Weekly Word
Our weekly news email
Weekly Word Archive
Get News You Can Use
We would love keep you informed about the latest happenings at Baker Memorial UMC. Please consider registering for our mailing list. Choose from things like the Prayer Chain, Weekly Word, United Women in Faith, etc. We will never sell our mailing list and are committed to keeping messages to a minimum. To complete the registration process, choose the information that interests you and click Sign Up. Use the button below to go to the form.
This Week's Ministry Message
Staff Parish News
Just what has been keeping the Staff Parish Relations Committee (SPRC) busy the last few months? I am happy to say we have been working on good things. And, for the first time, since Pastor David joined us, we are fully staffed. For those of you that may not have stayed on top of things during the busy summer months, I am happy to share that Stephen Uhl has joined us as our new organist and Rev. Jenny Weber has joined us as our Director of Faith Formation.
Stephen Uhl comes to us from Union Church of Hinsdale where he has been Organist, Worship Ensemble Bandleader, and Assistant Director of Music. Stephen has done a lot of collaborative work with schools and organizations in the Chicagoland area including being the collaborative pianist for the St Charles Singers. He is also the pianist at Musical Bridges to Memory, an organization that provides music to dementia patients and their caregivers.
Pastor Jenny Weber will be working with us part time as our Director of Faith Formation. She is an ordained Elder in The Northern Illinois Conference and has been serving congregations of various sizes, in our conference, since 1999. She and her husband, Matthew Eaton, have one son, Spencer, who is a student at Elgin Community College. They reside in Hampshire where they run New Morning Retreat Center which they founded in 2017.
Both Stephen and Jenny started with us, officially, on September 1st. We will formally welcome them in worship this Sunday, September 8th. There will be a reception following worship to give everyone a chance to greet them personally.
Might be a good time to dig out your name tag and wear it so that they can start matching names to faces!
Thank you to the SPRC members; Kim Starr, Stephen Bechtolsheim and Cathie Ruth as well as the volunteers who were part of the interview teams for both positions.
Debbie Conterato
SPRC Chairperson