Cecelia Marie Bowling “Sister Marie” has dedicated her life both professionally and personally being attentive to the needs of others. She hails from a family of five—and is second of the siblings. She comes from a loving family whose parents worked hard to provide for them.

One day, separation came—her parents separated in 1978, the year of her high school graduation. After graduation, she began to work to fill in the gap of her father’s absence from the home. She helped her mother and family financially and simply by supporting them whenever needed.

While her focus was being attentive to this, she also had to focus on other criteria—more family crises, maintaining her job performance at work and providing services to others through the working of the ministry. She also experienced tragic moments in her life in the passing of her father, oldest brother, and recently her mother—in which she had retired from her job of 30+ years to come home to take care of her.

She knows that there is no single approach that works for everyone, but she continues to believe, trust, and depend on her Heavenly Father to sustain her. Though her life has been a journey, she is an overcomer and she continues to desire to bless others—so that they too may overcome.