Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Page 6
Page 7
Page 8
Page 9
Page 10
Page 11
Page 12
Page 13
Page 14
Page 15
Page 16
Page 17
Page 18
Page 19
Page 20
Page 21
Page 22
Page 23
Page 24
5OCTOBER 2015BODY OF CHRIST NEWS Go Where He Tells You When God calls you go where he tells you. That is what Pastor Yvonne McCoy is experiencing as she transitions into a new phase in her life despite personal tragedy. The well-known 68 year-old pas- tor is leaving Denver and heading to Nashville Tenn. for another spiritual journey in her life. She said God prophetically spoke to her I wasnt for sure. But God told me just to go. So I had to be willing to follow him like Abraham. Its funny because I am in my senior years and God has me transitioning. He took me back to the story of Moses and Joshua. These men were in their 80s and lead the children of Israel into the Promised Land. The only thing holding Pastor McCoy up is making sure her 17-year old granddaughter recovers from a gun- shot wound that shattered her spine kidney and liver. It happened during a recent shooting incident in Montbello. God is still in control said Pastor McCoy and thankful her granddaugh- ter is still alive. I trust him with what- ever the outcome. Of course when it hits your own household its devas- tating. God is exceedingly and abun- dantly above all we think or imagine. Our God is a great God. Pastor McCoy is originally from Toledo Ohio. She came to Denver back in 1972 with her daughter. She had visited the Mile High city on sev- eral occasions to take care of aunts children. She then fell in love with our beautiful city and decided to stay. She worked at Excelsior Youth Center and got involved with Young Life Ministries. It was then her minis- try serving God began to flourish. During the 1980s she started a chil- drens choir called East Denver Young Life and later changed it to Voices of Faith. This included children singing doing drama interpretive dance a step team besides having a basketball team. Pastor McCoy also served on several pastorial teams at churches around the city from Pastor Mark Brewer with Colorado Community Church Pastor Madelyn Tombs at First Christian Assembly of God and under Pastor Felix Gilbert with Restoration Christian Fellowship Church. She even pastored her own church Voices of Faith Christian Center which was located off Evans and Holly streets. However Pastor McCoy never strayed from helping those in need. She devot- ed a lot of her ministry time starting Healing Hands a non-profit organiza- tion to help women. She states the pro- gram MARC is an acronym for those women mutilated abused raped or circumcised. She already works with those women in African nations and plans to start a chapter of the organi- zation in Nashville and other states. She has no regrets about her long time ministry in Denver but is looking forward to this new chapter in her life. Sometimes your voice is heard so much that people take that voice for granite. But now God is calling me to a place where I can share what he has poured into me and take that message to impact a new body of people. Yvonne McCoy Body of Christ News CHURCH NEWS During the 1980s she started a childrens choir called East Denver Young Life.