2610 Park Avenue, Muscatine, IA 52761, US
The United Marriage Encounter Ham & Eggs Award
A chicken and a pig...
were walking down the street one day and noticed some poor children who looked as if they hadn’t eaten anything for days. Moved with compassion, the chicken said to the pig, “I have an idea! Let’s give those children a nice breakfast of ham and eggs.” The pig contemplated the chicken's suggestion and said, "Well, for you, that would be a DONATION - but for me, it would be a SACRIFICE!"
The Ham & Eggs Award...
honors the sacrifices that many couples have made over the years to make United Marriage Encounter what it is today. The Award was started in 1986 to give international recognition to deserving couples who have had a positive impact on other married couples as a result of their involvement in Marriage Encounter. It is presented to recipients at the Valentine event in their local UME Community.
2019 Ham & Eggs Award Recipients
Jim & Caralee Jolin - Heart of north carolina
Jim & Caralee Jolin - Heart of north carolina
Jim & Caralee Jolin - Heart of north carolina
Jim & Caralee Jolin earned the 2019 Ham & Eggs Award. Jim & Caralee were married November 12th 2005 and first encountered March 3rd, 2006.
Gary & Miriam Upchurch - Heart of illinois
Jim & Caralee Jolin - Heart of north carolina
Jim & Caralee Jolin - Heart of north carolina
Gary & Miriam Upchurch earned the 2019 Ham & Eggs Award. Gary & Miriam were married June 12th, 1999 and first encountered April 12, 2002.
2018 Ham & Eggs Award Recipients
James & Judy Yohe - Smoky Mountain Foothills
James & Judy Yohe - Smoky Mountain Foothills
James & Judy Yohe - Smoky Mountain Foothills
James and Judy Yohe accept the 2018 Ham & Eggs Award from Orval and Suzanne LeJeune. James and Judy were married Nov. 2, 1991 and were first encountered April 26, 2002.
Jim & Lorraine Christie - Rochester
James & Judy Yohe - Smoky Mountain Foothills
James & Judy Yohe - Smoky Mountain Foothills
Jim and Lorraine Christie were married March 18, 1989. They were first encountered May 3, 1991.
2017 Ham & Eggs Award Recipients
Paul & Linda Carter - Aloha
Daniel & Marion Goetze-Lambes - West Central Ohio
Daniel & Marion Goetze-Lambes - West Central Ohio
Paul and Linda are members of the Aloha Hawaii Community. They were married Feb. 25, 1972 and were first encountered Aug. 13, 2004 in Hawaii.
Daniel & Marion Goetze-Lambes - West Central Ohio
Daniel & Marion Goetze-Lambes - West Central Ohio
Daniel & Marion Goetze-Lambes - West Central Ohio
Daniel and Marion are members of the West Central Ohio UME Community and were married April 27, 1990. They were first encountered on Feb. 24, 2006 in West Central Ohio.
Dave & Kathy Kanaley - Rochester
Fred & Darlene Reiner - Heart of Illinois
Fred & Darlene Reiner - Heart of Illinois
Dave and Kathy are a team couple for the Rochester Community. They were married on July 4, 1986 and were first encountered on March 19, 1993 in Rochester, NY.
Fred & Darlene Reiner - Heart of Illinois
Fred & Darlene Reiner - Heart of Illinois
Fred & Darlene Reiner - Heart of Illinois
Fred and Darlene are members of the Heart of Illinois UME Community and were married Dec. 8, 1961. They were first encountered April 14, 1989 in the Heart of Illinois Community.
2016 Ham & Eggs Award Recipients
Jack & Mary Thrall - Smoky Mountain Foothills
Jack & Mary Thrall - Smoky Mountain Foothills
Jack & Mary Thrall - Smoky Mountain Foothills
Jack & Mary Thrall, from Cosby, Tennessee, were encountered in Plantation, FL in May of 2000. The Thralls moved to Tennessee, which is part of the Smoky Mountain Foothills Community in Hayesville, NC. They have faithfully served as SMF Registration Couple since January 2009.
Peter & Matti Wong - Australia
Jack & Mary Thrall - Smoky Mountain Foothills
Jack & Mary Thrall - Smoky Mountain Foothills
Peter & Matti Wong were encountered in February 2005 in Shanghai, China. They served as Financial Couple from March 2005 to May 2008. After moving to Sydney, Australia they wanted to bring UME to Australia. The Australia Expansion held their first Weekend in 2012 and have had six Weekends. Peter and Matti served as the Executive/Contact Couple for Australia from September 2011 to September 2016. The ministry is grateful for their faithfulness in starting UME in Australia. The Community continues to grow.
Phil & Claudia Cargill - Iowa/Illinois
Phil & Claudia Cargill - Iowa/Illinois
Phil & Claudia Cargill - Iowa/Illinois
Phil and Claudia Cargill were married Oct. 13, 1963. They were first encountered in 1987 in Iowa/Illinois. They have served as staff, administration, Deeper Lay, Assistant Executive Couple and Secretary. Their status is retired team and they live in Muscatine, IA.
Mike & Jo Anne Ruby - Iowa/Illinois
Phil & Claudia Cargill - Iowa/Illinois
Phil & Claudia Cargill - Iowa/Illinois
Mike and Jo Anne Ruby were married March 22, 1969. They were encountered in May 1976 on a Worldwide Catholic Weekend in Kansas City, MO. They became active in Spiral and quickly made new friends. Two years later they moved to Muscatine, IA to accept a new employment position for Mike. Not knowing one soul in Muscatine heightened their realization of how much they missed their M.E. friends in Kansas. In Muscatine, they saw two choices: (1) keep their Weekend as a nice memory, or 2) seek to have M.E. Weekends in the area so they could develop a Core. With God’s nudging, they went with option 2, which soon led to the birth of the Iowa-Illinois UPEME Community.