When I think of you miss Caroline all I see are sweet smiles. The genuine love for others you showed will never be forgotten. Kindness is what you exemplified. I will also never forget the incredible car insurance rate you hooked me up with, back in the day. Haha Thank you for caring.
My wife and I came to summit church in 2013 and this year is our 10th year anniversary. I served in the worship team with John More for a couple of years and that’s where I met 🎶sweet Caroline 🎶 a few years went by, every time she saw me she invited me to play the piano at CR, then, I didn’t know what CR meant 😳Well, in 2018 I accepted her invitation to serve at “ Celebrate Recovery” now I knew what CR was all about. One day she met my wife Sandra , and the first thing Caroline said to her was “ Your husband is a great piano player” ,and I was like, really Caroline 🤷🏽😅my wife just looked at me smiling.. But anyways, Caroline was always lifting people up with encouragement and that was what impressed me the most. Her attitude towards life in the midst of her pain seemed like a peaceful song and the Bible’s verse: “ My child, Be still and know that I am God” became so real in her life.. wow!! And when Hebrews 13:2 states: that we have entertained angels unawares”, I believe we sometimes are around people that were angels and we didn’t even noticed… That’s how I feel about Caroline, she really was an Angel among us that taught me how to worship God. We loved you here. We will see you there…in His Kingdom!
Caroline, You were such a joy to be around. I’ll always remember you especially when wearing one of the many Betsey Johnson necklaces you would surprise me with. Just the kind of person you were. Always giving - always smiling and always loving Last week was tough because in my mind you were up there singing with Sean & the rest of your wonderful worship team. You are an inspiration for me to keep going no matter how tough things get and to keep loving Jesus “I can only imagine” is the song that I think of now when I think of you. I’m guessing you fell to your knees and sang hallelujah I’ll be missing you but I rest in the knowledge that I will see you again And we’ll be glorifying Jesus together You’re forever in my heart ♥️
I had came to terms with my addiction to drugs and needed help. A friend of mine had suggested I go check out Celebrate Recovery at Summit. So I went for the first time and was dropped off on a Friday evening. I walked through the front doors and saw everyone sitting down and eating dinner. I thought to myself "Oh lord I can't do this," and I turned around to leave. As I am about to walk right back out, a hand gently grabbed my shoulder and I turned around to be asked "is this your first time here?" I responded "yes it is and I think I'm lost." I was told I was exactly where God wanted me to be and was asked if I was hungry but I didn't bring cash with me that day. And this kind soul bought me dinner and introduced me to some kind people at Celebrate Recovery. That woman was Caroline who laid her hand on me and stopped me from leaving. I stayed at CR the entire night, and then started to come back weekly. From there I went to encounter and was saved and reborn again. If not for Caroline's kindness and grace she showed me that day, I don't know where I would be, or what my life would like now. I believe Caroline saved my life that day. Her and I became good and dear friends at Celebrate Recovery. She was able to listen to my testimony, and I was blessed and honored to hear hers. I will always love and cherish not only the moments we shared together walking in faith and Recovery, but hearing that beautiful voice of hers leading worship. She was a gift from God and I know deep down she is singing loud and proud in heaven. I love and miss you Caroline.
I'll forever miss Carolines sweet and loving nature. We met in radio, more than 20 years ago. I had no idea what the job entailed but was welcomed with a warm heart (and deep hugs from Caroline ❤️). Then, I watched her. She had every client's birthday, anniversary or otherwise in her memory bank. She knew details and dates. She knew them because they mattered. They were important and she showed it. Sending cards, showing up to appreciate them on their special day. Who really does this today? I was lucky to have this amazing woman, mother, wife and friend in my life. She exponentially impacted my world just by being her. I will forever love her for it. I just wish more could experience what I did. Love you my friend ❤️ She was always so warm, loving and vested each time we saw another.
