STAFF
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Director of children’s ministry
Faith was born in Savannah, GA, and grew up in Fayetteville, NC. She moved to Charlotte in 2015 to attend UNC-Charlotte and graduated in 2018 with a degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Reading. After graduating, she took a job as a Kindergarten teacher at University Meadows Elementary, a Title I school in the Charlotte Mecklenburg School system, where she works full time!
Faith enjoys good books, long hikes, and spending time with people. She has been very encouraged in her walk with Christ since joining Oakhurst in 2019, and she is very grateful for the opportunity to help with Children’s Ministry!
Thomas Green
Music Director
Thomas is a native North Carolinian who moved to town to attend UNC Charlotte, where he graduated in May of 2015 with a B.S. in Computer Science. Fun fact: He and his wife, Rachel, met here at Oakhurst and as of August 2020 they became parents, welcoming their baby girl Elizabeth into their lives! Thomas serves our church by leading our Music Ministry.
Chris Solomonides
Student Ministry intern
Chris is from Columbus, OH and attended The Ohio State University where he received a Bachelors of Science in Business in 2018. After college Chris married his wife Claire in 2019 and they moved to Charlotte so he could begin his Master of Divinity at Reformed Theological Seminary. Chris works both as an Intern and the student ministry assistant for the middle school and high school students in the church. Alongside his student ministry responsibilities, he is also given opportunities to teach and lead in order to serve the church and grow in those areas. In his free time Chris enjoys playing sports, watching sports, and board games.
Cade Mcdonald
Ministry intern
Cade is originally from Austin, TX. He attended Wheaton College in Illinois, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. More importantly, however, Wheaton is where he met his wife Tess! Cade moved to Charlotte, NC in the summer of 2018 in order to pursue a Master of Divinity at Reformed Theological Seminary, where he is currently a student. At Oakhurst he is in charge of administrative tasks in order to take some responsibilities off the pastors plates so they can devote more time to leading the church in teaching/shepherding! He also is given opportunities to teach and lead in order to serve the church and grow in those areas.
Drew Patrick
College Ministry Intern
Drew is from Atlanta, GA and went to college at Georgia College and State University in a small town called Milledgeville, GA. After graduating in May of 2018 with a Bachelors in Business Administration and a minor in Rhetoric, he moved to Charlotte, NC to attend Reformed Theological Seminary and begin the Master of Divinity program. He got married to his wife Sierra in December of 2018 and they now have two dogs. At Oakhurst he is in charge of administrative tasks in order to take some responsibilities off the pastors plates so they can devote more time to leading the church in teaching/shepherding! He also is given opportunities to teach and lead in order to serve the church and grow in these areas. He has also recently been entrusted with the opportunity to oversee and lead the college ministry here at Oakhurst.
