Sister Crystal D. Turner-Moffatt MS ASP CHST CSFSM  Spiritual Biography

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Safety Diva" (TM) " Safety is not the absence of danger, but is the presence of God"

 

My Spiritual relationship with my Creator sustains me. I have attended revivals, conferences, services you name it. I have consecrated, fasted and prayed continually. I have gone from being a sponge (enabler, co-dependent) but still compassionate, to a rock. A rock is strong, independent but impenetrable. While I was being equipped, empowered and learning to endure I liked being a rock but only for a while. I realize God blessed me to be a blessing. So I now know I am like a tree rooted and grounded planted by the rivers of water. I am a channel for change. I am interdependent and resourceful. I have a sustainable "Passion" for SUCCESS!

 

I have a calling for consulting in the Health Ministry. I use my spiritual gifts and God's FAVOR he grants me prosper and to be utilized in the Body of Christ. I have completed my Ministry goals for our communications by updating, completing and launching this SOS Ministry Web site which has stemmed from our 6 am morning prayer line of over 7 years. Through the inspiration from God, I have built the SOS Ministry FaceBook and Twitter page.

 

“With a demanding vocation, I maintain a Holistic approach to life and my profession. Balance is a Mind, Body, and Spirit at PEACE. I am extreme about the great stuff but try to maintain a balance and PEACE within. Although I am extremely busy, I will make time for the right people, places, and things and stop to explore nature’s awesome wonders. Time is a precious commodity I am not into wasting mine. I love to relax and de-stress. I enjoy Spas, laughter, seafood, cooking, and driving my car. I am adventurous and love Travel.

 

Blessings and Favor,

Sister Crystal aka “Safety Diva”

 

MINISTRIES / COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS / MEMBERSHIPS:

(Belief in Balance of the Mind Body and Spirit)

 

• Member First Baptist Church Milford, CT  April 2019-Present

 

• Member Mount Olivet Baptist Church Peekskill NY 2013-Present

  Involved in Sister to Sister and Women’s Convocation Choir (May 2013, May 2014, May 2015)

 

• Member and Outreach Chair S.O.S. Sistah’s of the Spirit and M.O.V. Mighty Men of Valor Ministries. Morning Intercessory          Prayer and Study 2005-present. Part of founding members. Created and maintain the ministry web site and social media.          Presented the Statement of Purpose of the Ministry and Intercessory Prayer at the First "Seed" Sowing Service.

 

• Member St. John’s Baptist Church Harlem NY 1997-2013

   (served in various ministry capacities)

 

St. John's Ministries

 

Co-Chair St. John’s Baptist Church History Ministry January 2006-2011 Member since 2004. Creator of Church website to maintain archives, written history and pictorial history moving into the 21st century.

Member of St. John’s Baptist Church Women’s Ministry 2003-2012

Secretary St. John’s Baptist Church Board of Christian Education (BOCE) January 2004-January 2006

Assistant Secretary St. John’s Baptist Church Board of Christian Education (BOCE) January 2002-2004 2006-2012 Former Secretary for 2 years sat on Board as a Ministry head and as assistant secretary. Responsible for monthly meeting minutes. The Board consists of The Pastor, Deacons, Trustees, All Ministry and Adult, Youth and Children’s division heads. Involved in planning of bi-annual officer training and installation. Attended monthly meeting responsible for steering all ministry events and activities especially with regard to Christian education.

Corresponding Secretary St. John’s Baptist Church Missionary Ministry January 2004- January 2009

Member of St. John’s Baptist Church Missionary Ministry January 1998 –2012 

Co-Chair of Missionary Workshop 2004, Co-Chair Spring Anniversary 2005

Assisted the Deacons in visitation as they serve communion and visit the sick and shut in.

 

• Member Abyssinian Baptist Church Harlem NY 1993-1997

 

Faith-Based Study and Activities:

 

New York Theological Seminary Certificate Program in Christian Ministry Enrolled for Fall 2015-expected Graduation Spring 2020

 

St. John’s Baptist Church Evangelism Curriculum 101 (Introduction), 102 (Gospel Plan), (103) (Role Play and Witnessing)

Member of Church School and Attended Friday Night Prayer Services

 

Spiritual Conferences, Retreats, and Revivals:

 

October 2014, S.O.S. had our 1st Annual Family Prayer Conference where we ministered to men, women, boys, and girls of all ages. The Conference theme was “At the Wailing Wall: Prayer Warriors Pulling Down Strongholds” Jeremiah 9: 17-24 (NLT).