Caroline, you truly were a magnificent, beautiful woman, and it was a blessing to have gotten to experience your aura and vivacious personality. You really are a shining light and angel, those who know you were so lucky to have someone with such a warm and huge smile in their lives, I appreciate how much kindness you showed me and how you would check in on me when you came into the clinic. I will forever cherish our conversations and your wisdom that you shared with me, when I would talk your ear off. Listening to you sing, was always a great part of my day at work. Thank you for being you, and welcoming into your life and giving me you amazing hugs.
I was just 17 when I met her, a girl from Brazil who was in a exchange program and just wanted to be accepted by her host family. But in this trip Caroline and her family changed my life forever. She made me feel at home even though I was so far away from mine. She treated me like a daughter and I was so blessed by her joy, love and affection. It has been 8 years since I saw her and she always remembered my birthday and special dates, she remembered me. I am truly grateful to Jesus for the opportunity of meeting her and I will aways remember her hug and perfume. I am sad that I couldn't make in time to see her again, but I know she's with Jesus and I will hug her again.
Caroline was so loved in our clinic,shes so beautiful,heart of gold.She always give me sample of her songs in front of everybody eventhough shes not feeling well.She so precious she celebrated my birthday with unexpected ballons and flowers.I LOVE YOU CAROLINE AND WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU. lucy
I remember the first time I met Caroline. It was in the locker room at PSA reservation center. She befriended me with her sunshine bubbly personality. Caroline always make you feel special the first time she meets you and every time she sees you again. She touched you with her smile and kindness. 💗 Her beautiful memories lives on. 🙏🏻💗
Caroline, I will forever miss our friendship. I remembered when we both were young and single and when we saw a cute guy, we would look at each other and say, “too cute 😂 “ and we would have a good laugh. I remembered us being adventurous and going to Hawaii for 24 hours. I remember how I always feel bless having a special loving friend like you. Thank you Caroline, Love you so much forever.
Sweet Caroline, my gorgeous niece, I thought of you many times asking Jesus to hold you in his everlasting arms during your sickness. What a beautiful strong woman with a great love for Jesus, you a wonderful inspiration to me and all who loved you. Sweet Caroline, I’m so happy you and I spent some time together on messages,in the last two months your text are so full of great love always cheerful no matter how bad you were feeling. I so enjoyed all my letters from you every single Christmas, about Joe, Matthew and Kylee through the past years. Sweet Caroline, thank you for being a very beautiful soul as my wonderful niece and wife to your soulmate Joe, an awesome mother to your two wonderful children Matthew and Kylee. I want to thank Jesus for giving you such a precious gift your grandson to love for a short time. I know you will always be his Guardian angel. Sweet Caroline, I will say goodbye for now but one day I will tell you hello with a spiritual hug, sometime someday at the Golden Gates In Heaven, until we meet again Caroline, I miss you already and love you dearly.♥️ With hugs and kisses your Aunt Cynthia
I had the pleasure of doing Caroline’s hair for close to 20 years. Caroline was one of my favorite people. She was an amazing woman of Faith, always full of Hope and loved life. She modeled what it looks like to be a Proverbs 31 woman. She was always on the go and always had multiple jobs! She was usually late to her appointment, but it was always because of the time she was spending with another human being. She never denied time with someone. She loved spending time with people because she genuinely loved them. Her husband and kids always came first and she treated everyone like family. We had so many amazing discussions about life and I learned so many ways to be a good wife, mom and friend. She always came to greet me with a smile and a great big hug. She loved giving me gifts because she was a gift giver. What a gift she was to so many people! She still connected with me after I moved out of Reno 5 years ago and always found where I lived to send my family a Christmas card ❤️ She was always so thoughtful and so selfless. The most caring, kind, humble person…you will be missed Caroline. I am so blessed to have had you in my life for so many years. Thank you for being my friend. Until we meet again💗
Oh dear CR sister for life Caroline Lush!!! You are the epitome of a prayer warrior and of a servant always waiting on others; SELFLESS. It’s hard to accept you’re gone But your legacy lives on. What an honor and humbling to worship with you . I will miss you being present and the hugs you always give out . Thank you for always supporting my son in his basketball that means a lot. You’re a selfless giver . My son and I are truly blessed that you added to our lives . The talks we shared will always be cherished for they were always meaningful . Being in a ministry of Celebrate Recovery worshipping and sitting together listening to testimonies and cheering everyone on who got chips and you didn’t mind my “woot woot “ cheers . Thank you for being who God created you to be my sister forever . LOVE YOU!!! Tj added he surely will miss you .
