MIDWEEK MESSAGE #158<\/b><\/p>\n
Hello and welcome to Midweek Message #158, and welcome to summer vacation! S-OCS graduation is history. Congratulations is in order for all the 2023 graduates. For the first time in the time I have been at OVCF, we had no high school graduates. But we do have three college graduates: Jacob Schunk (IU\/Kelly School of Business); Kelci Wood (Goucher University) and Abigail Herrington (Taylor University).\u00a0 We will be recognizing Kelci and Abigail on June 4th. We recognized Jacob this past Sunday since he leaves Friday for his job with Granger in Chicago. He will return to be married to Sydney Stockman in October and then they will moving there for possibly two years. Jacob graduated with three degrees from IU: 1) Information Systems Management; 2) Supply Chain; and 3) Business Analytics. I will give the details about Kelci and Abigail after the June 4th recognition. Congratulations again to all the 2023 high school and college graduates.<\/p>\n
It is now officially known! If you were here Sunday, watched via livestream, or heard by word of mouth, Pastor Ryan and his family will be taking a 7 week sabbatical from July 12-August 31. As Ryan mentioned, he will not be in the office for that period of time, nor will he be answering phone calls or texts. Methinks mine and Diana\u2019s summer just took on an air of \u201cwhat-will-all-this-mean-for-us?\u201d As Ryan expressed, we (the elders, Diana, and I) have known about this for several months and it has allowed Diana and I to kick around some things already. Ryan has also done a great job of delegating responsibilities for different classes and youth-oriented programming. It will mean a lot of people involved in the youth program and helping where needed. It will also mean Diana and I (her especially) will be the contact person for different questions which may arise. I ask for your patience with all things youth. I\u2019ll talk more about that as the sabbatical happens.<\/p>\n
One thing it may affect is the Midweek Message. It is possible I will not write one every week. They may be sporadic this summer, depending on Diana\u2019s and my workload. I\u2019ve said this before, but she is the one who really makes the MM palatable. \u263a I write it; she edits it. I say things that she rewords to make more sense or to even make them \u201csofter.\u201d I sometimes forget that the MM goes to more than just OVCF folks. It is on our website; our Facebook group; the Chamber offers it; and it is sent to a ton of people via email. I even send it to several people separately. All that to say that the MM may be hit or miss this summer. But who knows? No one has ever accused me of being at a loss for words. \u263a \u263a<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t forget New Beginnings Pregnancy Resource Center\u2019s Change for Life<\/i> fundraiser that started on Mother\u2019s Day and has a target stopping date of Father\u2019s Day (June 18). Here again are the ways you can donate:<\/p>\n