Smile

What makes Bonnie Zickgraf smile? “Sunshine, handshakes and hugs,” said the Noblesville resident. Also, “the pure joy of thinking about Jesus, puppies, all baby animals, the laughter of family, friends, grandkids and babies, the smells inside a bakery and a flower shop, (real) Christmas trees with shiny, silver tinsel and twinkling lights, and great contemporary jazz music. She was found giving the Noblesville First United Methodist Church’s online daily prayer. She was born and raised in Reading, Pa., and is a graduate of Ball State University. She is an ordained, graduate-level pastoral counselor and registered nurse (psychiatric RN of 28 years). After moving north from Florida in the middle of Covid, she began at Noblesville First UMC in June 2020 as a hospitality coordinator, “thanks to the faith and trust of (former) senior pastor Jerry Rairdon,” and now she works full time on UMC’s pastoral care team. She helps to coordinate and participate in the pastoral care activities, including the Daily Prayer Service and Sunday morning worship services. When she’s not working, she enjoys writing prayers and Christian nonfiction, walking her dog, Houston, and taking him for car rides, “because he can’t drive yet,” listening to contemporary jazz, thinking of the next new ministry” and more. What else? She loves to travel. She invites the community to UMC for a Ladies of the Noblesville First United Methodist Church Lydia Circle event, a Steppin’ Up to Help line-dancing fundraiser 6:30 to 8 p.m. this Tuesday in Celebration Hall, with the community welcome, no experience necessary, and freewill offering collected to benefit Cherish, a nonprofit that protects children (cherishcac.org) with info at 317-773-2500