All Staff Members

David Hall
Minister of Evangelism and Care
 
423-892-9363 ext. 130
David leads our ministries of evangelism, making sure we reach out to invite, welcome, and connect new persons to the church.

Debbie Stokes
Minister of Congregational Care
 
423-892-9363 ext. 127
Debbie is our Minister of Congregational Care. You may see Debbie in our worship services leading prayers and reading scripture, but she does much more than that. Debbie coordinates our visits to hospitals, extended care facilities, and other pastoral care needs. 

Becky Hall
Executive Director
 
423-892-9363 ext. 103
As the Executive Director, Becky oversees the overall operations and programming of the church. She leads all of our non-clergy staff.

Lindsey Gallaher
Director of Missions

 
423-892-9363 ext. 114
As the Director of Missions, Lindsey is responsible for overseeing all aspects of our comprehensive program for missions. She is responsible for providing support for those participating in mission ministries and prophetic leadership calling people forward into the mission ministries of the church.

Christina Malone
Director of Worship
 
423-892-9363 ext. 120
As the Director of Worship Christina coordinates and plans our worship services each week, overseesthe music staff, and leads worship in our 9:30 & 11 Sanctuary services. She also directs the High School Choir, Salt & Light.

Olivia McKeehan
Assistant Director of Worship
 
423-892-9363 ext. 123
Olivia coordinates the church's PreK-5th grade children's choirs and directs Christ Choir (middle school choir). In addition, she assists the Director of Worship, with the planning and implementation of worship services.

Willie Kitchens
Gospel Service Worship Leader
 
423-892-9363 ext. 124
Willie plans and leads our 9:30 Commons Gospel Service and also directs our Senior Choir, Joyful Sounds.  In addition to leading here at Christ Church, Willie is the Pastor of our sister church, Bethlehem Wiley UMC.

Cathy Robbs Baker
Director of Education
 
423-892-9363 ext. 119
Cathy oversees the Christian education program of the church as she works with a team of directors to encourage faith formation for infants through adults.

Jacob Ducote
Director of Youth Ministries
 
423-892-9363 ext. 108
As the Director of Youth ministries, Jacob leads a team of amazing leaders that help develop the faith and passion for students in grades 6-12.

Jessica Cagle
Media Director & Assistant Director of Middle School Youth

 
423-892-9363 ext.131
Jessica creates all of our media and communication content with the help and support of the media team. She is focused on connecting our church with our community. As one of our youth directors, Jessica teaches, serves, and ministers to our middle and high school youth.

Brian Grow
Business Manager
 
423-892-9363 ext. 105
As the Business Manager, Brian handles the church accounts and financial responsibilites.

MaryBeth Hammett
Children's Ministry Director

423-892-9363 ext. 116
MaryBeth oversees all ministry to children, preschool age through fifth grade. This includes the staffing of programs, training of leaders, and implementing the programs so kids have great experiences at church and are learning and growing in their relationship with Christ.

Michele Bailey
Office Manager & Director of Nurseries
 

423-892-9363 ext. 104
As the Office Manager, Michele arranges the bulletin, designs our outdoor sign, and helps to coordinate the church's social media.  She also helps answer the phones and makes supply purchases.  As the Director of Nurseries, she is one of the friendly faces you will see when you check-in your infants and toddlers on Sunday mornings.  She makes sure that our four nurseries are fully staffed with qualified, caring workers.

Jennifer Folsom
Assistant Youth Director - High School & Administration
 
423-892-9363 ext. 107
Jennifer works primarily with our high school youth and also assists with programming, budgeting, and administrative tasks.

Carrie Sandidge
Assistant Director of Ministries
 
423-892-9363 ext. 117
On Sundays Carrie directs both worship services in the Commons.  She also maintains the church's membership records and coordinates our visitation teams.

Kari Martin
Director of New Members
 
423-892-9363 ext. 126
Life is better connected! As the Director of New Members, Kari helps assimilate newer members into ministry at Christ Church.

Laura Lloyd
Preschool Director
 
423-892-9363 ext. 109
Laura is the Director of Christ Academy Preschool.

Marc Moss
Computer Specialist
 
423-892-9363 ext. 115
Marc maintains all of the church's computers, sound, and audio visual equipment.

Alex Ford
Worship Leader
 
Alex leads the worship band at our 11:00 Commons Contemporary Rock Service.  He also serves CUMC as the Young Adult Lay Minister.

Brittany Elrod
Assistant Children's Ministry Director
 
Brittany assists with the Children's Ministry. She helps with Power Up, leads a small group, and assists with children's events including retreats, Sunday Fun-Day inflatables, 3rd grade Bible presentation and VBS.

Adrienne Brady
Children's Ministry Production Coordinator
 
Adrienne is our Children's Ministry Production Coordinator. She plans and produces the large group portion of children's worship (Power Up) on Sunday mornings. She coordinates all elements of this service from directing the volunteers to designing the set. 

Cameron Duree
Christ Town/Christ Kidz Children's Director
 
As the ChristTown/ChristKidz Director, Cameron coordinates our preschool and kindergarten ministries.

Theresa Jones
Receptionist/Scheduler
 
423-892-9363 ext. 101
Theresa is the face you see or the voice you hear when visiting or calling Christ Church.  She also maintains the chuch's calendar and schedules all of our classrooms and large events.

Susan Crum
Webmaster/Ministries Assistant
 
423-892-9363 ext. 128
Susan maintains our church website and provides staff support for computer applications.

Julie Olingy
Office Assistant
 
423-892-9363 ext.136
Julie helps with many office projects, answering phones, and helping with worship setup by putting together visitor materials, attendance pads, prayer cards. She also works closely with the Tuesday Morning Angels, a small group that meets each week to write notes to members.

Randy Liner
Video Specialist
 
Working with the Media Team, Randy creates videos for in-house promotions and external marketing. He is responsible for directing, shooting, editing, and delivering completed productions for big screens in the church, viewing on the web, or airing on media outlets.

Gary Bynum
Associate Director of Music

423-892-9363 ext. 125
Gary helps lead worship in both our Contemporary and Blended Traditional Services.  He also directs our orchestra, many of our ensembles, and assists with the High School Youth Choir.

Sandi Asplund
Pianist/Organist

Sandi is our Pianist/Organist for the Blended Traditional service and the Keyboardist/instrumental arranger for the 9:30 Contemporary service.

Rick Eason
Building Manager

423-892-9363 ext.106
Rick performs and coordinates the routine maintenance of our buildings and vehicles.

Raymond Kendrick
Assistant Building Manager

423-892-9363 ext.106
Raymond assists Rick in the routine maintenance of our buildings and vehicles.