Beaumont Presbyterian Church

YOUTH AND KIDS

We strive to have fun and meaningful activities for children of all ages.  We have a nursery attendant on staff during the Adult Sunday school hour as well as during Worship.  We have implemented a Safe Church policy that includes background screenings and regular safety training for our staff and volunteers.

Here are ways your child can be involved.  Of course they are always welcome to be with you during worship.

• Youth Sunday school during worship (ages 3rd to 8th grade)
• Godly Play during worship (ages 4 to 2nd grade)
• Nursery (ages 0 to 4 years)
• Quarterly Children’s Event 

Jon Roller – Pastor

Dr. Wayne Gebb – Minister of Music

Dr. Wayne W. Gebb joined the staff at Beaumont as Minister of Music in 2007, after more than 30 years in music ministry at churches in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Kentucky.  He was a long-time faculty member at Midway College and has taught classes at the University of Kentucky.  Wayne holds degrees in vocal and choral music from Westminster Choir College and Eastern Kentucky University.  In 2008, he received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in voice from the University of Kentucky, where he was a student of Stephen King.  

His conducting repertoire includes major works by such composers as Bach, Handel, Schutz, Haydn, Mozart, Rheinberger, Holst, and Distler.  He has made numerous appearances in recital, specializing in 19th and 20th Century English song.  Wayne’s operatic appearances include such baritone roles as Count Almaviva in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor.  In concert he has performed as soloist for numerous works, including Handel’s Messiah, the St. John Passion of Bach and Hodie by Vaughan Williams.

Wayne is married to Billie Anne Gebb, director of Library Services for the Frontier Nursing University.  They have three children, big sister Marianne and identical twins Charlie and Joey.

Lydia Clark – Organist

Lydia is a classically trained organist and pianist, serving for the past 16 years of music ministry in Louisiana, Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky.  She warned her Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts as a Sarah J. Kenan Organ Scholar Studying under Drs. Jack Mitchener, Erica Johnson, and Timothy Olsen.  Her conservatory training included studies in sacred liturgy, pedagogy, music history, theory, choral and organ repertoire, and harpsichord technique/performance.  In 2017, she earned her Master of Arts from Liberty University in Interdisciplinary Studies (Executive Management/Leadership and Environmental Science).  She has performed as a recitalist for West Market United Methodist Church in Greensboro NC, the David Tannenburg Organ at Old Salem NC, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Meredith College, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Wallace State Community College and accompanied choirs at Midway University, Creekwood High School in Clarksburg TN, Lutheran High School in Metairie LA, and Wallace State Community College in Cullman AL.  While still a high school student she was the first place winner of the American Guild of Organist Quimby Regional Organ Competition and earned superior ratings from the Alabama Music Teacher Association State Piano Competition.  She has done summer organ studies with Drs. Faythe Freese Professor of Organ at University of Alabama, Marilyn Keiser Professor of Music Emeritus at Jacobs School of Music Indiana University, and Jeffrey Brillhart Professor of Music at Yale University and studied injury preventive keyboard technique with Dr. Barbara Lister-Sink at Salem College. 

Lydia teaches piano and most recently served as organist at Rehoboth United Methodist Church in Gallatin TN before moving to Kentucky in September 2019 for her husband Richie to continue Ph.D. studies through University of Manchester, UK as a visiting scholar at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore.  She works as a Credentialing Coordinator in Medical Staff Services at Baptist Health Lexington.  She is originally from New Orleans and loves sharing her passion for jazz, spicy food, good times and the New Orleans Saints!

Robin Jenkins – Nursery Attendant

Robin Jenkins has been the regular nursery attendant at Beaumont Presbyterian since 2010. We are blessed to have such a faithful, loving person in the nursery with our littlest members and youngest visitors. Robin’s consistent presence eases the most anxious infant or toddler! She loves reading books with our children—her talents for singing and playing with children make sense when you find out that she received her B.A. in Theater from the University of Kentucky then worked 10 years in pre-school and private childcare, earned her M.A. in Special Education from Eastern Kentucky University, and taught in the public schools for 10 years. Robin also led story time at Barnes and Nobles for many years! Robin is accompanied by a second volunteer person (the second volunteer position rotates) on Sunday mornings during Sunday School and Worship, as well as for special events such as church meetings and potlucks.

Jennifer Johnston – Administrative Associate