Todd and Sandra both come from an emergency services background. Sandra is an RN with over 20 years' experience as a paramedic and a trauma nurse. She now works as a hospital case manager for the cardiac units. Todd was a Captain in the Huntsville Fire Department until he retired with full service credit in 2006 to pursue full-time vocational ministry. They have been married since 1990 and have four children.

     Todd feels that all believers should serve God through some sort of ministry, and is committed to training disciples within the church to do so. Through expository bible teaching, Todd exhorts and encourages believers to get off the pews and get into the spiritual war serving God. "Come serve with us", he is fond of saying, "and if you don't know how to serve, we'll train you!"

     His favorite book as a young boy was "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean George. One of his all-time favorite movies is "The Man from Snowy River", but he also loves a good George Romero zombie movie. His favorite music is Christian Rock. He placed his faith in Christ and was born-again in 1970 near his 8th birthday.

     Grant was born in Decatur, on the 20th birthday of pitching great Randy Johnson (of course, he would not know this until many years later). He grew up in church, but did not fully place his faith in Christ until hearing Kurt Salierno speak in 2001.

    He is very thankful to have the opportunity to lead worship amongst a body of believers that are frequently willing to abandon all preconceived notions of what worship is, and even more thankful to work with superb leaders that consistently offer genuine examples of what it means to "offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God".

    Grant married Alison Phillips in 2005, and has three young children that cause him to constantly fret over his parental abilities. His favorite hobbies are listening to music (which consists of mostly indie-rock), playing WordFeud with complete strangers on his Droid X, and trying to teach his children life-lessons at every turn.

     Gen and Wanda came to 6th Avenue about 6 years ago on their way to wherever God would have them. It just happened to be Decatur, Alabama. They were working in a previous church in Georgia with the homeless and were looking for a place to become more involved. They immediately felt connected to 6th Avenue due to the warmth of the people here. They were accepted despite appearances and financial wealth. Acceptance was a big part of us being connected to the church here at 6th Avenue.

     They are truly blessed to be a part of a place and people that are into helping others, whether it be in our neighborhood or the other side of the world. Gen's favorite book is Stephen King's The Stand, Traditional/Smooth Jazz is his kind of music, and have just recently got a new favorite movie, "The Book of Eli" with Denzel Washington which he thinks is great, although he tends to lean heavy toward the Anne Rice type of vampire movies.

     Both he and Wanda very much enjoy doing for others. Wanda has been a volunteer with the Volunteer Center of Morgan County and Alacare for the passed 5 years and Gen's piddled around the church since the day he started hanging around.

     (Tammy's bio coming soon!)