Senior Pastor – Chris Goolsby
Worship Leader – Gary Watts
Minister of Education/Administration – Jamie Holden
Children's Pastor - Jason Morrow
Financial Secretary/Ministry Assistant – Rachel Gibson
Ministry Assistant – Rhonda Bryant
Ministry Assistant - Barbara Allday
Senior Pastor
Chris Goolsby - chris@hillcrestbyram.org
Family
Married to Lisa Ferguson Goolsby, August 27, 1983
Christopher Goolsby, son, born October 3, 1987
Lauren Goolsby, daughter, born Septemer 11, 1989
Passion in Ministry
To effectively communicate the love of Jesus through the preaching of the Word under the guidance and inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Favorite Verse
Philippians 3:12-14
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. (NIV)
Worship Leader
Gary Watts- gary@hillcrestbyram.org
Gary has served on staff since June of 2009.
Family
Married to Gay Stewart: August 13, 1988.
Daughter: Olivia Grace, born September 6, 1993
Passion in Ministry
To lead people to seek God's face.
Favorite Verse
Amos 5:4 - Now this is what the LORD says to the family of Israel: "Come back to me
and live! (NLT)
Minister of Education and Administration
Jamie Holden, Ph.D. - jamie@hillcrestbyram.com
Jamie has served on staff since April of 1999.
Family
Married to Gary Holden: October 7, 1978
Daughter: Becky, born October 10, 1979—married to Nick Chiasson, October 17, 2006
Son: Ben, born April 2, 1981—married to Missy Martin, October 8, 2005
Passion in Ministry
To see others develop to their full potential as followers of Christ and to help them get connected to a place of service in their church family.
Favorite Verses
Philippians 1:6 . . . being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (NIV)
Romans 12:4-5 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. (NIV)
Children's Pastor
Jason Morrow- jason@hillcrestbyram.org
Jason has served on staff since March of 2010.
Family
Married to Lauren Morrow, May 24, 2003
Daughters: Ashlynn Joy, born June 19, 2006
Kellis Faith, born September 10, 2008
Son: Jason Paul II, born November 21, 2009
Passion in Ministry
Seeing Children gain a relationship with Christ through forgiveness of sin and seeing families surrendered to and serving our LORD
Driving Verse
Deuteronomy 6:4-7 - Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.(ESV)