Reverend Gala Derene Joubert
GALA DERENE TAYLOR JOUBERT WAS BORN ON MAY 7, 1965 IN MEMPHIS,
TENNESSEE TO THE LATE SPENCER ANTHONY BROWN, JR. AND ALLEAN
BOLDEN TAYLOR. SHE IS THE SECOND OF NINE SIBLINGS. GALA MOVED
TO NORWALK AT THE AGE OF TWO AND HAD A STRONG CHRISTIAN
UPBRINGING. GALA ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HER PERSONAL SAVIOR AND
WAS BAPTIZED AT THE CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN SOUTH NORWALK,
CONNECTICUT IN 1970 BY THE LATE REV. DR. SAMUEL J. WILLIAMS. SHE
"GREW UP" IN THE CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE ATTENDED SUNDAY
CHURCH SCHOOL REGULARLY, WAS A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH CHOIR,
THE JUNIOR USHER BOARD, THE JUNIOR MISSIONARIES, THE TEEN GROUP
AND THE CELESTIAL CHOIR. SHE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN CHRISTMAS &
EASTER PROGRAMS. LATER AS A YOUNG ADULT, HER COMMITMENT TO
CHRIST WAS STRENGTHENED AND SHE ATTENDED PRAYER MEETINGS
AND ASSISTED AT VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL.
GALA WAS EDUCATED IN THE NORWALK PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND
GRADUATED WITH HIGH HONORS FROM NORWALK HIGH SCHOOL IN 1983.
SHE MATRICULATED TO TUFTS UNIVERSITY IN MEDFORD,
MASSACHUSETTS IN AUGUST 1983. SHE "STUDIED - ELSEWHERE" FOR
THE FALL SEMESTER OF 1986 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT AT
STORRS AND GRADUATED ON MAY 17, 1987 FROM TUFTS, WITH A
BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN CHILD STUDY.
GALA BELIEVES THAT GOD HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO HER CONCERNING
MINISTRY ALL OF HER LIFE. WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, SHE FELT THE
COMPELLING URGE TO BRING OTHERS TO CHURCH AND TO SHARE JESUS
WITH THEM. IN 1988 GOD SPOKE TO HER MORE CLEARLY & IN 1991 HE
CALLED HER TO PREACH AND TEACH HIS GOSPEL. SEND ME, SEND ME,
I'LL GO!
GALA MARRIED THE REV. DR. PHILLIP CHARLES JOUBERT ON SATURDAY,
JUNE 18, 1988 AT THE CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN SOUTH NORWALK,
CONNECTICUT. THIS UNION PRODUCED A "TEAMWORK" IN THE MINISTRY
THAT HAS CONTINUED AT THE NEW LIGHT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
GALA ATTENDED THE EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK
BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL WHERE SHE STUDIED LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR
CHRISTIAN WORKERS AND THE VIRGINIA SEMINARY AND COLLEGE
EXTENSION IN NEW YORK WHERE HER HUSBAND SERVED AS THE DEAN OF
THE SCHOOL. THERE SHE STUDIED THE FOLLOWING COURSES: OLD
TESTAMENT SURVEY, NEW TESTAMENT SURVEY, SYSTEMATIC
THEOLOGY, HOMILETICS, CHURCH ADMINISTRATION AND BAPTIST POLITY
& PRACTICE, PUBLIC SPEAKING & EXPRESSION, CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN
THE LOCAL CHURCH, PASTORAL MINISTRY, AND MISSIONS & EVANGELISM.
SHE ALSO ATTENDED THE EMPIRE BAPTIST CONGRESS OF CHRISTIAN
EDUCATION'S LEADERSHIP TRAINING SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS. GALA
HAS ALSO ATTENDED NUMEROUS BIBLE SEMINARS & CLASSES AND
DENOMINATIONAL CONVENTIONS. SHE HAS STUDIED CHRISTIAN
EDUCATION AND TRAVELED IN THE FOLLOWING CITIES AND STATES, LOS
ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THROUGHOUT CONNECTICUT, WASHINGTON, D.C.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, NEW YORK, NEW YORK,
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AND DALLAS, TEXAS. GALA IS ONE OF THE
PRE-SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS FOR THE CONNECTICUT STATE MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CONVENTION' CONGRESS OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FOR
INSTITUTES AND ANNUAL SESSIONS.
