Andrea Wheeler

Church: Moddersville Reformed Church

Nominated by Linda of McBain
Andrea Wheeler (wife of Pastor Jerry Wheeler) is special because she overflows with music and caring toward everyone. She’s a musician and a full-time teacher, full-time pastor’s wife, and full-time mother attending basket ball games, apparently with the ability to be in 2 or 3 places at once. She can sing and play the piano and the flute and throw together choir music or last minute special offertories that honor God surely as much as her life does. At the piano she can change keys as needed or play by ear if I go to her with a song I want to learn, handing her a sheet with nothing but words and chords on it. She can hit the high notes and direct choir from her spot at the piano, turning the pages of her music with one hand while the other flows up and down everywhere at once on the keyboard. She shares her talents so freely that we’re spoiled. Most of all, she cares about everyone, guarding our feelings and bringing out the best in all of us. She once put her hands on my shoulders and called me “little sister,” and ever since that day she has been my big sister. I am sure that all of us at church think of Andrea as our sister, proud of her and full of gratitude for how she draws us together into such a rich church family.