Aaron Tolson
Pastor of Youth Ministries
Aaron came to LMPC in 2002 as the director of high school youth. He received his bachelor's degree in sociology from Covenant College in 1997 and his Master of Divinity degree from Covenant Seminary in 2002. Aaron was ordained as assistant pastor of high school youth at LMPC in 2005. Prior to coming to LMPC, Aaron served as a youth minister in Jacksonville, Florida and St. Louis, Missouri. Aaron and his wife Lisa have four children.
Formative experiences have included marrying his lovely and godly wife, the gift of four incredible children, living in Uganda for a summer during high school, and working alongside Widows Harvest Ministries and the Church of the First Born in Chattanooga. Influential voices in Aaron's life are Len, Jesse, and Marshall Teague, Daniel McKinney, Andrew Novenson, Robbie Sweet, and author David McCullough. Besides presidential biographies, his favorite books are The Island of the World by Michael O’Brien, The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy, All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot, and Shattered Dreams by Larry Crabb. Aaron loves to run, read, and play the guitar. For him, the best part of working at LMPC is serving alongside the pastors, who are his heroes and the ones he has learned the most from in regards to his walk with Jesus. To have their wisdom, example, and encouragement carrying him along as he serves is invaluable.
Hank Currin
Co-Director of Middle School Ministry
Hank is a native of Lookout Mountain and graduated from McCallie School and Centre College (2011). He served as a senior high intern for a year before working for Southern Champion Tray. While there, Hank continued as a volunteer leader with our high school students and is excited to be able to focus full-time on our middle school ministry. Hank is married to Kellie (Kent) and they currently live on Marvin Lane.
Emmie Thompson
Co-Director of Middle School Ministry
Emmie Thompson recently graduated with a Masters of Theological Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando. Prior to her studies at RTS, Emmie graduated from Covenant College with a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Biblical and Theological Studies in 2018 and a Masters of Arts in Teaching degree in 2019. During her time at RTS she served as Student Ministry Coordinator at Orangewood Church, PCA in Orlando, FL. Throughout her time at Covenant, Emmie was the middle school girls’ summer intern every summer, as well as volunteering with both middle and high school students during the school year.
Annie Reynolds
Co-Director of High School Ministry
Annie joined the LMPC staff in May of 2020. She graduated in 2020 from the University of Georgia with an Early Childhood Special Education Degree. She previously spent two summers interning with the high school girls at LMPC and grew a heart for youth ministry. She is the daughter of Steve and Melanie Reynolds and sister to Mercer, Liza, and Stephen. Annie loves to try out new recipes in her kitchen, host her friends, go to Trader Joe’s, and hang out with high schoolers!
Josh Brower
Co-Director of High School Ministry
Josh joined the LMPC staff in 2019. Throughout college, he worked at LMPC as a summer intern and volunteered in the youth ministry. The Lord has been fostering this desire of maturing in Christ with high schoolers since high school where he was able to intern at Briarwood Presbyterian Church as a summer youth intern, and he considers it a privilege to now be able to do what he loves at LMPC. After graduating from Covenant College in 2020 with a Bachelor's degree in Biblical & Theological Studies, he transitioned to full-time ministry and is pursuing his MDIV through Covenant Seminary. Josh married to his wonderful wife, Kyra, and is the son of Shawn and Shawn Brower (yes, same name) and brother to Josiah and Jakob. He loves spending time with friends and family and being outdoors.
Christie Dodson
Assistant to the Youth Ministry Staff
Christie began working as youth secretary in 2004. She holds a B.A. in Vocal Music and taught music in a private school in Nashville while her husband David was in medical school at Vanderbilt. They moved to Chattanooga in 1980 when he joined his medical practice and she became a full-time mom. LMPC's youth ministry has been an enormous blessing to their family, so when asked to join the staff as youth secretary, she gratefully accepted the position! She and David have four adult children and eight delightful grandchildren.
Margaret Compton
Receptionist, Administrative Assistant to Pastor Tolson, & Middle School Ministries
Margaret first began working at LMPC as a Mother's Day Out teacher in 2006 and has been on staff full time since 2014. She has a B.A. in piano performance and an M.A. in Christian Education. Besides teaching piano for almost 20 years, she has accompanied various choirs, served in the Music and Arts Department of Park Cities Presbyterian in Dallas, and even worked in the Barter Theater box office in Abingdon, Virginia. She is married to Jeff and they have three daughters. She enjoys reading, hiking trails in the beautiful Chattanooga area, and playing board or card games with her family.
Aaron Tolson
Hank Currin
Emmie Thompson
Annie Reynolds
Josh Brower
Christie Dodson
Margaret Compton