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Our pastor is the Reverend Chip Vining, who has been our senior pastor since July 2005.  Prior to his arrival in Hendersonville, he was an assistant pastor with Spring Cypress Presbyterian Church (PCA), located in a NW suburb of Houston, Texas for twelve years where during his ministry there he served as Director of Ministries to Children, Youth, and their Families, and later served as Principal of Schools in their Christian school  and early childhood ministries.  Pastor Chip has extensive teaching experience having taught various age groups in schools like:  Mt. Salus Christian School (Clinton, MS), Hinds Community College (Raymond, MS), and Spring Cypress Presbyterian Schools (Spring, TX).  He has also taught youth and adults in the Christian Education programs of Providence Presbyterian Church (Clinton, MS) and Spring Cypress Presbyterian Church (Spring, TX). 

Pastor Chip was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, and is a graduate of the University of Florida (BS) and Reformed Theological Seminary (MA).  His passion is to preach the Word of God and to love God's people.  He and his wife Karen have two children, Jonathan (13) and Elisabeth (10) who attend Hendersonville Christian School.

Pastor Chip has a servant's heart and serves his community well.  He serves as secretary for the Henderson County Ministerial Association (an Evangelical association of pastors and para-church leaders), as chairman of the board for Hendersonville Christian School, has served on the board of directors as International Director for the Hendersonville Rotary Club, and is the chairman of the Reformed University Ministries Committee for the Western Carolina Presbytery which oversees the Reformed University Fellowships (RUF) at Appalachian State University and Western Carolina University.

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Ryan has come to us just after finishing his M Div at RTS-Charlotte May '10.  He has loads of expereince working with youth.  However, he now has the opportunity to serve in many different avenues for our church.  He has a Marketing degree from Texas A&M University and loves his alma mater (Gig Em!) 

His wife Kristen comes along with him from Baylor University, graduating with a studio art degree.  She has previously been serving as the Girls Ministry Director at Grace Community Church in Mills River, NC. 

The Thompson family has a new arrival: Knox Paul Thompson who was born May 18th 2010. 

Ryan has a passion for seeing families lead their home in worshipping the Lord together.  Bringing Christ to the dinner table is a great way for real gospel transformation to begin.  Just look at the following passage:

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
 

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Pastor Don has served as interim and assistant to the pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church, collectively, for the past ten years.  He has served as a missionary to Eritrea, East Africa, and had pastorates in Ft. Lauderdale and Harmony, New Jersey.  He is a graduate of Calvin College (BA), Florida Atlantic University (M.Ed.), and Westminster Theological Seminary (M.Div.).  Don and his wife Jeanette have five children; one has gone on before them to heaven; and the others living in Johnson City, Tennessee; Panama Beach, Florida; Hope Sound, Florida; and Santiago, Chile.  They have eleven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

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Marissa Beck - Director of Music

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Our Director of Music is Marissa Beck.  Prior to ariving in the area, Marissa served as the Director of Worship Music at Presbyterian Church in the Highlands in Lakeland, FL.  She also held positions of Adjunct Voice and Music Professor at Southeastern University and Harrison School of the Arts.  Marissa is married and has one son.