on healing and discipleship ministries. Here, Carolyn met Heather Hill. Addicted to drugs and experiencing homelessness, Heather sporadically attended Mosaic Church with her parents. When she was arrested, Carolyn brought her a Bible, which Heather soon read from cover-to-cover. “My spirit was infused with hope, and I knew that being in prison was a direct answer from God, so I felt a
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responsibility to respond in a certain way. If I hoped to live a different life, I had to do my part,” Heather said. After serving her sentence and participating in a drug rehabilitation program, Heather was released in 2013. In rehab and recovery, she had learned the importance of changing friends, locations and activities, but she worried about how to stay clean when faced with cravings. The church welcomed and supported her, inviting her not only to attend services, but also to participate in small groups and the church’s Celebrate Recovery ministry. Eventually, she helped lead Celebrate Recovery and served on the church’s lay mobilization institute team with Asbury Seminary to stimulate church growth. During that time, she had a relapse. She prayed for God to heal her addiction, but felt God telling her that she had to tell Carolyn. Instead of rejection, the church embraced Heather, supporting her in tangible ways, but also through prayer. That same night, her small group gathered around her, laying hands on her while Carolyn anointed her with prayer and oil. During the prayer, Heather felt a heat go through her body. She wondered, “Did God heal me?” “Their response was a perfect physical picture of the grace of God, something that I could tangibly look at,” she said. “When I woke up the next morning, the desire
