A little about me... I was born in Pennsylvania, and then my parents moved to Arizona when I was 10. I've sung probably my whole life. I was very involved in school plays, the choir, and dance. I pretty much focused on the dancing more than the singing until I got into Bible College. That's when I started studying formal voice and piano with Becky Calvert in Fairfax, VA. Becky and her husband Troy were the leaders of the Spanish church at the time, and so since I studied Spanish, I was able to sing quite a lot in the Spanish ministry. I went to two short term missions trips during college to Puerto Rico and Quebec. I studied French in high school as well, so that was a lot of fun to visit Canada too. After college graduation, I moved back to PA and New Jersey for a few years and served in some wonderful churches. I started teaching voice lessons to those that wanted to use their gifts for God in the local churches. I moved back to Arizona in '99, and have stayed here ever since. I hate the cold! I have served in several churches as a choir member, soloist, trio leader, pianist, and voice teacher. I enjoy being invited to sing during missions conferences the most because that is where my heart is. People have been bugging me for years to record an album. It took 13 years to get here, but it is finally done. I plan on recording more in the near future. If you want to know why it took so long, I'll have to tell you that story personally. Right now, I am serving in the music ministry at Palmcroft Baptist Church in Phoenix, AZ. They have a terrific, talented choir and orchestra, and I am blessed to be a part of such an awesome bunch! It's a great church and I love serving there. For the next year, I'll be scheduling concerts in the valley to celebrate the release of my album. So if you would like me to come to your church or event, please contact me. I'm also teaching voice again, and I have room for a couple more students. Give me a call. What do I do when I'm not singing? Well, I work in a pharmacyduring the day. Well, obviously, that is just a basic bio of myself. Any details or blanks you want filled in about my life, email me with questions. God Bless You!
The Music Ministry of Diana Stimmler: Bio
My Testimony
I don't have the kind of testimony of being saved out of drug abuse or drunkeness, or of being a rebel teenager. Yet I was still a sinner needing saving, and so my testimony is worth sharing. I was raised in a religious home. I went to church every week growing up, doing all the things that the church required me to do. I had knowledge of Jesus dying on the cross, and knew I was a sinner. But you know what? I never had any assurance that if I were to die, that I would go to heaven.
One summer when I was 13, I was visiting my cousins. They invited me to Vacation Bible School. It was then that I was presented with The Gospel as I have never heard it before. I was shown that the Bible gives us the way that we can be sure of our eternal destiny. I really loved God, so I stayed up very late talking to my cousins asking a lot of questions. I always thought that what I was doing was the right thing. My cousins showed me from the Bible that I must be born again. It didn't matter which church I went to. I had to ask Jesus to forgive me of my sin and ask Him to be my Savior. I had to have a personal relationship with Christ. I found out working for my salvation by being a good person, going to church, or doing good works was not going to save me. We are sinners, and sin separates us from God. Someone has to pay the penalty for sin. The penalty was paid for my by Christ dying on the cross. It was a gift by God to mankind that he doesn't have to earn. He only has to take the gift. It is by claiming by personal choice, and believing that Christ's death on the cross was sufficient payment for my sin. I did not want to be separated from God forever by going to hell. That's a pretty good motivator I think. I decided that night that I was going to pray and ask Jesus to save me and to come into my life. It was August 15th, 1985 I made the decision. It has changed my life immensely. I knew for sure that I had my name reserved in heaven. No one could ever take that away from me, including myself. Not everyone was as accepting of my decision. I went against the wishes of many people I cared about who thought I was a Jesus Freak or a Holy Roller. I did fall away from Him one time because I didn't get united with a good Bible believing church near my home to learn the things of God. I wasn't allowed to join a church that was going to help me grow in my christian journey until I turned 18. When I turned 18 I was baptized in a Baptist church, and I'm still a Baptist today. It was not long until I felt God's call to serve Him in fulltime christian ministry. I left for Bible College a year later. I grew by leaps and bounds in school. The many trials I went through made me draw closer to God fast. I learned a lot about serving others and about what I believed and why. Of course, my music training was taken up a notch as well. Each day is a journey. Jesus gets sweeter everyday, and He has been ever faithful. I can't imagine what my life would have been without Jesus in my life.
If you would like to have that same assurance of heaven, and you'd like to talk to me, please let me know. I would be glad to talk with you about any questions you have.