Meet Our Staff – Youth Leader

Elaine Thompson - Youth Leader at Riverside United Church of Christ in Hood RiverOur Nursery, Sunday School and Teen curriculum is headed up by our Director of Christian Nurture, Elaine Thompson.  As a mother and stepmother, Elaine believes that spirituality is the basis for creating a fulfilled life.

Elaine is trained in the Our Whole Lives, or the “OWL” curriculum, which was developed jointly by United Church of Christ and Unitarian Universalist churches, and oversees these classes on comprehensive sexuality education for 7-9th graders.

Elaine has been a Riverside choir participant at church for many years. She loves to golf, snow and water ski, talk about her chickens, and collect beach glass.