 

November 21st, 2015 S.O.S. & M.O.V. 24 Hour Telephone Prayer Line Conference

 

Second Annual Family Prayer Conference on October 8, 2016, 12pm-6pm Theme: “This Means War” Spiritual Warfare Putting on the Whole Armor of God Ephesians 6:10-13 and Deuteronomy 32:28-31.

 

Third Annual Family Prayer Conference on Friday Evening October 27th 6 pm -9:30 pm and Saturday, October 28th, 2017 from

10 am – 6 pm Theme: “The Enemy You See Today, You Will See No More” Judges 4:6-9 18-21 New Living Translation (NLT), 1 Samuel 17:45-49 (NLT)

 

Sistah’s of the Spirit – SOS & Mighty Men of Valor MOV Ministries Fourth Annual Family Prayer Conference Friday, October 12th - Saturday, October 13th, 2018 “Family Matters: Annihilating Our Enemies” 1 Samuel 30:8, 17-19 KJV & Esther 8:11, 9:1-5 NLT

 

In October 2019, S.O.S. & M.O.V. will have our 5th Family Conference. Sistah’s of the Spirit and Mighty Men of Valor will continue to have conferences, training, family activities like family dances and outings. We have the desire to go from state to state and minister to the people.

 

Healing of the Heart (HOH) Ministries 10th Annual Retreat July 23-26th 2009.

Participated in Daily workshops, seminars, and services.

 

Women of Virtue, Honor, and Purpose Ministries Annual Retreat Parsippany, NJ (Mahwah NJ 2013) May 2005-2019

Participated in Daily workshops, seminars, and services.

 

Tues. 5 AM Prayer 14 wk Summer Revival 06’ Prophetess Juanita Bynum New Bethel Ministries Queens, NY

 

Doing Business in Deep Waters Bishop T.D. Jakes of the Potters House Ministries Alaska Middle Passage (Seattle to Vancouver B.C) July 11th-17th, 2005 Spiritual answers to starting new businesses and becoming an entrepreneur.

 

Church Events:

 

Speaker St. John's Women's Day Events March 2010 Friday Day Night Prayer and Praise Platform Service “Women of the Bible”- Delivered message on The Prophetess Anna a model of Devotion.

 

Co-Chairperson of St. John's Women's Day Events March and April 2008 & 2009. This event is the largest fundraising Church activity for the year. Our Women’s Day Themes were: “Christian Women What Does Your Self Portrait Look Like?” (Psalm 139:13-14 Eph 1:4-5) (2008). "This Included overseeing and planning: “Tea and a Movie Fundraiser", viewing the movie "Soul mates" about women's issues when finding a mate. Friday Prayer and Praise Services "Building a Spiritual Cake" examining the "Spiritual Ingredients" necessary to be a Christian Woman. Women's Day Worship Service included Speaker Elder and Rev. Lenore A. Artis, founder and CEO of L.A. Artis Ministries, Lamb Speak Inc.(Children' and Youth), and Associate Minister of Union Gospel Tabernacle, United Holy Church of America (UHCA) in Newark, NJ.

 

For 2009 our events included: Our Preacher for the Day the Rev. Lisa Coleman Jubilee Baptist Church BX, NY. Our Women’s Day Theme was: “CHRISTIAN WOMEN: SURRENDERING TO GOD’S WILL” (ROM12:1-2, EPH 5: 1-17, COL 1:9). Leading up to our Morning Worship Service hosted the following event: A PRE-WOMEN'S DAY PRAYER, PRAISE, and HEALING AND DELIVERANCE WORSHIP SERVICE. Titled “Are You Hurting?” featuring the Associate Pastor Min. Sherrylyn D. Womble.

 

St. John’s Baptist Church Lifestyle Stewardship Campaign Involvement Coordinator July 2006-December 2007

Part of Administrative team on the Steering Committee responsible for leadership during Fundraising and Stewardship Campaign began July 2006 in order to raise 2.5 million dollars, over a three year period, for new Church edifice.St. John’s Baptist Church Lifestyle Stewardship Media Coordination Committee December 2007-2012 Part of media team responsible for public relations and media outreach campaign during fundraising efforts.

