Church! of Park Slope
Church! meets at 339 8th St. between 5th and 6th Aves. Map
Staff
Brad Canning (Pastor/Team Leader)
Besides my love for my family, my other passions include playing Frisbee, watching movies, and reading a good book. My only exercise is play, and I don't play enough . . . I enjoy golfing (but rarely get a tee time), and dodge ball is in my DNA. My favorite superhero is Wolverine. I love that as a Pastor and Team Leader, I get to spend much of my time teaching, leading, and caring for my friends and family here at Church!
Heidi Shonkwiler (Postmark Café Manager)
I enjoy trying new recipes and traveling to new locations. I love March Madness and the season that leads up to it. My favorite movies are Courage Mountain or Chariots of Fire (2 I can definitely stay awake through!). As manager of Postmark Café, I love putting a smile on people's faces by either cracking a joke or serving their morning coffee. I think that I have one of the greatest jobs in the world . . . because of my love for people and my business experience and education.
Joy Canning (Director of Early Childhood Ministries)
Hi, I'm Joy. I have a great life! I love my husband, Brad, my two girls, Tori and Ali, my work as Early Childhood Director at Church!, my involvement in my daughters' classrooms, my friends at Church!, and the community and neighborhood that I live in. I love the neighborhood feel of Park Slope, I can walk down the blocks near my house and know and be known by so many people! I love the diversity and how my thinking is challenged almost daily. One of my favorite things to do is read, whether it be for enjoyment, at Toddler Story Time, or in Tori and Ali’s classrooms. I especially like biographies and historical novels. I also enjoy baking, flower gardening, playing outside, and watching movies.
Stacey Wong (Worship Leader)
I enjoy learning to play new musical instruments – which may explain my constantly growing collection. I also enjoy listening to lots of different kinds of music and new artists – which may explain my constantly growing iTunes collection. I relish the challenge to find something new for people to listen to – as soon as I find out your music type. I went to Westminster Choir College and earned a Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition and also completed SAE Institute's Audio Technology Program. Currently I am working in sound engineering and enjoying the diverse opportunities this allows. I enjoy watching movies, spending time with friends, knitting, traveling without flying, eating food my roommate makes, and making people laugh with my sarcasm and wit. I am continually studying to be a rock star.
Aubrey Hairston (Worship Leader)
I am originally from Burke, VA and have been playing the piano since I was seven years old. I've always had a love for music, I'm not a virtuoso, but I can learn most things. I ended up in New York trying my hand at the music business and after five years of banging my head against walls and hearing "no" a lot, I started to realize that maybe it wasn't what God had in store for me. I began writing Christian songs and found that they had "a little something more" to them. I'm currently working on a new album and I'm pretty excited about that. I love Church! and all that it has brought into my life. The friends, the community, and my lovely wife-to-be. When I'm not working on Church! and music stuff, I enjoy watching a ton of T.V. and movies, playing/watching football, and exploring Prospect Park.