Preschool

Name: Jill Humphrey
College Attended: UNCW
Position: Preschool
Life Verse: I can do everything through Him who gives me strength. Phillipians 4:13
Why do you teach? I feel called to teach, and I feel that God has gifted me with talents that make me an effective teacher.

Kindergarten

Name: Vicki Dunn
College Attended: Fayetteville Technical College
Position: Kindergarten Asst
Life Verse: Jeremiah 29:11
Why do you teach? I love children! It is an honor to be able to make a difference in their lives one day at a time!

Name: Paula Starling
College Attended: UNCW
Position: Kindergarten
Life Verse: Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," announces the Lord. "I want you to enjoy success. I do not plan to harm you. I will give you hope for the years to come."
Why do you teach? I feel God called me to teach. It is always exciting and challenging.

First Grade

Name: Ginny Craft
College Attended: UNC-W
Position: 1st Grade
Life Verse: Jeremiah 29:11
Why do you teach? I teach because I am convicted that I have the gift of teaching. I want to use that gift to help children grow academically and to come to a close relationship with Jesus Christ.

Name: Kathy Dodge
College Attended: UNCW
Position: 1st Grade Assistant
Life Verse: Isaiah 26:3
Why do you teach? It's important to me for these children at an early age to know that they can have a very filling life with the Lord Jesus to help them as they face the challenges of today's world.

Name: Dana Hott
College Attended: Troutman Beauty School
Position: 1st Grade Assistant
Life Verse: I look my eyes unto the hills where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord make of heaven and earth.
Why do you teach? The Lord has truly placed a love in my heart for the children. I consider it a joy and a privilige to spend each and every day with them.

Name: Nancy Smith
College Attended: Guilford College
Position: 1st Grade teacher
Life Verse: Psalm 19:14 "May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in your sight,O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer."
Why do you teach? God has placed a calling on my heart to teach for this season of my life. I find joy when I am here doing His work. He blesses me daily with these kids and their parents.

Second Grade

Name: Mandy House
College Attended: UNCW
Position: 2nd Grade teacher
Life Verse: Psalm 19:14
Why do you teach? I feel so blessed that the Lord has called me to be a teacher . It is just the greatest job.

Name: Laura McKay
College Attended: UNCW
Position: 2nd Grade
Life Verse: Jeremiah 29:11
Why do you teach? I love working with children and I feel like it is my calling from God. I love to help children grow closer to Jesus.

Third Grade

Name: Tina Chadwick
College Attended: Grace College
Position: 3rd grade teacher
Life Verse: Jeremiah 29:11
Why do you teach? I feel that God has blessed me with the gift of teaching. I find joy in shaping and molding the minds of children each day and sharing Christ's love with them.

Name: Jodi Davis
College Attended: West Virginia University and UNCW
Position: 3rd Grade teacher
Life Verse: Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before others,that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
Why do you teach? I love to see the students learn and succeed.

Name: Jennifer Freas
College Attended: Appalachian State
Position: Third and Fifth Grade Assistant
Life Verse: "...For I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content." Phillipians 4:11
Why do you teach? Ever since I was in high school I helped with the middle school youth group and I fell in love with ministry-what better way to minister to children than in a school setting-5 days a week! I continue to be blessed working with children's ministry, middle school youth and working at MGCS!

Name: Kim Smith
College Attended: Francis Marion University
Position: 3rd Grade Assistant
Life Verse: Psalm 100
Why do you teach? The Lord sent me to MGCS and I believe this is where he wants me to serve Him.

Fourth Grade

Name: Cindy McBride
College Attended: UNC-W
Position: 4th grade Teacher assistant
Life Verse: Phil 4:13
Why do you teach? I love to teach children. It brings me great pleasure

Name: Melody Nielsen
College Attended: Tennessee Temple University
Position: 4th Grade
Life Verse: Matthew 6:33
Why do you teach? God has blessed me with the ability to explain things to young minds. I empathize with their struggles. I enjoy their personalities.

Name: Laura Thornton
College Attended: UNCW
Position: 4th Grade
Life Verse: Proverbs 3:5-6
Why do you teach? I love children and I love helping them succeed. I'm also able to share truth with them through the Bible.

Fifth Grade

Name: Kim Furtado
College Attended: UNC-Wilmington
Position: 5th Grade Assistant
Life Verse: "Caste all your cares upon Him for He cares for you." 1 Peter 5:7
Why do you teach? I love the students! I know this is where God has called me to be, gifted me to be and blessed me to be!

Name: Donna Mroczko
College Attended: University of Arkansas at Little Rock and College of St. Rose-Masters Degree
Position: 5th Grade
Life Verse: Colossians 3:12-17
Why do you teach? God has called me to this ministry. He has given me a love for his children, a love for learning, and a delight in teaching .

Name: Marian Williamson
College Attended: Eastern Illinois University and University of Wyoming
Position: 5th Grade
Life Verse: Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God...
Why do you teach? I am called to use my God-given abilities to teach at MGCS.

Sixth to Eighth Grade

Name: Kim Byrd
College Attended: East Carolina University and UNC at Pembroke
Position: Sixth to Eighth Grade
Life Verse: Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve...But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15
Why do you teach? I love children. God has called me to serve Him as together we strive to lead, train, and educate His children. It is an honor, privilege and great responsibility.

Name: Melanie Coefield
College Attended: Liberty University
Position: Upper School
Life Verse: Phillipians 3:14
Why do you teach? I love young people and strive to bring my gifts and talents to school every day to help them learn.

Name: Bill Jackson
College Attended: East Carolina University
Position: Upper School teacher
Life Verse: Colossians 3:23
Why do you teach? I strive to be an extension of the home and church to help students develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and to make spiritual training part of their academic training.

