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January 2017 Published Monthly Volume 17, Issue 1, 2017

In This IssueIn This IssueIn This Issue

Pastor Pastor Pastor 222 Music Ministry/EvangelismMusic Ministry/EvangelismMusic Ministry/Evangelism 3 3 3

Preschool NewsPreschool NewsPreschool News 444 GoC Collectables/Dec ActivitiesGoC Collectables/Dec ActivitiesGoC Collectables/Dec Activities 555

Kid City After School News Kid City After School News Kid City After School News 666---777 Calendar/Scripture Readings Calendar/Scripture Readings Calendar/Scripture Readings 888

BirthdaysBirthdaysBirthdays 8 8 8 Worship AssistantsWorship AssistantsWorship Assistants 999

Shepherd’s Pantry/Prayers Shepherd’s Pantry/Prayers Shepherd’s Pantry/Prayers 999 Church Women UnitedChurch Women UnitedChurch Women United 999

About UsAbout UsAbout Us 10 10 Sponsors Sponsors Sponsors 111111

JANUARY 2017JANUARY 2017JANUARY 2017

804 E. Foothill Blvd., Glendora, CA 91741 Phone: 626-914-1971

E-Mail: office@gocglendora.org Website: www.gocglendora.org

Facebook: facebook.com/gocglendora

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It’s time for newspaper columnists to come out with their predictions for the

events of the coming year. Some will use some humor, but many will try to

make their best guesses seriously. In the tabloids, you’ll find a few self-

professed psychics claiming to know what’s going to happen with certainty.

It’s also that time of year when companies, organizations, and groups

announce their goals and projections for the coming year—sales estimates,

estimated profits or losses, etc. All these predictions or projections have one

thing in common—by this time next year virtually none of the things predicted

now will have happened exactly as thought. Only God knows!

If you check a Bible concordance, you’ll find that almost every time “tomorrow” is mentioned in the

Bible, it’s in a negative context. St. James warns us against putting our faith in human plans. “Now

listen, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there,

carry on business and make money.’ Why, you do not even know what will happen

tomorrow” (James 4:13). Proverbs 27:1 says, “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not

know what a day may bring forth.” Jesus Himself told us, “Do not worry about tomorrow, for

tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:34).

Those of you who like to “fly by the seat of your pants” are cheering! It justifies your lack of planning

or goal setting. After all, why plan or set any goals when no one knows for certain even what

tomorrow will bring, let alone the next year or five or ten years? Just save time and skip the

planning. That attitude isn’t right! A certain amount of planning and goal setting is good! Though

He was speaking about the cost of following Him, Jesus’ illustration in Luke 14 gives some guidance:

“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if

he has enough money to complete it? For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it,

everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to

finish’” (vv. 28-30).

As with virtually all areas of our Christian life, the subject of planning and goal setting is to be

approached with balance. As human beings created in His image, God has given us the ability to

reason and to plan. Unfortunately, as human beings fallen into sin, our plans too often are about

what we want, not necessarily about what God wants. Fortunately, as human beings reborn through

Baptism and being recreated into God’s image by the Holy Spirit through God’s Word, we have been

empowered to align our wills with God’s will.

Our most important focus in planning is to seek God’s will in all that we do and think. Proverbs

offers these words of wisdom: “To man belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the

reply of the tongue. All a man’s ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the Lord.

Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. The Lord works out everything

for His own ends” (16:1-4)

To help us keep the proper focus St. James gives a better alternative to relying on our own plans:

“Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that” (4:15). As you and I

look to the coming year, may each of us seek to have all of our plans and dreams in line with the

Lord’s will for us and His kingdom.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Pastor Hill

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Happy 2017, fellow GOCers! I am always so excited at the beginning of each year – the possibilities of serving Him are endless!

First of all, I sincerely want to thank everyone who made our Christmas ministry such a glory this year. Beginning with the Hanging of the Greens,

the Glendora Christmas Parade, Christmas Caroling and ending with our Fifth Annual Christmas Choral Festival, the dedication and commitment of our members, students, parents, friends and staff was simply unequaled. It is such a blessing to work with servants who are filled with joy in praising His name. Because of you, many were touched by your blessings and know that Grace of Calvary is there for them. God bless you!

And already January is looking bright! Our Abide in Me Coffee House Worship Experience resumes this month on January 27 @ 7:00 p.m. We are looking forward to sharing new and familiar music with you. Come join us!

On Sunday, January 29 at our 10 a.m. worship service, the wonderful Bel Canto Choir from Azusa Pacific will be with us to enhance our fellowship. If you have not heard this unique group, please mark your calendar to be with us – don’t miss it!

