BIO – Gail Griner Golden
Gail’s number one priority is
to: Love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and, Love your neighbor as yourself. Luke 10:27
Loving the Lord Your God With All Your Mind
She believes that loving the
Lord God with all of your mind means to study and show yourself approved. Gail has been a life-long student of the
Bible. She became a Christian and was mentored
through the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida and the ministry of Dr.
Homer Lindsay, Jr. In addition to church
Bible study, she has studied the Bible through Campus Crusade For Christ and Kay Arthur
studies. After moving to
Loving the Lord Your God With All Your Heart
Part of loving God with your
entire heart is being able to keep emotional balance, to have fun, and to
maintain healthy long-term love relationships and friendships. While Gail has no siblings, God has sent her
abundant sisters in Christ. Cheryle M
Touchton, the Director of Pocket Full of Change Ministries, and Gail have been
friends for over twenty years. They are
excited that God has brought them together in this ministry. Gail enjoys writing, drawing, painting,
music, and Davidic dancing. She has two
daughters. Melissa Taylor is married to Ryan and lives in
Loving the Lord Your God With All Your Soul
Gail is passionately in love
with God. She believes that loving God
with all of your soul means following the voice of God and being passionate
about God’s calling. Her passion for
life has helped her to be successful at the following:
- Poet and Freelance Writer: Published in Christian magazines,
newspapers, and periodicals such as Evangel
and Today’s Christian
- Free-lance Artist: Many commissioned works in
both oils and watercolors
- Librarian:
Started the library at
- Reading Clubs: Coordinated reading clubs in
church libraries – one of which involved several hundred children
- Stay-at-Home Mom: Gail gave committed time to her
2 daughters by a part-time home based business during their growing up
years.
Loving the Lord Your God With All Your Strength
Gail believes that loving God
with all of your strength means to work hard and do well with everything God
assigns. Below is a summary of her
professional and church experience:
- Pocket Full of Change Ministries: Currently a
member of the Board of Directors, a ministry partner, speaker, author, and
the publicist.
- Co-Founder, Rebbetzen
and Hadassah Leader of Magen David Messianic Synagogue in
- Shabbat coordinator for a Messianic fellowship in
- Website copy writer for a Judaica
website that benefits Jews in
- Administrative Assistant for the Island Community
- Financial Specialist, Mortgage Broker and
Investment Advisor with Wachovia
Bank
- Sales Director with Mary Kay Cosmetics, reaching
a level of accomplishment attained by only 2% of the workforce
- Administrative Assistant to Corporate Auditors,
and writer/developer of training materials for Travel Accounting of Lockheed Space Operations, Kennedy
Space Center
- Media Services Director of the
- Librarian of the
- Creative Home Based Businesses: Businesses like
Bread-baking, calligraphy, house-cleaning, & (everyone’s favorite) a
neighborhood ice cream truck
- Bible Study teacher and member of many church
committees including missions and education
- Teacher of
children’s Bible study and missions groups
- Pianist and Choir Member
- Small group leader of many church training programs
- Coordinator of women’s events and retreats
- Speaker: women’s groups, Bible studies, business, writing and artist organizations
- Creative home-based businesses: bread-baking, calligraphy,
house-cleaning, & (everyone’s favorite) a neighborhood ice cream truck
Loving Your Neighbor As Yourself
Gail has a passion to share
God’s love with her neighbor through her art, music, poetry, writing, teaching
and public speaking. She loves to share
her love of God with others and is mentor to many. Loving her neighbors has led her to do things
like:
- Traveling as a missionary with Pocket Full of
Change Ministries
- Teaching about the Jewish roots of Christianity
- Celebrating and teaching others about the Jewish
Feasts and Festivals
- Teaching the Torah (the first five books of the
Old Testament)
- Drawing and painting pictures of visions God has
given her
- Mentoring young mothers through Bible studies and
prayer groups
- Writing worship songs that have been recorded and
performed in churches
- Writing a book titled “Bird Blessings” about the
lessons God teaches us through birds
- Organizing a Christian Red-Hat Ladies Group –
called the Son-Flower Society whose motto is “We Don’t Wanna Just Have Fun – We Wanna Follow the Son!” When people ask about the red hats they
wear, they turn it into an opportunity to share the gospel with a Son-Flower Tract.