Olivia Kirkland is a genuine, fun-loving teenage girl who attends Cherokee Christian School (CCS). Next month she will be 14 years old. She has a love for tennis, and you can find her on the courts every time she gets a chance. Some of her main interests are volunteering and giving back to her community….
Jeff Nevison
Meet Jeff! Throughout the month of March, The Faces of Woodstock has highlighted local non-profit Next Step Ministries. We finish by spotlighting longtime supporter of Next Step, Jeff Nevison. Jeff is a founding member and current owner of Mountain Lakes Insurance, an independent insurance agency established in 2009 and located in downtown Woodstock, GA. Jeff…
Nancy Tucker
Nancy Tucker has been helping to meet the needs of single mothers spiritually, emotionally, physically, and financially for almost 20 years through the ministry of First Baptist Church of Woodstock’s Single Mothers’ Sunday School class and the Annual Single Mothers’ Banquet. This involvement led to her motivation to provide transitional housing for single mothers and…
Donald Bell
Meet Donald Bell! This spry 85-year-old and has been married to his wife Eva for 53 years. Don and Eva Bell are both from Southwest Kentucky but lived most of their lives in Louisiana. He spent 37 years in retail, becoming Vice President of Stores for department store chain, Madison Blanche. Travel has been a…
Joe Cianciolo and Dan Thrailkill
Meet Joe and Dan, co-founders of Front Porch Advisers! Together, they co-founded a company that is dedicated to inspiring others to understand, believe in, and accomplish their potential. They do this by assisting companies with their human capital development, community relations, and communication strategies. Joe—from a small town in Ohio—is a thinker, planner, goal-setter, achiever, family…
Juanita Hughes
Meet Juanita! Juanita is an ambitious researcher and writer, who has been dubbed Woodstock’s City Historian by the City Council! Juanita grew up in Dalton, Georgia but eventually settled in Woodstock in 1965 with husband Homer Hughes Jr. and their three daughters after multiple moves with Homer’s job. When Juanita and her family came to…
Tim Lubben
Meet Tim! Tim has dedicated himself to pouring into young people in juvenile detention centers across Georgia as he teaches sociology classes and shares his heart with youth who are often incarcerated for life. Tim is truly humble and has opened his life to a whole world that many of us will never see. Tim…
Shannon Murphy
Meet Murph! Murph is a local artist who has thrown himself wholly into creating a space for Woodstock artists to know one another, to learn together, and to build one another up to better pursue their artistic mission. The result of Murph’s hard work, inspired by his own story of transitioning from isolated living to…
Christina Brady
Meet Christina! Christina is a stay at home mom of three! She homeschools her kids and they love getting creative together! Christina first discovered the Kindness Rocks movement in Lakeland, FL and immediately wanted to implement the idea back home in Woodstock, knowing it would spread joy and happiness to our community. In starting the…