Our Staff

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Hal has served as Covenant’s pastor since 1986. His three grown children were touched by the children’s and youth ministries at Covenant. He considers their love of God and his Church to be a testament to Covenant’s love for God and them. Hal and his family are grateful to have lived and served among many faithful followers of Jesus.Hal and his wife, Jean, have always understood their calling as a team. They are passionate about God’s call to love God, love others, and use their gifts to serve. They are committed to worship, fellowship in small groups, and reaching out to a broken and hurting world. Moreover, they care deeply about marriage and family relationships. Their team ministry is focused on building strong marriages and families.

Hal hopes you will join us at Covenant as we seek to be the presence of Jesus in our community and world.

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Pastor Mark’s childhood was spent in Rapid City, SD. After high school, Mark attended Whitworth University in Spokane, WA. He went on to earn a MS in Chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA. Mark is currently working on his doctorate at Denver Seminary in the area of Leadership and Community Spiritual Formation.Mark has been an Associate Pastor for 10 years. Mark and his wife Leigh Ann, who is also ordained, joined Covenant’s staff as Co-Associates in 2005. They have three, fun-loving kids, Caleb, Evan, and Cariann. Mark enjoys laughing with his family, playing and working outside, and exploring other cultures than his own. He is grateful for God’s gracious power and wisdom that invites all to participate in God’s great work of transformation in the world’s peoples through Jesus Christ.

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Pastor Steven was born in South Korea and moved to the United States in 1981 to attend Bible college in Florida. From there he moved to South Carolina, then to Georgia, where he attended Columbia Theological Seminary.Steven and his wife Suzanne have two grown children, Gloria and Calvin. Pastor Steven leads Korean language worship at Covenant, as well as other fellowship and Bible study groups as part of Covenant’s Korean Fellowship. On the first Sunday of each month, Pastor Steven assists in worship leadership in our multicultural service at 11:00am.

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Rob grew up in Covenant. In addition to being an ordained minister, he’s also a successful businessman in Huntsville’s high tech community. He’s our “Tentmaking Pastor.” While not a member of the paid staff, he serves Covenant as a pinch-hitter from time to time. You’ll hear him deliver engaging, relevant, personal messages from the pulpit every once in a while. You might also get to hear him flex his seminary-earned skull-muscle during one of the Sunday School classes he occasionally teaches. Rob and his wife, Amanda, have 3 children: Scott, Kiley, and Thomas.

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Dave Reiss grew up in Philadelphia but has lived many places since graduating from Eastern University.  He spent a few years in Los Angeles, California, Budapest, Hungary, and Richmond, Virginia before landing in Huntsville.  He is married to Dawn and they have 3 great kids, Lucy, Eli, and Joel.

Dave has been involved in youth ministry in a variety of forms since 1998, and has been the youth director at Covenant since 2008.  He loves to spend time with friends, drink coffee, read books, watch TV and movies, and occasionally make his own.You can follow Dave on twitter: @mystereiss

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Cyndy was born in Memphis, TN but has lived in Huntsville most of her life. She grew up attending church services at the Salvation Army and still continues to support its charitable efforts. She has served in music and children’s ministries as a volunteer at Weatherly Baptist Church. Before coming to Covenant, she served in the music ministry at Big Cove Presbyterian Church for 15 years. She was also previously employed by SAIC on various Department of Defense contracts. She works part time at the Von Braun Center in production.Cyndy’s favorite place on the entire planet is Walt Disney World. She visits whenever possible. She married her sweetie, Colt, at the Boardwalk Resort in the Epcot area of Walt Disney World in 2003. Her son, Sam, was born in 2005 and is the absolute love of her life. He is a precious gift from God and she hopes to teach him about all the joys of life and of being a Christian.

Cyndy is passionate about strengthening the bond of the family of Christ. She love working with the children and believes they can learn at an early age to serve as disciples of Christ and share His love and grace. She thinks it is crucial to have the children interact with all the generations attending and served by our church and that building a strong relationship with Christ during childhood helps to secure a lifelong love of worship and gives children an excellent foundation to a fuller and happier life.
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Bryan grew up in Arab, Alabama and attended college at the University of Montevallo & Westminster Choir College. Other than a brief 5-month stint as Acting Choir Director at Lamington Presbyterian Church in Bedminster, NJ, his position as Director of Music Ministry at Covenant is his first.When Bryan and his wife Suzanne moved to Covenant in 2003, it was just the two of them (and two dogs). Now they have two beautiful children: Jack, age 5 & Sarah Frances, age 2.  Jack is now in Kindergarten at Weatherly Elementary & Sarah Frances attends Covenant Weekday Preschool. For both of them, past and current, their time at Preschool has and continues to be such a loving & positive experience.

Bryan loves to see people excited about assisting in leading worship utilizing their musical talents.

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Stan is the musical worship leader for Covenant’s early morning (8:30) contemporary / casual service. The team is in its 14th year in 2011. Stan is married to Linda (30 years as of August , 2011) and they have three children: Joel, who is a musician in New Jersey, Hannah, a para-legal student and currently working for a local lawyer (Hannah is married to Jonathan Clark), and Jesse who is a senior this year at Huntsville High School. Stan works for the U.S. Army at Redstone Arsenal and has been with the Government for over 30 years. Stan had spent years ‘on the road’ playing in ‘rock’ bands prior to becoming ‘born again’ in 1983 at which time God began to lead him in a somewhat different musical direction. Stan enjoys living in Huntsville as he has lived in the area for most of the last 50+ years.

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Adriana Perera is pianist and organist at Covenant Presbyterian Church. She also works as an Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Oakwood University, Huntsville.Adriana graduated from Instituto Adventista del Plata, Argentina, with a B.M. in Piano Performance and Music Education. She pursued a M.M in Theory and Piano Accompaniment, and theory and Solfege, at Conservatorio J.Rodrigo, Spain. She also studied Band and Orchestra Conducting with Maestro Ferran Ferrer, at Allegro School of Music, Valencia.

In 2006 her family moved to Huntsville, Alabama. She pursued a M.M in Composition at Belmont University, Nashville, where she studied with Bryan Clark, William Pursell, and  Paul Godwin. She graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2009.

Mrs. Perera is a prolific composer, songwriter, music minister, pianist, orchestra and choir conductor, and recording artist. She co-produced four album CDs with vocal and instrumental ensembles of Conservatorio J.S.Bach, Spain. Some of her sacred pieces are included in “Bienvenidos a Adorar”, the Spanniard Youth Hymnal, and in “Louvor e Adoracao”, the Portuguese Youth Hymnal.

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Beth has taught at Covenant Preschool for 13 years, serving as director for the past ten years. She was even a student of Covenant Preschool back in the sixties! Beth is married to Phillip, and they have two children, Louis and Katie.Beth and all the teachers make sure that God’s love spills out into the whole week at Covenant Weekday Preschool.

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