Our People
Stephen Coburn | Senior Pastor
On Staff Since: July 1 2010
Favorite Band/Artist: Eric Clapton, B.B. King and any thing Blues
Favorite Website: cnn.com
Favorite Food/Dish: Prime Rib
Favorite Color: Blue
Best Present you ever received: a big yellow Tonka Dump Truck when I was 10
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Eric Clapton, Arnold Palmer or my Grandmother
Pet Peeve: When I hear the words “we can’t”
David Freeman | Executive Pastor
On Staff Since: July 2003
Favorite Band/Artist: Jay Z and Jack Johnson
Favorite Website: Hulu
Favorite Food/Dish: Buffalo Wings
Favorite Color: Red
Best Present you ever received: An iPod
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Tina Fey
Pet Peeve: People who smack their food
Kenny Lee | Pontiac Campus Associate Pastor
On Staff Since: August 2010
Favorite Band/Artist: David Crowder Band
Favorite Website: Pandora
Favorite Food/Dish: Grilled Steak
Favorite Color: The colors of a sunset
Best Present you ever received: Three beautiful grand children, all boys.
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? my wife Penny
Pet Peeve: People who can ignore the plight of the marginalized.
Judy Van Hoose | Congregational Care Pastor
On Staff Since: July 2003
Favorite Band/Artist: Robert Cray/Cate Brothers
Favorite Website: Facebook
Favorite Food/Dish: Ahi Tuna or Ribeye steak
Favorite Color: Razorback Red
Best Present you ever received: A wedding ring from Jerre M. Van Hoose
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts of ABC.
Pet Peeve: When you are in a store and someone says “How are you?” instead of “How may I help you” or just “Welcome to _________. Let me know if I can show you anything.” Burns me up. The other pet peeve is being called “young lady” by someone who is obviously younger than I am.
Anything else you want to add? Life is an adventure and meant to be explored.
Rob Williams | Pontiac Campus Pastor
On Staff Since: May 2011
Favorite Band/Artist: Michael Gungor and Rich Mullins
Favorite Website: Crosswalk.com
Favorite Food/Dish: Tex’Mex’
Favorite Color: Red
Best Present you ever received: Salvation in Jesus Christ!
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Apostle Paul or John Wesley
Pet Peeve: My wife runs faster than I do!
Jinx Barber | Director of Discipleship
On Staff Since: July 2010
Favorite Band: The Aquabats
Favorite Website: Pandora
Favorite Food/Dish: STEAK!!
Favorite Color: Jewel Blue or Arctic Blue, Why am I answering this, I am colorblind.
Best Present you ever received: My Kiddo’s
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Stephen Hawking
Pet Peeve: Wet Socks
Tarsy Beyer | Director of Childcare
On Staff Since: 2006
Favorite Band/Artist: I love all music
Favorite Website: preschoolprintables.com
Favorite Food/Dish: Pizza
Favorite Color: Red
Best Present you ever received: New furniture
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Beth Moore
Pet Peeve: Coughing and not covering your mouth.
Anything else you want to add? I love to do crafts and any outdoor activities.
Maryleen Charles | First Kids Director
On Staff Since: 1998
Favorite Band/Artist: Eagles
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Favorite Food/Dish: Chocolate
Favorite Color: Green
Best Present you ever received: A mothers ring on my 25th, year as a mom
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Harrison Ford
Pet Peeve: People that do not say Thank You!
Anything Else you want to add? Pay It Forward!
Joanna Davis | Minister of Assimilation and Membership
On Staff Since: February 1993
Favorite Band/Artist: Brandon Heath
Favorite Website: Petfinder.com
Favorite Food/Dish: Mexican Food
Favorite Color: Purple
Best Present you ever received: My Kids
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Bill Hybels
Pet Peeve: Having to repeat myself.