Caroline worked with me at Thryv, (formerly, YP, DEX-YP,) and like all of us that knew Caroline, I was truly blessed to call Caroline as my friend. Caroline was such a bright light and always had that uplifting attitude in work, her life, her family and her faith in her Lord, her Church and her beliefs. From the first time I met Caroline, over 7 years ago, I knew that I had just met one of the most special ladies I had ever encountered in my life. Caroline’s energy, her honesty and integrity, her love for her family and life, and her love of God, as well as her courageous fight with Cancer was shared to me from Caroline on the first day we met. I will never forget Caroline Lush, and I will truly miss her sweet smile, her beautiful voice, especially when singing praises, her uplifting grace, her unshakable Faith, and her genuine love of her family and all of those that she met. Sending love and prayers to all of Caroline's family and friends.
It breaks my heart, for someone who has so much to live for who contributed so much love and joy to others selflessly, it is a big loss for all who were touched by her and her beautiful soul❣️🙏❣️
I just straight up never met a better person than Caroline. She always made me feel valuable, loved and appreciated. She is my sister in Christ, forever family, Momma C, Christ worshiping companion and eternal friend. I feel blessed to have been able to spend so much valuable time with her and consider every moment an honor. I can’t wait to see her with Jesus at the right hand of the Father (with her beautiful glowing smile). Until then, you are loved even still Caroline ❤️❤️❤️!
Dearest Caroline - Eternal optimist, cheerful spirit, loyal colleague, true friend.... The memory of your face, always in smile, radiating abundant love, caring and compassion for all, friends and strangers alike, comforts my heavy heart right now.... my favorite memories - living with the YP Training Class team at the Biltmore in downtown LA for 6 weeks, dinners and happy hours, sneaking into the club floor dining hall for free snacks, tea and afternoon wine after daily training at the AT&T building, city bus rides rather than waiting for the shuttle, having fun with Homer in class..... but most of all Caroline.... you and the girls marching off to Santee Alley for shopping blitzes.... I miss you so much... Thank you for your friendship and camaraderie. You showed me how to be a better person. To Friends and Family - Caroline and I worked for YP (AT&T Advertising) and were in initial training in Los Angeles in April 2014. Everyone in our training class became very close over the course of ~ 6 weeks. Caroline lifted all of us up at some point over our journey together.
Caroline, I feel so lucky to have gained such a beautiful sister. You are so kind and loving in every word that you spoke. I love you you would show me the prayers to pray over my kids and family, inviting me to church. Every time I saw you on stage the tears would fall and I would feel so connected to the Holy Spirit.! Your voice is truly one of an Angel! I know you are looking down on all of us! You are going to be so missed ! I love you , and I know I will see you again one day !
Caroline, You made me feel welcome and wanted in every space we ever shared. I have so rarely known someone who welcomed others so boldly, as you. Blessings upon blessings to all those who grieve today. So much love.
I love you forever mama. Now, YOU are my sunshine when skies are grey.
If I could only worship our Lord with all the faith that Caroline did, that was a reoccurring thought for me when I watched her sing, listened to her speak and chatting over coffee! Caroline’s faith in our God shined though every conversation, every worship song and every sweet hug from a friend. Heaven has gained a sweet Angel today! God bless the Lush family during this time🙏
Goodbye for now sweet Caroline. I shall hold every hug and blown kisses from the stage in my heart. My heart is breaking for your family now as they walk this road we call grief. Our emotions are conflicted now and that is ok! "Hurting with Hope, still Hurts" Levi Lusko Thank You for showing us how to love!
