Staff
Amy Patterson
Sunshine School Director Amy was raised in Angleton, Texas and graduated from Abilene Christian University in 2011. She began working at SunshineSchool in the fall of 2022, serving first as the art teacher, then as a PreK teacher, and joined the director team in 2024. Prior to Sunshine School, Amy worked as a public-school teacher for 6 years. Amy and her husband Brian were married in 2012 and have 2 children, Rose and Thomas. They have been Prestoncrest members since…
Angie Maddox
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…
Barbara Cooper
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…
Jim Wall
Buildings & Grounds
Kellie Wilkinson
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…
Leslie Scott
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.…
Lisa Pipkin
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.
Nicole Brantley
Workroom Coordinator Nicole Brantley is originally from Arlington, TX 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. They have since gained a son-in-law, Brady Kraner, in May 2025. Nicole has taught 2’s and 4’s at Sunshine school since…
RaeAnn Pierce
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…
Sarah Jackson
Sunshine School Assistant Director
Sherry Jackson
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…
Stephanie Ownby
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…
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