Archive for August 2021
Paula Levianu is Named St. John’s CDC Director – Welcome, Paula!
By Susan Shinn Turner On June 14, St. John’s Child Development Center welcomed a new executive director. “Everything is going well,” says Paula Levianu. “I’m focusing on staff and maintaining what’s going well. They are very tired from the pandemic. They have worked so hard. I want to focus on being a team and stabilize…
Read MoreProviding tablets and cell phone data for students in Guatemala – “COVID-19 has not been good to Guatemalans.”
By Hannah Nadeau Girón, Escuela Integrada Director In Guatemala, the already-challenging economic situation became much worse with the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. Quite simply, COVID-19 has not been good to Guatemalans. Because of the pandemic, children have been attending school from home for almost two years, since the academic year in Guatemala begins…
Read MoreWelcome Ricky Howsare, Contemporary Worship Leader
By Susan Shinn Turner St. John’s has welcomed Ricky Howsare as its new contemporary worship leader. He started work on July 6 and his first Sunday in worship was July 11. Ricky and his wife, Kimberly, are in the process of moving to Salisbury from Pennsylvania. Kimberly, a childcare provider, is taking care of selling…
Read More“Strength, Hope, Resilience”
By Karen Puckett Performing artists from around the community will celebrate the strength and resilience of communities of color during an afternoon of music, dance, and spoken word in the Faith Center, Saturday, Aug. 7 at 11:30 am. Featuring a performance by the NC Poet Laureate, Jaki Shelton Green, Strength, Hope, Resilience is part of…
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