Name: Christine Jensen
College Attended: Guilford College
Position: 7th Grade
Life Verse: John 1:12- "Yet to all who received HIm, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God."
Why do you teach? I believe God called me into education, specifically Christian education. I want to share Jesus Christ with my students and the joy He has given me.

Name: Susanna Panz
College Attended: Duke University
Position: Upper School teacher
Life Verse:
Why do you teach? i believe the Lord has put me here for my sake as well as the students. His is the teacher.

Name: Angela Pleasant
College Attended: Meredith College and University of NC at Wilmington
Position: 6th-8th Grade
Life Verse: Luke 2:52 "And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and Man.
Why do you teach? I teach because I love to learn and I want to share what I've learned with others. I want to continue throughout my life to grow in wisdom and in favor with God and those around me. I want to teach my stduents to do the same.

Name: Crystal Sampson
College Attended: Averett College and AIU
Position: 6th Grade
Life Verse: Proverbs 3:6 "In all your ways acknowledge hime and he will make your paths straight." Jeremiah 33:3 "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unreachable things you do not know."
Why do you teach? I teach because when I have been in other jobs I have never felt as if I was doing what God called me to do, but when I teach I feel complete with God's calling in my life.

Name: Julie Thompson
College Attended: Pfeiffer College
Position: 7th and 8th Grade
Life Verse: Phil 4:13 & Jer 29:11,13
Why do you teach? Middle school students are so cool! I would never have made that discovery if God hadn't placed an unmistakable calling on my life to serve Him as a teacher at MGCS.

Administration

Name: Julie Ashcraft
College Attended: GA State University
Position: Asst Principal Lower School
Life Verse: Phillip 4:13
Why do you teach? I feel God has called me to be a teacher to help mold and shape lives of young people. MGCS provides me a wonderful place to serve the Lord in ministry.

Name: Beth Becka
College Attended: UNC-Greensboro
Position: Development Director and Marketing
Life Verse: Isiah 50:4-5 The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may now how to sustain the weary with a word, morning by morning He wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. The Lord God has opened my ear and I was not rebellious nor did I turn back.
Why do you teach? Although I am the Development Dir at MGCS, I also teach in the Communications Studies Dept at UNCW. I teach because God has gifted me in this area and filled me with a burning desire to glorify him and to lead young people to Christ. I believe we can change the world one student at a time.

Name: Morris Jackson
College Attended: UNC
Position: Administration
Life Verse: Phillipians 4:19
Why do you teach? I am a life-long learner myself, and I was called by God to be a teacher.

Name: Pam Noland
College Attended: Meredith College
Position: Preschool
Life Verse: Jeremiah 29:11
Why do you teach? It is truly an honor to be able to do what God has gifted me to do. I have a love for the preschool age child. It is such a blessing to be able to not only teach to their mind, but to also teach to their precious spirit and heart.

Name: F. Glenn Pleasant
College Attended: UNCW Class of 1995
Position: 6th grade and Administor
Life Verse: Jeremiah 29:11-"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Why do you teach? I teach because this is the plan God has for me. God has blessed me with the ability and the opportunity to share knowledge and His love.

Name: David Wolff
College Attended: UNC Wilmington (B.A.) Stetson University (M.ED)
Position: Principal
Life Verse: John 3:30 He must increase but I must decrease.
Why do you teach? God has called me to teach, love and model Jesus to young people.

Enrichment

Name: Louisa Belk
College Attended: UNCW
Position: Computer K-8
Life Verse: Jeremiah 29:11
Why do you teach? I feel God has called me to tach His children and I am honored to serve in the ministry of MGCS.

Name: Kim Cooper
College Attended: Univeristy of MIssissippi & University of Memphis
Position: NILD Discovery Therapist
Life Verse: Luke 10:27
Why do you teach? I believe God has called me to this program. I love watching the students succeed and discover who they are in Christ.

Name: Sharon Finley
College Attended: West Virginia University
Position: NILD Discovery Therapist
Life Verse: Phil 4:13
Why do you teach? I feel God has given me a gift and I want to use it to help others. I love children and get so much joy out of watching them "grow."

Name: Susan Lassiter
College Attended: UNCW
Position: Library Assistant
Life Verse: Psalm 86:1 Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
Why do you teach? I teach because it gives me the opportunity to show children how amazing God's love and power is in us.

Name: Emma Mahn
College Attended: UNC-W and UNC-G
Position: Preschool Music
Life Verse: Shout for joy, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness;come before Him with joyful songs.-Psalms 100:1-2
Why do you teach? Our young people are the church musicians of tomorrow. I hope to plant a seek of musical enjoyment that will grow and last a lifetime.

Name: Suzy McAlinn
College Attended: UNCW
Position: Art and Music
Life Verse: Philippians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything ,but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Why do you teach? I feel I am following God's will for my life. Also, I teach because I love it!

Name: Laura Poteat
College Attended: Atlantic Christian College
Position: Librarian
Life Verse: Psalm 34:4 "I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears."
Why do you teach? I love working in the library because I am able to see all the students in the school. It's amazing to watch little kindergarten kids progress into wonderful upper school kids. Great kids + great books = a great job.

Office Staff

Name: Marsha Livingston
College Attended: Old Dominion and Va Commonwealth University
Position: Office Staff
Life Verse: Lam. 3:22 & 23 "Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."
Why do you teach? I started working here when my children were here. I've stayed because I count a privilege to serve with our dedicated staff and board who are fellow sojourner's in our walk with Jesus this side or heaven.

Name: Mary Jaye McGowan
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Position: Accountant
Life Verse: Phil 4:13
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