Clarksville Grace Nazarene

Rich Cook

Rich loves Jesus. And Rich loves Dana. And his boys Jackson and Grant. And His grandson Henry. And sports. And buffalo wings, burritos, Walt Disney World, the Boston Red Sox, the 1985 Chicago Bears, running, 80s culture, and “Everybody Loves Raymond” reruns. The Cooks have been at Clarksville Grace since November 2017. Before then, Rich and Dana pastored in Portland, Tennessee, for 14 years. Both boys grew up, went to school, made friends, and played ball in one small town. Rich was a youth pastor in Huntsville, Alabama, for six years, and in southern Illinois for two years. Rich and Dana met as students at Olivet Nazarene University. They actually had one class together … knocking out that PE credit with a badminton class. Rich graduated with an English degree in 1992, and Dana with an English Education major in 1993. They married in 1993, honeymooned in Colorado, and came home to Olney, Illinois. Rich became a sports writer, Dana became a middle school teacher, they bought a tiny house and a shih tzu puppy, took long walks, ate snow cones, and have been walking together ever since. Rich loves the local church. Someone once told him that “The church is God’s Plan A for changing the world; there is no Plan B,” and he believes it. Each one of us gets to be a part of making our prayer, “Thy Kingdom come,” be realized. Sure every local church has its problems, but we serve a perfect savior. Keeping our eyes on him, we continue the life-transforming work of sharing the Good News of Jesus. Rich loves to preach! Loves to preach! His spiritual gift is lunch. He loves to talk and pray with people. He loves seeing people come to new life. And … he loves Jesus.

Joe Voight

Joe joined the staff in January 2015. He is originally from Port Clinton, Ohio where he grew up and left to serve in the Army in 1986. Upon God’s call in 2000 he left the Army, learned to play the guitar and began serving in worship ministries and has since finished his B.S. in Religion at Liberty University. He has been a part of the Grace family for 7 years and has served in the band, small group ministries, mission trips, at Warrior Retreats and the church board. He has a passion for ministering to a hurting world through music and the Word by singing, preaching and trying to live a life worthy of his Savior Jesus who has called him. He is also an avid bow hunter, enjoys sports (Ohio State Football), anything at heights, traveling and spending time with his wife Marla and all their kids and grandkids. One of his life verses is 2 Peter 1:3-8: “His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.  Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Rachelle Clark

Rachelle was born and raised in New York where they count snow in feet instead of inches. She has lived in Clarksville for the past 25 years and calls Tennessee her home. Rachelle came to Grace Church in the year 1999 where she began working in the children’s department. She spent a lot of time being involved in Sunday school, VBS, and Bible Quizzing, which she is very passionate about and continues to thrive to get as many children involved in learning God’s word as possible. In 2008 Rachelle accepted the full time position as Children’s Pastor as Grace Church while continuing to study at Nazarene Bible School. In 2011 Rachelle finished school and was Ordained. Her husband Rodney works at Jennie Stuart Hospital in Hopkinsville, KY as a medical coder, in the Medical Records Dept. Her hobbies include; going to the beach, taking pictures of wildlife and listening to music. Her favorite time of the week is the time spent with the children of Grace, in church as well as outside of church. Her greatest desire is to reach out to as many children as possible and share the good news of Jesus Christ.

Charlotte Moore

Charlotte was born in Wadesboro, N.C. She moved to Clarksville, Tn. after her husband Nate left the Military. She has been married to Nate for 40 plus years. She has 5 children and 11 grandchildren. Charlotte is Transportation Director for Fort Campbell, Kentucky Schools. She is an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene. Her husband Nate works as a guard for the Tennessee State Prison. Charlotte came to the Nazarene Church in 1991. She teaches the 4 & 5 year old Sunday school class. Her passion is Missions. She has gone on several Mission trips to include both stateside and overseas; including Peru & Nicaragua. Her desire is to fulfill the Great Commission, to make disciples of all nations. She states “I thought that I would help change others but in actuality I have been changed! I want to show the Love of Christ to all I meet”.

Brenda Colley

Welcome and Thank You for visiting our web site today! My name is Brenda Colley and I have the wonderful opportunity to be the Church Administrator for Grace Church! I have been attending Grace Church since January 2002. We have three grown children, Sean, Candice, (Jason) and 1 granddaughter Alyssa. It is with love and pleasure that the Lord enables me to serve the Pastors and Congregation of Grace Church. Should you have any questions or I can be of service to you, please feel free to contact the church office between 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Monday ~ Friday. “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourself. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.” Romans 12:10-11

Hunter Elliott

Hunter is from Waverly, Tennessee. He loves sports. He is a big Alabama fan in every sport. Hunter loves the Atlanta Braves, Tennessee Titans, Nashville Predators, and Nashville Soccer Club. He also is an avid Marvel fan, especially Doctor Strange. Growing up, Hunter went to school and the Nazarene Church in Waverly. In 2018 he graduated high school and attended Trevecca Nazarene University, where in his Sophomore Year felt a call from God to go into ministry. During his time at Trevecca, he was a Residential Assistant in his sophomore and junior year. In his senior year, he became the Student Body President. In 2022, he graduated from Trevecca with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion with two minors: Youth Ministry and New Testament Greek. After graduation, he headed out to Kansas City to work at the Global Ministry Center (Headquarters) for the Church of the Nazarene. There, he worked for USA/Canada NYI where he got to help with Nazarene Youth Conference and the Church of the Nazarene’s General Assembly. Hunter loves teenagers. He has a passion to see them as a vital part of the Church, and for them to come to know the love Jesus has for them. Hunter’s favorite Scripture is John 12:1-11, the Anointing of Jesus at Bethany.