Jen Hall CentriKid Camps Intern
Jen graduated from Morehead State University, and has worked at CentriKid Camps since 2007. Most recently, Jen directed the CK2 Team in Kentucky. Jen keeps track of staff paperwork, manages our camp inventory, promotes camp at special events, writes inspirational blog posts, and helps with tons of other projects throughout the year. She loves to cook for team gatherings!
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Jessica Herrell Department Intern
Jessica is a Maryville College grad with a Physical Ed and Health degree, and has worked at camp since 2009. Jessica joined our office team in August as the department intern. She supports the team by mailing packages, preparing for events, assisting with VBS previews and Kids Ministry Conference, and lots of other projects. She loves to blog about games you can play.
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Mary Carlisle Camp Specialist
Mary is a University of Mobile grad, with a BA in English and Theology. She has been working camp since 2007. Mary joined office team in 2009. During college she led kids ministry in a local church. She blogs, helps train ADs, writes track time manuals, creates group leader information, directs camp, recruits staff, watches actor auditions, and lots of other stuff. Mary loves to blog about creative ways to reach different types of kids.
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Andy Dukes Camp Specialist
Andy studied Organizational Communication at Murray State. He served on Crosspoint and CentriKid beginning in 2005 and has been in the office since 2008. He is married to Meghan, who is a 2nd grade teacher. Andy handles lots of camp logistics, creates videos, works with camp production, and plans VBS preview events. He is our go-to tech guy, and loves all things Apple. Dukes loves to blog about new productivity tools.
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Meredith Teasley Camp Specialist
Meredith studied at Samford University and Beeson Divinity School. She worked camp for 8 years, then served in full-time children's ministry in Virginia before joining our team in January 2009. She is married to Nic, a Californian turned southerner. Meredith plans Bible Study and Rec, recruits staff, helps lead at our events, writes emails, calls churches, and other fun things. She loves to blog about leadership.
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Jeremy Echols CentriKid Camps Coordinator
JE studied business at Louisiana College and received an MDIV at SWBTS. He served as a coach and camp director at Crosspoint, then began full-time in 2005. He met his wife Emily working camp, and they adopted their daughter, Madison, in 2011. JE leads the camp team, finds new camp locations, plans training, and lots of other projects. He loves to blog about kidmin resources.
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Natalie Ballard Marketing Strategist
Natalie graduated from Mississippi College where she studied communications and business. She worked with corporate partnerships at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis before coming to LifeWay in 2011. Natalie works to get the word out about CentriKid as well as other LifeWay Kids products and events. Natalie loves to write blogs that help children's ministry leaders communicate their own events, including CentriKid Camp!
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Lance Howerton
Director of Childhood Training and Events
Lance leads both the camp team and the training team within Childhood Training and Events. He casts vision, makes lots of important decisions, answers a ton of emails, leads our department extraordinarily, keeps us on our toes, and lots of other fun stuff. Lance loves to play racquetball in is free time, and likes to blog about leadership topics.
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Bud Harlan Former Department Intern ('10-'11)
Bud served as a Camp Director for several summers. He left our office team to serve in his current role as logistics specialist for Women's Ministry Training and Events here at LifeWay.
Laura (Fillingim) Sampson Former Department Assistant ('08-'10)
Laura served as a CentriKid staffer, CentriKid camp intern ('06-'08) Childhood Training and Events Department Assistant ('08-'10). Laura left the CentriKid office to study for her Masters in Social Work and is working in Lubbock, Texas. She married former Department Intern, Eric Sampson, in May 2011.
Eric Sampson Former Department Intern ('09-'10)
Eric served as camp pastor and director, in addition to working in our office as the Department Intern (Aug '09-July '10). He left the CentriKid office to study at Texas Tech and become a Philosophy Guru. He married Laura Fillingim in 2011.