Spring 2008

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EVERY WOMAN
PROGRAM
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This is a must attend event for Every
Woman to experience. Unfortunately,
when I was told about the event, the ladies
were graduating from a commitment to “Have
a Heatlhier You”. Their dedication to com-
ing week after week, showcased to GHS rep-
resentatives and to themselves the desire to
stay healthy.
Carolina Nursing Association encour-
aged the ladies to stay active on a mental,
physical and spiritual level. To always make
the best possible health choices for your body
and ask your doctor questions. Remember
that you can begin living a health life at any
age.
DHEC encouraged the
women to exercise at least
three times a week, drink at
least eight glasses of water
and five to nine servings of
fruits and vegetables a day.
Be patient and watch your
energy level explode.
American Cancer Society encouraged
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active. Things that we all know in our heart
that needs to get done, like yearly
mammograms and regular PAP tests.
New Horizon Health Center encour-
aged the women to set realistic goals that you
can reach. Take care of your body with love
and value.
Thanks for the
CHILLIE!!!!
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HEALTH ISSUES
Phyllis Knuckles (hair stylist) dicusses with
the ladies, healthy ways to keep their hair growing
and glowing. Great tips for all, about swimming
in the pool, try and wet your hair to soak up the
inital water instead of the chlorinated water. To
help the growth of your hair, avoid putting hair styl-
ing products directly on scalp.
Medical Massage Therapist, Mildred
Gullett was generous enough
to give free massages to the
ladies. She strongly beleives
that massage therapy can help
lower the pain of Arthritis,
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stress levels.
Other encouraging or-
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pushed the issue to gain financial success is get a
financial balance. Greenville Technical college en-
couraged the ladies to develop their own pathway
to success and enjoy the fact that we all have dif-
ferential characteristics. Angela Gaines also talked
about skin care, make-up tips and enhancing your
look and style.
The host Ms. Sandra
Bullock with her positive mo-
tivational spirit, uplifted us all
to live a Healthy Life. She is
a prime example of looking
good in your older years. Feel
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out, then you can grow as a
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APOSTLE HOPE CARPENTER OF
REDEMPTION WORLD OUTREACH CENTER
SHARES HER
DESTINY AND
HER
BEAUTIFUL
HOME
 WOMEN OF DESTINY

Some people want instinct gratification but that’s not faith.

The Bible says “without faith, It is impossible to please him. We
First Lady hold the Bible in our hand and pray for gratification, right now; “I
want my car paid, right now, I want my light bill paid, right now

Is In The Hearts of and that is not how GOD works. We dont want to be faithful with
our finances and with our tides or offerenings for a season to come
where we live in abondence. We want instinct help right then but
Thousands we do not want to work for our season. That is why it is so hard for
people to say, I’m gonna live my life through this Bible and let it
change me.....IT IS A PROCESS.
H ope Carpenter allowed us to come into her home,
photograph her beautiful decor and meet her family. As we ar-
rived, of course there was a problem with the gate not opening.
We had to wait awhile but it really didn’t matter because I was
prepared to climb the gate and walk the grounds. This was my
second opportunity to talk to Apostle Hope and nothing was go-
ing to stop my journey. Once we arrived at her front door, Hope
was a blast of beauty with positive energy exploding to welcome
us inside her warm spirited home.
Walking through the foyer and literally grasping for air as I
endured the vibrant colors on the walls and the perfect arrange-
ment of furniture, pictures, candles. The decor of her dinning
area would tempt you to have guest over just to showcase the
beauty. Our photographer of Baileys Photo did not waste any
time taking pictures and making us all comfortable. The warmth
and special spritual environment of Apostle Ron & Hope
Carpenter’s home was definitely a visit that you would have to
experience in order to feel the power.
I thank God that I had this experience not only for myself
but for others who love and respect the joy that Hope puts in our
hearts. Hope’s son was home and he graciously gave me a tour of
the entire house and allowed me to sign the visitors wall out near
the pool. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING!!!

