Building the Crew!

Welcome to the fold, Emily and Shelice!

These young ladies are freshman at University of Dayton in art and music education! Both of them have worked extensively with young children in Sunday School and mission setting. They are thrilled to start off their time in Dayton with a new church relationship!

Emily (on the left) came to Dayton from Nutley, New Jersey. She is focusing on voice as a music education major. I can imagine many a tune coming from the activity room.(grin) She has been a team leader for Relay for Life, a girl scout and a CCD teacher (Catholic church) for 1st and 2nd grade! She will work with the same age group here at St. P's.As Emily put it, her goal as an educator is to make the future brighter. Sounds like Light to me!

Shelice (on the right) is from Chicago - in the city, as she explained - so art has been all around her. Art and church. She spent much time helping out at her church, which is what drew her to the position at St. Paul's. She has done many an art project with little ones, particularly young girls, served in a mission through her church. Shelice is bilingual, originally from Puerto Rico, which is a cool link to our bilingual kindergarten program. We are blessed to have both of these young women at St. Paul's, preparing to share the Bible through story, music and visual art for our youngest children, PK -2nd grade.

These two characters to the right are the totally wonderful Stephanie and Jason Rice! They will be joining Diana Sebaly in the PaulPit for 9-12 grade Sunday mornings. They'll also be pitching in with our mission models - MountainTOP and Faith in Action! They just ROCK! SO here's the skinny on these two. In Stephanie's words:
Jason and I both grew up in Mason, OH. In fact, until last year, our parents lived in the same neighborhood. We met in Mrs. DeVore's fifth grade class and were friends throughout middle and high school. We started dating our senior year after my date ditched me at a dance and I thought Jason looked pretty good that night. Jason went to UD for mechanical engineering and I went to UK for chemical engineering. We got married after graduating and now live in Beavercreek. Jason works for Cornerstone Research Group as a research engineer. He mostly builds prototypes and "tinkers." I work for NanoSperse which is a 5 person company including me. I put black stuff in goo to make it conductive for the aerospace industry. Our life pretty much revolves around working out at Centerville Crossfit and eating good food. 

And St. Paul's, as it turns out! Thanks be to God. I couldn't be more pleased that these two feel called to formation ministry! More details to come in the next episode of StPaulights!