Andrea grew up in Clinton, TN + attended Carson-Newman. She lived in Nashville for several years working for DCS before returning home to Anderson County,  joining  ACS as a social worker. She joined our staff in 2023. 

Claudia grew up in the Knoxville  + attended Carson-Newman. She worked as a public school teacher for 9 years before joining our staff in 2007. She and her husband, Donnie, have two daughters: Audrey + Erynn.

April grew up in Knoxville + attended Tennessee Tech University. She worked as a public school teacher for 13 years before joining our staff in 2023. She and her husband, Lucas, have two children: Nora + Henry.

Stacy grew up in Knoxville and attend UT although she never went to a football game until she met her husband, Brian. She joined our staff in 2012 and is the heartbeat of our office - she keeps everything going.

Bethany grew up in Knoxville. She + her husband, Brock, moved to NC for  school + served a church there for 8 years. She spent many years at home with their kids: Sophie, Ella, Deacon, Langston, + Riggs before joining our staff. She also works for a local family business.

Ed grew up in New Jersey and has worked in television production, multimedia development, and IT since the 1980s. He and his wife, Lisa, who also serves in our media department, have two daughters: Betsy and Jenna. They have been at WS since 2019.

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Colby grew up in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti and served with us for many years on the ground there. He moved to Knoxville in 2012 to attend UT where he majored in supply chain management and joined our staff in 2020. He and his wife, Shaina, have two children: Bryce + Allyana.

Cody grew up at White Stone. He got involved with our media + worship team as a teen + has been leading worship part time at WS since 2011. He attended UT + spent 10 years in graphic design before joining our staff full time in 2023. He, and his wife Kensey, who is also part of our worship team, have two sons: Cole + Rhett.