 

Coordinator and Founder HIV/Health Ministry The National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (NBLCA) The New York Council Communities of Color Faith Initiative: Working with Faith and Community-based organizations to bring about HIV/AIDS Awareness and prevention. On steering committee at St. John's Baptist Church that is responsible for major awareness events. December 2009-2012 Part of leadership that organized activities for:World AIDS Day- December 1, 2008 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day – February 7, 2009 National Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS – March 1, 2009 – March 7, 2009National HIV/AIDS Testing Day – for June 20th, 2009 Organized HIV testing efforts, health resource center and assisted with youth health fair.

 

St. John's Baptist Church and First Calvary Baptist Church Youth Health Fair Saturday, June 20th, 2009 @ 11:30am-3: 30 pm Founded and facilitated St. John’s Baptist Church Health Ministry (2005) and The Health Resource Center. Partnered St. John’s Baptist Church with The former Community Health Alliance which worked with Faith-Based Organizations. The organization assisted with Health Fairs and the formation of the Health Ministry and Resource Center 2004-2012.

 

Organized St. John’s Baptist Church Spring Health Fair with the recent participation of over 35+* providers and 150+ participants* Themed “Total Body Wellness, Mind Body and Spirit” May 2005, May 2006*. St. John’s Baptist Church American Heart Association (AHA) Heart Ambassador 2005-2012 (Now teamed with St. John's Nurses) Healthy Heart Campaigns and Presentations Monthly: Themed Search Your Heart Sunday Go Healthy Monday

 

Represented Pastor John Scott and St. John’s Baptist Church at Harlem Hospital (NY) Mind, Body and Spirit Coalition 2004-2005

 

Sarah Moore Thanksgiving Dinner: Took part annually from 1997-2011 in Evangelism, Feeding, and Clothing the Needy, Hungry, Homeless, Sick and Shut-in.

 

Member of Extended Christian Family 2006 Visiting Sick and Shut-In at Nursing Homes, Hospitals and at home.

Member of St. John’s Baptist Church Family Life Ministry 2005

 

Chaplain St. John’s Baptist Church Gospel Chorus January 1997-1998

Member St. John’s Baptist Church Gospel Chorus and Combined Choir January 1997-2007 

 

Assistant Secretary and Board Member Wilson Major Morris Community Center January 1997-January 1998, January 2003- 2010

 

Education

 

Certificate Bioterrorism Preparedness for Laboratory & Safety Professionals Hunter College, CUNY, NY, NY 10/2003 - 06/2004

 

M.S. Program Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (EOHS) Thesis: The Comparison of Oral and Nasal Exposure to LeadHunter College, CUNY, NY, NY 09/1994 - 06/2002

 

B.A. Psychology, Pre-Med Wesleyan University Middletown, CT 09/1981 - 06/1985

 

Community Work

 

Abyssinian Baptist Church Facilitator Blue Nile Rites of Passage Inc. Greenburgh/WP December 2010

 

I served as a Facilitator for Teenage Girls for The Greenburgh-WP Blue Nile Rites of Passage Daughters (In Training). Blue Nile of Greenburgh. Blue Nile Passage, Inc. is dedicated to the spiritual, cultural and moral character development of America’s youth. They are a manhood and womanhood training program which started at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in 1994. Blue Nile of Greenburgh currently operates its Rights-of-Passage component out of Theodore Young Community Center, Greenburgh, NY. Saturdays from 8:45am-2pm, beginning in January of each year and running through May. Young men and women ages 12 to 15 years of age from the area attend. Blue Nile of Greenburgh Rights-of-Passage encompasses areas of knowledge and spiritual rituals needed to support and sustain a positive and productive life. Seven “Principles of Living” were created and built into the program curriculum: Personal growth & development Health & Wellness Spiritual Grounding Historical Black Experience Economic Awareness Community Consciousness PoliticsThe Rites of Passage component consists of the Sons and the Daughters of The Blue Nile. This component equips participants with the skills, knowledge, and tools they will need to navigate the turbulent waters during puberty and adolescence. It provides information to help them understand who they are, where they have come from, where they must go and provide guidance to help them get to their place of destiny. The program provides seeds of wisdom that will allow them to become positive and productive members of society. It gives them tools to unlock doors to success and to see the world through an African-centered, Christian based perspective. The program is a nine-month interactive program that culminates in with two passing through ceremonies, one for the Daughters and one for the Sons. Those who pass through attend a weekend retreat at a sleep-away camp where the youth participate in team building activities including low and high-ropes, a picnic, debate teams, basketball games and a sacred passing-through ceremony in the woods at night. In addition to the integration of culturally rooted customs and rituals, there are seven principles of enrichment in which youth are instructed. Each of the seven principles is taught in four-week intervals and includes interactive lessons. Field trips to cultural, historical, theatrical, sporting and other venues such as trips to prison are also extending which enhance the principles taught. I presented a three-part interactive lesson over a three week period on Health and Wellness (Health and Wellness Overview, Teen Sexuality and Fitness). The emphasis was on Health Disparities that teens, especially of color, currently face and how they can take a Holistic Approach to Wellness. I took a “no-nonsense” and “real” approach to understand and the pertinent issues and preventing the diseases and health issues that are at alarming rates like HIV/AIDS and Diabetes, which are killing our net generation. I prepared an extensive internet, interactive PowerPoint presentation with a final Quiz Evaluation.

