Staff

Pastor: Alex Evans

Alex came to Second Presbyterian Church as Pastor in December 2008, following previous pastorates in Blacksburg, Virginia, (12 years) and Pickens, South Carolina, (9 years). Alex’s priorities in ministry include preaching and teaching, building community, and engaging the congregation more deeply in mission in the neighborhood and across the globe. Alex is a graduate of Davidson College, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Yale University, and currently enrolled in doctoral studies at Columbia Theological Seminary. He has been married to Ginger Evans for 30 years and they have three grown children.

Associate Pastor: Gail Monsma

Gail grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has also lived in Buffalo, New York, Sacramento, California and Louisville, Kentucky. She is a graduate of Calvin College and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She has served for more than fifteen years as Minister to Youth at churches in California and Michigan. She began her ministry with us in October of 2009. 

Parish Associate: Dr. Douglas A. Hicks

Doug is professor of leadership studies and religion at the University of Richmond. He was the founding leader for the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement. He served for five years as director and then executive director before returning to the classroom full-time in 2009. Doug is an ordained Presbyterian Minister with degrees from Davidson College, Duke Divinity, and Harvard University. Doug is a member of the Presbytery of the James. He is married to Katherine Bagwell and they have two children, Noah and Ada.

Director of Christian Education: Ginger Evans

Ginger grew up in a large, Presbyterian minister's family. She loves her work at Second Presbyterian with the children of the church and of the Child Care Center, small groups of all ages, Fellowship and Membership Councils, and various other exciting projects. She has degrees from Davidson College and Union Presbyterian Seminary.

Youth Coordinators:

Howard Dudley is a student at Union Presbyterian Seminary in his second year of working on a Master's of Divinity degree. He grew up in his beloved state of North Carolina. He worked as a Youth Director at a church in Tarboro, North Carolina, for two years before coming to Richmond. Howard plays guitar and used to be in a band. He listens to a lot of alternative county/folk rock. He love sports and is all about golf and football, although all sports certainly capture his attention. He is an East Carolina Pirates Fan. He loves food and thinks peanut butter is awesome on anything. He also loves Mexican cuisine.

Giles Harnsberger is a longtime friend of the city of Richmond and Second Presbyterian. Born and raised in Ginter Park, she attended the Governor’s School in its early years at Thomas Jefferson High School and continued her education at Williams College in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, where she graduated with a BA in American Studies. She relocated to Portland, Oregon following graduation and then after spending time in Mexico, returned to Richmond in 2008. Giles has been a member of Second Presbyterian Church since her baptism in 1983; her mother, Mimi Sadler, is also a longtime member. Giles is presently a student in VCU’s Masters of Urban and Regional Planning program, the manager of programming at the Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods, and the middle school youth advocate at Second Presbyterian Church.

Building Administrator: David Barnett

David has served as Second Church’s Building Administrator since March 2009. With a professional background in operations and management in the broadcast and advertising fields, he has long enjoyed a deep interest in historic buildings, especially churches and theaters and their pipe organs. Here at Second, he supervises the care and maintenance of our historic buildings and grounds.

Church Office Manager: Dorothy DeJong

Dorothy came to Second Presbyterian Church with 18 years of office work in an Episcopal church. She has been at Second since April of 2006, and considers herself to be interdenominational.

Administrative Assistant: Monec Kelly

Monec joined the Administrative Support team of Second Presbyterian in January 2009. At Second Pres, she provides administrative support for the office manager, Dorothy DeJong, as well as, the ministerial staff. Additionally, Monec is a dual degree candidate at Union Presbyterian Seminary in the Master Arts in Christian Education and Master of Divinity program and a licensed Baptist Minister. She serves as the Minister of Media and Technology at the Great Hope Baptist Church, also located in Richmond, Virginia.  

Director of Music: Jeffrey Riehl

Jeff was appointed Director of Music at Second Church in the summer of 1999; he leads the Gallery Choir and the Adult Handbell Choir and oversees the church’s various music ministries. Additionally, Dr. Riehl is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choirs at the University of Richmond, Artistic Director and Conductor of the James River Singers, and an active solo singer and choral clinician. Jeff earned music degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Westminster Choir College and has completed additional studies at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg.

Organist: Bruce Stevens

Bruce became our organist in 1995 after having served several other churches in Richmond and Charlottesville for 19 years as full-time organist and choir director. He is a native of Virginia, grew up in Richmond, and earned music degrees at the University of Richmond and the University of Illinois. He also studied organ performance for three years in Europe--in Copenhagen and then in Vienna. He happily combines his work at Second Presbyterian Church with three other jobs: writer/editor for the Virginia Department of Education, adjunct instructor in Organ at University of Richmond, and Director of Historic Organ Study Tours, an organization he founded in 2006 to further the study of historic organs in Europe and elsewhere. He is active as an organ recitalist across the US.

Walk-In Coordinator: Elva Mapp

Born in Bristol, Tennessee, Elva lived in Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia and Connecticut growing up, and has been in Richmond, Virginia for much of her childhood and most of her adult life. A lifelong Presbyterian, she is an ordained Elder and Deacon, and a participant in many groups in the life of the church. She is a graduate of Yale University, History B.A., The College of William and Mary, J.D., and Virginia Commonwealth University, M.Ed. She also teaches music, movement, games, arts, and crafts to children ranging in age from infant through 8th grade at Tuckaway Ellwood House, Tuckaway Harbor, and St. Bridgetʼs School.

Director, Child Care Center: Eboni Brickhouse

Eboni grew in a military family, with the benefits of living in various locations throughout the world, though she calls Fayetteville, NC home. She has served in various capacities both in ministry and education. Eboni is a graduate of Fayetteville State University and Payne Theological Seminary and an ordained Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She has worked at 2PCCC since September 2007 and loves the opportunity to join her passions for ministry and education in her work with preschoolers and their families. She is also the proud parent of two beautiful little girls.

Nat Cade has served at Second since 1980.

Financial Manager: Terry Sherman

Missionaries:
Frank and Nancy Dimmock
Karla Koll

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