Hi,  my name is Kathie Palmer.  I have been going to Sandals Church for quite a while.  Since it was upstairs at the office building!  My first ministry is "Church Grandma" and I try to serve in that way whenever I can.  You see, Madison, Kennedy and Ethan are my grandchildren.  Tammy is MY little girl!  Matt is my son-in-law. 

My husband Richard and I host and lead a small group in our home on Tuesday night.  We love this opportunity to serve and have made many lifelong friends over the years.  The first small group I was in was at my house.  Matt and Nathan said "you have to have a small group"  I said "OK"....what is a small group?  Since then I don't know what I would do without these very special people coming into my life on a weekly basis! 

In 2000 my small group helped me through the illness and death of my husband.  It must have been a God thing because I don't know how I would have survived.  God placed just the right people in our group to carry me through!....Now, my husband Richard (who was also widowed) and I have a Grief Ministry.  We meet on Thursday nights and its open to anyone who has lost a loved one.  It is based on GriefShare Ministries.  We have been so blessed to see God work through the pain in peoples lives bringing them from Sorrow to Joy! 

In our other life we both are Realtors.  We work as a team in the Inland Empire area.  It's been a great business which I have been blessed to be in since 1987.