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NDSM Gala
North Dallas Shared
Ministries is hosting it’s
2014 Annual Benefit on
Friday, May 16, beginning
at 6:30 p.m. at St. Monica
Catholic Church, Walnut
Hill at Midway in Dallas.
Gala tickets are $50 each.
Featured entertainment
is by Black Dirt Tango
playing genres as varied
as bluegrass, Texas roots,
country and country-rock.
For more information, visit
www.ndsm.org.
Blood Drive, June 8
Give the gift of life by
donating blood. The Carter
BloodCare Bus will be in
the Caruth parking lot on
Sunday, June 8. Sign up at the
Connection Center or on our
website, www.upumc.org.
Taco Dinner & Auction
For over 20 years University
Park UMC has worked with
Agape Memorial UMC to
support Not Home Alone,
an educational enrichment
program that services Robert
E. Lee Elementary School and
John F. Kennedy Learning
Center in East Dallas. This
year, their annual Benefit
Taco Dinner & Silent Auction
will be held at UPUMC on
Sunday, Aug. 24, right after
church in the Activity Center.
Support VBS!
Food and monetary
donations to underwrite the
cost of VBS are wonderful
ways to contribute to
UPUMC’s Children’s Ministry.
Look for a link on the church
VBS web page in late May for
a list of items needed.
New Staff at UPUMC
What’s YOUR Story?
We want to hear
your stories about
UPUMC. Here’s how:
1. Video or audio,
contact Mark Pope
2. Submit your story
online: upumc.org/
mystory
3. Write it down!
Look for the Story
Stations at the
flatscreen monitors
in both lobbies. We will have paper and pens
available with a basket to submit your handwritten stories.
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The SPRC of UPUMC is thrilled to welcome three new
staff members: Mission Strategist, Tova Sido; Music Assistant,
Monica Frazier; and Office Manager, Ashley Hall.
Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Tova Sido comes to us
from Highland Park UMC, where she served as
Youth Director and Pastor of Cornerstone, the
contemporary worship community. Previously
she worked in corporate America as a Marketing
Director for companies such as Intel and The
Cooper Aerobics Center. Tova and her husband Topher
adopted three children, Carter, Anna-Prin and George.
Monica Frazier received her BA in Theology
from the University of Dallas in 1998. She has a
heart for missions and spent a year serving the
homeless in New England before she went on to
receive a Master of Divinity from Notre Dame. She
has worked in ministry with adults and families in Houston,
Austin, and her hometown of Wichita Falls. Monica is an
avid Texas Rangers fan and enjoys coming home to her very
energetic pug, Regina.
Ashley Hall is from Garden Ridge, TX, which is near New
Braunfels. She received her degree in Advertising
from Texas Tech University. She has worked in
marketing for a number of firms including Tidal
Wave. Ashley has worked with Village Church
and is very active in Union and attends Kuneo
services. In her spare time, Ashely enjoys traveling and
working in watercolors.
UPUMC | MAY 2014