Member of the
Month
Monica Ide
Monica
Ide, a resident of Ingram, has been a member of our
church for about five years.
Monica
is a special education teacher, currently working at the
Over
the years Monica has been very involved in the life of our church. Her participation has included: member of adult Sunday school class; tutor
with the literacy program; a member of the prayer chain; JULIETs;
choir member; moderator of the board of deacons; member of the Congregational
Life Commission; participant in the All-Church retreat; and previously a Sunday
school teacher.
Monica
enjoys camping, cooking, needlework, candy-making, helping people,
and musical activities. She is a member
of the ICTUS community choir.
Although
her family does not currently have any pets, in the past they have had
everything from a basset hound to a lizard to a rabbit.
Monica
is married to Randy. They have two
children. Kenny, age 23, is attending
For
her favorite Bible passages, Monica names 1 Corinthians 13 and Ecclesiastes
3:1-8. Her favorite hymns are “Amazing
Grace” and “A Mighty Fortress.”
Monica
comments: “Church has always been at the center of my life – attending Sunday School, then youth group and Young Life, and continuing to
attend church throughout college. My
family jokes that even with all this early involvement in the church, it took
me nearly 35 years to become a ‘PK’ (preacher’s kid). It is wonderful to be back in a church where
I have been taken in as part of a family, and I am able to be myself, and
through their nurturing, I am allowed to grow.”