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Iowa-Missouri Conference Welcomes Four New Teachers
Julie Abrahamson
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our new teachers have joined the Iowa-Missouri Conference for the 2019-20 school year. Julie Abrahamson is the new grades 3-6 teacher at Hillcrest Adventist School in St. Louis, Missouri. She taught at various Adventist schools in Iowa and Missouri from 1994-2017 and had previously served as teacher and/or principal at Hillcrest from 19982003. She and her husband, Kevin, most recently served in the Florida Conference before moving back to Missouri.
Joan Collins Joan Collins is the new principal and grades 3-6 teacher at Springfield Junior Academy in Springfield, Missouri. She served as a teacher and/or principal at Des Moines Adventist School in Des Moines, Iowa, and Westwood Junior Academy in Chesterfield, Missouri, from 1996-2001. Joan retired from the Arizona Conference and moved to the Springfield, Missouri area. Once she arrived, she felt impressed to continue serving and accepted the position at Springfield.
Marian Kelch Marian Kelch is the new principal and K-8 grades teacher at Muscatine Adventist School in Muscatine, Iowa. She and her late husband, Ray, previously served as a ministry couple at the Muscatine Church, and Marian taught at the school from 20112014. She, too, retired to the area and decided to continue serving as an educator once she arrived. Victoria Tobing is the new grades 7-10 teacher at Springfield. She’s a
Victoria Tobing California native but spent several summers in IowaMissouri as a member of the student literature evangelism team. Victoria is a 2016 graduate of Union College and most recently served as K-12 chaplain and academy religion teacher at Orangewood Academy in Garden Grove, California. Joe Allison is education superintendent for the Iowa-Missouri Conference.
In Other News There’s a lot more happening in Iowa-Missouri than will fit on these two pages each month. Visit imsda.org to read stories such as: • 3 Angels SDA Company in Belton, Missouri, Opens Food Pantry • Former Iowa-Missouri Education Superintendent Duane Barnett Passes Away • Gladstone Church Celebrates 50 Years of Ministry in Kansas City • Macon Church Moves Annual Health Expo to Recently Renovated Better Living Center • Nixa Church Upgrades Tech to Better Connect with Guests
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