FOUNDER’S BIO
Deborah Sisco, who founded Hands on Ministry in 2004, had been teaching Bible Studies designed by others since the early '80s. In 2002 Deborah had the opportunity to work with a writing team for her church. She learned that she enjoyed writing questions and saw that how a question was asked would lead the student back to the Bible passage for the answer.
In the spring of 2003, a group of women came to Deborah and asked her if she would be willing to write a Bible Study that they could use for the summer. She agreed to design a study from the book of Philippians. That summer, five women met on Deborah's back patio and studied Philippians. They were excited about doing the study and asked for further studies.
In the fall of 2003, Deborah was still leading a study group at her church and was praying about writing her own studies. Linda Madden and Karlyn Miller joined her in praying for God's guidance in this venture. The three friends prayed from the fall of 2003 until the summer of 2004 about what the next step should be. They prayed for insight, as well as the style of the study and their overall mission.