The Team
Nelson Santa Ana / Senior Pastor
Where did you graduate from?
DeRidder High School / Class of 2000 Go Dragons!
What was your favorite TV show growing up?
DC Superfriends
What’s your favorite movie?
Can’t pick 1, but most things Marvel
If you could have dinner with a bible character, who would it be?
Jesus - He could multiply my portions and keep me from gaining weight!
What’s your favorite bible verse?
John 3:30 - He must become greater, and I must become less.
If you could travel to somewhere you’ve never been, where would it be?
Either Rome or Jerusalem. Both are on the bucket list!
If you could have 1 superpower, what would it be?
Teleportation, because travel is….bleh!
John Simmons / Worship Pastor
Where did you graduate from?
South Beauregard High School / Class of 2008
What was your favorite TV show growing up?
Walker, Texas Ranger
What’s your favorite movie?
Lonesome Dove - “The older the violin, the sweeter the music”
If you could have dinner with a bible character, who would it be?
Hard to pick just one, but I think dinner with Daniel would be epic!
What’s your favorite bible verse?
2 Corinthians 5:21 “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
If you could travel to somewhere you’ve never been, where would it be?
Would definitely love to go to the Holy Land & Montana!
If you could have 1 superpower, what would it be?
Time Travel
Sonja Tucker / Children’s Minister
Where did you graduate from?
Westlake High School / Class of 1991
What was your favorite TV show growing up?
Growing Pains (Kirk Cameron!!!)
What’s your favorite movie?
Footloose - “I could quote the entire thing"!”
If you could have dinner with a bible character, who would it be?
Jesus! Duh!
What’s your favorite bible verse?
Exodus 14:14 “The LORD will fight for you; you need only be still… the message says, “keep your mouths shut!”
If you could travel to somewhere you’ve never been, where would it be?
Greece
If you could have 1 superpower, what would it be?
Invisbility
Mary Jane Wilbanks / Senior Adult Director
Where did you graduate from?
DeRidder High School / Class of 1964
What was your favorite TV show growing up?
The Roy Rogers Show
What’s your favorite movie?
Don’t really have a favorite.
If you could have dinner with a bible character, who would it be?
Daniel
What’s your favorite bible verse?
Philippians 4:13 “"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”
If you could travel to somewhere you’ve never been, where would it be?
Italy
If you could have 1 superpower, what would it be?
“I have no clue, no one’s ever asked me that before!”
Steve Thomas / Administration & Pastoral Care
Where did you graduate from?
Eastern Alamance High School
What was your favorite TV show growing up?
Captain Kangaroo
What’s your favorite movie?
Hang ‘Em High
If you could have dinner with a bible character, who would it be?
Jesus
What’s your favorite bible verse?
Joshua 24:15 “Choose you this day whom you will serve……as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord”
If you could travel to somewhere you’ve never been, where would it be?
Overseas to visit family
If you could have 1 superpower, what would it be?
To Cure Cancer
Abby White / Church Secretary
Where did you graduate from?
False River Academy / Class of 2008
What was your favorite TV show growing up?
What’s your favorite movie?
Sweet Home Alabama
What’s your favorite bible verse?
Romans 8:28 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
If you could travel to somewhere you’ve never been, where would it be?
Australia
Tracy Sheedy / Financial Secretary
Where did you graduate from?
West Ottawa High School, Holland MI
What was your favorite TV show growing up?
Little House on the Prairie
What’s your favorite movie?
The Sound of Music
If you could have dinner with a bible character, who would it be?
Jesus
What’s your favorite bible verse?
Psalm 28:7 “The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I give thanks to him"
If you can travel to somewhere you’ve never been, where would it be?
Alaska
If you could have 1 superpower, what would it be?
Healing Touch
Carolyn Herrington / Worship Ministry Secretary
Where did you graduate from?
D’Iberville High School - Mississippi Gulf Coast
What was your favorite TV show growing up?
The Rifleman
What’s your favorite movie?
The Wizard of Oz (Black and White)
If you could have dinner with a bible character, who would it be?
King David - he was a man after God’s own heart
What’s your favorite bible verse?
Romans 8:28 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
If you could travel to somewhere you’ve never been, where would it be?
England - to visit relatives
If you could have 1 superpower, what would it be?
Intuition
Elizabeth Maricle / Weekday Preschool Director
Where did you graduate from?
West Monroe High School / Class of 1985 (However, once a Dragon always a Dragon!
What was your favorite TV show growing up?
The Andy Griffith Show - Actually the character Ernest T. Bass!
What’s your favorite movie?
Footloose - The 1st Original Version
If you could have dinner with a bible character, who would it be?
Jesus - Of course
What’s your favorite bible verse?
1 Corinthians 13:4-6 “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.”
If you could travel to somewhere you’ve never been, where would it be?
Greece
If you could have 1 superpower, what would it be?
Time Travel (to the 1950’s!)