Welcome Our New CPWM Officers For 2023-2025!

President-Debbie Beals

Debbie is a member of the Good Prospect Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Trilla, Illinois, where she grew up, married her husband Tim, and raised their three daughters, Beth, Erica, and Amanda. They are blessed to have a son-in-law Shane and three grandchildren, Madison, Blake, and Lainey. Being active in the church has been a lifelong fulfillment for Debbie. She has served the church through VBS, taught Sunday school, been a youth leader, song leader, and trustee, and is currently serving as Assistant Sunday School Superintendent and Children’s Church Director. After attending a few Women’s Spring Retreats, she joined her local CPWM. The retreats have always been a great motivator. She became Secretary of the North Central Presbytery region and continues to serve. Planning the retreats and hoping to motivate others is a great passion! Besides being active with the church, she is also a part-time administrative assistant at Mattoon Precision Manufacturing Inc. where she has worked for the past fourteen years. In her spare time, she enjoys being outside in all of God’s creation. She loves spending time helping Tim with their 27-acre farm. She says, “It is amazing to see God’s work in that.” Her other hobbies include sewing, photography, and many other things too numerous to list. Contact information: 217-849-2665; Email: debbiebeals82@gmail.com.

Secretary-Rev. Lisa Oliver

Lisa currently is serving as pastor at Mt. Tabor Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Murfreesboro Region). Much of Lisa’s ministry has been as a hospice chaplain, serving throughout Middle Tennessee. Lisa has also enjoyed serving as a children’s minister at Milan CPC, Summer Youth Minister at Hopkinsville CPC, and Children and Youth Minister at Beech CPC. Over the years, Lisa has volunteered as a camp counselor for camps in Arkansas, West Tennessee, Kentucky, and Middle Tennessee. She also directed some senior high camps for Tennessee Synod in the 1990s. Around that same time, she helped initiate a young adult retreat for Tennessee Synod. Lisa was ordained at New Hope CPC in 1995. She graduated from Bethel College, now University, and received her M.Div. from Memphis Theological Seminary. She followed that with a Chaplain Residency at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. She has served on the Committee on Ministry and is currently serving on the Still Waters Family Ministry Board and the Historical Foundation Board of Trustees. Most recently Lisa has been volunteering at St. Luke CPC with the laundry ministry of Sacred Sparks called Loads of Love where she finds joy serving alongside Rev. Lisa Cook, volunteers Brittni Burnsey, Stacey Wilhoite, and her father Alvin Oliver. There is joy in washing dishes for our friends! Lisa enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, crocheting, writing, and listening to music. Lisa has had the great pleasure of sharing road trips to the General Assembly and Convention with her niece Savannah Lamb. Contact information: 615-474-3954; Email: lisa.oliver316@gmail.com

Young Woman Ambassador-Holly McReynolds

Holly McReynolds attends the Good Prospect Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Trilla, Illinois. She is the current treasurer of the Good Prospect CPWM. She is going to be a junior at Eastern Illinois University this fall, majoring in Graphic Design. Her hobbies include painting, playing with her dog, and spending time with friends from her youth group. Contact information: 217-254-5766; Emai l: hkmcreynolds38@gmail.com. We would also like to welcome aboard our new President-Elect, Christie Vanderlaan, and Secretary-Elect, Beth Graham. Thank you for your willingness, and your encouragement to CPWM.