Meet our Staff!

Rev. Howard G. White

Senior Pastor

Rev. Howard Gerrard White was born in 1954 and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. He has degrees from Belhaven College, Scarritt Graduate School for Christian Workers, and Emory University, where he graduated from seminary in December of 1990. Howard was appointed to Pierce Chapel in 1991 as the church's first full-time pastor. Ordained an Elder in the United Methodist Church, Howard loves planning meaningful worship experiences that communicate the love and presence of God. He is married to Lynn and together they share pastoral duties and proudly parent Elizabeth and John Howard.

Rev. Lynn Meadows-White

Minister of Discipleship

Lynn is a 1991 graduate of the Candler School of Theology at Emory University and is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church. A lifelong Methodist, she grew up in the St. Simons United Methodist Church on St. Simons Island, GA. One of her passions is helping ordinary people become aware of God's presence and leading in their lives, and then helping equip them for whatever ministry God has called them to. Lynn is married to Howard and is the proud mama of Elizabeth and John Howard.

Nathan Carr

Director of Youth / Program Ministries

Nathan is a Columbus native who graduated from Columbus State in 2004 with a degree in business management. This is his first experience in the United Methodist Church as he grew up in a non-denominational church and has since attended a Free Methodist and Korean Presbyterian church. He worked for Teen Advisors through college and after graduation into ’07. He also has experience as a youth director and was the camp director at Camp Joy for summer ’07. Several of his passions are building relationships, planning, innovating, and working with students of all ages.

Dawn Parker

Nursery Director

Dawn's bio is coming soon!

Susan Dunn

Church Secretary

Susan is a life-long Methodist and a veteran church secretary. She began her ministry as Pierce Chapel's church secretary in 2001 and does her best to help keep us all organized and on top of things! Susan feels called to be a church secretary and feels especially blessed to be serving at Pierce Chapel. A plaque in her office reads "Life is a song . . . God's love is the music." Her prayer is that through her daily work, she'll help those at Pierce Chapel to "hear" and "sing" God's song of love.

Debi Van Noy

Preschool Director

After two years as a teacher of three-year-olds and six years as a preschool director in another church in Columbus, Debi is excited to be serving in her fourth year as the preschool director at Pierce Chapel - her home church. A caretaker by nature with a background in nursing, she is most passionate about caring for her husband and two grown sons, and being “Dida” to her three-year-old grandson. She loves her church and her work there. She joins her wonderful teaching staff in nurturing preschool children and their families with fun learning opportunities and support in a Christian environment.

Brenda Giefing

Financial Secretary

Brenda is a proud military wife and mother of two high school boys. Working for Pierce Chapel is her first experience in the United Methodist Church. She grew up in the Baptist church, then joined the Lutheran church, but has recently made Pierce Chapel her church home. “God has opened the doors for my career and my spiritual life. I am where I am supposed to be. I feel so blessed to be a part of the Pierce Chapel family.” Her passions are simply her faith, her family and friends, and her animals. Her hobbies are activities with her boys, reading, traveling, clogging, and football.

Donna Mauldin

Service Accompanist

Donna's bio is coming soon!