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Ms. Deborah Lemmen
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| Date and Place of Birth |
| September 9 in Holland, Michigan |
| What do you do at New City? |
| I am the After School Center Director |
| What’s so special about New City? |
| New City is a vibrant place, full of life, energy and passion. |
| Favorite Books |
| -"Reaching Out" by Henri Nouwen. "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston. "Breathing Space" by Heidi Neumark. |
| Favorite Foods |
| Yogurt and granola, cashew chicken stir-fry, bread, muffins, cheese. |
| What do you do in your free time? |
| Coffee, meals, music, books, movies, sleep... |
| I hope to someday: |
| Open a coffeehouse with local music and art, great coffee, and people interacting who wouldn't necessarily otherwise sit down together. Another crazy dream is to be able to do equine-assisted therapy with children and teenagers. |
| Things I’m thankful for: |
| Faith, family, friends, music, sunshine, laughter... |
| My most embarrassing moment was: |
| Being told after a worship service by a musical genius that my guitar was out of tune the entire service... |
| When I grow up, I want to be: |
| An author, a horse-trainer, a song-writer, and a barista. |
| Life’s greatest lesson I’ve learned is: |
| Celebrate beautiful moments, especially when you find them in unexpected places. |
| Fun fears: |
| Haunted corn mazes and spiders and other crawling creatures... |
| Most amazing fact about me: |
| I manage to come in every morning with my coffee, regardless of if the 87 was on time or not, or if it was raining, snowing, hailing, tornado-ing or otherwise... |
| I’ll never try: |
| To say never... |
| What is your desire for New City? |
| To be a place where children and young people meet and grow in relationship with Jesus Christ--it's exciting to see this happening. I hope that this is a place where children and young people feel safe, loved, and encouraged... |
| If you could describe yourself in three words, what would they be? |
| Compassionate, adventurous, clumsy. |
| What’s your favorite scripture? |
| Luke 9:11, from the story of feeding the five thousand: "Jesus welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing." |
| What are three things in your refrigerator? |
| Cheese, dark chocolate from Trader Joe's, oranges. |
| What keeps you working? |
| People around me. |
| What is life really all about for you? |
| Relationships, love, peace, justice, beauty, hope... |
| What’s in your CD player? |
Rosie Thomas "If Songs Could Be Held." |