Key Contacts

Ginger Gaines-Cirelli  (email)
Senior Pastor

A good pastime – Porch sitting/people watching or Hiking

A good book/movie – I love movies! Too many good ones to mention!

A good sightseeing place around DC area – National Gallery of Art

Read her full bio.

Dawn M. Hand 
Executive Pastor/Chief of Staff

A good pastime – Time in the great outdoors, watching TV

A good book/movie – Steele Magnolias

A good sightseeing place around DC area – Monuments and Memorials in the evening

Lani Willbanks
Church Business Administrator
ext. 223

William E. Green
Associate Pastor/Director of Connecting
Ministries
ext. 228

A good pastime – kayaking, furniture refinishing, or hiking

A good sightseeing place around DC area – the street! When you’re out on your feet there’s always something wonderful to see and someone wonderful to encounter.

Ben Roberts
Associate Pastor/Director of Social Justice
Ministries
ext. 224

A good pastime – Surfing; tennis

A good book/movie – Monty Python’s Holy Grail

A good sightseeing place around DC area – Old Post Office Tower

Stanley J. Thurston
Director of Music Ministries
ext. 256

A good pastime – Cooking

A good book/movie – White Christmas

A good sightseeing place around DC area – Rooftop of Kennedy Center

Whitney Kinsey
Director of Family Ministries
ext. 222

A good pastime – figure skating 

A good book/movie – The Passage by J. Cronin or Pastrix by Nadia Bolz-Weber

A good sightseeing place around DC area – Capitol Hill

Jackie Wright-Martin 
ID Ministry/Financial Assistant

Jill Stevenson
Mission Possible Phase II Project Manager

Jasper Travis
Office Manager
ext. 210

Phil Carney
Welcome Desk Administrative Assistant
ext. 210

A good pastime – Photography; Gardening

A good book/movie – The Man Who Would be King

A good sightseeing place around DC area – Dumbarton Oaks Garden in Georgetown; Smithsonian Butterfly Exhibit

Erica Hollins, Carl Long, Sarah Gingold
Administrative Assistants

Rosa Vega
Hospitality Host

A good pastime – Knitting

A good book/movie – Comedy movies

A good sightseeing place around DC area – Native American Museum

Alice Chang
Wedding Coordinator

A good pastime – Reading

A good book/movie – Comedy movies

A good sightseeing place around DC area – FDR Memorial

Chasta Piatakovas
Childcare Coordinator

A good pastime – Kickboxing

A good book/movie – 12 Years a Slave

A good sightseeing place around DC area – National Air & Space Museum

Sekethia Farrow, Michele Wright
Childcare Providers

Thomas Daniels
Custodian 

A good pastime – Playing with grandkids

A good book/movie – Cooley High

A good sightseeing place around DC area – Monuments

Jamie Darken, Eric Lee,
Lee Kathenes and Wayne Nelson
Sound Technicians