Greetings!

     This is dedicated to a ministry God has both equipped me for and laid on my heart to begin known as Fields of Grace Ministries. It is named such because I have a passionate love for both God(Dad) and others(my brothers and sisters) and any way He blesses me in assisting the family is merely Him working through me to accomplish His will.

     I am an independently ordained pastor with a BA in Social Science and an MA in Pastoral Counseling. I am a veteran of the Armed Forces who has also served many years both supervised and independently as a social worker and pastor. I regularly attend and am a current member of the Vineyard church in Grove City, Ohio where I both serve regularly in various ministry opportunities and continue on-going ministry education.

     The goal of Fields of Grace Ministries is to offer Christ-centered pastoral counseling and other pastoral services to those who seek it. Life in our day is often filled with grief and pain, anguish and trouble, together with a great variety of scarred and broken covenants and relationships. Yet sometimes, even the noise of the world around us is overwhelmed by the raging storm within. In these times, haunting memories of the past, the agonies of the present, and the fear of the unknown future drown out the still, small voice of God. The power and strength which still remain in us are paralyzed.

     One of the primary biblical models guiding the providing of these services is the New Testament image of compassion for all persons (Matthew 14:14). For those whose personal lives, relationships, or covenants would benefit from a conversation with a competent pastoral person, I am here to assist you on a journey of change, growth, and transformation in the context of Christian faith.

     Pastoral counseling combines the insights and principles of Christian faith and theology with the knowledge and skills of the behavioral sciences. Pastoral counseling is an intensification of the general ministry of the church. Its primary goal is to empower people to experience increasing wholeness centered in Christ through the process of counseling conversations and with God's presence as a foundation. Because of the presence of God's Spirit, pastoral counseling conversations are more accurately understood as "trialogue" rather than "dialogue."

     In addition to pastoral counseling, I offer other pastoral services such as Premarital Counseling(different from typical pastoral counseling provided), Wedding or Funeral Officiating, and sermon speaking engagements by appointment. Other pastoral services not listed here may be provided as well and, upon request, I will assess my ability to provide the service.

     Any services provided will be done so on a donation basis. Inability to provide a donation will not hinder either the availability or quality of a service provided. Exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis at my discretion. In regards to any donations provided for services, in as much as God wants us as humans to provide for the needs of one another just as He is the ultimate provider of all we have(2 Cor. 9), the only request I make is that you seek His guidance concerning amount of any donations provided.

     If you are interested in receiving any assistance from Field of Grace Ministries, please email me today for initial consultation information.

FIELDS OF GRACE MINISTRIES
PASTOR MICHAEL J. HOWARD
emh112203@yahoo.com