Laura Nolette
Occupation: Homemaker, Homeschool four children.
Description of Ministry in Church:
I play the electric bass and sing on the worship team, lead a L.I.F.E. Group, take care of Church administration & finances, built the church web site.
Ministry Goals for the future: I’ve always had a dream to disciple young women into adulthood, Biblically based “independence” and marriage.
Favorite Food: Lately I have fallen completely in love with Gummi Bears but that will change in a couple of days I am sure.
Favorite Book: L’Abri, everything ever written by Jane Austen, Frank Peretti and Jules Verne. I know, I know, strange mix – what can I say? I love a good story!
Favorite Song: “Rhapsodies Hongroises” (“Hungarian Rhapsody”) by Liszt and “Rhapsody in Blue” by George Girshwin – I guess you can take the girl out of the symphony, but you cannot take the symphony out of the girl. Many years ago I saw a movie starring Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly called Anchors Aweigh where José Iturbi and many children play “Hungarian Rhapsody” on multiple grand pianos. It was amazing and I’ve been in love with the song ever since. Disney did a nice job of animating “Rhapsody in Blue” in their Fantasia 2000. So far my favorite arrangement of it was conducted by Leonard Bernstein. All that said, I usually listen to rock-n-roll praise music and I have many favorites among those songs, like “The Heart of Worship” and “All Bow Down,” but the two rhapsodies remain my all time favorites.
Favorite Singer/Group: I love Kutless, Delirious?, Third Day and Sonic Flood and many more, but my all time favorite singer isn’t famous or well know, you probably haven’t even heard of him, but every time he sings my heart skips a beat – it’s Donald Nolette. His voice is soooo beautiful and he puts his whole heart into what he sings. I love it!!
Favorite Movie: Anything starring Cary Grant or Audrey Hepburn, just about anything with a happy ending – the hero gets the girl, the villain gets what he deserves, there is justice peace and harmony every after – I have enough reality in my real life, I don’t want it in my diversions.
Favorite Way to Spend Free Time:
I do so much with my time that when I force myself to make “spare time” I like to rest relax and “veg” so I go to the BEACH or watch a MOVIE. What am I saying? I LOVE to read, paint, and listen to music but I do these as part of projects so I forget to think of them as leisure time activities. I also like to play Solitaire or Sudoku on the computer.
Personal Heroes: my mom, my dad, and Meredith Curtis – They have all overcome some really significant stuff and done it quite well I think.
Favorite Verse: "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: 'For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.' No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:35-39
Most Meaningful Ministry Experience Has Been:
If you had asked me what is my most enjoyable ministry experience I would have said playing the bass hands down! Most meaningful is more difficult. I love, I mean REALLY LOVE, to help people. If I’m doing something that will change lives then it’s meaningful and worth doing. Working on this web site so that the great information that people at Powerline have written will get out there to the world has been great. I have to say that prayer has been the most meaningful. Meredith and I often (weekly) go to battle for those we love in prayer. God answers those prayers and it is so exciting. I can’t wait to pray some more and see what he does next!! God changes lives and he’s doing it right before our eyes.
How I came to Christ:
So often when I tell people my testimony I feel like I’m sharing the testimony of other people. The thing is, my testimony is tightly knotted in with their testimonies. It all began many years ago on a California highway. At least that’s where I think the accident happened. The details are his testimony so I won’t get into them. The result of those details is that my dad accepted Jesus and his Lord and Savior as did my mom. We all started attending a Spirit Filled Methodist church. I developed a strong faith in Jesus Christ and began to get some really great lessons about “kingdom living.” Unfortunately, being in the Navy meant moving and we had to leave that church behind as we traveled to Jacksonville, Florida for three months, then on to Topsham, Maine. For the two and a half years we lived there I attended Sunday School and sang in the choir on a regular basis. Life went on and the moves continued. We always found a nice Methodist congregation to join, but I never really learned anything new.
By the time I was in High School, the world around me had a whole lot more to say about me than my relationship with Christ. If you asked me if I had a relationship with Christ, I probably wouldn’t have known how to answer. They questions didn’t make sense to me back then. The consequence was that “good Christian” behavior didn’t make sense to me either. I loved the crowd I hung with. I still have fond memories of them all. We did, however, make many bad choices. I made choices that grieved the Lord. They also, in the long run, have grieved me.
When I started college I realized that something was very wrong in my life. I also realized that it had something to do with God. I just didn’t know what to do with it, so I continued my party lifestyle and lived for the next trip to the bar.
 By the time I got married, at 21, I was already experiencing health problems as a result of my choices. I also was feeling a strong calling from the Lord. I talked to my pastor and my husband about going to seminary. He still jokes to this day about almost becoming a “pastor’s wife.”
Within two years of our wedding my husband changed. He was attending a “Bible Study Fellowship” weekly class. He was really getting into his Bible and learning what it had to say about everyday life. I realized quickly that if I didn’t want some serious problems in my marriage I should look into what he had found. We started attending the local Methodist church. We pick this one church, Christ United Methodist Church, in Frederick, Maryland, simply because it was convenient. Fortunately for us the pastor and the majority of the congregation really loved that Lord and sought to serve Him in the entire lives. We joined a small Bible study group that met every Friday night in a home and we have never been the same since.
From the time that we joined that small group, through three different states and countless household moves, we have remained in small groups as part of our life. In these groups I study the Word, I pray and worship God. My small group (Bible study, Cell Group, L.I.F.E. Group or whatever you want to call it) has always been crucial in helping me live my life. When times are hard for me there is always somebody there to help, with a prayer and with advice and with practical things like meals for my family after I had surgery. When times are easy for me there is always somebody there that I can help. These people have been my family when my family was far away. They have been my friends when I was lonely. Most importantly, they have always been there to remind me that Jesus is the husband to the widow, and the father to the orphan. Jesus is my everything.
Current Prayer Needs:
If my profile seems to run on a bit, it is because I am trapped in my bed with an injured back. I have nothing else to do but run on. Please pray for my health, my back isn’t my only issue it’s just the most debilitating right now. Please pray that I have improved self control, improved financial & time management skills. I also would appreciate prayer for my sister’s health and my brother’s back. Most importantly pray that the time I have invested in this web site will return a hundred fold for the Kingdom of God.
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