Small group of handsCome Journey with Us ! 
Footsteps on our Journey  
 
   
Our Staff
Reverend Tammy Stampfli, interim pastor
Mark Boyd, Youth Ministries
Sandi Trudeau, Church Administrator
Dee Morton, Choral Director, Organist/Accompanist
Sid Olson, Bookkeeper
Carol Sherrell, Assistant Organist
Brooke Williams Johnson, Children's Ministries
Alli Shattuck, Nursery Coordinator
Kirk Russell, Church Caretaker
Dave Benson, Weekend Caretaker

MEETING CONGREGATIONAL NEEDS

Questions regarding administrative business, scheduling or the church building itself, please call Sandi Trudeau at (360) 943-1210 or email at Sandi@theunitedchurches.org

The church office is open Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

For other questions regarding:

Finances—Contact Sid Olson at (360) 943-1210 or e-mail at Sid@theunitedchurches.org  Sid has office hours Mondays and Tuesdays, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Worship– Contact Dee Morton at (360) 866- 9250, (360) 520-5468 (cell) or e-mail at dmorton11@ comcast.net

Children’s ministry/nursery— Contact Brooke Johnson at (360) 943-1210 or Pascalwills@aol.com

Youth Ministries-Contact Mark Boyd at (360) 943-1210 or e-mail hippobmw@comcast.net

Again, although it is hard to anticipate whatever may happen with change, we want you to know we will continue to do our best to serve you
Reverend Tammy Stampfli, interim pastor

Greetings New Friends at the United Churches !Tammy Stampfli

At United Churches, we welcome everyone, no matter where they are on their journey of life.  We would like you to find a place to call your own here with us.  I am the new Interim Pastor. I have just celebrated 20 years of ordained ministry. 

Prior to receiving my Masters of Divinity from San Francisco Theological Seminary, my husband Tim and I served at program directors for Presbyterian Camps. I’ve served churches in Washington, Oregon and California. I received my Doctorate of Ministry from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia and just completed Interim Training in Seattle.

My door is always open and I look forward to our journey together!

Brooke Williams Johnson
brooke@theunitedchurches.org
pascalwills@aol.com
Children's Ministries
Brooke Johnson
Church Administrator Sandi Trudeau
sandi@theunitedchurches.org
Meet Sandi Trudeau, our church administrator. She comes to us with many years of experience in office management, human resources, marketing and advertising and support of staff. For the past seven years, Sandi was the Assistant Administrator at The Hampton Alzheimer’s Special Care Center in Tumwater. Before that she was a para-educator for the Rochester School District. She received her bachelor of arts degree from Central Washington State University in sociology in 1976. Sandi has added a wonderful spirit of lightheartedness and competence to our church office. As one of our staff said to Sandi at a recent staff meeting, “You fit right in!” And she does! Her office hours are Tuesday through Friday, 7:30 am to 3 pm. She is not available to the public, on Mondays because the office is closed. In 2008 she married Nelson Trudeau and together they are the proud parents of four children and twelve grandchildren. She really enjoys being a part of The United churches and feel it is her home away from home.
 
Dee Morton
Vocal Director, organist and accompanist
dee@theunitedchurches.org
dmorton11@comcast.net or 360-866-9250
 
