Set Free Ministries
 | Author:
Dee Gannon, MT43 News Correspondent
MT43 News Correspondent |
Set Free Ministries Dee Gannon, MT43 News Correspondent Carol Bergstad continues the hopes of her husband, Bill, in getting on with the Set Free Ministries that they started in Townsend, in February 2018. Bill passed in February 2023, but that only pushed Carol to continue on the path that they had forged.
They began in the little building by Full Belli Deli but quickly grew out of that. Pastor Eric Kreuger offered “The Bridge” as a meeting place, but they grew out of that; now the ministry is available at 318 Broadway; at (almost) the corner of Broadway and Cedar, between Broadwater Blooms and TK’s Garage.
When Bill died Carol wanted to quit but knew her husband would have urged her to push forward with the goal of bringing ‘the least, last and lost’ into the fold. She recognizes that those in recovery are pushed aside by most religions. They are either viewed as unworthy or unable to be helped.
Set Free Ministries has always given a place to those who feel they don’t fit in. Those who attend their services may be bikers and their families or those who don’t feel comfortable in other ‘religious’ ceremonies and, especially, those who think they are too broken to receive God’s Love.
Carol couldn’t help but share one of her late husband’s favorite sayings: “BUSY = Being Under Satan’s Yoke.” This reporter understands this; as it seems to relate to so many around us. She says “there is Unity in the Community, We are here for the Least, the Last and the Lost. And to quote the leader of the Great Falls chapter, “We are not your Momma’s church.”
If that is what you are looking for (even if you DON’T know you are looking), these are the times for the services:
Townsend; 9:30 Sunday Worship Service and 7 pm Recovery.
Helena: 2:30 Sunday Service and Sunday night, 7:30 Recover on Monday. A Wednesday Bible Study at 6:30 pm. All the Helena meetings are held at 614 North Last Chance Gulch, next to T- Mobile.
Carol wanted to make it known, “We are Unity in the Community, and, you are safe, here”
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