Received by the Congregation on March 21st

Al and Ellen Smith –  We are delighted to welcome the Smiths as members of the congregation! Al is officially retired, and Ellen continues to work for PC(USA) World Mission as the Regional Liaison for Central & Eastern Europe. They have three adult daughters: Allison in Sheboygan, Meg in St. Louis and Emma who lives here in Green Bay and is already a member of our church.  They have a 9-month-old puppy and two cats that came back from Germany with them. They lived ten years in Moscow and nine in Berlin, with a year in Green Bay in between. Al enjoys fishing while Ellen knits socks primarily because they are small and portable!

Grace Estes Collins — Grace is Pastor Katie’s daughter and a lover of all things musical and theater. She has completed two years of her undergraduate degree but is taking some time off now from school during COVID.  She currently works as a nanny for a family in Bellevue, spending her days with three adorable girls having tea parties and playing in mud puddles. She loves to draw and paint, and her favorite family member is their 12-year-old cat, Boots.

DeShawn Estes Collins — DeShawn is Pastor Katie’s son who graduated from high school in St. Paul last spring in the early days of the pandemic. He loves soccer and hockey and has played much more of the first than the second. Shawn looks forward to getting into a training program for firefighters eventually, but currently works as a security guard on the third shift at the paper mill in DePere.  He loved working at Titletown over the winter at the ice rink and tubing hill and he looks forward to seeing his first Packer game in person next year.