Staff

Lauren brings her talents, training and enthusiasm to lead our church as our Senior Pastor, focusing on preaching, pastoral care, faith formation, and community building.

Stephen leads our congregation's musical life, provides vision and direction for worship, and heads up the discipleship ministry. He brings an exceptional background in directing church music, in understanding the theology of worship, and in helping people discover the connection between worship and faith formation.

Wes is passionate about the intersection of missions and spiritual formation, especially with young people. He brings a strong passion for youth and community ministry.  Wes wants to explore what exciting roles the church can play in the wider community and find out who God wants us to be as a community of faith in the coming years, especially by caring for and nurturing new and future generations of Christians. 

Maryanne Henderson is our Director of Children's Ministry. She is incredibly gifted in children's faith formation. Maryanne leads in worship and also plans and facilitates formational activities for children and their parents.

Helen has been our organist since 1999. She also plays the piano and flute and is the accompanist for service music and for the Sanctuary choir.

Karen is a graduate of Meredith College and earned her master’s degree at NC State University.

Randy has been our Custodian since 2004. Along with his work managing the upkeep and maintenance of our facilities, Randy is an active church member. 

In addition to our staff, we place a high emphasis on lay-leadership as a church. We have an elected Board of Deacons that works together throughout the year to help plan, organize, and oversee all the ministries of our church.