"What else would I do with my time? This is time well spent."

Sarah's Call in Nursing

Sarah Momary has been part of Watermark Community Church for nearly twenty years. She started attending during nursing school. After graduating, she began working in one of Dallas' Emergency Departments. While there, she overlapped with Dr. Matt Bush, who helped launch Watermark Health and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board. As a member of the church, and one of Matt's coworkers, she heard about the clinic as it was launching. She was eager to find a chance to serve there, but as a small business owner, and as she and her husband Rob began growing their family, any spare time was limited.

Her draw towards patient populations like the ones Watermark Health serves had long been a part of her nursing career. While in nursing school, Sarah completed an internship at a low‑income clinic operating out of a church basement. The experience stuck.

“I just kind of fell in love with the concept of providing medical care to low‑income populations —caring for the 'least of these' so to speak,” she said.

That love followed her into years working in the emergency department, where she saw firsthand how often the ER became the only medical option for people with nowhere else to go.

So as soon as her kids got a little older and her bandwidth opened up even a little, she didn’t look for something new. She came back to the calling that had been there all along.

“I knew that as soon as I could put my foot back in the nursing door again,” she said, “it would be here.”

The Impact of Serving

For Sarah, the Skillman Clinic represents more than good healthcare—though she’s quick to affirm the excellence of the care provided.

“Yes, we do provide medical care,” she said, “and I think it’s excellent medical care that we give here. But what makes the clinic unique is the way medical care becomes a doorway to something deeper. In the Emergency Room I'd always look for little opportunities to share about Christ, but here it's the main purpose. People are coming to us sick or hurt, and we aren't only allowed, but expected to meet them in the midst of that need and tell them all about Jesus.”

Sarah has seen how that environment fosters conversations about Jesus, the heart of the Watermark Health mission. One day, she cared for a Muslim man who expressed overwhelming gratitude for the clinic’s kindness. He allowed Sarah to pray for him in Jesus' name. He left seen, prayed for, and knew he was welcomed by the Body of Christ.

“Sometimes it’s just getting to be a part of planting seeds along the way,” Sarah said. “And saying, ‘Lord, use this place.’”

How Serving Has Changed Her...and Others

Part of God using Watermark Health is how it also impacts those who serve there.

“Being in this space has given me more boldness and practice sharing the gospel. I'm used to finding ways to have conversations with people I've known for a while. But serving at Watermark Health has helped me initiate more with people that I don’t know, that I’m just meeting. Getting to practice here over and over has made me more confident. I'm not stumbling over words as much as I used to.”

The growth opportunities at the clinic don't just stop with Sarah. They've also spilled over to her family.

“I love telling my kids stories from my time here and they love hearing them.”

Those stories help her kids see beyond the bubble of their everyday lives.

“I want them to know that there are a diversity of experiences of life,” she said. “I get to share with them about people I've met from all over the world and what their story looked like to get here. It makes us more empathetic and understanding of the world around us."

As any mom knows (especially one with five sons!) any spare time she has is rare.

“My kids know my time is precious,” Sarah said. “I hope that as they see me use my time for serving in this way they know that this is more valuable than me having a day to relax or do whatever else I'd do—I hope the importance of serving sinks in for them.”

If You Think You're Too Busy to Serve

Dallas is a city where people live in a constant state of busy. Any spare moments are held tightly, and it can be a natural concern to think there isn't room in the schedule for service.

Sarah has often wrestled with that tension as well.

“There are many mornings I’m driving to a volunteer shift thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, I don’t have time for this today.’ But there has never been a shift where I’ve left thinking that,” she said. “I leave thinking, ‘What else would I do with my limited time? This is time well spent.’"

Are you looking to spend some of your valuable time in a way that will not only impact the city but change you and your loved ones for the better? Take your first step now and begin the online orientation at watermarkhealth.org/serve.