Q/1. What is your daily process that helps you buildup

your daily confidence?
A/1. Every day instead of thinking about building confi-
dence in myself, I allow my daily devotion to guide my spirit.
My daily devotion with the Lord gives me the ability to know
myself in him so it does not matter about the latest trend. What-
ever the world says the right name brand of clothes to wear do not
make me who I am as a person. I tried that type of life but it did
not work. My conclusion is that if I know who I am in God, then
I am full of confidence. I went through a period in my life when
I had no confidence because of my past. The only thing that
changed me was renewing my mind everyday through the wor-
ship of the word. In my opinion, that is how you are sanctified
and made pure and holy. On the days that I miss my worship, I
started feeling bad and having mood swing. When I built myself
up through GOD, I would not have those mood swings.
Q/2. Why is it so hard for people to walk by faith?
A/2. Walking by faith is something from the Inside-Out.
Your talking about a good you can’t see, principles you can’t hold
in your hand. With make-up and hair, you can hold, see and touch
and you think that self-esteem is built from material items. But it
is not; I’m talking about a GOD that you can not see but
can feel. When he is really on the inside of you, then your are
entire life shifts and long enough for you to really see the change.
Just like working out, over time you see a change but it takes con-
sistency. That is what a relationships with GOD does to you,
CHANGE.

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 Q/3. What steps do you take to get
out of your comfor zone?
A/3. Everyday that you live in the
future, depends on how you respond to your
past. Your future depends on how you view
and respond to the issues of your past. I
had a terrible past but I got a great life now.
I got a great future ahead of me because I
was not satisfied with living in that terrible
past. “Yes my past was bad, I done some
bad things, I been a bad girl; it makes me
feel horrible and I look at myself in the
mirrow and I do not like what I see, so how
can GOD love me, so I can’t do anything
for GOD.
I would not let myself be a good pas-
tors wife and how in the world can I raise
Godly kids when I was in that state of mind.
To get out of your comfort zone, it takes
drive, persistence and a do not quilt attitude.
I see allot of people staying in their comfort
zone and I am literally screeming at them
not to live their entire life that way.
Personally, I was determined not to
live in just a comfort zone and if it and took
me the rest of my life, I was gonna get out.
I got out and it literally killed my flesh.
Thank GOD, He got all of me out of me!
The Bible says, “the only reason we were
created was to give Him(GOD) pleasure”.
It is not about our hopes and dreams, it’s
about fufilling the will of GOD and the call-
ing that GOD has on our life.
Thats my drive everyday, GOD what
is your assignment for me today. How can I
help somebody, how can I change my sur-
roundings and alter my circumtances. Give
me the word to help others that are down
and depress. You are alive in me and there
is no reason that I should walk around and
not be a depensor for you (GOD).
Q/4. Who and what were your stron-
gest support system in fufilling your des-
tiny.
A/4. My parents were great parents
who were bigger then their surroundings. I
was from a very small town in Calhoun Falls,
a small mind set and content, but my par-
ents wanted a stroke of excellence for me.
They tried to deposit everything in me that
they thought would help me to excell. they
took me to dance lessons, voice lessons and
modeling school. They pushed me for A’s
and they were very hard on me but I thank
my parents for everything.
When I became a woman and my hus-
band got me I was a broken mass from the
bad choices of my life. God and my hus-
band has gotten me where I am today. With
over ten years of marriage, my husband has
always spoken kind words to me and has
never raised his voice to me. He is the best
boss that you could ever work for because
he is such a Godly man. He knows the power
of words and what ever you say it will pro-
duce death or life. My husband spoke life
into me, he told me what GOD said I was
even when I did not beleive it. I would hang
my head down and he would pull my head
up when he told me that I was beautiful.
GOD made my husband the vessel to heal
me.
Q/5. Are you exactly where you
planned to be at your age?
A/5. Probably more then I ever
dreamed. You see people’s lives and
couples and families, you wonder, what if.
You see so much go on the world and you
never think that you could be so happy and
married. I never dreamed that I could truely
loved someone so much that I would never
looked at another man in that way. I never
questioned what life would be like without
Ron, I AM IN MY PLACE.
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Q/6. Are your parents in Greenville,
SC?
A/6. They always were in Abbeville
area but moved to Greenville to attend our
church. Also my brother a teacher school at
Beck Academy and coaching at Mauldin
High School. My sister-in-law is on staff at
RWOC and they all are at peace and I am
glad they are with RWOC.
Q/7. How do you balance family and
building other women self-esteem.
A/7. It is hard, I will break it down
to you. I have to constently remember that I
am a wife and mother first. Those are my
responsiblity and if I’m gone then Ron is
home and if he is gone then I am home. We
take parenting very serious and always will
be the support system for our children. I
did not ask for this, God leads me to other
people to be spirit lead. I say no allot but,
God leads me to people, but I have to know
that it is worth leaving may babies at home.
Q/8. What are your children names?
A/8. Chas, Chaz, Chalin are the love
of her life and she adores and cherish every
moment with them.
Q/9. What do you feel keeps a
strong bond with you and your husband con-
sidering you work together?
A/9. Ron and I love each other, he
has things I do not like and I have things he
do not like, but we are so committed to each
other. Marriage is a contract, it is not if I
feel good today or if I am happy today. It is
the making through the storm and looking
back and sa, “WE MADE IT TOGETHER’.
We set dates together and he will call Carol
and say, “will you set an appointment with
my wife today I need to take her to lunch.
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Q/10. What are some inspiring words for other women to

