Welcome New Members

NEW MEMBERS

CLAIRE COOK

PLACES LIVED: Claire grew up in Saudi Arabia and Dubai because of her dad’s job in safety construction. She attended boarding school for high school in New York.

FAMILY: Claire’s sister is Lisa Bastian, and her parents are Greg and Vera Cook.

9 TO 5: Claire is the creative manager at Crossway Publishing.

PASTTIMES: Enjoys reading, taking walks, spending time with family (especially her nieces and nephew), time with friends, and her dog and coffee

CHURCH INVOLVEMENT: Life Together Adult Community, Kids’ Harbor

DIEGO HINOJOSA

FAMILY: Lives with his sister Frieda and his parents

PASTTIMES: Enjoys studying maps and drawing

FRIEDA HINOJOSA

FAMILY: Frieda is a single mom to two little ones.

9 TO 5: A mom first, Frieda also cares for her father, who has a serious illness.

PASTTIMES: She enjoys reading, writing and learning, eating sushi and trying new skills and crafts. She also enjoys nature and taking walks.

CHURCH INVOLVEMENT: Life Together Adult Community, Women’s Bible Study, Mom2Mom

SHIRLEY HUSTED

PLACES LIVED: Shirley grew up in Carey, Ohio, and lived most of her married life in Columbus. She moved to Carol Stream in the last couple of years to be close to her son and his family.

FAMILY: Shirley has an adult son and was widowed last year.

9 TO 5: She is a retired medical technologist and worked for more than 60 years in hospital and medical office laboratories and as a paramedical insurance examiner.

PASTTIMES: She is very involved in her granddaughter’s life, helping with transportation to/from her events. Shirley does water aerobics several times a week and enjoys other groups that do various arts and crafts.

CHURCH INVOLVEMENT: Adult Choir and Women’s Bible Study

JOHN & ROSEMARY LUTHER

FAMILY: The Luthers have been married since 1974 and have an adult son, daughter-in-law and four grandchildren.

9 TO 5: John is retired from 35 years as an industrial food salesman, and 21 years as a Naval Reserve officer. He was mobilized for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. In addition to being a full-time mom when their son was younger, Rosemary worked for United Airlines as a computer analyst and other assorted jobs such as bookkeeping or customer cash application.

PASTTIMES: Rosemary enjoys time in her garden, walking, biking, reading, staying active; and they both enjoy traveling and time with their family.

DAVID & MILLE MACKINNON

FAMILY: The Mackinnons have been married since 1978 and have four adult children and eight grandchildren, including their daughter Ashley Glaze and her husband, Paul, who are College Church members, and their five children.

9 TO 5: David retired in 2020 after 25 years in private practice as a licensed marriage and family therapist and executive coach. Prior to returning to school for degrees in that field, he worked for the Bank of America domestically and internationally. Millie is also retired.

PASTTIMES: Now retired, David is enjoying all the projects that were neglected in his working years—as well as enjoying reading, bicycling, cooking and camping. Millie is enjoying time with family, friends, reading and gardening.

JACK MCHENNEY

PLACES LIVED: Jack was born and raised in Wheaton and attended College Church all his life until he left for college, and then in Phoenix, Arizona post college. He moved back to this area last year.

9 TO 5: Jack works as a financial planner at Fidelity Investments.

PASTTIMES: He loves staying active, playing pretty much any game with a ball! He and his brother also enjoy board games, and lately, Jack is learning to work on cars.

CHURCH INVOLVEMENT: Jack wants to become the face of College Church 20s Ministry.

LIZ WALTER

PLACES LIVED: Liz was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She met her husband, Douglas, at the University of Hawaii. Douglas entered the Air Force in 1973, and they have lived and served all over the world.

FAMILY: Liz and her husband moved to his area to be near their son and his family, Doug (Jr) and Carolyn Walter.

CHURCH INVOLVEMENT: Women’s Bible Study