Department: Congregational Care
Joined Crossgates Staff: April 2, 1995
April, 1995 – May, 1997 – Minister of Childhood Education
May 1997 – January 2001 - Minister of Preschool Education
January 2001 – Present - Congregational Care Ministry
Areas of Ministry: I coordinate our Hospital Visitation Ministry, our Bereavement Ministry,
Our Prime Timers Ministry (senior adults), our Home Bound Ministry, and our Hospitality Ministry
Family: Mom and Dad, Clarence and Hettie Maude Teague, both deceased, brother, Charles Teague,
Deceased, brother, Ben Teague, 2 sisters, Lorene Tollison and Shirley Norman, 5 nieces, 3 nephews, 7 great nieces, 6 great nephews, 2 great great nephews and 1 great great niece.
Saved: I asked Jesus into my heart July 4, 1971
Education: B.S. from Mississippi College with a major in Religious Education and a minor in Library
Science and Psychology
Previous Lines of Work: First Baptist Church, Garland, Texas – Minister of Childhood Education
Travis Avenue Baptist Church, Ft. Worth, Texas – Minister of Preschool Education
First Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA - Minister of Childhood Education
First Baptist Church, Beaumont, Texas - Minister of Childhood Education
Second Baptist Church, Houston, Texas - Minister of Children’s Education
Fairview Baptist Church, Columbus, MS - Minister of Childhood Education
Crossgates Baptist Church - Brandon, MS
One of the Things I Find Most Fascinating: How God created humans, especially when you look at a
brand new baby immediately after birth!
FAVORITE
Food: Corn
Snack Food: Strawberries
Place in the World: Switzerland
Place to Pray: Thornberg Chapel, Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Hobbies: I really don’t have one
Bible Story: Lad with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish John 6: 1 – 14
Best Advice Someone Gave You: “Happy moments, praise God; Quiet Moments, Worship God;
Difficult Moments, Seek God; Painful Moments, Trust God”
Life Verse: Psalm 37: 3 – 6
One of My Greatest Experiences with God: Other than my salvation experience, when God called me into full time Christian service
Most People Don’t Know This About Me: I was a foster mom for Sellers Adoption Center when I served on staff at First Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA. I picked them up when they were 2 days old at Baptist Hospital in New Orleans and kept them until they were adopted.
