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DAVID SMITH, DIRECTOR

The Directors:

 

David and Karen Smith, Co-Directors of the House of Mercy, have served over the past thirty-two years as volunteer and staff youth workers in several churches in suburban Atlanta, Georgia.

 

David was a computer specialist with Allstate Insurance and CNN. Karen has a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Mercer University and taught music in pre-schools, elementary, middle and high schools, as well as on the college level. She also has a Master of Sacred Music degree from Emory University/Candler School of Theology. Karen served as Music Director, with a specialty in Children’s and Youth choirs, for a number of Atlanta area churches during her thirty-year music career. Active in the choral community she was an 18 seasons member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and participated five seasons with the Atlanta Opera Company. Karen was a member, officer and President of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts - North Georgia chapter, and faculty and Dean of the North Georgia Conference Annual Music Camp for junior and senior high students. As a member of the Atlanta chapter of the Choristers Guild she facilitated and directed a number of Children’s Choir workshops. She is also the founder of the Gwinnett County Home School Association fine arts program.

 

David and Karen have two adopted daughters. Melissa, who is now 25, was a domestic adoption and Erin, who is 21, was adopted from an orphanage in India through Lutheran Ministries of Georgia. Karen had the privilege of traveling to Cochin, India to bring Erin home. Upon her return she served on the Lutheran Ministries International Adoption Board and as an officer and President of the Adoptive Parents’ Support Group.

 

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Ricardo & Karla, Houseparents

"House Of Mercy - Orphanage"

These children are the kingdom’s pride and joy.” Luke 18:16