GALA HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE TOTAL LIFE OF THE NEW LIGHT
MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND HAS SERVED IN THE FOLLOWING
AREAS: CHARTER MEMBER, VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL DIRECTOR &
INSTRUCTOR, NEW LIGHT GIRLS FORUM AND SISTER'S YOUTH GROUP
COORDINATOR, CHILDREN'S CHOIR DIRECTOR, NEW LIGHT MAY FESTIVAL
COORDINATOR, SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE COORDINATOR, PASTORAL
SECRETARY, TRUSTEE, JUNIOR HOME & FOREIGN MISSIONARY
FELLOWSHIP ASSISTANT DIRECTOR & SUPERVISOR, ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SUNDAY CHURCH SCHOOL, DIRECTOR OF THE
NEW LIGHT CHILDREN'S MINISTRY, INSTRUCTOR FOR CHILDREN'S BIBLE
STUDY & YOUNG PEOPLE'S BIBLE STUDY & CATECHISM AND MEMBER OF
THE NEW LIGHT FELLOWSHIP CHOIR. GALA IS ALSO AN ORDAINED
DEACON AND A LICENSED HOME MISSIONARY.
AS THE WIFE OF THE PASTOR, GALA GIVES HIM TOTAL SUPPORT IN THE
CHURCH, HOME, COMMUNITY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
IN ADDITION TO NEW LIGHT, GALA IS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY
BAPTIST CHURCH IN BAYSIDE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK WHERE HER
FATHER-IN-LAW, REV. DR. SAMUEL BERTHAL JOUBERT, SR. IS THE
PASTOR, AND HER HUSBAND REV. DR. PHILLIP CHARLES JOUBERT, SR. IS
CO-PASTOR. HER BROTHER-IN-LAW REV. SAMUEL BERTHAL JOUBERT, JR.
SERVES AS AN ASSOCIATE MINISTER.
GALA'S HOBBIES INCLUDE: CROSS-STITCH, SEWING, CRAFTS, MUSIC &
DANCE, READING & DRAMA.
GALA IS THE DAUGHTER OF REV. ALLEAN BOLDEN LYAS AND DEACON
MELVYN LEE LYAS OF NORWALK, CONNECTICUT WHO HAVE CONSTANTLY
ENCOURAGED AND SUPPORTED HER THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME. THEY
SERVE AT THE NEW LIGHT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE IS THE
GRANDDAUGHTER OF DEACON JEFFERSON BOLDEN, MARIANNA,
ARKANSAS, AND THE REV. SPENCER BROWN, SR. & LAVIVIAN EASLEY
BROWN, ALSO OF MARIANNA, ARKANSAS. GALA AND HER HUSBAND, REV.
DR. PHILLIP CHARLES JOUBERT, SR. HAVE SIX CHILDREN; 4 BOYS AND 2
GIRLS. THEY ARE PHILLIP CHARLES JOUBERT, JR., JOSEPH EDWARD
JOUBERT, II, MATTHEW BROWN-BOLDEN JOUBERT, BETHANY
GALA-DERENE JOUBERT, & TWINS; MARK JEFFERSON-BERTHAL JOUBERT
and BEREA DORIS-ALLEAN JOUBERT
GALA STRIVES TO FOLLOW THE TEACHINGS OF GOD'S HOLY WORD, TO
LIVE LIKE JESUS AND TO TELL OTHERS ABOUT HIM. ONE OF HER HOPES IN
THE MINISTRY OF NEW LIGHT IS THAT EVERY LOST SOUL THAT WALKS
THROUGH THE DOOR WILL BE WON TO JESUS, THE CHRIST, IN THAT
HOUR!!!
