FRIDAY, JUNE 23

4:30 PM – FOOD TRUCKS!
6:30 PM – VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: PETS UNLEASHED!! (PRE-REGISTER HERE)
6:30 PM – STORYTELLER: Tracy Radosevic
7:30 PM – CELEBRATE LIFE! Rehearsal (see details below!)

SATURDAY, JUNE 24

9:00 AM – VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: PETS UNLEASHED!! (PRE-REGISTER HERE)
9:00 AM – CELEBRATE LIFE! Rehearsal (see details below)
11:30 AM – LUNCH (provided)
1:00 PM – CELEBRATE LIFE!  COMMUNITY SING
7:30 PM – MOVIE ON THE LAWN

SUNDAY, JUNE 25

9:30 AM – COFFEE with TRACY RADOSEVIC
10:30 AM – WORSHIP SERVICE (Tracy Radosevic)
11:30 AM – LUNCH (PLEASE make Reservations by Wednesday, June 21): Call (336) 472-7718

FINCH COMMUNITY FESTIVAL

JUNE 23 – 25

JUST WHO IS TRACY RADOSEVIC???

So, you may be asking yourself, “I’m going to the “ALL NEW” FINCH COMMUNITY FESTIVAL, BUT who is this “STORYTELLER“, TRACY RADOSEVIC?

THAT is an excellent question!  So, let’s find out:

“Tracy is a dynamic, playful, internationally-acclaimed storyteller, educator, retreat facilitator, and coach. Since 1991 she has traveled all over the United States, as well as to several other countries, bringing her special brand of humor, insight, and faith to audiences of all ages and denominations through the power of embodied performance.

Tracy hails from Canton, Ohio but has lived in Baltimore, MD since 1997. She has been a member of the Network of Biblical Storytellers, International (NBSI) since 1990 and in the ensuing years has served that organization in various capacities: board member; annual Festival Gathering coordinator; editor of their bi-monthly newsletter The Biblical Storyteller; founding member of the NBSI Scholars’ Seminar; and, since its inception in 2006, as dean of ABS, a one-year certification program in biblical storytelling. In her spare time she co-hosts a monthly podcast, Faith in Focus—a podcast looking at movies people of faith should see—so enjoys watching movies, particularly independent and documentary offerings. She also gets a kick out of playing her accordion and ukulele, relaxing at the ocean, hanging out with her friends, and exercising her right brain as much as possible by experimenting with the suggestions provided by whatever artsy rabbit holes the YouTube algorithm sends her down.

While Tracy has performed an array of story genres over the years, her favorite material is biblical with the vast majority of her work coming through churches and religious organizations. Working across denominational lines, Tracy puts to good use the extensive training she received working as a director of Christian education at a local church in North Carolina, as Artist-in-Resident at Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church in Baltimore, MD, as well as from her various degrees: Bachelor of Arts from Grove City College, Grove City, PA—double major in Elementary Education and Christian Ministries; Master of Religious Education from Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC; Master of Arts in Storytelling from East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN; Doctor of Ministry—focusing on Spirituality for Life Together with a special emphasis on Digital Storytelling—from Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC.

It’s this breadth of experience that has helped to shape Tracy’s greatest strength: she’s a generalist, rather than a specialist! Equally effective with preschoolers as senior citizens, with adolescent boys as middle-aged women, with scholars as laity, Tracy is able to tailor her programs appropriately to meet each group’s specific needs. Indeed, it’s her bent toward being a “perpetual student” that allows her to keep abreast of new educational material that results in presentations that engage as many learning styles, viewpoints, and personalities as possible. And she finds herself continually learning from her students as well in her capacity as an adjunct professor at St. Mary’s Ecumenical Institute in Baltimore and Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC, as well as through her position as dean of the Academy for Biblical Storytelling (ABS).”

TRACY will be sharing her gifts FRIDAY NIGHT (6:30 PM) and SUNDAY MORNING (10:30 AM) as a part of FINCH COMMUNITY FESTIVAL!  SHE will also host a casual COFFEE & CONVERSATION (9:30 AM) time on SUNDAY MORNING before the worship service. We are excited and very honored to have Tracy to come to Thomasville and kick off our very FIRST FINCH COMMUNITY FESTIVAL!

SEE YOU THERE!!!

A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE — FOOD TRUCKS, CORNHOLE, VBS, COLLABORATIVE MUSIC EXPERIENCE & MORE…

FINCH COMMUNITY FESTIVAL FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/finchfest

FOR MORE INFO & QUESTIONS or RESERVATIONS: Call MEMORIAL UMC CHURCH OFFICE: (336) 472-7718