The lives that shine brightly at Maxwell Street

• Woody because he’s always in the mood to give someone a hug!
• Michelle Gardner because she’s amazing and I love her!
• Everyone in Youth Group!
• Everyone acting as a community.
• The variety of people creating diversity but unity.
• Kyle does a great job with the youth. He gets them involved and excited about coming to youth group and other activities at Maxwell Street.
• Mr. Eads for going on mission trips, being my Bible Buddy and fixing up our house.
• Kyle
• Isabel.
• Woody
• Ginny
• Martha.
• Edna Fisher – our church, generation after generation of kids, is better because of her work in the Crafts Class.
• Clif & Choir.
• All my amazing friends and family!
• Woody! Amen! and Aman!
• Hailey Smith
• Ms. Martha
• Eleanor
• Woody and his shining personality.
• Michele Gardner. I love her! She’s so cool!
• Mr. Kalika and Mr. Farrer
• Grace Northcutt
• Amy Thompson
• Pete Jones
• Chelsea Anderson-Cooper
• Grace Goulson
• Annie Bradford
• Will Eucker
• Jonah Andreatta
• Kristen Morrill
• Kyle Brown
• Joe Morgan
• Emily Farrer
• Taylor Alexander
• Maddee Farrer
• Emily Warren
• Brian Moore
• Garret Moore
• All those who clean and maintain our buildings
• Jody Lambert
• Pam Boldt
• Kate Copley
• Kate & Pam do their regular jobs and then make the best food.
• the prayer chain people who pray for everyone
• Kyle, Woody, and Youth Group Leaders
• William
• Pete
• Grace
• Caroline
• Ginny
• Annie
• Jonah
• Joe and the Sunday School leaders
• Marilyn Daniel
• Sue Senft
• Marilyn Daniel
• All the Maxwell Streeters who give their time, talent and financial support so unselfishly.
• Sue
• Kate
• Pam
• Babs Kleine for her work with refugees
• Mary Anna
• Jody, the brownie angel
• the office staff shines
• Jody Lambert – mission
• Ron Eads for teaching the Men’s Bible Class
• the entire congregation of MSPC is the life of the church. The diversity of people shines brightly in everything MSPC does. The willingness of every member to serve, in whatever way, lights up the community.
• Evelyn Christensen prays!
• Ginny
• Eleanor
• Jamie
• Woody because he’s always happy to see everyone and give them a hug!
• Michelle Gardner because she was my Bible Buddy and is like my auntie!
• Kyle is fun!!!
• The dedicated laity and staff that so capably mange the multitude of outreach programs and day to day operations of MSPC
• Babs Nelli in her kindness to others. Without ever expecting any recognition, Babs cares for – those unable to help themselves, for children’s singing on Sundays, for recognizing those children when she sees them in church, by being constant and dependable in anything she undertakes at church and always loving. These are the pinpoints of light in her character —and in so many in our congregation.
• Don and Wilma Lange – from the time I first visited the church, they have always been a warm and welcoming presence for me at MSPC. They give fully of themselves and that is why their light shines brightly at Maxwell Street.
• Susan Hensley.
• Carol Porter in her role as “Den Mother” for Room in the Inn.
• Annie Bradford, a true child of God, a shining example of all our beautiful children.
• Edna Fisher for years and years and years of crafts with children!
• Those who have sincerely reached out and touched – the Robert Marshall Family, Mary Scott Moore, Helen Ivey
• Martha Campbell!!
• Tom Dixon
• Abby
• Hanna
• Tori
• Kirsten
• Chris
• Gracie
• Catherine
• Amy
• people in youth group
• Clif -- great music leadership!
• Jody Lambert – Mission to the Max
• Diane Baldwin
• Kyle Brown
• Debra! who spends each week teaching the pre-school Sunday School class!
• Mary McClellen for the sincere concern she has for the elderly in our community, and for her continuous loving care for them, for her alertness to their needs and creativeness in finding a solution for them. We are blessed in having an enthusiastic worker who loves her job. Thank you, Mary.
• Woody’s light and the youth group leaders’ light shines brightly at Maxwell Street. So do the lights of all the elders and deacons and the people who have been here a while and are really nice. The light of all the youth shines brightly here, too.
• Bell Choirs
• Edna, for her decades of creativity and commitment to children and crafts
• Pastor Diane with her enthusiasm, energy, encouragement, for using of gifts and work of the gospel.
• Sunday School teachers
• Annie & Caroline
• Clif and the Chancel Choir
• Garland Sims for her years of leading the Adventure Group
• Woody lights up our lives and our souls.
• Kyle is so very important to our youth (among others)
• Hanka
• Rich & Kate Copley – Sandwich Ministry
• Carol Rawls moved us to act for social justice by writing letters
• Shelli for her 10 years of faithful service to needy folks in our midst
• Jim Gardner and his continuous work with the Endowment Committee
• the sweet little acolytes!
• Woody who embodies in his person and sermons God’s warm welcome home and the spirit of Maxwell
• Tim Costich who serves so quietly and faithfully in so many ways. An unsung hero.
• Needles & Angels
• Sandwich Ministry and Thursday Dinner
• Talented church musicians
• the youth leaders who take our youth on mission trips
• Elizabeth Mahan’s warm smile and kind spirit still shines.
• the graciousness and generosity of Ralph and Cindy and the Thursday night Neighborhood Dinner ministry team.
• Edna Fischer whose weekly devotion to the children’s craft program for 34 years is a beacon to all of us.
• Jody Lambert’s daily devotion to “the least of these” is a strong light shining in our mission programs.
• Elizabeth Ayscue & Doug Gertz
• Dorothy Tice’s volunteer work in the office is an example to all of us.
• Woody is the unwarvering beacon in Maxwell’s lighthouse. His loving, caring spirit is a guide for all of us. For several years the people of Maxwell were like the children of Israel, wandering in the wilderness. Who knew a Moses would come from Texas! With Woody’s arrival our programs, missions, and numbers were reignited and began to grow and flourish. However, it is our pastor’s loving spirit that lights the way for all of us.
• The Berrys, Diane, Kyle, the Casons, the Tices, the Copleys, the Gardners, Pam, Shelli, Amy, Brian, the Senfts, the Bollingers, the Huffmans, Camilla, Allison, Mary Anna, and many more!
• Woody & Jan!
• Tom Dixon – he is here every week, and is the model of the gift of hospitality. But serving with him on a PNC really taught me a lot about wisdom with humor!
• All the Youth – seeing our youth week in and out reminds me we are a community of joy and curiosity, Plus, they are entertaining to us in the balcony.
• Jody – “The Brownie Angel”
• Harry Johnson – for his work with homeless immigrant Gerard Tobias. He has spent countless hours trying to renew his VISA so he can return to Lexington.
• Marilyn Daniels for all her good work in the immigrant legal clinic including sleeping over at church after long nights at the clinic.
• I think our own “Trinity” of pastoral staff: Woody, Diane & Kyle shine for all to see. They complement each other and are able to touch our community in their own ways.
• Tom White is one of my favorite people in this church. He is very pleasant when he asks for people to serve, and he serves diligently ever week. His light shines to the “balcony folk!”

• There are so many lights burning at Maxwell Street that I am positive the glow reaches all the way to Heaven.