Meet our staff

Rev. Robert “Robbie” Hendrick

Senior Pastor

Our Pastor, Rev. Robert Hendrick, was born and raised in Sylacauga, Alabama. He received his B.A. from Auburn University in 1989 and his M.Div. from Covenant Theological Seminary in 1995. Rev. Hendrick has served in the ministry for more 30 years in St. Louis, Tampa, and Nashville. Robbie and and his wife, Tammy (Eyrich), have five children: Trey, Hayden, Megan, Myles, and Preston and two grandchildren, Law and Anders.

Rev. Ryan Bigham

Assistant Pastor

Ryan is a northerner, born and raised in Western New York. He has a B.A. in Religion from Houghton College and an M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary. He is married to Halle, who encourages him in godliness. Ryan has a great passion for teaching the Scriptures, seeing the people of God (of all ages) grow in the knowledge and love of the Lord, reading, disc golf, and coffee.

Laura Doss

Interim Director of Music and Organist

Laura Doss is a native of Georgia but grew up in Aiken. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Music from the University of South Carolina. Laura began studying piano at age ten and organ at fifteen. In high school, she was a finalist in an international young artist’s piano competition at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC and won first place in organ and third place in piano at the Bob Jones University High School Festival.
 
Laura grew up playing music and tennis with her two brothers and played tennis for her college team as a walk-on. She is the organist and church hostess at Christ Church. Her greatest privilege, however, is being mother to her twelve children ranging in age from nineteen to three. She is enjoying her recent retirement from potty training after 18 years, 5 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 9 hours, and a conservatively estimated 38,547 diapers! Laura and her children reside in Martinez and she fills her time with accompanying for various recitals and events, homeschooling, cooking, exercising, and attempting to keep up with her children and their multitude of interests and activities.

Frances Gojda

Children’s Ministry Director

Frances is a southern girl through and through. She was born in Virginia and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She has a BS degree in Elementary Education from Winthrop College, in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Frances has spent most of her life loving and nurturing children in some form or fashion. She has taught in the public school system, stayed home to raise her two children, worked in several church ministries and has spent the past 8 years teaching Pre-K. Helping children to grow in the love and grace of the Lord, as well as, helping to prepare them to share His love with others is a true passion of Frances’..

Frances and her family are BIG college football fans and will be found barking loudly on Saturdays in the fall for the Georgia Bulldogs. She loves all things family related and enjoys any time spent with her two adult children Becca and Robert. Frances also enjoys cooking and time at the beach!

Scott Doss

Audio/Visual Director

Scott Doss was born into an Air Force family in Exeter, New Hampshire. After his father retired in 1967, the family moved to upstate South Carolina and Scott attended Clemson University. Early in 1981 he became a Christian and began a career in radio. He and his wife, Margaret, met while attending Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Easley, South Carolina. They were married in 1985 and have two children and three grandchildren.

In 1999 Scott left radio and started his own voice talent, copywriting and audio production company known as Aerie Voices. At the same time he became Audio/Visual Director at First Presbyterian Church in Augusta. In 2004 Scott and Margaret became Charter Members of Christ Church, Presbyterian and Scott joined to the church staff as Audio/Visual Director.

Donna Sherman

Administrative Assistant

Charles Caruso

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