Judy Coleman has been a member of Rosedale Gardens Presbyterian Church since 1978. Following 2020 and the challenges that year brought for her community, she felt called by God to do more to help those who are in crisis. She already used many of the skills she would need as a Stephen Minister in her everyday practice of law but wanted to focus on helping people in a different way; She wanted to walk with people in crisis and support them in their time of need with care, compassion and spiritual counseling so she sought out Stephen Ministry training through her church congregation.