Staunton Grace Covenant Church Elders seek to
fulfill the admonition of the apostle Peter: To the
elders among you I appeal as a fellow elder . . . Be
shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as
overseers – not because you must, but because you are
willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but
eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you,
but being examples to the flock (I Peter 5:1-3).
The following are brief
bios for our Elders.
David Anthony
~ Elder
Faith
Dave has served in several churches in the Staunton
area as Sunday school teacher, home group leader, deacon,
singing in the choir and on the worship team.
Profession
Dave
currently serves on the board of directors for New Life
Ministries of Churchville, VA and the National Association
of Tower Erectors as well as elder at SGCC. He has been a
lifelong resident of Staunton except for six years spent in
the US Air Force. He has owned and operated several
businesses including Shenandoah Tower Service since it's
inception in 1983.
Family
Dave has
been happily married to his wife, Jo since 1972. They have
two grown children, Jessica and Joshua and one grandchild.
Steve Ingram
~ Elder
Faith
Steve Ingram has served several local
churches as Sunday School teacher, home group leader and
host, choir member, deacon, and now elder.
Profession
Steve
served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1968 to
1970 including a tour in
Vietnam.
He worked in the estimating dept. for Hopeman Brothers
Marine Interiors in Waynesboro, VA for 26 years. He now
works in the same capacity at US Joiner. Steve and his
wife, Jan, have led a marriage seminar and currently lead
the Stephen Ministry at SGCC. Steve has traveled on several
short-term missions to the former Yugoslavia and is an
honorary member of the Evangelical Church of Tuzla (Bosnia).
Family
Steve
married Jan in 1978. They have three sons, Ben, Mike, and Jesse.
Tim Keister
~ Elder
Faith
Tim has served as an elder in three churches
in the Shenandoah Valley in subsequent years. Before coming
to Staunton Grace Covenant, Tim was a member of Grace
Covenant Church of Harrisonburg. He was an original member
of Harrisonburg Grace Covenant’s Staunton home group that
eventually became
Staunton Grace
Covenant
Church.
He was sent out from the Harrisonburg church with about
forty others when the church was formally planted on
September 7, 1996.
Profession
Tim has
worked at Dupont in
Waynesboro,
which is now Invista, since 1979. He is now Operations
Manager for their Water Treatment Facility.
Family
Tim married
Alice in
1971. They have three grown and married children, Joel, Aaron,
and Sarah.
Charlie Wallace
~ Elder
Faith
Charlie
was an elder at Waynesboro Foursquare Church in
1984-5, and a vice-president and board member of the Full
Gospel Businessmen’s fellowship International in the early
‘80’s.
Profession
He has
lived n the Shenandoah Valley for over thirty years and has
run a dental practice since moving to the Valley.
Family
He is
married to Leslie and they have two grown and married boys, Ian and Trevor
and two
grandchildren.
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