Lastly, if you attended the Choral Festival, you noticed that we are involving not only our member youth but students from our Kid City After School program in our music ministry. Parents – if your child plays an instrument and would like to participate, please contact me or Mrs. Hill for more information. We are also considering a choir at a future date.

Thank you again for all your love and support – it is my pleasure to be His servant, and yours!

Dawn L. Hayes-Stewart, Director of Music Ministries

A Few Words for 2017

With the close of 2016, we had many challenges throughout the year, but I believe that one of greatest accomplishments was always working together with faith in God's word.

Now as we journey in to the new year, we as Gods' people at Grace will forge ahead. January is the month of NEW BEGINNINGS. Not only do many of us make personal resolutions at the beginning of each year, but also groups often set new goals and challenges. We start with prayer and then we'll continue to reach out to spread the good news about Gods' Love to our neighbors and friends and invite them to join us. Let them know the "Fruit of the Spirit" - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Let us be God's messengers all year.

I thank God for each of you and our ministry here at Grace of Calvary. We can do all things through Christ which strengthens us, Philippians 4:13 Evangelism

CONTREGATIONAL MEETING...Our annual Congregational Meeting is scheduled

for January 29, 2017. The meeting will elect new Council people, review and adopt

the budget for 2017, and vote on the matter of the disaffiliation from the ELCA. The

agenda for the meeting is in the process of being prepared and will be provided to all

GOC members prior to the meeting. Council members—please begin preparing

your articles for the Annual Report for timely submission.

Thank you! Mallie Donohoe

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From the Directors:

Happy New Year to all of families! We hope that each of our families was blessed with the blessings that Christmas joy brings! We would like to thank all of our families for donating books and DVD’s to

make our gift exchanges fun and special for our children and also to thank our

parents that helped and provided the yummy food for our Christmas parties.

We greatly appreciate your help, time and donations.

January will bring some important dates, so please mark your calendars. We

will be closed Monday, January 2nd to observe New Year’s Day and Monday,

January 16th for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Parent/Teacher conferences will

be starting for our Pre-K and Jr. Kinder. students and those dates will begin

with the Butterflies class from January 23rd – 27th; next will be the

Dragonflies class from January 30th – February 3rd; then completing

conferences with the Ladybug class on February 7th – 10th. Please look out for

sign-up sheets in your child’s classroom.

Have a blessed New Year,

Ms. Elida and Miss Lindsey and The Grace Lutheran Preschool Teachers

LOVE'S A STIRRING

Sift together 3 cups of consideration with 2/3 cup sweetness. Add 1/2 cup of kindness blended with equal amounts of the spices of life. Mix in generous amounts of love and bake until savory... approximately a lifetime. This recipe will keep indefinitely.

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Grace of Calvary participating in the 2016 Glendora Christmas parade.

Christmas Caroling Our Kid City family

Grace of Calvary Collectables

CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

1 stewing chicken (1 1/2 - 2 lbs) 5 oz brick cheddar cheese, grated

3 cans cream of chicken soup 1/2 chopped medium onion

1 can chopped green chile's 1 dozen tortillas

1 pint sour cream 1 can sliced olives

Stew & cut up chicken and set aside. Heat soup, chile's, olives and sour cream. Dip tortillas in hot sauce, then fill with chicken, chopped onion and 1/4 of cheese. Pour sauce over the chicken and top with remaining cheese. Heat at 350* for 30 minutes. Yield 8 X 13" pan.

You can layer in crock-pot which is easy to do.

December Activities

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Population K-8th

Happy New Year!

In December we had classroom parties with

donuts from Krispy Kreme and hot chocolate.

Everyone had a great time!

We are very excited to have Miss Bobbi in Room 4 as a co-teacher with

Miss Alex. We say a sad good-bye to Miss Tiffany as she and her family

plan to move soon . We will miss her, and hopefully she will come back

to visit us when she is in the area.

Don’t forget that Kid City closed on January 16th in observance of

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday. Kid City is open on January 17th when the public schools are closed .

If you need to have your child here for a vacation day, there will be a sign up outside of the Kid City office!

Please let us know, by filling in next to your child’s name with a “yes” or “no” for that day.

As we start this New Year we thank God for all he has done for us at Kid City and pray that he continues

to bless us.

God bless you all with health and happiness in this New Year from everyone at Kid City!

Thanking God for You,

Anna Marie Hill, Director Kid City

Happy New Year Friends!

We hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and a relaxing break. It’s hard to

believe 2017 is already here! Room 2 finished off 2016 very merrily. The

Kindergarten friends did many fun holiday crafts and activities. They helped

decorate the classroom with their amazing Christmas crafts including reindeer, snow globes, and a

Christmas tree we all had a hand in making. Room 2’s classroom New Year’s resolution is to always try

to use respect. We will be doing different activities and exercises to demonstrate

different ways to respect people and why it is always important. We are all excited for

what the New Year is going to bring to Room 2!

Miss Kristi & Miss Mary

KID CITY OFFICE

SECOND AVENUE

Hola Kid City Parents,

Here at Kid City we're always looking for new ways to learn. I've

been incorporating Spanish vocabulary words with a game to

help the kids better understand the words and to help them with

the spelling. The children really enjoy it and it helps keep them engaged.

Muchas Gracias

Miss Rachel

FIRST AVENUE

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Happy Holidays! Hello !

Happy Holidays from the elves over at Room 4! We have been working so

hard this past month to bring Christmas joy to each and every family in our

room. The elves have been working hard making

pinecone ornaments and cards for their families! We’ve

even had a chance to create a 2017 calendar to start off

the New Year that is specially handcrafted with their

cute hands! We are filled with joy to add Miss Bobbi to

our family! Have a safe and fun filled Christmas, along

with a happy New Year!

Love and Blessings,

Miss Alex and Miss Bobbi

Happy New Year From Room 5!

We finished 2016 out with a bang! We had 2 parties the week before Christmas

break: 1 for Miss Treya’s birthday, and 1 to celebrate the holidays. The friends in

Room 5 helped with Miss Treya’s birthday by bringing in fruits and vegetables for us to use for the

party. Riley brought lemons, we made lemonade, Gavin brought avocados and we made guacamole!

We have a policy in Room 5 that if you grow food at home and would like to share some with us, we will

make something tasty for all the friends to enjoy.

In January we will be starting a weekly journal to reflect on what is happening in each of our lives. We

do a journal during summer camp each year, and they are very entertaining to read. We feel it is

important to make sure we are not just surviving every day, but LIVING every day, and what better way

to do that then to write about what is important to each of us.

We hope 2017 brings every one of you everything you have wished for in the New Year. We look

forward to spending it with all of the great families here at Grace of Calvary Kid City!

Ms. Holly, Kid City Assistant Director , Miss Treya, Kid City Accounting Specialist

THIRD AVENUE

FIFTH AVENUE

FOURTH AVENUE

Happy New Year Friends!

What a year we have had. It has been

such a blessing to be a part of room 3.

Our Christmas party was such a blast! We

also had a great time decorating our

Christmas tree and celebrating the new

year. We feel so blessed to have such an

awesome group of children and we are so

excited to see what 2017 has to offer.

Miss Erin & Miss Nicole

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Date 1st Reading Psalm 2nd Reading Gospel

1/1 Isaiah 63:7-14 Psalm 111 Galatians 4:4-7 Matthew 2:13-23

1/8 Isaiah 42:1-9 Psalm 29 Romans 6:1-11 Matthew 3:13-17

1/15 Isaiah 49:1-7 Psalm 40:1-11 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 John 1:29-42a

1/22 Isaiah 9:1-4 Psalm 27:1-9 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Matthew 4:12-25

1/29 Micah 6:1-8 Psalm 15 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Matthew 5:1-12

January Scripture ReadingsJanuary Scripture ReadingsJanuary Scripture Readings

2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Traditional

Service 10am

New Year’s Day

8pm AA Mtg.

2 Holiday

Church/KC/PS

closed

3

Preschool

Resumes

4 5 9:15 PS Chapel

9:30 a PS Ballet

KC Chapel 4pm

6 4pm KC Kid

Quick Sports

Feast of the

Epiphany

8p AA Mtg.

7 H.O.W.

8 Cont.

Service 10am

Baptism of Our

Lord /Secret

Sisters Lunch

8pm AA Mtg.

9 9:30a PS Gymnastics

7:30p Al-Anon

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10:00aPS Amazing

Athletes

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9:15 PS Chapel

12

9:30 a PS Ballet

4:00 p Kid City

Chapel

8p AA Mtg

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4:00p Kid City Kid

Quick Sports

6:30 PS Ballet

Performance

8p AA Mtg.

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15 Traditional Service 10am

8p AA Mtg.

16 MLK Jr. Day Church Office/KC/PS Closed

17 10:00a PS Amazing

Athletes

KC sign up for

child care.

