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Rev. Jennifer Miller began her appointment here at St. Paul's UMC in June 2021. She is originally from Montpelier but now resides in Bryan. She attended Bowling Green State University for photography. She later went on to become a certified Evangelist through the UMC Be a Disciple program. She completed licensing school in July making her a licensed local pastor. In her professional life she has devoted herself to helping the homeless and those in need as a Housing Specialist for the HUD Section 8 voucher program. She is also a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer where she is the voice in court for children with troubled home circumstances. She is also a member of the NW Ohio Great Banquet community where she is currently serving as spiritual director. She married husband Nick on February 21, 2021 and is now stepmother to 9 year old Cecilia, 16 year old Colin, and 20 year old Karl. Pastor Jennifer and her family feel blessed to be serving at St. Paul UMC and are looking forward to getting to know everyone.
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Lydna Carey joined St. Paul's staff in 2015 as our Church Secretary. Lynda has extensive office manager and bookkeeping experience and retired from those full time duties in 2009. She is also a current volunteer with the AARP Foundation as a Tax Preparer. In 1985 Lynda moved to Ohio from the San Francisco & Simi Valley Area in California and has lived the "rural life" in Damascus Township since 1990. Lynda has two sons who are independant and successful in life. We welcome Lynda to our staff and look forward to her contributions to keep our office running smoothly.
Bonnie Eddy (in memory) was our organist for 25+ years and we enjoyed and appreciated her ministry in music on both the pipe organ and the grand piano.
Peggy Arroyo joined our staff as a full time organist in January 2019 after previously serving as our part-time organist. St. Paul's is delighted that she shares her musical talent with us. Although Peggy is currently a member at St. Augustine Catholic Church here in Napoleon where she has shared her musical talent on the organ for the past 30 years at the 8 a.m. Mass, Peggy states, "it was more like coming home for me", as St. Paul UMC was her Church when growing up as a child and she was confirmed right here at St. Paul's. Peggy has been married to Chico Arroyo for 18 years and together they share and enjoy 4 adult children. Peggy says "thank you for the warm welcome I've received here at St. Paul's and I only hope you enjoy the music I can provide as much as I enjoy providing it every Sunday". St. Paul's welcomes you on board Peggy!
John Saneholtz is maintenance and groundskeeper here at St. Paul's. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall....inside and outside, John does a great job keeping our Church and property looking its best.
May 2022-John has now retired from St. Paul UMC . Thank you for your committment and work at St. Paul's!!
May 2022-John has now retired from St. Paul UMC . Thank you for your committment and work at St. Paul's!!
Chris Adams joined our staff as the new maintenance and groundskeeper at St. Paul's in May 2022. Chris is the owner of LaserBright Carpet cleaning, so cleaning and maintainance are top priority for Chris and it shows! Chris does a great job of keeping our Church looking very orderly and clean. Outside maintenance is part of Chris's duties and whether it's snow in the winter or grass in the spring/summer, Chris does an exellent job of making and keeping our grounds looking great!
