Frontline Newsletter
December 2022
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Vision For The City of Light Health & Ministry Center
by Ed Bednarczyk, PharmD
The "City of Light Health and Ministry Center" is a place where faith, ethics, science, service, healthcare, education, ministry, encouragement, and inspiration all come together in one place.
My hope is that this new center will provide health professionals, students, pastors, and others, a place for...
Building a Foundation to Recovery
by David Holmes, MD
As healthcare professionals, we need to learn and strive to provide excellent physical medical care. However, I think all healthcare professionals should also strive to provide excellent psycho-social-spiritual medical care...
The Heart and Story of a Volunteer
by Brad Bauer
The most important part of volunteering and serving is getting to know and love others who are co-laborers in God’s work. It has been my experience that as much as God has allowed me to give to CMDA (time, energy, creativity, and resources), He has given me much more back through others...
CMDA is on the forefront of Christian Health Care and we are looking for volunteers to join us in spearheading the new City of Light Health and Ministry center. If you have a heart for Health Care Professionals, students, and mission work, please contact: debra.minotti@cmdawny.org
Do You Feel Stuck or Frustrated? Coaching May Be Your Answer
“Debra's coaching helped me to open up and share what was really going on inside of me as I struggled through one of the hardest seasons of life.” -DP
Coaching is about you – your goals, your learning, and your growth. Everyone is unique. Each one has their hopes and a God-given purpose for every season of their life.
As a coach in training, my key interest is to bring God into the conversation and create a safe space where you can identify, and navigate through to that next goal and your purpose. All communication is confidential.
Rev. Debra Minotti RN, Area Director
Please contact debra.minotti@cmda.org
Healthcare Directory
CMDA of WNY is in the early stages of developing a Directory of Christian Healthcare Professionals. If you are a Christian Healthcare Professional and would like further information on being a part of the directory, please click the button below.
Volunteer Needed
CMDA is on the cutting edge of Christian Healthcare. We are looking for a volunteer with a heart for Healthcare Professionals, students, and mission work.
They will assist the area director to create an atmosphere of hospitality, and the hope & healing of Christ into our new center and community. If you are interested in learning more, click the button below to learn more or be considered for the position.
Prayer needs
Favor and provision for the new Christian Health and Ministry Center.
Strong community relationships.
For students as they move forward into the New Year.
Resource Room
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A Time To Embrace Recovery
by Darren Caparaso, MD
As those called to the healing profession, we have all lived and practiced through old and unprecedented new challenges in our careers. We can all agree...
NP or PA Needed
Westfield Family Physicians
There is a current opening for a Christian mid-level (NP or PA) provider at Westfield Family Physicians. Please email Tim for more information at: tkitchen@wfpweb.net
Behold The Lamb
by Debra Minotti
"Oh morning stars together, proclaim thy holy birth. And praises sing to God the king, and peace to men on earth."
I have had the privilege of working with the Jewish people and Israel for almost twenty years. When I stood in the fields of Bethlehem, I was in awe and wondered, “Why Bethlehem?” Let me share with you what I have learned, and I hope it deepens your love for the Savior as it has mine.
Another term for Bethlehem is "Migdal Eder"; the tower of the Flock (Genesis 35:21). It is only a short distance from Jerusalem. In the fields of Bethlehem, the sacrificial lambs were born and cared for until they were brought to Jerusalem to be sacrificed for the sins of the people.
We know the testimony of the angels proclaiming to shepherds,
How extraordinary, and yet so fitting, that the sacrificial lamb of God would be delivered in Bethlehem and placed in a manger, and that those particular shepherds would be the first to give witness. Thirty-three years later, Jesus would be brought before the priests and proclaimed guilty. The Lamb of God, slain for our sins.
May God Bless you and your loved ones.
Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year.
Students Celebrate The Season
