Pastor Chris and Monica Toney have joined us at St. John United Methodist Church. Pastor Chris is not new to the area. He has been an Associate Pastor at Settle Memorial United Methodist for about 3 years. You may also have seen him working with Friends of Sinners, where he volunteers his time.
We are very blessed and thankful to have him as our Senior Pastor. Pastor Chris preaches about God’s love and loving others so you will want to stop by and hear his message.
Sondra Jones has been a member of this church for a long time. Now she is secretary too. Please let her know if you have any needs or questions. She is always willing to help!
Sondra was baptized in this church. Her parents were youth directors when she was growing up. Both sets of her grandparents were very active members here at St. John. Her grandfathers could be found tinkering around fixing things that were broken, volunteering at VBS, teaching Sunday School, greeting visitors, and many other things. The prayer chapel at the front left as you enter the church is dedicated in memory of her grandparents on her mom’s side. Her dad served as Sunday School director. As Sondra has grown-up here, she has taught VBS, children’s Sunday School, and served on committees. Both of her daughters were baptized here. Sondra can be found each Sunday singing in the choir and then taking the children back to children’s church.
As you can see, St. John UMC holds a very special place in her heart.
Marty started playing for church when she was in high school, under the encouragement of Ruth Fort. She graduated from Kentucky Wesleyan college with a B.A in Music Performance. She was a Graduate Assistant in the Music Department at the University of Wyoming.
After living in many different states, Marty returned to Owensboro in 1985. She was a pianist at a Methodist Church in every city she lived in.
Marty retired from OPS as a Teaching Assistant. She taught at St. John’s Preschool and taught music lessons at DJ’s Music for over 20 years.
After retiring from DJ’s Music, Marty became the accompanist for the Burns Middle School and Apollo High School Chorus Programs.
Marty has been a member of St. John since she was 21 months old. Four generations of her family were attending St. John at one time.
Marty is married to Tom Shively and has 2 children who attend St. John, Alalesa Huffman and Joshua Bowles and 3 Grandsons, Sebastian, Elijah, and Isaiah.
Danny has a B.A. in Math from Brescia University and a M.A. from Indiana University. Danny retired from AT&T after 40 years.
He was a part time Math instructor at OCTC for several years and recently became a full time Math instructor. Danny also has a DJ business and Sound and Light Show, Blue Moon.
Danny has played drums since Freshman year in high school and has been in several local bands and has performed with the Community Band for many years and is the Percussionist in the yearly presentation of the Messiah.
Danny is married to Alalesa Bowles Huffman and they have one son, Sebastian.