 

Assistant to Executive Director Wilson Major Morris Community Center WMMCC (Community Arm of St. John's Baptist Church)– Harlem, NY Jan. 2003 – Feb. 2004 during a staffing crisis assisted the Executive Director of Community Center in Hamilton Heights with proposals, reports, budgets, and correspondence. Duties included finding fundraising sources and sources for grants and gifts. Assisted during summer with daily duties in running housing, nutrition and community program for seniors.

 

WMMCC Member of the Board of Directors – (1997-1998 & 2003-2011). Former Secretary of the Board and currently Asst. Secretary. Part of the decision making and management process for the center regarding policy, fundraising, goals, budget, and events planning and coordinating. The center sponsors nutrition, housing health, and community outreach and education programs. A major accomplishment was responsible for authoring, “Three Year Strategic Plan” for the Department of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) resulting in $65,000 worth of funding.

 

Memberships/ Community and Professional Organizations

 

NABWIC: National Association of Black Wome in Construction March 2019-Present

 

National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) July 2009-Present

 

National Council of Negro Women September 2008-Present Attended National Black Family Reunion 2008.

Member National Council of Negro Women-East Bronx Chapter 2008-Present

Attended 23rd Annual Family Reunion in Washington DC Sept. 2008 reception events with the Late Dr. Dorothy Height.

 

Member NAACP Parkchester Branch 1995 – 2010 Received Volunteer of the Year Award in 2004

 

Full Member the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) May 2006-Present

Hudson Valley Chapter ASSE Women in Safety and Engineering (WISE) Chair 2014-Present

Awarded 2009 Professional Development Grant for CHST Preparation by Texas Safety FoundationAttended ASSE ASP Review Courses in preparation for ASP/CSP Exam

Full Member American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) April 2007-Present Attended AIHCE 2007 Board Member Consultant SIG (2007-2008) NY Metro. Section American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Fall 1995 – Present

 

Founder of Linked in Group Women in Environmental Health & Safety with over 6000 members. (2009-Present)

 

Full Member Society of Toxicology (SOT) October 2002 -2009 (Associate Member 0ctober 1995-2002)(Neurotoxicology, Metals, Occup. & Public Health, Women in Toxicology Specialty Sections, TAO SIG) Member of Chemical & Bioterrorism Resource Registry, Host Mentor CID Program March ’05, ‘07 Society of Toxicology Annual Meetings –March 2007, 2005, 2002, 1996 Associate and Student Member 1996-2002

Graduate Student Travel Award Presented Abstract and Poster, Anaheim CA March 1996Mid-Atlantic Chapter / Society of Toxicology (MASOT) 1996 – 2002

 

Lecturer / NIOSH Fellow NIOSH NY/NJ (UOSHERC) NYU Medical School 1996

 

Assisted local chapter West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT) Environmental Justice Organization 1996-2005 2002 Scholarship Recipient - Human Genetics, Environment & Communities of Color: Ethical and Social Implications Conference: Sponsored by West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT), National Institue of Environmental Health Services (NIEHS), NIEHS Center for Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ) Attended and featuring major figures in the Environmental Awareness Movement. Keynote Speakers included Dr. Kenneth Olden (former director of NIEHS) and Dr. Troy Duster noted Sociologist. The knowledge provided regarding research on Toxicogenomics and the Human Genome Project. Community research was discussed and how to bridge gaps between Scientists and Community-based organizations. Discussion of the role of Institutional Review Boards in Community Research Projects. Part of the team that discussed and published environmental justice policy resulting from conference meetings and proceedings.