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CHURCH STAFF
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Stephen
W. Plunkett
Pastor |
Steve Plunkett became the pastor of
St. Andrew on August 1, 1989. Prior to that time, he served
First Presbyterian Church, Rusk, Texas (1980-86), and First
Presbyterian Church, Paducah, Kentucky (1986-89). He received
the B.A. degree from Austin College, the M.A. degree from
the University of Texas at El Paso, and the M. Div. Degree
from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
In addition to his work at the church, Steve is interested in theatre.
He chairs the Production Board of Denton Community Theatre where he is
seen, from time to time, playing a role or directing a play. Steve and
his wife, Margaret, have two children.
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Brandon D. Lewis
Associate Pastor |
Brandon Lewis became the Associate Pastor for Youth, College and Young Adult Ministries on January 4, 2007. Prior to joining the staff, he served in non-ordained roles in youth ministry at churches in
Seattle
,
WA
and
Upper Montclair
,
NJ
. In addition, he served in a chaplaincy role at
Trenton
Psychiatric Hospital
. He received the B.A. degree in Christian Theology from
Seattle
Pacific
University
, a certificate of completion from Torchbearers Bible Schools in
Europe
, and the M.Div. degree from Princeton Theological Seminary.
In addition to his work with middle school/senior high youth and college students,
Brandon
has served in a variety of local and cross-cultural mission/outreach opportunities. He loves travel, the outdoors and sports. Brandon and his wife, Hillary, have two dogs.
E-mail Brandon
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Lisa Patterson
Director of Christian Education |
Lisa Patterson became the Director of Christian Education on July 3, 2000.
While new to this position, she has been a member of St. Andrew since 1984.
Prior to joining the staff, Lisa remained at home with her children for
eleven years and was very active in volunteer projects. Before that, she
worked in the field of marketing. She received the B.A. degree from Anderson
University in Anderson, Indiana. A member at St. Andrew for many years,
she was ordained as an elder in the church and served on a variety of committees
and in many different capacities.
Lisa is charged with being a Christian educator for a broad age group,
serving both children and adults. She has three school-age children and
can usually be found at either a school or church activity.
E-mail Lisa
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Morris Martin
Minister of Music |
Morris Martin has served as the part-time Minister of Music at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church since 1972. He directs the Chancel Choir and supervises a program of two children's choirs, a youth choir, a quartet of soloists, and a handbell choir. Many of the soloists and others who have worked at St. Andrew have gone on to become established conductors, organists, church musicians, teachers, and administrators around the nation.
In addition, he has worked as Head of the Music Library and Ozier Sound Archives at the University of North Texas, one of the largest and most complete music libraries in the nation, since 1971. His music degrees are from North Texas, and he has a degree in library science from the University of Illinois.
E-mail Morris
Sue Russell, Office Manager
E-mail Sue
· Hye-Jean Choi, Organist
· Paul Dunklau, Pastoral Assistant
· Warren Whitson, Financial Secretary
· Stacy Hays, Director of Membership, Evangelism and Discipleship
· Jim White, Facility Manager
· BL Jordan, Caregiving Ministry Coordinator
· Linda Steger, Director of Communication
· Mark Coomes, Office/Communication Assistant
· Kari Laehr, Youth and University Ministries Intern
· Brandi Lynn Schoel, University Ministry Intern
· Kimberly Vasquez, Shim Garrett, and Joe Brown, Custodians
· Helen Wells, Director, The Treehouse
· Marsha Stevenson, Assistant Director, The Treehouse
· Betty Pryor, Director, The Children’s Place
· Sue Elliott, Nursery Director and
Assistant Director, The Children’s Place
· Jannette Hindman, Director, Children’s Choirs
· Jean Harden, Director, Adult Handbell Choir
· Nathan Fuhrman, Director, Westminster Youth Choir |
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