6th Grade Girls

Favorite Verse: “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. Fear the Lord, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing. The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.” Psalm 34:8-10 

Fun Fact: I worked as a llama wrangler for a summer during college

6th Grade Girls

Favorite Verse: "And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.’” Revelation 21:3-4

Fun fact: I'm a twin!

Upper High School Girls/Guys

Favorite Verse: Psalm 23 (it's a whole chapter but I love all of it so...)

Fun fact: I am pretty good at cutting the grass

8th and 9th Grade Girls Small Group Leader - in charge of snacks/food

Favorite Verse: “There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.” Psalm 46:4

Fun Fact: I love to cook and experiment in the kitchen. The first time I made fish sticks from the bag I started a fire. The oven knew what it knew!

Upper High School Guys/Girls, Game Master

Favorite Verse: "Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves." Philippians 2:3

Fun Fact: My two front teeth are fake.

7th Grade Girls

Favorite Verse: Micah 6:8-- "He has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?"

Fun Fact: I experienced my first earthquake, volcano, and rainforest all in the same day.

Middle School Ed Hour Teacher

Favorite Verse: “For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” ‭‭Titus‬ ‭3‬:‭3‬-‭7

Fun Fact: I am over half deaf in my right ear. So if it ever seems like I’m ignoring you, I’m probably not…but maybe I am.

High School Ed Hour Teacher

Favorite Verse: “Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:25-26

Fun Fact: I am a personal trainer :)

6th-7th Grade Guys

Favorite Verse: “Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the foldand there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer's; he makes me tread on my high places.” Habakkuk 3:17-19

Fun Fact: I’m undefeated at napkin racing. Don’t know what napkin racing is? Well don’t ask unless you want to LOSE!

8th and 9th Grade Girls Small Group Leader

Favorite Verse: “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” Psalm 46:10

Fun Fact: Married William just for the last name…. Kidding….maybe. I have more pictures of my pup, Bo Diddley, on my phone than anyone or anything else.

8th and 9th Grade Guys Small Group Leader

Favorite Verse: “Being confident of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:6

Fun Fact: I have more comic books than I can count! (Okay, you got me. 3,071.)

6th Grade Guys

Favorite Verse: “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Fun Fact: When I was in the 8th grade I broke my arm playing soccer by running into a retention wall near our soccer field... The continuous joke throughout the year in my class was "Hey Aaron, watch out for that wall!". It was the ultimate ice breaker/conversation starter and I met some of my best friends my 8th grade year!

7th Grade Girls Small Group Leader

Favorite Verse: “I know that my redeemer lives and that in the end He will stand on the earth.” Job 19:25

Fun Fact: I talk in my sleep.

Middle School Boys Small Group Leader – Music Leader

Favorite Verse: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1

Fun Fact: I once taught an ultimate frisbee course at Clemson.

Middle School Ed Hour Teacher

Favorite Verse: "Who are you?" he asked. "I am your servant Ruth, she replied. "Spread the corner of your covering over me, for you are my kinsman redeemer." Ruth 3:9

Fun Fact: When I was in elementary school I was the kid who let glue dry on textured surfaces, peeled them up, and then sold them to my classmates for 25 cents in hope of earning enough money to buy my own horse one day.  I still have a continual collection of quarters that will one day go towards a painted quarter horse.