Our Church's Staff:

Reverend Allen V. Harris, Pastor

  PastorAllen {at} FranklinCircleChurch {dot} org

    + Began April of 2001

Yvonne Hathorn, Administrative Secretary

   + Began February 2010

For more info on Yvonne, click HERE

E-Mail: YvonneHathorn {at} FranklinCircleChurch {dot} org

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

    MunleyColleen {at} yahoo {dot} com

Tara Bobak

Nursery Teacher

   + Began April 2010

Staff News:

February 2010

Welcome Yvonne Hathorn!
 

On February 22, 2010 we welcomed to our church staff Yvonne Hathorn as Administrative Secretary. Yvonne comes to us from both the corporate and church world. She most recently worked for Aleris International in Beachwood, Ohio as their H.R. Administrator. She has her Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Phoenix – Cleveland and a Master of Business Administration from Baldwin Wallace College.
 

Yvonne is also a devoted member of Bethany Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), having been baptized into the faith there. She is a member of the choir and a part of their Circle of Light outreach team that serves food each month to those who are homeless around the downtown area of Cleveland. For the past three months she has worked in the office at Bethany Christian Church, with the Rev. Robin Hedgeman, when their Administrative Secretary had to have surgery. You will quickly discover that Yvonne has a deep faith and a joyful spirit!
 

Yvonne will be available in the office from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Her primary responsibilities will be as Secretary for the Church and for Pastor Allen, to oversee our church Membership Database, create and distribute publications, oversee the reservations and use of our facilities, and manage the church office, working with volunteers and church leaders to ensure the mission of Franklin Circle Christian Church is best fulfilled.
 

You can contact Yvonne on the primary church phone line: 216-781-8232 or via e-mail at YvonneHathorn@FranklinCircleChurch.org.
 

April 2009

Welcome Colleen Munley!

Colleen Munley began on Sunday, March 8 as the new Youth Director of Franklin Circle Christian Church. She will work with our Middle School (Chi Rho) and High School (C.Y.F.) youth and will involve adults in the congregation to help with youth programs and activities.

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
25th Anniversary as Organist and Music Director of Franklin Circle Christian Church
 
The choir, Exultate, will join soloist Scott Posey in singing a special Morning Worship Service commemorating Jim Robinson’s 25th anniversary as Music Director on Sunday, December 3, 10:30 a.m. at Franklin Circle Christian Church. The church is located at 1688 Fulton Rd., at Franklin Blvd., in Ohio City. A reception will follow the service at 12 noon. All are warmly invited to attend both the service and the reception.
 
Jim joined the historic Disciples of Christ congregation in 1981, while a student at the Cleveland Institute of Music.  Franklin Circle’s distinguished heritage has included not only a United States President (James Garfield) as its pastor, but also a remarkable musical tradition, with the Cleveland Messiah Chorus and the Welsh choirs among the Church’s greatest glories.  In recent years that tradition has continued with professional soloists, including two Metropolitan Opera Competition winners, and the remarkable collaboration of Scott Posey, the congregation's soloist, for the last 15 years.
 
Sunday’s service is a reflection of Franklin Circle’s graciously sharing Jim’s musical life with a number of congregations for many years, notably the Fairmount Temple, St. John’s Cathedral, Grace Episcopal and, for fifteen years, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish’s Exultate Choir, celebrating their own 25th anniversary next year.  Led by their internationally acclaimed director and composer, Rita Kliorys, the choir will be singing at Franklin Circle for the first time this Sunday, presenting contemporary Lithuanian and traditional Latin repertoire.
 
Jim participates in the life of the community, the rest of the week, as a full time Real Estate Agent in Lakewood, Edgewater Park, and the wonderful neighborhoods of Ohio City and Downtown.

For more information, call the church office at 216-781-8232.

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.