Lester Smith, pastor of the Hillsdale UB church (Hillsdale, Mich)., reports, “We have hired a modern-day Aquila and Priscilla team: Phill (yes, he spells it with two l’s) and Michele (hers is one l) Vigil. Both are preacher’s kids and have degrees with experience in various forms of ministry. They applied for our one fulltime position in youth and worship as a couple.
“Although our church has hired husband and wife teams before, such as Scott and Tanya Hardaway, as well a my wife (executive secretary) and I, it has never been for the same position. The Vigils will work in the area of both youth and music. In their last church in California, one had the title of Youth and Music Minister and the other was Music and Youth Minister.”

Traci Slager, director of Anchor Community Church‘s Life Unlimited Youth Center (Fort Wayne, Ind.), is the mother of a baby boy. Nathanael was born Saturday morning, January 28, to she and Rob. The baby had some initial health problems which required a stay in ICU. However, Nathanael was able to come home from the hospital February 1.