Tina resides in Woodlawn with her husband, Michael and their cat, MinYow. She is a retired music/chorus teacher from Carroll County Public Schools.  Tina has been playing the piano since second grade. She attended Radford University, graduating with B. S. in Music Education and a Bachelor of Music Therapy, studying Voice and Piano. she has been involved in Church music for more than 45 years. Currently, in addition to Director of Music at Sinking Spring. Tina accompanies the Wytheville Community College Choir. She enjoys reading, bike riding and has recently taken up crocheting.

Michael Colston is a native of Saltville who now resides in Abingdon. Michael got his start in church music in high school by playing piano for Sunday School. A graduate of Virginia Highlands Community College and Emory and Henry College, he studied piano, voice, and organ in addition to majoring in elementary education. With a master's degree from Virginia Tech, Michael is now a school administrator. He enjoys walking and biking on the Creeper Trail and hiking local trails. He has been a church musician for almost 30 years now.

I have been married to my college sweetheart, Dean, for 46 years. Dean and I gravitated to Southwest Virginia after college and have lived in Abingdon for the past 37 years. Having a degree in Education, I taught school prior to Dean and I having 3 wonderful children and we now have 6 grandchildren. I’ve always said that being a stay-at-home mom was my best job. Being a grandma is second best! In 1996 I accepted the Director of Christian Education position at Sinking Spring and worked for twenty-three years at my dream job outside my home before retiring. I spent three years gardening, crafting, sewing, and enjoying life before being rehired again as the Director of Christian Education in September 2021, and I love being back.

Following thirty-two plus years of one-on-one customer and office administrative work experience, Donna came to Sinking Spring in April 2014. She and Piper, the designated church dog, are in the office Sunday – Thursday keeping the church running smoothly.  Donna enjoys solitude, DIY projects at home and working in her flowers and vegetable garden.

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Brenda, a native of southwest Virginia, graduated from Hurley High School, Hurley, Viginia. She continued her education at Southwest Virginia Community College receiving an Associated in Applied Science degree. Upon relocating to Abingdon, she earned a bachelor’s degree in Occupational and Technical studies with a minor in Management from Old Dominion University at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center.

At SSPC, Brenda serves on the Congregational Care Team and volunteers time to stocking the Blessing Box.

While being semi-retired, Brenda enjoys reading, canning, yard work including flowers and container gardening, but most of all spending time with her family – Scott, Aundrea, Russell, Amber, and two grandsons, Evan and Liam.

Charlie Clark is an elder at Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church.

Born in Chilhowie, VA, on March 12, 1952, graduated Chilhowie High School in ‘70 and graduated from VHCC in 1973, ETSU in 1975.

His ancestors came to Glade Spring, VA, during the great migration down the valley of Virginia in the 1770s. His great-grandfather bought a farm in the Rich Valley area in Smyth County in 1852.

Born into the Lutheran church, then in 1983 joined the Rich Valley Presbyterian.

Church. In 2019, He became part of the Sinking Spring family. Charlie married Jane Pratt and had 3 sons, Champ, Will, and Ben.

Charlie worked and retired from the farm in 2023. His sons Champ and Will continue farming in the fifth generation there.

He has been on the Bank of Marion board since 1994 and served on the Smyth County Board of Supervisors from 2003-2011

Charlie's priorities are community service, the church, and grandchildren Cadence, Charleigh, and Lane.

Cathy Harris is a Southwest Virginia native and she and her family moved to Abingdon in September of 2019. Prior to joining the Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church she was an active member at Richlands Presbyterian. She is a member and recording secretary of the Richlands area arts organization CART and the Southwest Virginia Community Chorus. A retired pharmacist and graduate of the VCU/MCV School of pharmacy she and her husband, Dan, owned and managed pharmacies in Tazewell and Russell Counties for over 40 years.

She is a member of the handbell and chancel choir and assists with the Wonderful Wednesday children’s afterschool program and volunteers with Breaking Bread. She is a member of the Worship, Christian Education, and Service and Outreach Teams here at Sinking Spring.

Judy and her husband, Scott, have been members of SSPC for 29 years. In this  time, Judy has either led or been involved with nearly every aspect of the church’s Christian education and community service initiatives. She's led Sunday school, twice re-invigorated the youth group, and championed Wednesday night activities while raising three children, Christie, Hunter, and Rutger, in the church. She currently serves as co-chair of the Christian Education team and coordinates our Wonderful Wednesday Afterschool program and our Parent’s Night Out program.  Judy has lived in California, Alaska, Michigan, New York, Maryland, and, of course, Virginia.  She and Scott are proud Va Tech Hokies who prefer to spend their time outdoors.

‘Will, 27, spends most days in SWVAs misty mountain meadows, raising sheep and restoring a rare native ecosystem on the ranch he manages outside of Abingdon. As an elder, Mr Clark is focused on preserving Presbyterian heritage and promoting righteous and radical outreach to all people as a part of our Godly family and our kinship in Christ's love.’

Focused on Breaking Break Program to the Community

I was born in Georgia, married, and spent 33 years in the western US, living in multiple states. My husband was a University President, and I raised two wonderful children, worked on many community projects, and did a lot of entertaining.   I returned to Georgia and worked in various positions for a Retirement Community for 6 years.  I remarried in 2004, and I again moved around the US.  We moved to Abingdon in 2008 and loved the beautiful community.  Walt’s Job ended in 2010, and we returned to GA.  In 2014, we found land, returned,  built our home, and became an active part of the community.  I have been President of the Abingdon Garden Club for two years and have just left the position of President of the Washington County Master Gardeners for 4 years.  I am also an artist and love to paint.  I am a member of the Arts Depot and the Holston Mountain Artisans.  Thus, my love for art, gardening, and cooking.  We have been active   Sinking Springs Presbyterian Church members, working with the Congregations Care Committee and the Session and Landscape Committee and singing in the choir.