fufill their destiny?
A/10. You got to know what you got and use it. Before you
can make a choice, GOD has a plan for you. I tell women, what
ever breaks your heart is what God has planned for you. Jerimiah 1
says “ You are fearful and wonderfully thought out and planned
and madebefor you make a choice God has a plan. You got to know
what your plan is and know what BREAKS YOUR HEART...what
grieves you when you walk in a room, what jumps out of you when
you walk in a room....somebody’s hair or the decor of a place are if
you like to bake or if you can clean house do it to your best of
ability and to the glory of God and do it with excellence.
Q/11. What do you think Greenville needs to do to improve
more on diversity.
A/11. I choose my words, so I will not get stoned. We are
sitting in the Bible belt of traditional Religious of thorns of
Godlyness and we are fighting traditions that go back long before
we were born. We got SC fighting over the rebel flag and we got
the rest of the world looking at us like idots. Bob Jones University
today do not believe in interacial marriages and they have their
own system. The city suggests we should be the same and you can
not be around people that are different with different views. It is a
spirit that surrounds this city and RWOC is here to break the cycle.
Bring generations of diversity to a positive common ground.
God has anoited me and my husband to break that spirit.
Our church is so mixed that you can look out and see one culture VISIT RWOC TO FEEL THE POWER OF HOPE
starts and not see where another one begins. I look out at our
congragation and cry sometimes and say “thank you Jesus”, be-
cause we are trying to show the world the true body of Christ. He
was broken and brused for every person no matter what side of the
track you come from. We keep meeting on Sunday’s and the whites
go one church and the blacks go to another church. You must
socialize all week long to make a change in the world. It is a spirit
and we need real true men of God to break it. It is a condition of
the heart. I do not look at people and see a color, the Bible say if
you are in him, then you are a new nation, he has broken down
every wall. He is our Peace. He as broken down every wall that
devides us racially. It is okay to marry outside of your race be-
cause we are family. We are Christian, and he has united us into
him, so if your in him, your in me, and I’m in you and we are
family.
Does not matter where you come from or what your color
is!! So if you really got what you asked for at the alter, you will
not get segregation because Jesus is not prejudice, it’s a heart is-
sue. If you really ask him in then he will work his way out of you.
So my questions is, did you get what you really said you got, if
not then you really need to examine your heart.