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5:30

Finance/6pm

Church Council

19 9:15 PS Chapel

9:30 a PS Ballet

4:00 p Kid City

Chapel

8p AA Mtg.

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4:00 p Kid City

Kid Quick Sports

8p AA Mtg.

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H.O.W.

22

10a Cont.

Worship

8p AA Mtg.

23 9:30a PS Gymnastics

7:30p Al-Anon

24 10:00a PS

Amazing Athletes 25 9:15 PS Chapel 12 noon Miriam Circle

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9:30 a PS Ballet

4:00 p Kid City

Chapel

8p AA Mtg.

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4:00 p Kid City

Kid Quick Sports

7pm Abide in Me

Coffee House

8p AA Mtg.

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29 10a Blended Worship

Bel Canto Choir

Congregational Mtg.

8pm AA Mtg.

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9:30a PS Gymnastics 7:30p Al-Anon

31 10:00a PS

Amazing Athletes

Chapel Themes

Simeon and Anna

The Boy Jesus at the Temple

Jesus Chooses 12 Disciples

Jesus Blesses the Children

1/1 Mikayla Northcutt 1/2 Darlene Suarez

1/2 Anna Marie Hill 1/3 Dinah Schipper

1/4 Bobbi Nickels KC 1/12 Jeff Leach

1/14 Holly Scherch Kc 1/17 Joann Heralda

1/22 Dana Honn 1/24 Phyllis Bierle

1/25 Mary Zaarour KC 1/25 Macie Donohoe 1/26 Darlene Cesena PS 1/28 Lois Sugarman

1/30 Betty Thomas

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Remember in Your Prayers For our congregation, our pastor and his family; for

our schools’ outreach; Soren Andersson (Meg Carter's

Brother), Jeanie Boucher, Anna Maria Burbono, Doris

and Charles Cricks and family, Rodney Cummins, Joy

Ekstrand, Jesse Flores, Dave Garman, Dr. Getz,

Andrew Gonzales, Carol Hauer, Anita Hauger, Brent

Hayes, Marian Hillmann, Dana Honn, Pilar Kierulf, Julie

Lee, Victor Lemus, Amanda McClure, Tom Medina (S.

Sullivan’s son-in-law), David Meixner, Mae Olsen, the

Paustian family, Rita Reece, Dawn and Lonnie Stewart,

Lois Sugarman, Betty Thomas and family, Carman

Torres, Carol Varnes, and Juanita White.

Date Usher/Greeter Acolyte Worship

Assistant

Reader Communion

Asst.

Altar Care Refreshments Counters

1/1/17

Traditional

Worship

Met and Len

Carter

Landon

Cameron

Melanie

Knutsen-

Almond

Dawn Hayes-

Stewart

Mel Olsen Debbie Chambless

Barbara

Swisher

Anita

Robinette

Meg Carter

Len Carter

1/8/17 Contemp. Worship

Bonnie &

Mallie

Donohoe

Landon

Cameron

Melanie Knutsen-Almond

Sharman

Sullivan

Birthday

Sunday

Mallie Donohoe Debbie Chambless

1/15/17

Traditional

Worship

Cameron

Family

Landon

Cameron

Anita

Robinette

Betty Thomas

Debbie

Chambless

Mel Olsen

Sinta

Hendargo

Meg & Len

Carter

Kimberly

Cameron

Landon

Cameron

1/22/17

Contemp.

Worship

Melanie

Knutsen-

Almond

Carrie Leach

Landon

Cameron

Anita

Robinette

Debbie

Chambless

Sharman

Sullivan

Church Debbie Chambless Meg Carter

1/29/17

Blended

Service

Slagle Family Landon

Cameron

Melanie

Knutsen-

Almond

Carrie Leach

Sinta

Hendargo

Church Mel Olsen Debbie Chambless

Worship Assistants for JanuaryWorship Assistants for January If you are unable to assist on your assigned date, please arrange with another person from the list for coverage.

CHURCH WOMEN UNITED DATE: on Friday, January 6, 2016 @ 9:30 a.m. PROGRAM: PREPARE NOW- Changing the Future of Foster Care Speakers: Carlos & Gail Remis Installation of CWU Officers for 2017 PLACE: Trinity United Methodist Church 676 N. Gibbs Ave. Pomona, CA 91767

We Support The mission of this organization is two-fold: 1. Provide emergency food and emotional support to

needy families primarily in the communities of Azusa, Covina, Glendora, La Verne, and San Dimas.