Allen Franco | Youth Worship Leader
On Staff Since: November 2011
Favorite Band/Artist: Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses
Favorite Website: bbc.co.uk
Favorite Food/Dish: Sushi
Favorite Color: Blue
Best Present you ever received: Les Paul Custom guitar
Pet Peeve: Being content in ignorance
Leslie Hancock | First Praise Worship Leader
Kathi Ickes | The Bread of Life Director
On Staff Since: February 2005
Favorite Band/Artist: Little Big Town & The Eagles
Favorite Website: LSUsports.net
Favorite Food/Dish: Gumbo, jambalaya, pralines
Favorite Color: Red
Best Present you ever received: 2000 Barbie for my 50th birthday because I never had one growing up.
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Dorothea Benton Frank, one of my favorite authors, Paula Dean (provided she cooked) and my sister.
Pet Peeve: People who don’t use turn signals or people who carry on a cell conversation at a public restaurant for everyone to hear.
Kerry Johnston | Minister of Music
On Staff Since: October 2002
Favorite Band/Artist: Sting
Favorite Website: google.com
Favorite Food/Dish: Almost anything Asian
Favorite Color: Blue
Best Present you ever received: Art projects from my children
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Margaret Thatcher
Pet Peeve: Bad drivers
Mark Kimbrough | Youth Minister
On Staff Since: August 2005
Favorite Band/Artist: David Crowder Band
Favorite Website: ESPN
Favorite Food/Dish: What I eat the most? Totino’s 3 Cheese Pizza. Otherwise, a good steak will do.
Favorite Color: Razorback Red. Go Hogs!
Best Present you ever received: A hand carved walking stick personalized for me with some favorite scriptures.
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Brett Favre. Wait, I change my mind, maybe not him. Ok ya Brett Favre. Well. No, someone else. Nevermind, for sure Brett Favre.
Pet Peeve: Being fake. Why not just be yourself? It’s so much better!
Anything else you want to add? I’m married to the girl of my dreams. I also have a dog name Lily that is like a child to me.
Nathan Lindsey | Worship Leader | Shiloh Street and Pontiac
On Staff Since: May 2010
Favorite Band/Artist: Radiohead
Favorite Website: chess.com
Favorite Food/Dish: Pizza
Favorite Color: Blue
Best Present you ever received: My first guitar
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? A long past relative, like a great great grandparent.
Pet Peeve: Having to touch crisp, brand new dollar bills.
Dawn Loomis | Nursery Coordinator
On Staff Since: March 2011
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Tiffany Masters | Asst, Children’s Minister | Pontiac
On Staff Since: 2010
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Tressa Mayo | Children’s World Director
On Staff Since: 5/28/2003
Favorite Band/Artist:I don’t really have a favorite. I do tend to listen to classic rock and country more than any other music.
Favorite Website: Facebook
Favorite Food/Dish: Mexican Food
Favorite Color: Red
Best Present you ever received: Homemade gifts from my kids
Pet Peeve: Being inconsiderate of other peoples feelings
Jordan Morris | Youth Worship Leader
Mallary Sikes | Youth Assistant
On Staff Since: May 2006
Favorite Band/Artist: David Crowder Band
Favorite Website: Tumblr & Pinterest
Favorite Food/Dish: Oh, I love all food! But if I had to choose it would probably be my mom’s spaghetti and meatballs.
Favorite Color: Green like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
Best Present you ever received: My husband and baby boy! (Cheesy. I know. But it’s the truth)
Pet Peeve: When people don’t clean up after themselves and expect others to do it for them.
Karen Swales | Minister to Families with Children
On Staff Since: June 2003
Favorite Band/Artist: Too many favorites to just choose one!
Favorite Website: eBay
Favorite Food/Dish: Chocolate, of course!
Favorite Color: Blue
Best Present you ever received: The opportunity to celebrate Christmas @ NIH Children’s Inn in Bethesda MD with children undergoing experiment treatment protocols for pediatric AIDS and cancer.
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? 1. Stanley Hauerwas 2. Richard Fowler and Ivy Beckwith 3. Dante Cicchetti and Richard Davidson
Pet Peeve: People who intentionally hurt, mock or ridicule children and people with disabilities.
Anything else you want to add? Romans 8:38-39!