GALA DERENE TAYLOR JOUBERT WAS BORN ON MAY 7, 1965 IN MEMPHIS,
TENNESSEE TO THE LATE SPENCER ANTHONY BROWN, JR. AND ALLEAN
BOLDEN TAYLOR. SHE IS THE SECOND OF NINE SIBLINGS. GALA MOVED
TO NORWALK AT THE AGE OF TWO AND HAD A STRONG CHRISTIAN
UPBRINGING. GALA ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HER PERSONAL SAVIOR AND
WAS BAPTIZED AT THE CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN SOUTH NORWALK,
CONNECTICUT IN 1970 BY THE LATE REV. DR. SAMUEL J. WILLIAMS. SHE
"GREW UP" IN THE CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE ATTENDED SUNDAY
CHURCH SCHOOL REGULARLY, WAS A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH CHOIR,
THE JUNIOR USHER BOARD, THE JUNIOR MISSIONARIES, THE TEEN GROUP
AND THE CELESTIAL CHOIR. SHE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN CHRISTMAS &
EASTER PROGRAMS. LATER AS A YOUNG ADULT, HER COMMITMENT TO
CHRIST WAS STRENGTHENED AND SHE ATTENDED PRAYER MEETINGS
AND ASSISTED AT VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL.
GALA WAS EDUCATED IN THE NORWALK PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND
GRADUATED WITH HIGH HONORS FROM NORWALK HIGH SCHOOL IN 1983.
SHE MATRICULATED TO TUFTS UNIVERSITY IN MEDFORD,
MASSACHUSETTS IN AUGUST 1983. SHE "STUDIED - ELSEWHERE" FOR
THE FALL SEMESTER OF 1986 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT AT
STORRS AND GRADUATED ON MAY 17, 1987 FROM TUFTS, WITH A
BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN CHILD STUDY.
GALA BELIEVES THAT GOD HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO HER CONCERNING
MINISTRY ALL OF HER LIFE. WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, SHE FELT THE
COMPELLING URGE TO BRING OTHERS TO CHURCH AND TO SHARE JESUS
WITH THEM. IN 1988 GOD SPOKE TO HER MORE CLEARLY & IN 1991 HE
CALLED HER TO PREACH AND TEACH HIS GOSPEL. SEND ME, SEND ME,
I'LL GO!
GALA MARRIED THE REV. DR. PHILLIP CHARLES JOUBERT ON SATURDAY,
JUNE 18, 1988 AT THE CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN SOUTH NORWALK,
CONNECTICUT. THIS UNION PRODUCED A "TEAMWORK" IN THE MINISTRY
THAT HAS CONTINUED AT THE NEW LIGHT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
GALA ATTENDED THE EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK
BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL WHERE SHE STUDIED LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR
CHRISTIAN WORKERS AND THE VIRGINIA SEMINARY AND COLLEGE
EXTENSION IN NEW YORK WHERE HER HUSBAND SERVED AS THE DEAN OF
THE SCHOOL. THERE SHE STUDIED THE FOLLOWING COURSES: OLD
TESTAMENT SURVEY, NEW TESTAMENT SURVEY, SYSTEMATIC
THEOLOGY, HOMILETICS, CHURCH ADMINISTRATION AND BAPTIST POLITY
& PRACTICE, PUBLIC SPEAKING & EXPRESSION, CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN
THE LOCAL CHURCH, PASTORAL MINISTRY, AND MISSIONS & EVANGELISM.
SHE ALSO ATTENDED THE EMPIRE BAPTIST CONGRESS OF CHRISTIAN
EDUCATION'S LEADERSHIP TRAINING SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS. GALA
HAS ALSO ATTENDED NUMEROUS BIBLE SEMINARS & CLASSES AND
DENOMINATIONAL CONVENTIONS. SHE HAS STUDIED CHRISTIAN
EDUCATION AND TRAVELED IN THE FOLLOWING CITIES AND STATES, LOS
ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THROUGHOUT CONNECTICUT, WASHINGTON, D.C.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, NEW YORK, NEW YORK,
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AND DALLAS, TEXAS. GALA IS ONE OF THE
PRE-SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS FOR THE CONNECTICUT STATE MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CONVENTION' CONGRESS OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FOR
INSTITUTES AND ANNUAL SESSIONS.
