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Erika Shapiro - Junior High Youth Director
Erika Shapiro joined the youth staff at First Presbyterian Church in August of 2001. She grew up in Memphis and went to college at Rhodes, where she majored in Religious Studies and studied elementary education, too. When she moved to Nashville after school with some of her college roommates, she happened upon the thrill of middle school and is so thankful to be able to claim God's faithfulness in her own life, in part, because of what her favorite teenagers teach her.
She married Jeremy in August 2005, whom she met on a blind date that was set up by a seventh grade boy who thought they might make a good match. She loves Jeremy a lot and has so much fun with him, even when they aren't doing anything. She is grateful for all of the many ways he reveals God's heart to her, and looks forward to knowing more and more who He is because of Jeremy's presence in her life.
They have two dogs, Nala and Stella, and though they have brought quite a bit of chaos to life at the Shapiro house, they are great additions to the family. Speaking of additions, Jeremy and Erika are expecting their first baby in January!! They are so excited (and sometimes scared)about the gift that God is bringing to them and to the world in this little life and can't wait to meet the baby!
Erika espcially looks forward every year to Ski Trips and Mission Trips, especially Tijuana and the Great Escape, which are always amazing experiences. She loves driving 15 passenger vans through the mud, hanging out with teenagers, full moons, eating popsicles with real fruit in them, and singing in the shower. One of her favorite things about her job is that she is so often amazed to see how God is at work within His creation.
One of her favorite verses is: "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." Ephesians 3: 20-21
Erika Shaprio
615-298-9510
eshapiro@fpcnashville.org |
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