05.2021 Newsletter

Children, Youth, and Family
Name: Monica Hurley
Profession: Executive Director/
Multicare Good Samaritan
Foundation and South King
Health Foundation
Birthday: October 11
What are your hobbies? Skiing, wine
tasting, traveling
What is your favorite food? Seafood! I’d
be a prescatarian if I could convince JJ to eat
more fish.
Who is one person who has influenced
your life decisions? Kurt Mayer: mentor,
friend, and Holocaust survivor, passed away
in 2013.
What three things do you value the most?
Breath: ability to find oxygen in physical and
metaphorical ways. Learning: if we’re not
learning and changing, we’re not growing.
Purpose: although as Lutheran’s we believe
salvation is achieved through faith, not deeds,
I value having purpose, adding meaning to
living.
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One on One
May 2021
A monthly interview with one of
our church members to help get
to know each other
What do you like most about Creator?
The way the people here have always
loved my kids.
Where do you see God in your life?
I see God when all seems dark and then
there is a pinprick of light - like a giggle
that you catch and hold and allow to grow.
I see God also in the joy of my daughter’s
laugh and smile; and in the incredibly
responsible and loving young man my son
is becoming.
What is the biggest challenge you face?
Time. Making the most of “Our Daily 24”...
and particularly, taking time for rest. I hold
tight to:
Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1 “To everything there is a
season, and a time to every purpose under
heaven.”
Matthew 11:28-29 “Come to me, all you
who are weary and burdened and I will
give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and
learn from me.”
Continued on pg. 13