My musical background includes training in piano, organ, voice, and violin at the University of Puget Sound, where I obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. I was a member of the Adelphian a cappella choir Dee Morton, organistand the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra during college days. I hold a Master of Music in Music Education from the University of Idaho, and have post-graduate training in advanced conducting, choral and instrumental methods, voice, jazz choir, music technology, and church music.
In addition to my first and most important career as a Mom to three lovely, now-adult, daughters,
Heather Pierson, Heidi Morton and Roberta Bottelli, I have been privileged to serve as a music educator in several school districts in both Idaho and Washington. I was the Choral Director at Payette and
Emmett, Idaho, teaching 4th-12th grade general music and choir. In Washington, I taught K-12 Choral and Instrumental Music in three Lewis County school districts, plus served as a music, drama and music history adjunct instructor at Centralia College. In that position I produced and directed four Broadway musicals. My husband, Richard, a retired school administrator, has been an ardent supporter of all of our family’s musical paths, and he will continue to be a large part of my work at TUCO.
I currently am the Program Director and Conductor of the Pacific Northwest Chamber Orchestra, a volunteer community orchestra, and the Conductor of the Lewis County Community Band, through the Centralia College Continuing Education department.
Carol Sherrell, Assistant Organist
Carol Sherrell holds a BA degree from the University of Puget Sound and has pursued graduate studies at St. Martin’s College, Pacific Lutheran University, and Eastern Washington University. For twenty five years she was an educator in the Tumwater School district, Tumwater, Washington, retiring in 1992. During this period she was active in the local, state, and national education associations. Mrs. Sherrell has served as organist in the Chehalis Methodist Church and as a substitute in numerous other churches. She has also served as an officer in the Olympia chapter of the American Guild of Organists and currently is a member of the staff of The United Churches of Olympia where she is assistant organist. At present she is an accompanist for the chancel choir, co-choir president, co-chair of the hymnal committee, and a member of the worship ministry.
Mark Boyd
Youth Ministries Coordinator
markb@theunitedchurches.org
hippobmw@comcast.net
TUCO Youth
Youth Activities
Mark Boyd is a northwest native, having been born in 1957 in Mountain Home Idaho (that's just outside of Boise). Although he was born in Idaho he spent most of his life in the Puget Sound Area. He grew up in Puyallup, WA and moved to Olympia in 1969. He has seen Olympia grow and prosper as well as grow and stumble.
He has spent considerable time exploring the mountains and rivers of theValo-Grams_09 Northwest including a 3 month stint in the Olympics after High School. Upon returning from the woods he joined his father in the family business, wholesale plumbing supplies. He moved to Aberdeen to open up a new facility. When Marks father took ill, Mark returned to Olympia to help run the business. Soon after a child was born, Jason and then two years later another child, Nicole was born.
Mark entered the United Churches after his own search for a church home as an adult. Since that time he has taught Sunday School, been a member of the Personnel Ministry, assisted with Youth programs and confirmation, Habitat for Humanity, helped at Bread Roses and The overflow Shelter. It was at the Saturday service that he proposed to his wife Julie. His family currently consists of Jason, Ryan, Nicole and Mathew. Having four adult children and their friends helps him to understand the needs and struggles of youth.
Sid Olson, Bookkeeper
sid@theunitedchurches.org
Our bookkeeper Sid Olson was born in Minnesota but was raised in the Lakewood area just south of Tacoma. He was a Lutheran until he joined the United Churches as a Presbyterian around 1974. Sid is an Economics graduate of the University of Puget Sound, where he also did graduate work. Sid worked as a statistician and program estimator on the 737 program at Boeing from 1965 to 1970.  He then worked for the state Department of Social and Health Services from 1970 until he retired in 2000.
His work at DSHS included human services policy analysis, welfare reform implementations, strategic planning, nursing home regulation and managing special projects. He began his part time bookkeeping work at TUCO in November of 2001.
Sid has been very active at TUCO, presently serving as clerk of the Presbyterian Session and of the federated (with the UCC) church council. He has twice been Moderator (President) of council, most recently in 2000. He has twice chaired Personnel Ministry and Stewardship Ministry and has also served on Mission, Peace and Justice and Worship Ministries as well as the Nominating Committee. Sid also serves as the Recording Clerk of Olympia Presbytery and was a Presbytery Commissioner delegate to the General Assembly that met in Denver in May 2003.
Sid has been married to his wife Ann since 1965. She remains very active in public education (former state president of PTA), genealogy, creating decorative craft art, church activities and being a great grandmother. Sid and Ann have two grown children and three grandchildren. Sid is an avid hiker and walker, he enjoys keeping up his yard in the home where they have lived for more than 30 years, playing bridge and more recently golf, reading and family activities of all  kinds. 
Alli Shattuck, Nursery Coordinatior
Kirk Russell, Church Caretaker
Dave Benson, Weekend Caretaker