Sabrina Thiede | Youth Ministry Coordinator
On Staff Since: July 2006
Favorite Band/Artist: It changes often, but right now it’s Kris Allen & Kristian Stanfill
Favorite Website: Facebook
Favorite Food/Dish: Anything Italian! YUM!
Favorite Color: Orange
Best Present you ever received: A McDonalds play set when I was like 6
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? John Stamos
Pet Peeve: Bad grammar.
Samantha Erickson | Office Administrator
On Staff Since: August 2011
Favorite Band/Artist: Beyonce
Favorite Website: Facebook or Etsy
Favorite Food/Dish: Roast Beef with mashed potatoes and gravy
Favorite Color: Purple
Best Present you ever received: Anything my kiddos make for me- They are pretty creative
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Chelsea Handler or The Black Eyed Peas
Pet Peeve: The sound of people clipping their fingernails
Sonny Jones | Facilities Supervisor
On Staff Since: March 2007
Favorite Band/Artist: George Strait
Favorite Website:
Favorite Food/Dish: Grilled Steak & the fixin’s
Favorite Color: Blue
Best Present you ever received: My first bike
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Bill Gates
Pet Peeve: People who stand around and watch everyone else work.
Rhonda Leslie | Facilities Assistant
On Staff Since: February 1999
Favorite Movie: Walk the Line
Last book read: Don’t sweat the small stuff and its all small stuff by Richard Carlson
Hobbies: Fishing, camping, shopping, cooking, spending time family
Robert Melbourne | Facilities Assistant
On Staff Since: August 2009
Favorite Band/Artist: Any Gospel Music
Favorite Website:
Favorite Food/Dish: Deer meat
Favorite Color: Blue
Best Present you ever received: When I got saved
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? My kids
Pet Peeve: Liars
Doug Mitchell | Information Technology Director
On Staff Since: August 2004
Favorite Band/Artist: Andrew Peterson or Rich Mullins
Favorite Website: dougmitchell.us (of course!)
Favorite Food/Dish: Homemade chicken packets
Favorite Color: Dark blue
Best Present you ever received: A photo from my mom of a sign we saw together
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Terry Storch
Pet Peeve: If you say you are going to do something, do it.
Anything Else you want to add? I love learning…a lot.
Marilyn Poerschke | Receptionist
On Staff Since: August 2002
Favorite Band/Artist: James Taylor
Favorite Website: Amazon
Favorite Food/Dish: Sopapillas Compuestas at Eloy’s Restaurant in Albuquerque
Favorite Color: Blue
Best Present you ever received: Each new day is the best present I could ever receive.
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Robin Williams, Brian McLaren, Anne Lamott and K.D. Lang
Pet Peeve: Double Negatives
Anything Else you want to add? “Go placidly amidst the noise and the haste and remember what peace there may be in silence.”
Nan Schoonover | Finance Administrator
On Staff Since:August 2011
Favorite Band/Artist:Barbara Streisand
Favorite Website: Don’t have one
Favorite Food/Dish: Italian/Mexican
Favorite Color: Purple & Red
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If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? My deceased maternal grandmother
Pet Peeve: Laziness
Janelle Sluyter | Food Services
On Staff Since: May 2008
Favorite Band/Artist: Jimmy Buffett, Jack Johnson, Rob Thomas, or the Shiloh Street Band (the bass player’s so cute!)
Favorite Website: allrecipes.com
Favorite Food/Dish: Muffins, cookies–anything with sugar
Favorite Color: Green
Best Present you ever received: My mother’s ring
If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be? Darn it, I can’t think of anyone profound and interesting so I’ll say my family. They’re my favorite people.
Pet Peeve: thoughtless, rude drivers
Lizzy Trejo | Publications Secretary
On Staff Since: March 2008
Favorite Movie: Finding Neverland
Last book read: Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
Hobbies: Camping, canoeing, hiking, reading, video games
Kayleen Weatherby | Facilities Assistant
On Staff Since: May 1995
Last book read: The Ring by Danielle Steel
Favorite Music: Country Western
Hobbies: Fishing, walking, reading
