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Pastor Soloman Sudhakar
Pastor Soloman Sudhakar has a passion for Preaching, Leading, and equipping others in shared ministry, Pastoral Care to all people, by being a faithful pastoral presence and a listener to people in need and those going through life’s crisis. Faithful reading and re-reading the scriptures and applying to our current context and our varied existential experiences. And passionate in administering the sacraments of the church to all God’s people.
Rev. Solomon Sudhakar is an Indian Minister, who brings some profound life experiences, understanding, and consciousness to his ministry. His ministerial experiences ranged from rural to urban congregations, both in India as well as in the United States of America. Solomon is a fourth-generation Christian and third in accepting the call for the pastoral ministry. He had a sense of Call and interest in pastoral ministry since he was a young boy. His call to ministry is conditioned and driven by God's mission and purpose in Christ toward reconciliation and solidarity with the lost and least of these people and the rest of God’s creation.
Gina Locati
Gina Locati. Gina is our Office Administrator. Gina and her husband Ray have been members of Grace Church since 2011 and reside in Spring Valley. Gina worked with Office Max for 15 years prior to joining Grace, in various departments from Customer Service to Financial Services Supervisor. Gina is the mother of three boys and the proud grandma of a beautiful granddaughter and a handsome grandson. Gina is grateful to be able to serve at Grace for years to come and is extremely proud and honored to be a part of this wonderful Church Family.
gracelasallechurch@gmail.com
Kerry Dauber
Finance Secretary Kerry, Dauber came to live in the Illinois Valley 18 years ago from the Chicago land area. She has been involved in LaSalle County for the last 25 years as the owner/operator of the LaSalle Speedway. She has four children and four wonderful grandchildren that are the light of her life. She is married to her best friend and her hero, William Dauber at Grace UMC. Her children and granddaughter were baptized here at Grace. Grace Church has been her saving grace and she will forever be grateful to Grace and its members along with the congregation for what they have done for her. She has maintained the kitchen and been in charge of Funeral Luncheons for a number of years. She is so overwhelmingly proud and honored to be the financial secretary of this amazing Church. gracelasallechurch@gmail.com
Abigail Cervantes:
My name is Abby Cervantes and I am the Director as well as the Lead Teacher for our Pre-K Program at Summit Learning Academy, and proud to call SLA my home. I graduated from the Early Childhood Program at IVCC. I have been married for 10 years and have an 8-year-old named Nicole. She played a huge role when deciding what career I should follow. I believe that all children deserve to be taught in an environment that is welcoming, loving, fun, safe, and provides rich experiences that help them to grow in all areas of development. My goal is to guide children as they work to reach their full potential and grow into their own person. I love children and I can’t see myself doing anything else!
