The Calling

Meet Sommer Worley

Sommer Worley grew up as an only child in Lebanon, raised by a busy, hard working single mother, with help from her father and step-mother. After finding herself making some bad choices in college, and falling away from God while trying to live and make choices as her own person,…

21 Jul 2019 19 min

Meet Monica Mowdy

Monica Mowdy grew up in Oklahoma watching storms and tornadoes, and marveling in how God is able to create such wonder and majesty through nature. After her rowdy teenage years, Monica originally tried going into early childhood education before taking a step back to work with childcare centers and families…

14 Jul 2019 23 min

Meet Laurie Raulston

Laurie Raulston grew up on her family farm where she learned to appreciate the hard work that goes into everyday life before going off to MTSU where she earned her Bachelors Degree in Business. After holding jobs in various fields, and experiencing difficult events in her life, Laurie made the…

7 Jul 2019 25 min

Meet Marcy Milligan

Marcy Milligan grew up with a strong female role model in her mother, who took care of both Marcy's grandfather, and Marcy herself as a single parent. Now, inspired by her mother, Marcy gives back to her community as a guidance counselor for the Putnam County School System. She joins…

30 Jun 2019 22 min

Meet Pioneers With Babies

Tim and Ashley Smith are the Pioneers With Babies. After a bad storm in 2015 left the family homeless, they decided to look into the homesteading lifestyle, and built a home for themselves off grid in the mountains. They join Denna Hornby to discuss their homesteading journey, raising a growing…

21 Jun 2019 20 min

Meet Mustard Seed Ranch

Tammy Depperschmidt and Pastor Albert Willis are both members of Mustard Seed Ranch, a community-sponsored, interdenominational Christian ministry focused on providing support to children in need and placing them into loving homes. They join Denna Hornby to discuss where their shared passion for helping children comes from, as well as…

26 Apr 2019 26 min

Meet Lyndon Hackertt

Lyndon Hackertt spent two years growing up in the Amish community, but his family moved away to start their own community. Now having embraced a more modern lifestyle with technology, Lyndon has become a student at Tennessee Tech where his passion and studies lie in chemistry. He joins Denna Hornby…

12 Apr 2019 24 min

Meet Dr. Larry Reed

Dr. Larry Reed has spent his life serving the Upper Cumberland as a physician at Physicians' Associates in Crossville. Now retired, Dr. Reed was inspired and encouraged by his mother, a nurse, to pursue a career and education in medicine, and worked while attending morning summer classes at Tennesee Tech…

29 Mar 2019 26 min

Meet Jack Ray

Jack Ray has spent his life experiencing and serving the communities of Monterey and the Upper Cumberland. As Chairman of the Board at the Putnam County Bank, he uses his faith to provide the best possible service to those who come into the bank no matter the reason. He joins…

4 Jan 2019 19 min

Meet Philip Jamieson

Philip Jamieson has spent his life traveling, studying, and helping various churches and organizations along the way. Now he serves as the President of the United Methodist Foundation for the Memphis and Tennessee Conferences. He joins Denna Hornby to discuss what led him to this position, and how his family's…

21 Dec 2018 23 min

Meet The Phillips Family

Keith and Tammy Phillips have spent their lives helping others work through the process of grief after losing a loved one. As owners of Goff Funeral Home in Monterey, they use faith to comfort and assist grieving friends and family in times of need. They join Denna Hornby to discuss…

7 Dec 2018 22 min

Meet Shelton Campbell

Shelton Campbell has spent most of his life with instruments in hand, and songs of praise in his heart. His upbringing around music and worship would inspire him to follow in his family's footsteps, and earn him the title of Music Director at TRINITYalgood. He joins Denna Hornby to discuss…

23 Nov 2018 19 min

Meet Louis Davis

Louis Davis has spent the past several years of his life as a loving father at home and as associate pastor of Crossville First United Methodist Church. Unsure of where to go in life, he suddenly felt compelled to enter the ministry at the age of 15. He joins Denna…

9 Nov 2018 19 min

Meet Kathy Mattson

Kathy Mattson has spent most of her career as an educator. Working with young students and also with adults and older students. She is in charge of the Mother’s Day Out program at Collegeside Church of Christ in Cookeville. She joins Denna Hornby to talk about discovering and answering her…

26 Oct 2018 18 min

Meet Frances Eldridge

Frances Eldridge has spent most of her life serving in various denominations. Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, the church names varied but the music and praise never did. She talks with Denna Hornby about going into music, her family and her calling to a different kind of ministering to others.

12 Oct 2018 18 min

Meet Diantha McLeod

Diantha McLeod preaches at Burton's Chapel in Algood, Kynett in Sparta and Wright's Chapel United Methodist in Cookeville. She serves as pastor for the three churches that make up the Cookeville Parish of the Caney Fork River District. She talks with Denna Hornby about growing up in a time of…

28 Sep 2018 23 min

Meet Rachel Moses

Choosing a path in law and choosing to use her knowledge to defend those who were in need. Rachel Moses talks with Denna Hornby about following her calling to share her faith as a lawyer with legal aid, starting groups to help children with a need.

14 Sep 2018 22 min

Meet Lindsay Holloway

Executive Director of This is Living Ministries Lindsay Holloway shares her testimony and the calling that was laid on her after overcoming addiction. She discusses her ministry, her husbands role in it and their ties to the community with host Pastor Denna Hornby.

31 Aug 2018 19 min

Meet The Risher Family

Today on The Calling, meet the Risher family. Appointed to the Church of the Nazarene in Monterey, Reverend Adam Risher moved there with his family. He talks with Denna Hornby about not really finding his faith or his calling until his 20's. He discusses his ministry, his family, and their…

17 Aug 2018 19 min

Meet The Shock Family

Today on The Calling, meet the Shock family. Addison Shock serves as the Pastor at the TTU Wesley Foundation along with his wife Logan Shock who serves as the Director of Ministries at the Foundation. After following their paths into education the two were lead to each and into a…

3 Aug 2018 24 min