When Tragedy Becomes a Testimony | NYTCP | Ep 62

Oct 29, 2026  •  Creative Pastor Cory Hester

What if the thing you thought would hold you back is the thing God uses to move you forward?


Brandon Batten serves behind the scenes in our media room every week. In 2023 he lost his wife, Jesslyn, to breast cancer. She was 36, and their daughter had just turned five. This is a story about how one quiet invite changed a family, how a celebration of life led a future pastor to Jesus, how a desperate prayer was answered, and how God redeems what we would never choose.


In Jesslyn's memory, Brandon's family started A Walk to Remember to help uninsured and underinsured people pay for early breast cancer screening. Early detection saves lives.


đź’— Support A Walk to Remember / get screened

A Walk to Remember (Facebook page)

Coastal Family Urgent Care: coastalfamilyurgentcare.com (Facebook page)

Dr. Brittany Canady · (910) 207-6088 · bcanady@coastalfamilyurgentcare.com


🤝 Connect with Brandon

Batten Ventures (Facebook page) · battenventuresllc@yahoo.com


Need help getting connected? Email Pastor Cory: pastorcory@newlight.network


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