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Our Church's Staff:
Reverend Allen V. Harris, Pastor PastorAllen {at} FranklinCircleChurch {dot} org + Began April of 2001
Beverly Wurm is the Administrative Secretary for Facilities, Purchasing, and Community Outreach. She will be in the office on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. + Began February 2011 Beverly’s e-mail for church is: wurm_beverly@yahoo.com
Cheryl Yurcak is the Administrative Secretary for Publications and Database Management. + Began February 2011 She will be in the office on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cheryl’s e-mail is:
cyurcak@netzero.com
Jim Robinson, Music Director
+ Began November of 1981
For more info on Jim, click HERE
Scott Posey, Soloist
+ Began March of 1991
For more info on Scott, click HERE
Colleen Munley, Youth Director + Began March 2009 E-Mail: MunleyColleen {at} yahoo {dot} com
For more information on Colleen, click HERE
Tara Bobak Nursery Teacher + Began April 2010
Monique Lowther Custodian + Began July 2010
Michelle Brown Children's Director + Began October 2010 E-Mail: DOCMICHELLEDOC {at} aol {dot} com
For more information on Michelle, click HERE!
Jake Pruitt Choir Director + Began 2010 E-Mail:
Richard Hinkelman Keyboards/Worship Music + Began 2010 E-Mail:
February 2011
Welcome New Administrative
Secretaries
In addition to regular secretarial responsibilities
(reception, phone, e-mail, mail, correspondence, etc.), Cheryl will also
specifically be responsible for:
December 2010
Thanksgiving For Yvonne Hathorn
We give thanks to God for the wonderful work and
dedication to our church shown by Yvonne Hathorn who tendered her
resignation as Administrative Secretary as of December 9. Yvonne has been a
vibrant and skilled presence in the church since she was hired last February
and she will be greatly missed. Yvonne has decided that she needs to seek
more full-time employment, and we wish her well on that journey.
The Personnel Department, under the guidance of Pastor
Allen as Head of Staff, has secured volunteer help in the office until the
end of the year, and has begun to plan for the future of this position. The
prayers and patience of the congregation are solicited during this time.
At the time of this writing, the Church Office hours
will be for the foreseeable future: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through
Thursday. If you call after those hours, please leave a message on the
church’s voicemail and it will be returned as soon as possible. We will also
attempt to keep the church’s website updated as much as possible:
www.FranklinCircleChurch.org
Michelle Brown Hired As New Children’s
Director
For many this was a natural choice as Michelle
has been working with our children as Sunday School Teacher and Children
Worship & Wonder Leader since 2000, and as Assistant Sunday School Teacher
at Highland Christian Church prior to that. Nonetheless, the Personnel Team
wanted to insure that Michelle was seen as a fully viable candidate and to
allow for the church to seek out the very best person possible for the job.
This has happened in our hiring of Michelle.
In addition to her work with children,
Michelle has also worked at Hometown Buffet as line server, greeter, and
cashier. Here at the church she has also been the manager of the Summer
Lunch Program, Administrative Manager of the Youth Enrichment Program, Chair
of the Diaconate, and Stewardship Chairperson. She currently serves as an
Elder of the congregation.
In addition to overseeing the Children Worship
& Wonder (CW&W) program on Sunday mornings, Michelle will recruit and train
volunteers to lead CW&W and other children’s programs, will create and lead
additional programming for children and their parents/caregivers, lead some
Children’s Minutes in worship monthly, and, most importantly, will help to
integrate children and children’s ministry into all aspects of the
congregation’s life.
Welcome Colleen Munley! Her responsibilities include counsel and care for our youth and their families, reaching out to the youth of the community, planning and leading youth programs, activities, and events, recruiting and training youth leaders, and helping the congregation as a whole appreciate and support the youth of our congregation. Colleen will work with the Christian Education Team in coming up with goals and plans for the youth program, and will be supervised by Pastor Allen. Colleen grew up in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), attending church, youth group, and camps at Camp Christian. She has lived in Northeast Ohio most of her life, and is raising her family here. Her partner is Cari Monhart and their three children are Nick Scheeff, Tori Scheeff, and Matthew Monhart. Colleen is a graduate of Midpark High School in Middleburg Heights. Within the congregation she is also a member of the Diaconate, chairs the New Worship Initiative Team, and is a member of the Education Team and Worship Team. Please offer Colleen your words of support and welcome. We do hope that those members of the congregation who pledged to support new staff for our youth will continue to fulfill those pledges, and anyone who hasn’t done so already will pledge to support this position. This is an exciting “leap of faith” for our congregation!
December 2006
Special Choral Worship Service for Jim
Robinson's
March 2006 Scott Posey Celebrates 15 Years As Soloist
This March our congregation will celebrate 15
years of beautiful music sung by our own R. Scott Posey. Scott's
powerful baritone voice, his versatility and willingness to draw from many
different genres of music, as well as his deep care for the congregation
broadens and deepens our weekly worship experience. Quite often Scott has
chooses solos for worship services that perfectly accentuate the scripture
or theme at hand.
When he is not sharing his God-given talent
with our congregation, Scott serves as band and drama teacher at Lake
Catholic High School in Mentor. Many folks also know Scott as a fine actor
and director of plays and musicals. He has performed in an eclectic mix of
works, from "Jesus Christ Superstar" to "Fiddler on the Roof." Some of
Scott's directing and teaching credits have been for theatres and
organizations such as the Cleveland Opera; Great Lakes Theater Festival;
Porthouse Theatre; and Kent State University.
Scott holds a Bachelor of Music from
Baldwin-Wallace College and a Master of Fine Arts from Kent State
University. He is also married to the beautiful and talented Laurel Posey. |