High School Youth Group Kickoff!

DAWN AND FRED McELRATH are our new High School Youth Group Coordinators!
They will develop and lead educational, spiritual, mission, recreational and fellowship opportunities for youth in grades 9-12 on Sunday mornings and beyond.

The McElraths are long-time members of our faith family. Dawn and Fred were married by Dr. Chalker at First Church 21 years ago. They are the proud parents of Fred, Jr. (23), Angela (20) and Brianna (13), and loving grandparents of 15-month-old Jamir. Dawn is a project specialist in Heart and Vascular Research at the Cleveland Clinic, where she has been employed for the past 16 years. She coached cheerleading for girls ages 9-13 for eight years, recently resigning so that she could attend all of Brianna's 8th grade activities and spend as much time as possible with baby Jamir. Dawn loves singing in our Gospel Choir and dancing with the Liturgical Dancers. Dawn has known many of our teens since they were babies, as she volunteered in the nursery and Sunday School at First Church for many years! Fred works as a Warehouse attendant at Johnsonite in Middlefield, Ohio, where he has been employed for 11 years. He coaches basketball for 7th and 8th grade boys and has served as a mentor to young men through the Distinguished Gentlemen Organization. Dawn and Fred bring both vision and passion for working with young people to their new roles as coordinators of our high school youth group.

We look forward to their leadership in the coming year!

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP MEETINGS BEGIN on Sunday, November 13.
Our new UCUMC High School Youth Group, under the leadership of Dawn and Fred McElrath, will meet for the first time and all youth in grades 9-12 are welcome! We will meet in the "step down room" next to the gym at 11am. Following worship on November 13, all high school youth and their parents are invited to meet with Dawn and Fred to discuss plans for the coming year. We will meet in the Reception Room and a light lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Heather in the church office at hhoward@churchinthecircle.com; or contact Amy Wheatley at 4wheatleysATsbcglobal.net.

High Schoolers, come join us!

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