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Don Flowers has served as pastor of Providence Baptist Church since July 1998. Prior to coming to Charleston he served as Minister of Youth at First Baptist Church, Lenoir, NC and First Baptist Church, Greenville, SC. He is a native of Cherryville, North Carolina, and is a graduate of Wake Forest University, the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Emory University. "When you go to seminary, you dream of what a church might be like. Providence is as close to my dream as I may ever get. This is a loving, caring congregation where we have the freedom to try new things, ask tough questions, and do things in a different way — all the while knowing that you will be loved, no matter what the result." Don and his wife, Anita, are the parents of two daughters, Alison and Savannah. He enjoys playing golf, biking and dreams of having a sailboat.
Woody grew up in the mountains of Asheville, N.C., earned a B.A. in History from Furman University and M.Div. from the Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond. Prior to coming to Charleston, he served as Youth Associate at First Baptist Church, Greenville, SC and as Minister with Youth and Families at Providence Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC. In addition to his responsibilities at Providence, Woody writes, lectures and consults with the Center for Christian Education, Smyth & Helwys Publishers and Unidiversity, an inter-denominational summer youth camp. Woody enjoys watching and participating in sports, reading, and woodworking. His love though, is spending time with his daughters Brooks and Blair.
Deanna McBroom serves as a part of the worship planning team, directs the Adult Choir, and helps to lead worship on a regular basis, supervising the other programs and staff of the music ministry. She has served as the part-time Minister of Music of Providence Baptist Church since its inception in 1995. Deanna is also a professional concert/opera singer and has performed nationally and internationally with symphony orchestras and opera companies and in numerous recital appearances for over twenty years. She is an Associate Professor of Music and Director of the Voice Program at The College of Charleston where she teaches studio voice, opera/musical theatre workshop, and various music classes. She also sees clients as a singing voice rehabilitation specialist with the Evelyn Trammell Center for Voice and Swallowing at the Medical University of SC. Spending time with her family is very important to Deanna. Her husband Scott is a family counselor/minister/spiritual director who is very active in the life of Providence. Being a part of Providence is “the most exciting ‘church’ she’s ever done”. The talented, supportive, and loving folks here make serving here both fun and meaningful!
A native of Charleston, SC, Laura Manning Turner received her B.F.A. in Dramatic Writing and an M.F.A. in composition for Music Theater concurrently from New York University. She is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at the College of Charleston where her teaching specialty is Theatre for Youth. Before coming to the College of Charleston she taught at the University of Northern Iowa as well as the Russian Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg, Russia where she taught courses on American Theatre. Collaborating with her husband she has written several musicals for young audiences including MarsQuest, The Wizard of Wartville, and WorldSong which won a national playwriting competition. Their current production, Glow: The Story of Marie Curie, is a project with the Charleston Museum. Along with the publication of her incidental score for a boy and his piano, by the Dramatic Publishing Company, her honors include being chosen to participate in the New Dramatist Composer/Librettist Workshop in New York City as well as the winner of the Renee B. Fisher Foundation Composition Competition which resulted in a commissioned work for the piano. Without a doubt, Laura feels her best production to date is a collaboration with her husband: two beautiful daughters, Eliza and Lindy.
A native of New England, Sandi is a graduate of Syracuse University with a BFA in Advertising. With extensive prior experience as a graphic designer for the State Department (Washington D.C.), calligrapher, newspaper board artist and print shop manager, Sandi serves many functions (secretary, bookkeeper, calendar keeper) in an effort to keep the business of the church running smoothly. |
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