2. Provide necessary tools and resources to help these families become self-sufficient.

657 E. Arrow Hwy., Unit J, Glendora, CA 91740 Tel: 626.852.7630

Email: info@shepherdspantry.com, Web site: www.shepherdspantry.com

Drop-off times are Tuesdays from 9-11 a.m., Wednesdays from 4-6 p.m., and Thursdays from 4-6 p.m. Thank you so much for your generosity!

on Citrus Ave. in Covina provides us with beautiful floral bouquets each week at no cost to us.

Please consider using Citrus Valley for all of your floral needs, and let them know you are from

GOC. They are an FTD florist and can ship anywhere in the country. Thank you, Citrus Valley Florist!

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ABOUT US . . . Worship & Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Church Office: 9:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m. (M-F) Preschool Office: 7:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m. (M-F)

Afterschool Office: 9:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m. (M-F) Phone: (626) 914-1971

E-Mail: office@gocglendora.org Website: www.gocglendora.org Facebook: facebook.com/gocglendora

We cordially invite you to worship God with us and celebrate the New Life God gives us in the raising of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Children are an integral part of our worship service. We all begin worship together, and then our children are dismissed prior to the sermon to our new Sunday School. Grace of Calvary Lutheran Church & Preschool is a family-oriented church founded in 1956, and a supporter of such programs as Lutheran Social Services of California, the Alhambra Retirement Community, the Lutheran Food Bank in West Covina, The Shepherd’s Pantry, Lutheran World Relief, Lutheran Immigration Services, and Habitat for Humanity International. The Preschool is an exciting, educational ministry open to all children in the community. Daily classes are taught by a faculty dedicated to the educational, social and spiritual growth of the children from 7:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m., including a computer lab. Weekly chapel is led by the Director of Music. Active members of the congregation may receive up to a 25% discount off tuition. Our After School Care program is now a Heritage School open for children in grades TK Kindergarten through 8th. We currently start at 6:30 a.m. and have drop-off and pick-up at the following schools: Sellers, Cullen, La Fetra, Sutherland, Goddard and Sandburg. We provide pick-up of our children from their school to Kid City until 6:00 p.m. Time is spent on homework, free and outdoor play and crafts. Spanish is taught through our language program along with fun customs and culture, all in a loving Christian and caring environment. Weekly chapel is led by the Pastor. We have a weekly Quick Kids Sports Program where the children can exercise and learn sportsmanship. Nutritious snacks are provided daily. It is our belief that each child should enjoy an environment that encourages individual emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual growth. It is our desire to help guide our Kid City children through the trials of being an elementary and middle school student. We are here to help with anything they need.

Our newly-revived Youth Ministry involves Christian concerts, community activities, and just getting together for fun and fellowship!

Our women’s group, Miriam Circle, meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month. They celebrate by enjoying lunch and pursuing educational and spiritual growth. Miriam Circle provides meals for shut-ins, funds for various ministries, as well as family visits to those in need.

Preschool: pc@gocglendora.org After-School Care: asc@gocglendora.org Church: office@gocglendora.org On the Web: gocglendora.org

Facebook: Grace of Calvary Lutheran Church Glendora

David B. Hill, Interim Pastor

Mallie Donohoe, President

Karl Hoff—Vice President

Open—Council Secretary

Charles Cricks, Treasurer

Melanie Knutsen-Almond

Financial Secretary

Patti Garman, Worship

Anita Robinette, Evangelism

Len Carter, Stewardship

Mel Olsen, Buildings & Grounds

Open—Preschool & After School Care

Meg Carter, Parish Education

Jeffrey Leach, Youth

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CHURCH STAFF

Debra Chambless

Parish Secretary

Dawn Hayes-Stewart

Director of Music &

Social Media Ministries

Heart of Worship

Contemporary Praise Band

PRESCHOOL STAFF

Elida Peralta

Director

Lindsey Whittey Asst. Director

Teachers/Staff

Cat Calderon Darlene Cesena

Doreen Cesena Kim Cronauer

Christine DeStefano Mandy Donohoe

Shirley Garcia Brooke Haslett

Melinda Manus Yvonne Martinez

Lisa Marie Perez Michelle Sellner

Emily Wood Shawna Wright

AFTER SCHOOL CARE

Anna Marie Hill

Director

Teachers

Erin Chenelia Kristin Ehlenburg

Alexandria Jacobo Nicole Nelli

Bobbi Nickels Rachel Rangel

Holly Scherch Treya Sigala

Mary Zaarour

SUNDAY SCHOOL

Mandy Donohoe

Teacher

MIRIAM CIRCLE

Dana Honn, President

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