Linda Elissalde, Person of the Year 2019

By Elaine Rollfing
“Serve the Lord with gladness!” Psalm 100:2
This month, Bay Vue United Methodist Church announced that Linda Elissalde was voted in as the Bay Vue Person of the Year 2019. She is creative and has the sunniest personality, and she serves to encourage so many of us! She always brings drama, but it’s the good kind.

Linda uses her gifts and talents to gather people together to tell the stories of scripture and lessons in worship, such as the Good Friday Service and Christmas Eve. She writes new stories about what is happening at Bay Vue and gets them published so the community will know Bay Vue United Methodist Church better.

Linda is known in Crystal Beach for being our script writer for all our Way Off Broadway Productions. She sings in the choir with a lovely voice, assists in changing our church sign, leads our volunteers with our annual Fish Fry, and is always there to help when needed. If there is anything going on, there’s Linda taking notes and pictures for her next article.

Linda makes us smile and we’re so thankful for all she does at Bay Vue UMC. Congratulations, Linda, for being named Bay Vue’s Person of the Year 2019.

[Jan-27-2020]

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12 Responses to “Linda Elissalde, Person of the Year 2019”

  1. congrats, well deserved.

  2. Karen Kelly says:

    It is such a blessing to be a member of Linda’s fan club.
    She is truly one of a kind and we love her dearly.
    Byron and Karen Kelly

  3. Brenda Beust Smith says:

    The phase ‘insanely jealous’ doesn’t even begin to describe my reaction to Linda’s creative lyrics, scripts, poems, etc., especially when they incorporate humor. She is indeed a treasure in every sense of the word. So glad she (and oh-so-huggable Marcel!) are based on Bolivar.

    • Melanie Wallace says:

      Linda is my Person of the Year EVERY year! She has enriched my life ten-fold since the minute I agreed to dance the Highland Fling at the altar of the church:) “Only for Linda!” Our brilliant, funny, creative leader. Congratulations! Well done♥️

  4. Kae Noreyko says:

    An award that is so well deserved for a wonderful woman and friend tom all she meets. Congrats, Linda !

  5. Klela Bentley says:

    Congratulations! Your love, warmth and humor make us all better people. God Bless! You are exceptional.

  6. Jane and Wallace Shook says:

    Congratulations, Linda, on a well-deserved honor. Wish we were nearby to roll out the red carpet for you. We’ve been privileged to enjoy your delightful friendship for many years now, known of your strong faith, sat in the audience to receive your creative genius in rollicking comedy and serious history and feasted on your delicious apple/lemon pies. You’re fun to be with and a cherished friend. Your Mom and Dad were very special, too, as is Marcel. We further nominate you for Person of the Decade!!

  7. Mary Ellen Smith says:

    Congratulations. Well deserved.

  8. Linda Kramer says:

    Well deserved!!!
    So talented and so full of God’s spirit!
    Linda brings joy to everything she encounters!!
    Congrats my friend… miss you guys

  9. Margo Nowell Johnson says:

    Lest we not forget. She is the creative genius in making Jane Long known not only on the peninsula but across Texas!

  10. Carlis Cole says:

    Much deserved❤️ Carlis Cole

  11. Angie Van Tassel says:

    It was a privledge to get to know Linda and Bay View Church when we wintered there several years ago

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