What is your role at Grace Church?
Office Manager and Event Coordinator
Tell us about your family.
My husband, Kevin, and I graduated from Escanaba, married in 1993, and moved to Wisconsin, where we raised our two children, Emily and Jake. We celebrate their marriages to Sean and Hazael, respectively, and welcomed our first grandchild in 2023, sweet Judah. We love the outdoors and have been exploring the beautiful Upper Peninsula since moving back in 2020. We enjoy hiking, biking, kayaking, boating, and living close to our family once again.
A key passage or two of the Bible that has significantly impacted your life and ministry.
My life verse is 2 Corinthians 5:17: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come."
My ministry verse is: "I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building."
Who have been significant influences in your life as a follower of Jesus?
My sister-in-law, Tammy, introduced me to the Gospel and guided me to a solid church, Appleton Alliance, in 1997. Faithful women (Cindy, Nancy, Vicky Judy, & more!) mentored me in my early Christ-following years while my pastors shepherded and taught me the Word.
In recent years, the Lord has used Grace Church staff to deepen my understanding of grace, mercy, and unconditional obedience in a redemptive way.
Instead of being paralyzed with guilt, Saul/Paul's sin of persecuting the church led to his passion for boldness and truth as he constantly remembered his redemption in Christ. His example is encouraging and inspiring to me.
Go-to Worship Song?
I listen most consistently to Shane & Shane, Keith & Kristin Getty, and Grace Church's Spotify playlist. They are all focused on Christ, not humanity or our circumstances, and have become my prayers. (There are too many beautiful go-to songs to list!)
What is your hope for Grace Church?
I pray that the Lord will continue to reveal His saving grace, power, and vision to our church and pour it into our local community, our country, and the world. I pray that our leaders and congregation will make much of Him and eagerly join Christ in His work. All for His glory.
Office Manager and Event Coordinator
Tell us about your family.
My husband, Kevin, and I graduated from Escanaba, married in 1993, and moved to Wisconsin, where we raised our two children, Emily and Jake. We celebrate their marriages to Sean and Hazael, respectively, and welcomed our first grandchild in 2023, sweet Judah. We love the outdoors and have been exploring the beautiful Upper Peninsula since moving back in 2020. We enjoy hiking, biking, kayaking, boating, and living close to our family once again.
A key passage or two of the Bible that has significantly impacted your life and ministry.
My life verse is 2 Corinthians 5:17: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come."
My ministry verse is: "I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building."
Who have been significant influences in your life as a follower of Jesus?
My sister-in-law, Tammy, introduced me to the Gospel and guided me to a solid church, Appleton Alliance, in 1997. Faithful women (Cindy, Nancy, Vicky Judy, & more!) mentored me in my early Christ-following years while my pastors shepherded and taught me the Word.
In recent years, the Lord has used Grace Church staff to deepen my understanding of grace, mercy, and unconditional obedience in a redemptive way.
Instead of being paralyzed with guilt, Saul/Paul's sin of persecuting the church led to his passion for boldness and truth as he constantly remembered his redemption in Christ. His example is encouraging and inspiring to me.
Go-to Worship Song?
I listen most consistently to Shane & Shane, Keith & Kristin Getty, and Grace Church's Spotify playlist. They are all focused on Christ, not humanity or our circumstances, and have become my prayers. (There are too many beautiful go-to songs to list!)
What is your hope for Grace Church?
I pray that the Lord will continue to reveal His saving grace, power, and vision to our church and pour it into our local community, our country, and the world. I pray that our leaders and congregation will make much of Him and eagerly join Christ in His work. All for His glory.
What is your role at Grace Church?
I manage our church website and app development creatively and administratively. I also create graphics for communications.
Tell us about your family.
I grew up in Gladstone and was blessed to begin attending Grace Church with my family at age 5. I have two brothers who are both married and have blessed me with two beautiful, Godly sister-in-laws. In November 2023, our family celebrated the birth of the first grand-baby in the family (my nephew), Tobias. His name means "God is Good" and our hearts are so full of love and joy for our little guy.
A key passage or two of the Bible that has significantly impacted your life and ministry.
1 Corinthians 6:11 - "And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God."
and
Psalm 130:3-4 - "If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared."
Who have been significant influences in your life as a follower of Jesus?
The Biblical characters Esther and David, my parents, Chuck & Kay Smith, Debbi Bryson, David & Ingalil Guzik, and Pastor Tim Haugen.
Go-to Worship Song?
Empty Me by Jeremy Camp & the lyrics to Your Love Oh Lord by Third Day are often on my mind.
What is your hope for Grace Church?
My hope for Grace Church is it that it would be a powerful, Spirit-filled channel of God's grace to the local community and larger U.P. area. My prayer is that when people visit, they would encounter & be transformed by the love and presence of Jesus through the worship and study of God's Word. My hope is that Grace would play a significant role in the tearing down of strongholds in the U.P. area of alcoholism, drug addiction, and suicide through the power of the Holy Spirit.
I manage our church website and app development creatively and administratively. I also create graphics for communications.
Tell us about your family.
I grew up in Gladstone and was blessed to begin attending Grace Church with my family at age 5. I have two brothers who are both married and have blessed me with two beautiful, Godly sister-in-laws. In November 2023, our family celebrated the birth of the first grand-baby in the family (my nephew), Tobias. His name means "God is Good" and our hearts are so full of love and joy for our little guy.
A key passage or two of the Bible that has significantly impacted your life and ministry.
1 Corinthians 6:11 - "And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God."
and
Psalm 130:3-4 - "If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared."
Who have been significant influences in your life as a follower of Jesus?
The Biblical characters Esther and David, my parents, Chuck & Kay Smith, Debbi Bryson, David & Ingalil Guzik, and Pastor Tim Haugen.
Go-to Worship Song?
Empty Me by Jeremy Camp & the lyrics to Your Love Oh Lord by Third Day are often on my mind.
What is your hope for Grace Church?
My hope for Grace Church is it that it would be a powerful, Spirit-filled channel of God's grace to the local community and larger U.P. area. My prayer is that when people visit, they would encounter & be transformed by the love and presence of Jesus through the worship and study of God's Word. My hope is that Grace would play a significant role in the tearing down of strongholds in the U.P. area of alcoholism, drug addiction, and suicide through the power of the Holy Spirit.