Someone who exemplifies Jesus, that was Caroline. She asked me to do the sound board because Russel was not going to be there I said yes. I showed up for rehearsal and we gathered to pray. Here is a lady that had cancer and she was praying her heart out for others. I asked her that night how she was feeling and I will never forget what she said “ OK but I know where I am going God is good. Thanks for that encouragement and I will see you again. Thanks for letting me serve.
For years before I got to share a stage with Caroline, I was one of the many lucky churchgoers who got to bask in her energy as she led us in praise and worship. Very soon after joining the team, she welcomed me with an open heart and through her tireless devotion to her ministry, taught me what it meant to truly rejoice as a servant of our Lord. I'd previously lost my mentor and later my mother to breast cancer, so when she shared her diagnosis with us, I knew all too well and quietly dreaded what she might have to face. Now, what I feared has come to pass, but I am glad that she is now singing her favorite songs on the holiest of stages and most magnificent audience. We already miss you, dear sister, but we know where you are, and we will praise and worship with you again someday!
There are just some people who are containers of the love & light of Christ! Caroline will truly be remembered for that. Being brand new at Summit I remember her testimony at a women’s event about breast cancer. After that I ran into her at a doctors office we both went to. It’s been 15 years since I was diagnosed and I am now cancer free and now so is Caroline! I hate cancer more than any other disease! I am so sorry that she won’t be here for her husband, kids and grandchildren. As a wife, mom and grandma, I mourned when I was diagnosed at the possibility of leaving them. I know her heart. Yes she is out of pain but our hearts remain hurting. I pray for the ones left here. I know her legacy will live on. She has such a beautiful family and she is and always will be beautiful ❤️🥲🛐
I met Caroline at Subaru. I worked there for 9 years and she was a good customer of mine, that turned into a friend. She always had the most positive attitude no matter what, always full of life and the kindest person to everyone. To say I miss her is an understatement. I feel for her family. I know she is at peace and comfortable. Sending all the love to her family at this time.
What a wonderful lady. The times doing worship at The Rock Church. Her smile, her love of family and God. Pauses me to bow my head. She’s where the roads are paved with gold. At His right hand. Blessings to her family. Will truly miss her smile and joy. 🙏🏻
Caroline was in my first lifegroup /the Latte Ladies at Summit 20 years ago. We would pray together and worship the Lord , and it was during this time that we became such close friends. Every year since then, we have fed the Reno PD breakfast( together with Desiree and Barbara) ...organic eggs, bacon, pancakes, orange juice. Caroline exemplifies what it is to be a selfless woman of God and a prayer warrior. I will never forget her heart for Jesus and Caroline , you will be eternally missed. Love you, Katherine
I will never forget Miss Caroline… I remember the first time I ever went to CR; she was on stage with her daughter and that night they sang Jireh and Gratitude, that was the first time I had heard either of those songs, and they have changed my life ever since. I have always looked up to Caroline, she was so fearless and proud of her faith, and not only that but she was so accepting of others. She has never made anyone feel judged, and I love that about her. I truly believe that Caroline lived her life how Jesus did, pleasing to the Father. I was actually just talking about her earlier this week with someone that had came into my school that goes to the Summit… she changed so many lives. Even though I am so happy that she is singing and dancing with God now, I am going to miss her so much on earth.
Dearest Father, thank you for sharing Caroline with us. I'm grateful that our paths crossed. To my sweet sister.. Caroline your heart was always pouring out to all of us. We will continue your love for God on this earthly journey until we meet again.. Heaven has a beautiful angel joining today. May the holy spirit surround us to help us understand the pain we feel is not eternal. To your husband, kids and other family and friends I can't wait to celebrate your life with the joy you always shined on all of us.
I worked with Caroline at PSA/USAIR and withJoe at Southwest Airlines, and she has always had the most Beautiful smile that lit up the Room. She was a kind Beautiful soul. She was always so proud of her Family, and loved them dearly. She sure was a fighter when it came to her health. My heart goes out to the Lush family . God Bless you all. I will always have memories of sweet Caroline. God definitely received an angel today.
