Ministers + Staff

Staff

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  Ruth Balderas

  Ministry Support

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  Ruth Balderas

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  Ministry Support

  Ruth Balderas was born and raised in Dallas and as such is lifetime fan of the Dallas Cowboys and the World Series Champions, Texas Rangers. She attended Oklahoma Christian University and graduated in 2017 with a BS in Psychology. In November 2019, she married her long-time boyfriend, Mizael Balderas. Shortly after she joined the Prestoncrest staff in January of 2020, and later accepted a job at ChristianWorks for Children working with AdoptionWorks. In January of 2024 Ruth returned to work part-time at Prestoncrest office in the role of ministry support. Mizael currently works for the TSA at Love Field Airport.
  
  In June of 2023 Mizael and Ruth welcomed their sweet baby boy to the family. In her very rare free time Ruth enjoys going to the gym with her husband and going on adventures with her family and their three dogs Noah, Cindy and Bleu.
  
  
  

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  Barbara Cooper

  Administrative Assistant

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  Barbara Cooper

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  Administrative Assistant

  Barbara and her husband, Jerry, have been part of Prestoncrest since 1990. They have 4 children, 8 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild. Barbara attended Hamilton Park High School and attended Bishop College in Dallas. She has worked in the Prestoncrest office since 2001, after retiring from a career at Texas Instruments, where she served for 31 years. She loves being part of the Living Faith Bible Class and has also been part of the Pacesetters Bible Class since it was the "40’s II" class. Barbara loves keeping up with the more “wisdom-ed” generation and loves “all” Prestoncrest. Her motto, “Live life to the fullest and help others along the way.”

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  Sherry Jackson

  Accounting, Small Groups, Spiritual Formation

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  Sherry Jackson

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  Accounting, Small Groups, Spiritual Formation

  Sherry received her BBA degree in Office Administration from Abilene Christian University. She has been a member at Prestoncrest since she moved to Dallas following her graduation in 1976. She and her husband Patrick met in the Prestoncrest Singles group and were married in 1982 in the original Prestoncrest auditorium. They are the parents of two adult sons, Austin, who is married to Ellen and lives in the Houston area and Tyler, who resides in a community for special needs adults in Eastland, Texas.

  Sherry was employed in the Human Resources field prior to starting her family. She has been working in the Prestoncrest office since 2000.

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  Leslie Scott

  Adult Education, Pastoral Care

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  Leslie Scott

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  Adult Education, Pastoral Care

  Leslie has worked in the church office since 2011, serving in a number of different support and administrative roles. She currently supports Robert Stolte and Coordinates the Adult Education ministry and Pastoral Care work done by our ministers. Leslie and her husband, Nick, were married in 2010 & have 3 young children. Together, she and Nick lead the adult & high school Financial Peace series each year. Nick serves as a deacon at Prestoncrest, as well. Leslie grew up in Sweetwater, Texas and attended Abilene Christian University where she earned her degree in Fashion Merchandising and Business Administration.
  

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  Angie Maddox

  Graphic Designer

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  Angie Maddox

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  Graphic Designer

  Angie Maddox grew up in East Texas in the small town of Wills Point. She attended the University of North Texas, and in December 1995 graduated Cum Laude with a BFA in Communication Design, minoring in Marketing. She married her High School sweetheart in August of 1995 and they placed membership at Prestoncrest in December that same year. Upon graduating from UNT, she began her career in the graphic design field by serving in roles in art departments of a sports marketing company, and then an industrial design company, in addition to various freelance projects. Her work at Prestoncrest began as a volunteer, taking on a variety of projects for the pastor and other ministers, helping design promotional materials for the church. In 2004, she was officially hired as the church's graphic designer, and more recently, added the additional role as website coordinator. Angie and her husband, Michael, are the parents of 2 teenage boys. Michael has served as a deacon at Prestoncrest since 2010 and is a firefighter/paramedic for the City of Richardson. They live on 56 acres in the Wills Point area, where they enjoy the small town life, but still drive in to Dallas to worship alongside the friends that have become their church family and church home.
  

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  Kellie Wilkinson

  Youth Group Coordinator, Grades 7-12

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  Kellie Wilkinson

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  Youth Group Coordinator, Grades 7-12

  Kellie grew up in Houston and met her wonderful husband, Scott at Abilene Christian University. After graduating from ACU she worked as a teacher for 8 years before choosing to be a stay-at-home mom to her three amazing children, MacKenzie, Campbelle and Holt. During that time she went back to teaching for a couple of years and served as an interim Children's Minister at their church for a year. While she loved it, she ultimately chose to be home with her kids while they were little as much as possible.

  Scott and Kellie moved to Prestoncrest in 2011 and began volunteering with the youth group. In 2014, Kellie was hired to work part-time at Prestoncrest as the Youth Ministry Coordinator. She loves working with and helping support the PCYG ministry team as they minister to the junior high and high school students. One of her favorite things is coordinating and going on the mission trips while serving alongside the students and adult volunteers.

  Kellie and Scott are blessed to be a part of the class, LifeBuilders. She loves the Lord, hanging out with her family, going on dates with her husband, reading, traveling, and eating food with friends.

