Spring 2019

ndy is the first person I met when my husband and I decided to check out FAC in August 2014. I had moved to Canada after
getting married – unable to work, but eager to get into a community through serving. So I reached out to Cindy Bartlett, Serve
Director, to see if she could help me find a place to serve. She asked me to meet her for coffee to talk about
possibilities. It was a great conversation and she asked me about my gifts and talents. She got to know me and my passions
before she was able to suggest a few volunteer opportunities. It was a great time and I was serving before I knew it!
Now, over 4 years later, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Cindy to learn about her and her passion for serving. Cindy is
originally from Regina and moved to Calgary to attend SAIT. She met her husband Mike at Bethany Chapel and has been in
Calgary ever since. Mike and Cindy have 5 grown children, 4 grandchildren … soon to be 5! It is evident that Cindy serves her
family as a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Looking back on her first experience serving, she remembers singing in the
church choir as a child. She would head to the Catholic Church every Friday for the rehearsal. That’s a big commitment!
We chuckled as she told me of a later “volunteer fail.” Cindy was the children’s ministry secretary for awhile and one of her
responsibilities was taking attendance for children’s church. Unfortunately, Cindy forgot about daylight savings time (I think we’ve
all done this a time or two) and arrived just as all the kids were wrapping up. She recalls saying, “Ohhhhhh … everyone’s done.”
Needless to say, there was no attendance that week and there was one embarrassed volunteer. It’s refreshing to know that even
a Serve Director has had learning and growing experiences while serving. I think it’s so important to remember when we get
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