Caroline exemplified what it means to worship our Lord. I rejoice that she is worshiping Jesus in his presence now though. I am blessed to call her a friend, especially when she was brave enough to put me in my place when I was selfish or had a hard heart, and she did it with love and grace. I know I will see her again and hope I can live up to her self-less example that she displayed serving, loving, and caring for others.
Caroline, your love for the Lord and the pure joy you exuded every time you had an opportunity to lift Him in praise is such an inspiration to me and everyone who had the opportunity to serve alongside you. I'm thankful that God has welcomed you into His open arms, and that one day we'll be united. Thank you for your faith and the love you showed to everyone you encountered. It is an honor to be counted amongst your friends. We miss you already, but rest in the knowledge that we'll see you again.
Singing with you was a joy- taking turns holding Spence during worship practice so many years ago… but KNOWING you as friend is a gift. Thank you
Caroline Lush has a legacy that will live on for many years to come! Her humility, strength, passion for worship and strong relationship with Jesus and her genuine love and compassion for others are all things that will live on through many years! I am beyond blessed to have led worship beside her in multiple ways, learned from her and be encouraged by her! Caroline we will always love you and I have that list of worship songs that will always live in my heart and when I hear them on the radio or at church i will be again reminded of your passion for worship and I will sing a little louder!
Your staple smiley faces :-) on your many cards sent and text messages since I was a little girl is what will always appear in my mind when I think of you, sweet Caroline. Your unwavering love for the Lord, your family, and for people in general is what made you, you. I was super blessed to grow up with you and call you more my Aunt than my Cousin. I’ll forever cherish every memory, and everything you made sure to be special. Thank you for loving us—ALL of us. Thank you for your example of being a good and faithful servant until the very end. I’m so proud of you, Caroline. You left a legacy and a mark on so many lives and I’m thankful that I was able to experience your love for Jesus in my life and Lilly’s, too. I’ll see you again. Joe—Thank you for setting the perfect example of “til death due us part”. You two made a beautiful family that will continue your Caroline’s legacy. I’m so sorry for your loss. We love you ❤️ Matthew and Kylee—You’re the perfect reflection of your mothers love. Thank you both for being the children she always dreamed of having. Love you both and sending condolences to your spouses and baby Elias ❤️
When I first moved from northwest atttending Grace church to sparks and started attending Summit and always admired the worshipper Caroline is and was . She did not care about being in leadership but she exude a woman of faith of her waiting on people and serving them with a pure heart. When I joined Celebrate Recovery worship it was such a joy serving with her for 10 years . We laughed a lot for she knows a good ball . It’s been a joy worshipping with her and never a dull moment in rehearsal and I WILL MISS THAT SO MUCH. Her presence in my life is calming and she is my mentor . Everytime I’m not in right standing with God I can hear her gentle voice of “Ag … then Aggie … glad she never said my whole name HAHAHHA. Memories with her and her family gatherings are the events I will forever treasure . She has supported my son from day 1 from all his events from karate, swimming , football and now b-ball . What a sister, and friend!!! I will miss her so much and everyday . Her advice to me I’ll forever take heed . Love you Caroline !!!
How can I summarize our stories? Caroline has seen the good parts of me and the not so good parts, and she would hug me every time. I’ll miss your love and support on our worship team. Can’t wait to praise God with you in Heaven some day. Love you, Friend.
There aren’t many women like Caroline. Every time I was around her she breathed life into me and pointed me toward Jesus! One of the most beautiful women I will ever know. Thank you Caroline for shining with the light of Jesus! We will miss you so very much but we can’t wait until we see you again.
I remember way back at The Rock church. Hearing you doing with our Matt, in worship. You had such a big heart for worship. I’ll miss your beautiful smile. I’m sure my mom will be up there ready to welcome you home. I’ll see you again some day.
I love you, Mom. And I miss you so much already. It brings me peace that you're not suffering anymore, and that you're smiling and singing with a shiny new pair of wings. Even though you had to leave this earthly life too soon, I know I'll see you again someday. I'm so grateful for you and for our time together. I love you.