{"id":45503,"date":"2026-02-13T15:32:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/the-ql-experience-single-faithful-still-waiting\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:32:34","slug":"the-ql-experience-single-faithful-still-waiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/the-ql-experience-single-faithful-still-waiting\/","title":{"rendered":"The QL Experience: Single. Faithful. Still Waiting."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BvC2jW2peUY?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>&#8220;On this episode of The QL Experience, we sit down with Alesia Hicks, worship pastor at Love Story Church in Greenville, South Carolina, led by celebrity pastor John Gray.<\/p>\n<p>Alesia opens up about the reality of being single while serving in ministry, leading worship while praying for love, and trusting God\u2019s timing even when it feels like everyone else\u2019s prayers are being answered first. She shares what it\u2019s like to guide people in worship who are hoping for the very same things she\u2019s believing God for\u2014and how faith, obedience, and honesty sustain her in the waiting season. We also talk about her experience attending Miles College, an HBCU that helped shape her confidence, calling, and leadership. Beyond ministry, Alesia is a Black-owned business owner and founder of The Garden Jewelry Store, where creativity, purpose, and faith come together.<\/p>\n<p>This episode also highlights SaraVon Davenport Gardner, honoring her excellence, leadership, and impact within the community. This is a real conversation about faith, love, leadership, singleness, and trusting God in the in-between. &#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;On this episode of The QL Experience, we sit down with Alesia Hicks, worship pastor at Love Story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":45504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}