(( Our Pastor:  Dwight Monical  ))

  NAME: Dwight Lee Monical
SPOUSE's NAME: Teresa Monical

CHILDREN: Joseph 24, Mary (I call her Mary Beth but I don't think anyone else does) 19, Thomas 16, Anna and Jonathan 11.

ANNIVERSARY: August 19, 1979

WHAT CHURCHES HAVE YOU SERVED AT? Mt. Zion and Montmorenci UMC.

DO YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTS OF YOUR CAREER THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE?
3 years on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ music ministry in British Columbia Canada, Greek Instructor at Seminary, Ordained as a Full Elder in the United Methodist Church in 1987, served at Mt. Zion UMC for 19 years.

WHERE HAVE YOU TRAVELED IN YOUR MINISTRY? South Korea and much of Canada with Campus Crusade for Christ, Atlanta for first Promise Keepers Pastor Conference.

WOULD YOU CARE TO SHARE ABOUT YOUR FAMILY:
Teresa works at Harrison H.S. with the choirs as an accompanist and also helps with Solo and Ensemble, Musicals and a whole lot more. Joseph is just finishing his first year in Guinea, West Africa, with the Peace Corps, teaching math to students in French. He graduated last year with a degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. Mary Beth just finished her first year at I.U. and is majoring in Anthropology with a minor in Art History. She is also in LAMP (Liberal Arts and Management Program). She is pledging Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and has been received into Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha Lamba Delta honoraries. Thomas has just finished his sophomore year at Harrison H.S. He is a diver on the swim team. This fall he will be a percussionist in the top concert band, and a drummer and keyboard player in the top jazz band. He received the Woody Herman award for Jazz Band this past year. Jonathan and Anna have just completed fifth grade at Klondike. They have both been in the Indiana academic spell bowl where they received a perfect score, Circle the State and Voices of Gold Choirs, sports, and both received The Presidential Academic Award.

WHERE DID YOU RECEIVE YOUR EDUCATION?
Dwight: North Central H.S. in Indianapolis, Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition from Butler University, Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Teresa: Lapel High School, Bachelors and Masters of Music Education from Butler University.

WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY? June 17

WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Kokomo, IN, but grew up in Indianapolis.
Faithfully attended Northwood Christian Church, a Disciple of Christ Church, in Indianapolis and was baptized there at age 13.

PARENTS NAMES? R. Duane and Sharon (stepmother) Monical. Mother: Carol A. Monical, died in 1979 of cancer. Sister: Chris Monical, lives in Maryland about 30 Miles from Washington D.C., Brother: Stu Monical, lives just south of Denver, Colorado with wife and two children.

SPOUSE'S BIRTHDAY: January 15
WHERE BORN? Lapel, IN
CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAYS: Joseph Dec. 16, Mary Beth Sep. 1, Thomas July 1, Anna and Jonathan July 20.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HOBBIES, INTERESTS? Reading, Music, Attending children's school and sports events, Church-related interests: Postmodernism and the Future of the Church, Worship, Evangelism, Spiritual Growth.

FAVORITE FOODS? Almost everything but Brussel Sprouts.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH OUR NEWSLETTER READERS?
I am looking forward to meeting everyone from BCUMC and working together with all of you.