Staff, Church Officers and Board of Elders

  • Rev. Brandon Davis, Pastor

    Brandon was born in Goldsboro, NC but spent many years in the Boone/Banner Elk area for his undergraduate degree in Religious Studies from Appalachian State University. After completing his undergraduate degree, Brandon served as the Director of Youth Ministries for 6 years. Brandon graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary in 2022 with an M.Div. In his free time, Brandon enjoys reading, disc golf, and board games.

  • Terry Beckman, Finance Coordinator

    Terry was born in Johnson City and has lived in the area most of her life. She graduated from Hyles-Anderson Christian College in Crown Point, Indiana. Terry has been Financial Secretary for WAPC since 2005.

    Terry and her husband Dave have been married since 1982 and live in Kingsport. The Beckman’s have two children and six grandchildren. Terry is an active member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church where she shares her deep faith by teaching the Adult Ladies Sunday School Class.

  • Stephen Patrick, Communications Coordinator

    Stephen was born in Memphis, TN but has lived here since 1982. A retired librarian (MSLS, UT 1976) he worked in a variety of high school, college, public, academic and special libraries from 1968 until his retirement in 2008. His undergraduate degree was in Art from Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College). His interests include art, music, singing, history, reading and travel.

    Stephen was bitten by the genealogical bug during college and has now spent over 50 years research his various ancestral family lines with currently over 92,000 names in his family tree and still growing.

    Stephen has been an active member of WAPC for over 40 years and has served in the church office since 2012 and loving every minute.

  • Stephen Shanks, Director of Music

    Stephen Shanks was born and raised in Johnson City. He graduated from ETSU with a degree in Music Education. Stephen taught music in the public schools for many years, including as band and choir director. In addition to directing the WAPC Chancel Choir, Stephen enjoys singing in various venues in the Tri-Cities area.

    Stephen and his wife Sue are the former owners-managers of Anna Marie’s Florist shop in Johnson City, having retired earlier this year. They have two wonderful daughters. The Shanks live in a beautiful country setting where Stephen enjoys gardening, working with tools and appreciating the Tennessee countryside. They have two dogs and four cats who help run the farm.

  • Craig Campbell, Organist / Pianist

    Craig Campbell is a native of Johnson City, the son of the late Sid and Barbara Campbell and grandson of Cordia Booth, longtime proprietor of “The Curiosity Shop” at 906 North Roan Street. His sister Beth resides in Knoxville with her husband Bill Cole.

    He holds degrees in organ performance from The Juilliard School and The Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University. In 2005 he began studies with Daniel Roth at Saint Sulpice in Paris. His career in The Episcopal Church spanned from assistant organist at Grace Church in New York to Organist/ Choirmaster at Saint John’s Cathedral in Los Angeles.

    He is on the faculty of Northeast State Community College, where he has taught Introduction to Music and Individual Instruction in organ and piano since 2016.

  • Katherine E, Custodian

    Katherine was born and raised on a small farm in southern Indiana before moving to the Johnson City area to pursue a double major in Graphic Design and Film studies at Milligan University, completing her bachelors in 2023. She joined WAPC’s staff as part time custodian in March of 2024. On her own time, Katherine enjoys artistic endeavors like writing, sewing, printmaking, and other pursuits. For her, a good evening is picnicking with a warm cup of tea, and a new project or book in hand.

  • Megan Turner, AV Tech

     

    My name is Megan Turner, but I am mostly known as Honeybee. I am 19 years old and graduated from Elizabethton High School about a year ago. I am the one who work’s on the live video on YouTube. My hobbies are fishing, cooking and baking, hiking, reading, working out, hanging/helping out with kids, and collecting transformers and nutcrackers. I started work in the church on August 4, 2024, but I’ve gone to Watauga Ave. Presbyterian Church my whole life. I enjoy hiking around the Virginia mountains, especially hiking with my dad near my great aunt’s house and my big brother’s house. During the summer my dad and I sometimes go fishing in Tennessee, near his house or in a campground. I am a big transformers fan.

Church Officers

Mike Miyamoto, Treasurer
Nancy Fennell, Budget Director

Session Elders
Current list by Class

Sherry Snodderly Bailey – Class of 2026
Wilsie Bishop – Class of 2025
Karen Reed Clark – Class of 2024
Nancy Fennell – Class of 2024
Debi Hughes – Class of 2026
Richard Lura – Class of 2025
Ed Snodderly – Class of 2026
Jenny Darling – Class of 2024
Susan Summers Turner, Clerk of Session – Class of 2025