I'm Mary Smallman, most and foremost a daughter of Zion. the wife of wonderful Steve and parent of Isiaah and Paul. That makes me thankful, just typing that in! I'm glad to be from a large, loving extended family, as well as married into a great one.
After graduating from Covenant. Steve and I worked at New City Fellowship, went to seminary at Westmister, did urban ministry in Philly and then moved to Bmore to work at New Song Ministries in '92. We raised our kids in the hood, which I don't think they're too mad at us about. We've met a lot of interesting, talented, loving people through the years and had some wild experiences along the way.
Our lives have never been boring - I can definitely say that.
Denomination: Presbyterian Church in America
Church Involvement: Member
Leadership Involvement: Paid staff (administration, music, counseling, youth, education, mercy)
Church Interests: Christian Education
Bono
Parents - Al and Julie Lutz
Grandparents - Max and Jean Belz
Great Aunt and Uncle - Rudy and Collyn Schmidt
John Perkins
Billy and Ruth Graham
Learning to speak Italian, cooking Thai and Italian food
Listening to a wide variety - Black Gospel, alternative, Christian contemporary, classic rock, classical
Favorites are LOTR Return of the King, Moonstruck, Jerry MaGuire, Planes, Trains and Automobiles to name a few.
The Office is my only show right now
Reading my 6th Anne Lamott book right now. Moving on to The Meaning of Everything, which was recommended by Grandma Belz.