A New Season
... an announcement
Hello West Olympia Families!!
Here we are on the brink of Christmas Break - YAY!! It is good to take a break after a long first semester.
I want to share with you some changes that are happening in CC locally. After 6 years of serving as the Support Representative for local communities, and after much prayer and many tears, I have decided to step down from the SR position.
Some have asked, "What is the REAL reason?" :) Well, the truth really is that I just need a break. There are lots of variables that will be affected by this decision, but I just found that it was draining me in a way I had not experienced before. It's strange though, because I love all the pieces of the job - practicum, training, interviewing and contracting directors, meetings, supporting communities... all of it. But it became clear to me that I needed to step back.
I am currently a Challenge III director here in West Olympia and I hope to remain a Challenge Director for a long time (my youngest is 9!!), and I will still be very much involved in CC in Thurston County. You will see me at practicums and other events - I am not disappearing! Just changing roles... but change is hard. I appreciate your prayers. It has been very hard to say goodbye to something I have known and loved for so long. Will I return? Well, I am taking one step at a time, so the answer is maybe. :)
West Olympia will have a new Support Representative starting in January - Her name is Nichol Strode. Read more about her below. I am so excited for what a fresh perspective she will bring to your leadership and to your community.
Blessings to you my friends. I treasure each and every one of you.
Jennifer Slemmer
jenniferslemmer@comcast.net (my Classical Conversations email will be in-active, please use this one.)
360.349.7398
SR for West Olympia: Nichol Strode
nstrode@classicalconversations.com
360-300-7551