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  Stephanie Ownby

  Children's Ministry Coordinator, Church Mgmt Systems & IT

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  Stephanie Ownby

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  Children's Ministry Coordinator, Church Mgmt Systems & IT

  Stephanie and her husband, Mark, met in the Prestoncrest singles group in 1997 and married in 1998. Soon after the wedding, they moved to Alexandria, VA for two years with Mark's employer, Raytheon. Once back home in Texas, they made their home in Murphy and returned to Prestoncrest. They have two children - Trinity and Trenton.

  After graduating from Abilene Christian University in 1992, Stephanie worked as a business manager and producer at Reel FX Creative Studios in Dallas until 2002, when she chose to be a stay-at-home mom to her two children. During that time, she began volunteering in children's ministry teaching classes and serving on the VBS and Santa Breakfast committees. In 2015, Stephanie was hired to work part-time at Prestoncrest as the Children's Ministry Project Coordinator. She loves working behind the scenes for the children and parents of Prestoncrest! In 2020, she added other responsibilities becoming the Church Management Systems Admin and IT Coordinator .

  Now that Stephanie is an empty-nester, she loves to travel, throw parties, watch movies and have long talks with friends.

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  Lisa Pipkin

  Children's Ministry Coordinator, Grades 3-6

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  Lisa Pipkin

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  Children's Ministry Coordinator, Grades 3-6

  Lisa has been a member of Prestoncrest since 1973. She and Mike married in 1986 and have 2 grown children. She officially joined the children’s ministry in 2012 but has been teaching children’s classes since 1998.
  

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  RaeAnn Pierce

  Children's Ministry Coordinator, 2 Yrs - 2nd Grade

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  RaeAnn Pierce

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  Children's Ministry Coordinator, 2 Yrs - 2nd Grade

  RaeAnn grew up in Irving and attended Texas A&M for college, where she met her husband, Cody. RaeAnn spent a few years after college working in worker's compensation for a distributing company and then taught middle school science until her oldest child was born. Since then, she has been homeschooling him and his two sisters who joined the family five years later. Cody and RaeAnn have volunteered in various ways at Prestoncrest since they joined in 2003, including in Children's Ministry, Youth Ministry, and Greeting Ministry, and Cody serves as a Deacon as well. RaeAnn started working with the Children's Ministry team in the summer of 2022.

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  Dana Palacios

  Sunshine School Director

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  Dana Palacios

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  Sunshine School Director

  Dana started attending Prestoncrest in 1986 at six weeks old, but in more recent history she and her husband, Louis, placed membership in 2009. They live in north Dallas with their 4 children - Carter, Carrie, Camryn, and Cieryn.

  Born and raised in the Dallas area, Dana attended Richardson ISD schools and then went to ACU where she received her degree in 2008 in Speech-Language Pathology and met her husband, Louis. They moved to Dallas after graduation where she taught in Richardson ISD until Carter was born in 2012.

  Dana joined Sunshine School as a full-time substitute in 2013. After a year teaching Pre-K, she accepted the invitation to take on the role as Director in 2015. Educating children is her passion, and to be able to do so in a setting like Sunshine School, in her words, "...makes me feel extra blessed."

  Preschool is not a requirement for any child, of course, but Dana freely shares that her own children have been immensely blessed by their Sunshine School educations, and says "there is nothing like working in the same building as your children and church family."

  In her (limited) free time, Dana enjoys naps, reading, baking, and the occasional sci-fi tv binge.

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  Nicole Brantley

  Workroom Coordinator

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  Nicole Brantley

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  Workroom Coordinator

  Nicole Brantley grew up in Arlington as a member of North Davis Church of Christ and graduated from Texas A&M in 1995.
  
  Nicole came to Prestoncrest in 1998 where she met her husband Terry and they bonded over their love of the Texas Aggies👍 and the Texas Rangers. They were married in 2000 and welcomed their two daughters, Emma in 2002 and Brooke in 2005.

  Terry and Nicole serve as class leaders in the Families in Christ class. Nicole has also taught several series at WOW, taught 2’s and 4’s at Sunshine school since 2003 and worked as the workroom coordinator and Children’s Ministry assistant since 2014.

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  Jim Wall

  Buildings & Grounds

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  Jim Wall

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  Buildings & Grounds

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  Tom Wenzel

  Buildings & Grounds

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  Tom Wenzel

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  Buildings & Grounds

  Tom and his wife, Martha, married in 1968 and have 2 married children and 2 grandchildren. Tom and Martha were both raised in small communities southwest of Houston. They made their home originally in Lake Jackson and were members of the Lake Jackson Church of Christ for over 30 years. Martha retired from the church in Lake Jackson after 30+ years as the church secretary. Tom retired from The Dow Chemical Company after 31 years. They moved to McKinney in 2011 to enjoy retirement near their children and grandchildren in the metroplex. After they began attending Prestoncrest, Tom decided to serve at the church by working part time with the church facilities team, and is a vital part of the the crew that helps this church and all its facilities run smoothly. Tom enjoys yard work, spending time with his children and grandchildren, and traveling.