GALA HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE TOTAL LIFE OF THE NEW LIGHT
MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND HAS SERVED IN THE FOLLOWING
AREAS: CHARTER MEMBER, VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL DIRECTOR &
INSTRUCTOR, NEW LIGHT GIRLS FORUM AND SISTER'S YOUTH GROUP
COORDINATOR, CHILDREN'S CHOIR DIRECTOR, NEW LIGHT MAY FESTIVAL
COORDINATOR, SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE COORDINATOR, PASTORAL
SECRETARY, TRUSTEE, JUNIOR HOME & FOREIGN MISSIONARY
FELLOWSHIP ASSISTANT DIRECTOR & SUPERVISOR, ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SUNDAY CHURCH SCHOOL, DIRECTOR OF THE
NEW LIGHT CHILDREN'S MINISTRY, INSTRUCTOR FOR CHILDREN'S BIBLE
STUDY & YOUNG PEOPLE'S BIBLE STUDY & CATECHISM AND MEMBER OF
THE NEW LIGHT FELLOWSHIP CHOIR. GALA IS ALSO AN ORDAINED
DEACON AND A LICENSED HOME MISSIONARY.
AS THE WIFE OF THE PASTOR, GALA GIVES HIM TOTAL SUPPORT IN THE
CHURCH, HOME, COMMUNITY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
IN ADDITION TO NEW LIGHT, GALA IS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY
BAPTIST CHURCH IN BAYSIDE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK WHERE HER
FATHER-IN-LAW, REV. DR. SAMUEL BERTHAL JOUBERT, SR. IS THE
PASTOR, AND HER HUSBAND REV. DR. PHILLIP CHARLES JOUBERT, SR. IS
CO-PASTOR. HER BROTHER-IN-LAW REV. SAMUEL BERTHAL JOUBERT, JR.
SERVES AS AN ASSOCIATE MINISTER.
GALA'S HOBBIES INCLUDE: CROSS-STITCH, SEWING, CRAFTS, MUSIC &
DANCE, READING & DRAMA.
GALA IS THE DAUGHTER OF REV. ALLEAN BOLDEN LYAS AND DEACON
MELVYN LEE LYAS OF NORWALK, CONNECTICUT WHO HAVE CONSTANTLY
ENCOURAGED AND SUPPORTED HER THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME. THEY
SERVE AT THE NEW LIGHT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE IS THE
GRANDDAUGHTER OF DEACON JEFFERSON BOLDEN, MARIANNA,
ARKANSAS, AND THE REV. SPENCER BROWN, SR. & LAVIVIAN EASLEY
BROWN, ALSO OF MARIANNA, ARKANSAS. GALA AND HER HUSBAND, REV.
DR. PHILLIP CHARLES JOUBERT, SR. HAVE SIX CHILDREN; 4 BOYS AND 2
GIRLS. THEY ARE PHILLIP CHARLES JOUBERT, JR., JOSEPH EDWARD
JOUBERT, II, MATTHEW BROWN-BOLDEN JOUBERT, BETHANY
GALA-DERENE JOUBERT, & TWINS; MARK JEFFERSON-BERTHAL JOUBERT
and BEREA DORIS-ALLEAN JOUBERT
GALA STRIVES TO FOLLOW THE TEACHINGS OF GOD'S HOLY WORD, TO
LIVE LIKE JESUS AND TO TELL OTHERS ABOUT HIM. ONE OF HER HOPES IN
THE MINISTRY OF NEW LIGHT IS THAT EVERY LOST SOUL THAT WALKS
THROUGH THE DOOR WILL BE WON TO JESUS, THE CHRIST, IN THAT
HOUR!!!
