North Madison
Congregational Church
Our Staff
Rev. Dr. Heather Arcovitch
Pastor
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Sue Timony Hall
Youth Minister​
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Sue is an authorized commissioned minister of faith formation in the United Church of Christ, serving children, youth and their families. She aims to help kids, teens and their parents to bring faith into daily life by exploring their relationships with God, self and neighbors through building friendships, making connections to scripture, and serving together in our community and beyond.
Sue believes that even the youngest child has gifts to share, and that the intergenerational nature of our church community fosters a supportive environment where all may grow and share God’s love. A key component to sharing God’s love is advocating for social justice in our world. Our ministries invite people of all ages to learn about societal issues and provide opportunities to strive for positive change together.
Sue and her husband, Jim, have raised two sons in Madison and are enjoying watching them start new chapters in their own lives as young adults. Sue’s favorite way to spend time in Madison is either walking at Hammonasset or sitting in the sun with a mystery book, although at home with Otter the dog and Shadow the cat is a very nice place to be as well.
Please give Sue a call to hear more about our faith formation ministries. She is always interested in hearing about issues that concern children, youth and their families and potential ways that we may be able to help. Come join us!
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Linda Juliani
Minister of Music
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Blessed with a dad who joyously filled our home with his “by-ear” piano tunes and a mom who was always exposing us to the great composers through her large record collection, I was well on my way to LOVING music before I entered nursery school.
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At age 8 piano lessons began— what a delight! — but it was attending church services as a teenager at First Church of Christ, Congregational in West Hartford which exposed me to an exceptionally superb music program and a mentor, Dr. Gordon W. Stearns, Sr., whose ministry of music inspired my whole career. Singing in his amazing choirs (over 300 people — 150 in the high school choir alone...) touched my young soul in very deep places. I marveled at the beautiful and sensitive way that he enabled choristers to bring out the best within themselves while singing their faith through the musical texts.
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At age 16, piano lessons changed to organ lessons and after graduation led to a music major at Middlebury College with a deepening conviction that music ministry was the path to making sense of my life. The deeper I immersed myself in music, the more it became a basic need for my spirit — a way to express what words cannot — and a vehicle for our hearts to understand what our minds cannot ...
Frederick Buechner said that —
The place to which God calls you is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet ...
Music in a faith setting connects us to the Divine as we sing or play or listen — and ministers to others as God speaks through the music we share.
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What a privilege and JOY it is to help make that happen!
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Jackie Fix
Office Manager
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Jackie has been at NMCC since 2011. She runs the office and has a wealth of knowledge regarding all aspects of the church. If she doesn't know the answer, she can direct you to someone who does!
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Rhonda Spencer
Clerk
Rhonda works with our finance team, and is the go-to person for questions about your pledge, bills, and budget questions.
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Tom Lauher
Property Manager
If you have questions relating to the church property, Tom is the man to see. He works with our Property and Planning team, and coordinates building rentals and anything to do with our church building and grounds.
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