About US
Weekday Religious Education Directors
Left to Right: Frank Hacker, Grace Terrell, Charles Tinsely, Marc Clark, Vickie Pearson, Terri White, Joe Cragen, Mickey Elliott and John Shoffner
Staff
First Row, Left to Right: Roberta Miller, Marsha Smith, Terri White, Vickie Pearson, Jan Clark, Mickey Elliott
Second Row: Stephen Bowman, Jeannine Medvescek
Rev. Charles Tinsley
Whitaker Baptist Church
Rev.Charles Tinsley has served at Whitaker Baptist Church for twenty-three years. He has been married to Joanna Tinsley for fifty years; they have two daughters. Rev. Tinsley has served as Spiritual Advisor of Weekday Religious Education for seventeen years.
Luke Jackson
Paragon Christian Church
I was born at Bloomington, Indiana, in April 1987. Growing up I graduated from Martinsville High School in 2005, having been involved with 4H and Cross Country. Over the past 18 years, I've been blessed with a wonderful wife and four children. Serving churches throughout Indiana and participating as a chaplain has been my life's calling and joy. Living daily for Jesus.
John Shoffner
President
John is president of Morgan County Schools of Weekday Religious Education. John is married to Nancy they have three children and eleven grandchildren. John was the owner of Shoffner Farm Equipment for 22 years. He is now farming and a lay minister at Mount Tabor Christian Church. John came to Christ in 1960 at a Weekday Religious Education class in Eminence, Indiana as a young boy. He is very thankful for his salvation and has a deep desire for children to know Jesus as Lord and Savior. He has been devoted to this program. His favorite verse is John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son that whoever believes in him should not parish but have eternal life.” .
Frank Hacker
Treasurer
Married to Phyllis Hacker for 56 years, they have 4 daughers, 9 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. He has served on the board and as the Treasurer for 10 years. He is retired from Allison Transmission and attends Faith Church in Martinsville.
Vickie Pearson
Teacher, Board Member, Director
Resident of Morgan County 47 years
Member of Gasburg Baptist Church 23 years
WRE teacher, board member, and director since 2015
Most of all a disciple for Christ.
Terri White
Teacher, Secretary, Director
I have been serving Weekday Religious Education since my retirement from public school elementary teaching in 2013. I am the WRE secretary and director. My husband, Tony, and I have three children and seven grandchildren. We have lived in Waverly for 29 years. For four years I worked as a Weekday helper and have since become a teacher for WRE. I enjoy sharing God’s word with children and seeing the joy on their faces. My favorite verse is Proverbs3:5&6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your path. Being a Weekday teacher is the best job I‘ve ever had!
Edna (Mickey) Elliott
Teacher
I am married to Edwin S. Elliott we have four children, eleven grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren. I have served as a Morgan County CASA for twenty- two years, taught at RISE Learning Center for fourteen years, and taught Weekday Religious Ed. for twenty-seven years. My passion is to lead children to a relationship with Jesus Christ. One of my favorite verses is Jeremiah 29:11 “ I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.
Jan Clark
Teacher
I am a graduate of Martinsville high school; mother of one girl and three boys and have seven grandchildren. I attend Faith Missionary Church here in Martinsville.
In 2022 Joey Thomas ask me to assist her teach Centerton School children. It has been a blessing to work with Weekday as a Teacher, an Assistant and as the WRE Secretary all at the same time.
A favorite verse is Jeremiah 33:3 Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know
Roberta Miller
Teacher
I am a lifelong resident of Morgan County Indiana born in Martinsville Indiana. I am a graduate of Martinsville high school; mother of four three girls and a boy all living in Morgan County. I am a member of the Martinsville Wesleyan Methodist Church. My husband and I had a Used Clothes Ministry to Eastern Kentucky for 18 years until his passing in 2010. I have been teaching Weekday Religious Education since 1995. Before that I worked as a title one aid in an elementary school within serviced training to work with learning disability and physical disability children. My favorite verse is Psalm 19:14 “Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight O Lord my strength and my redeemer”.