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Kimberly Moore
TELLS
ALL
ABOUT
EMPOWERMENT
PURPOSE
DESTINY
Q/1. How long have you been in ministry and who and what in-
spired your decision?
A/1. I’ve been in ministry for tweelve years this August. I preched
my initial sermon on August6, 1995 at Mt. Sanai Baptist Church in
Pendleton. I will never forget the sermon titled, “I KNOW WHAT PRAYER
CAN DO”.
I don’t think it was one thing that inspired me. A call to preach is
just that “a call”. It’s something that’s undeniable. It’s something within
that absolutely has to come out. Before I began preaching, I was very
committed to singing. And my singing would always turn into exalting
and most of the time what seemed to some to be preaching.
It simply had to come out in some shape, form, or fashion. But
oddly, I didn’t want to preach because I was comfortable doing just what I
was doing. I knew being a preacher meant that somebody was going to be
listening to every word I said and I was going to be held accountable for
those words. I knew that somebody would make decisions about their life
based on what I had to say. So I guess I didn’t want that responsiblility.
But when I became a member of Mt. Sanai in the fall of 1993, I
was allowed a platform to fully exercise my gifts in singing, directing, and
exalting, And the more I sang and lead others into praise and workship,
the more I felt the pull toward the pulpit. Then on New Years Eve 1994 at
the stroke of midnight, I heard God as clear as day say, “o.k.”, it’s time”. I
cried my eyes out because I just knew I was getting ready to embark upon
a serious journey.
Q/2. Where was your first speaking engagement?
A/2. My first engagement away from the church was at Mars Hill
Baptist Church in Greenwood, SC at a Women’s Day Service. I gave my
initial sermon in August and in September I was “on the road” because a
couple of weeks after Mars Hill, my home church, Long Can AME in
Abbeville, SC invited me to come and preach an afternoon service. And
that was the start of my Evangelistic Ministry.
Q/3. Are you married, andy children?
A/3. No, I’m not married nor do I have any children. My mother
used to tease me and say that no one could keep up with me long enough to
marry me because I’m always on the go.
I truly believe that God has a timing for everything. His words
declares that there is a “season and a time for everything”. I believe that
I am where I’m supposed to be and doing what I’m supposed to do in
this season of my life. People are being saved and lives are being
changed and for that I’m so grateful that God chose me. That’s the thing
about saying “YES LORD”, you no longer call the shots. You have
to do things in his time! So I have to believe that while I’m on
the road doing his work, God is preparing someone just for me.
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Women of Destiny
Q/4. Where and when did you get your education in min-
istry?
A/4. I am currently pursuing a Master’s Divinity de-
gree from Erskine Theological Siminary. I’ve been attending
Erskine part-time for the past couple of years taking a few classes
at a time.
When you work a full time job, active in local ministry,
travling with your own ministry, you can only do so much at at
time. The classes have been rewarding and have enhanced and
added to what I already had gleaned from working in ministry.
Q/5. When you are preaching at your engagements, within
your spirit, what do you feel people are yearning for the most?
A/5. I feel that in this season that we are in, people are
looking for something to hold on to. They are looking for answers.
They
want to know why God allows the things that he allows. They
want to know how to hold on to their joy in the midst of their
struggles.
It gets to be very frustrating when you are trying to do
what you think is right and you still have to suffer. So people want
to know how to become overcomers of their situations. They are
tired of hearing about what God is going to do in the by and by.
They want to know what’s going on now.
Q/6. Destiny Magazine is for Women, as a woman, what
encouraging words would you say to women on how to follow their
passion in life and fulfill their
GOD GIVING PUROSE?
A/6. As women we sometimes have a tendency to live our
lives for everybody else; for our spouses, our children, our fami-
lies, our churches. But everybody needs to know that they have a
purpose to fulfill and an assignment that they must complete that
only they can complete. Sometimes being a support to others, is a
part of our assignment, but it’s not necessarily the entire assign-
ment. I would encourage my sisters to seek God for the purpose
that he has for you. There’s somebody’s life you’ve got to touch.
There is somebody needing to hear your testimony. You hold the
key to somebody’s healing and deliverance. So seek the Lord as to
his divine will for your lives.
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Q/7. What do you think about
Hillary Clinton running for President and do you think that the
world is ready?
A/7. I think it’s a wonderful thing that she has stepped out to
do what many said couldn’t and shouldn’t be done. But one thing
I remember her saying in one of her speeches, she doesn’t want
to be seen a “woman candidate” running for president, she just
wanted to be seen as a worthy candidate for the office. I really
respected her for saying that because I’m often referred to as a
“woman” preacher. It’s not that we want to deny our femininity,
it’s just that we want to be recognized and respected as an equal.
I believe that she is a worthy candidate and she’s going to give all
of those men a run for their money!
Q/8. Before you got into the ministry, what were some of
your other jobs?
A/8. After college, I worked as a secretary for Self Memo-
rial Hospital. I later went to work for GLEAMS Human Re-
sources as a Payroll Clerk. I have worked as a secreatary for the
Mayor and CityAdministration for the City of Clemson. I pres-
ently work work as the Payroll Manager for Wofford College.
Q/9. Cooking different types of foods is a joy in my life.
What are your favorite foods and restaurant?
A/9. I tell people all the time, I am a plain meat and
potatoes kind of girl. Some may call me a finicky eater. I like
the basic meals. I frequent Red Lobster, Arizona’s Mimi’s Cali-
fornia Dreaming, and when I’m in Atlanta, I have t go to Justin’s.
Q/10. Greenville SC has not always been a very Diverse
community, do you think that we are growing towards better Kimberly Moore Ministries, Inc is not the effort of one per-
diversity and an equal economic growth in Greenville? son. The team consist of several young ladies committed to minis-
A/1O. I have only been a resident of Greenvile for the tering and restoring the
past six years, but from what I can see, it appears that minorities whole person through Des-
are becoming more and more visible in society. I’m always proud tiny Empowerment Classes,
when I can see my brothers and sisters excelling in business and WORDshops, Ministry
politics. We have made terrific strides and I believe that the best Mentoring Sessions, and
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Q/11. Do you have any special speaking engagements KMM is a non-profit orga-
where you speak directly to Women? And if so, what was your nization designed to help in-
most memorable topic where you felt in your soul that you re- dividuals discover their full
ally touched some souls? potential in life. “God has
A/11. God has blessed me to preach at numerous women’s given me a platform to help
conferences and women’s day services. I was blessed to preach at
empower people.
a women’s conference in Boston and the title of the sermon was “IT
WAS ALL NECESSARY”.
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