Our Staff
Teresa Baker
Office/Finance Manager
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Teresa is known by many as the girl with pink/purple/blue hair, but, really, she is much more than that. She has been our cook, our computer tech, our dishwasher, our
bookkeeper, our membership coordinator, our seamstress, our decorator, and our webmaster. But now she serves as our office manager-in charge of the finances, computers, supplies, bills, payroll, van, and many of Session's needs. Teresa has been working for EBPC in different part-time capacities for four years, but is now our Office Manager. She has three children, Julian (9), Lexi (12), and Josh (21). Don't let the crazy hair, skulls, and cross bones scare you off, Teresa is as friendly and talented as they come. She happily and publicly embraces her role as a "church secretary."
Sheri Vosel
Preschool Director
ebpcpreschool@comcast.net
Sheri Vosel has been with EBPC Preschool since 2002, and the director since 2006. She has a degree in secondary education, and taught history in high school. She has a master's degree in psychology. She has worked on the psychiatric ward of a hospital, done child and family therapy, as well as psychological testing for both inpatient and outpatient programs. She feels that all of this diverse educational experience has helped her understand family dynamics as well as how children learn and develop.
She is originally from Mobile, Alabama but has lived in Brentwood for the last 19 years. She has 2 children. Matt graduated in May from Auburn University and is a second lieutenant stationed at Tyndal Air Force Base in Panama City. Katie is a senior at UTC majoring in marketing. Sheri's husband, Jeff, is in the health care industry.
The Reverend The Rev. Bob Phelps became pastor at East Brentwood on November 1, 2011. Bob is a graduate of Western Kentucky University and Memphis Theological Seminary and has served congregations in Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida before coming to Middle Tennessee. Bob has also published several pieces of church school curriculum for resources like Bible Quest, The Present Word, and The Thoughtful Christian as well as devotionals for These Days and a couple of sermons in the journal Lectionary Homiletics. Bob has served on the staff for Bob is married to Deanna, and they are the parents of two young adult sons,
Bob Phelps
Pastor
ebpcpastor@comcast.net
the Presbyterian Youth Triennium
and other events
for both youth and adults.
Blake and Kyle.
Helping people experience God’s grace in worship and in life
is a special passion for Bob.
He is grateful for the opportunities
to serve God at East Brentwood.
Melissa Neeley
Office/Pastoral Assistant
ebpcoffice@comcast.net
Melissa is our
Office/Pastoral Staff Assistant.
She comes to us after a season
of nurturing her girls at home.
She previously worked for the Topeka School District in Human Resources and before that worked as the
Pastoral Staff/Office Administrator at First Presbyterian Church, Topeka, KS for ten years. She graduated from Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, MO with a
degree in Office Administration.
She grew up in Chicagoland and has spent time in Missouri, Kansas and Florida and now resides in Hendersonville, TN. Her husband, Don works as a dispatcher for the railroad, and she has two teenage daughters, Holly Ann (16) and Heather (14).