Leadership

Joshua was born in Enid, Oklahoma, but grew up all over the world and graduated from McAlester High School. Joshua is the oldest of 6 kids and knows that he is absolutely cooler than his younger siblings! Joshua is married to the love of his life, Carman Lowe and they have 2 beautiful kids, Madeline and Quinton Bell. Joshua started working at FCC in August of 2017 and loves every minute of working in and around the church community. Before Joshua was in ministry, he did a little of everything from singing opera and teaching Junior High and High School kids to cooking BBQ competitively!

It is also his passion and dream to help congregations of every size and location have tools to use in worship.  As a result, he has helped create a website called Chalice Resources which has an extensive content library as well as a section for submitting your own content to share with others.

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Paula is a native Oklahoman who grew up in Glencoe.  She graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Music Education degree.  After teaching elementary music in the Oklahoma City area, Paula taught music K-12 and junior high English at Red Rock (now Frontier) for 6 years.  She also had other music positions during this time: choir director at Salem Lutheran Church in Stillwater, children’s choir and bell choir director at Stillwater First United Methodist Church, private piano and voice teacher, and women’s choir director and member of the Stillwater Community Singers.
Paula then had a change of career and spent 27 years as an administrative professional at Oklahoma State University Botany Department and OSU/A&M Board of Regents Office of Internal Audit.
Now Paula serves as the music director at Perry First Christian Church where she directs the adult Chancel Choir and Bell Choir.  She also selects and leads the music for both Sunday morning services.
Paula has two grown daughters, Jennifer and Stephanie, and five grandsons.  She enjoys retirement and being with her mother and her daughters’ families as much as she can.

Emily was born and raised in western North Carolina.  She earned a bachelor's degree in business and is currently pursuing a master's degree in early childhood education at Northeastern State University.
In February 2013, Emily moved to Perry after serving six years in the United States Air Force as a Database Manager.  During her military service, she met her husband, Joshua.  Together they have two children, Connor and Claire.
Emily serves as the Children's Ministry Coordinator at Perry First Christian Church and teaches kindergarten at Perry Lower Elementary.  She is passionate about helping children grow academically and spiritually through engaging, hands-on learning experiences.
In her free time, Emily enjoys gardening, crafting, reading, and spending time outdoors with her family.

Hannah was born and raised in south central Kansas.  She has a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Kansas State University, where she was a third generation alumni (1948, 1978, 2008).  Hannah moved to Stillwater, OK in August of 2015 after spending 4 years of working and volunteering at a special needs camp in Guthrie, OK.  In 2019, she moved to Perry, OK and married Allen Vaughn.  Allen works at Ditch Witch.  Allen and Hannah do not have any children but they do have over 10 nieces and nephews that are a major part of their lives.  In addition to being the Perry First Christian Church youth group coordinator, Hanah teaches first grade at Sangre Ridge Elementary in Stillwater.  In her spare time she enjoys traveling, camping, kayaking, photography, and reading.  She loves National Parks, history, politics, science, and the outdoors.

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