Our office is currently being operated by a set of volunteers. If you think you would be a good fit, don't hesitate to join! We could always use more people. If you're interested, you can email officeadmin@manchacaumc.org
— Meet the Team —
Carolyn Vail
MONDAYS — 10 am - 2 pm
TUESDAYS — 9 am - 12 pm
Carolyn has been a member of MUMC since 2017, when she moved here from Allen, where she had lived for 43 years. She has a BA in Math, but worked mostly in the accounting/finance fields at Texas Instruments (retired). She loves God, her family and friends, and music, which has been a part of her life forever.
CAROLYN CAN HELP WITH: Church membership database, updating member records, attendance, new members, and first-time visitors
Julia Walker
TUESDAYS — 12 pm - 2 pm
Julia has been a member of MUMC for over 30 years. She has degrees in History, Sociology, Child Development, and education. She enjoys studying the Bible, swimming, popcorn, and talking about God.
JULIA CAN HELP WITH: Greets and assists all persons seeking church office support, answers phones, transfers calls to staff as appropriate, and communicates prayer requests to the clergy.
Laura Harris
WEDNESDAYS — 9 am - 2 pm
Laura is a new member of MUMC and is married to Pastor Paul. She has a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology (good for trivia) with additional experience in ministry assistance, payroll, marketing, database and records management. She loves God, family, Bo the Dog, cats Geronimo & Catillac and collecting tea pots shaped like cats.
LAURA CAN HELP WITH: Communications including mail, email, phone calls, staff support, building keys, office volunteers, office records management, name tags, office supplies, and member contact information.
Mary Lou Wood
THURSDAYS — 9 am - 12 pm
Mary Lou has been a member of Manchaca UMC for 10 years, and she is a member of the Sanctuary choir, the Craft Group, and the Prayer Shawl Group. She also volunteers in many church activities, such as Vacation Bible School, the annual Craft Fair in November, and participates in Wednesday Morning Women's Bible Study. She loves God, the church, and her family and friends. For fun she likes to watch movies, do jigsaw puzzles, crochet, do counted cross stitch, and spending time with family and friends. (The family & friends thing usually includes food of some kind, of course!)
MARY LOU CAN HELP WITH: Greets and assists all persons seeking church office support, answers phones, transfers calls to staff as appropriate, and communicates prayer requests to the clergy.
Pat Stine
THURSDAYS — 12 pm - 2 pm
Pat Stine is a native (South) Austinite! She and her late husband, John, and son Nathan joined Manchaca UMC in 1994. Pat retired from the Texas Workforce Commission in 2003 after a career in accounting. She has served in various capacities over the years here at our church and looks forward to talking with you on the phone or in person.
PAT CAN HELP WITH: Greets and assists all persons seeking church office support, answers phones, transfers calls to staff as appropriate, and communicates prayer requests to the clergy
Kendall Carroll
Communications Specialist (Staff)
Kendall has been a member at MUMC for her entire life. She has been a volunteer with the Children’s Ministry for many years. Since graduating from UNT with a English degree, she’s become the Communications Specialist, doing work with the website and newsletter. She enjoys reading, playing video games, and spending time with her family.
KENDALL CAN HELP WITH: Communications support to all church members through the newsletter, bulletins, special publications, worship service slides, MUMC social media and website. She can be reached at kendall@manchacaumc.org