DR. STEVE DAVIS

Dr. Steve Davis is our Founding Pastor. He brings the deep truths of God to us in a down to earth and practical manner. He has a rich tapestry of ministry experience nationally and internationally. He and his wife Linda have ministered throughout the United States and in Europe.

Dr. Steve also serves as a law enforcement chaplain to local and federal law enforcement agencies. He has been an FBI chaplain for several years, assigned to FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC and to the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA. He is an inaugural member of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit's Spirit of the Law working group, studying the relationship of spiritual health to working functionality in law enforcement.  We count it a privilege to have been able to have him serve day and night during the 9-11 attacks, serving FBI and other rescue personnel.  Click here for the FULL Bio on Dr. Steve Davis
 

 

  REV. ANDREW HOOKER

Reverend Andrew L. Hooker Jr., serves as Director of Growth & Development and is President of "Men On A Mission"  for The Worship Center. Reverend Hooker also teaches a monthly class on ministry training for those interested in going in the ministry, which is held at 7:00 p.m. the third Thursday of every month. He heads up our Boy's Club which meets every Sunday night at 6:30 p.m. Rev. Hooker is also on our scholarship committee along with Karen Peters and he helps put together our "Back to School Rally" every year.

Rev. Hooker is a native of Chicago, Illinois. Accepting the call to ministry in 1976, he has served in several leadership capacities to include pastor; associate pastor, and superintendent of Sunday School programs. During this 30 year span; he’s ministered to thousands of military and civilian persons in the states and locations around the world to include Italy, Belgium, Japan, Germany and England. 

  After graduation from Proviso East High School, Maywood Illinois, he began a career in the United States Air Force which spanned 25 years. During this time he graduated from the International Seminary, Florida and presently pursues a Bachelor Of Science Degree in Management from National - Louis University.  He serves as the Aerospace Science instructor for the Air Force Junior ROTC program at Charles H. Flowers High School, Springdale, MD. 

  Rev. Hooker is married to the former Linda Wheeler of Chicago. They have one son, Andrew III. 

 

REV. MARK MCCOY

Rev. Mark McCoy has been in the ministry since the early nineties. He's worked with and ministered to all sorts of people, from working with people with substance abuse problems to working with children.  Prior to coming to The Worship Center, he served with the United States Air Force.

Reverend McCoy leads our Morning Bible Study every Saturday at 10:00 a.m. He's on fire for God and always gives a timely Word! Rev. Mark McCoy is also incredibly gifted at working with children. He teaches Sunday School and is an integral part to our special outreaches - annual Back to School rallies, Vacation Bible School, Hallelujah Nights and more!

Rev. McCoy is also involved in the music ministry here at the church, leads worship every Wednesday night and guest preaches too!

 

K. I.  &  LIZZETTE  SMITH

K. I. and Lizzette are a multi-talented, happy, and "on fire" couple. They bring a vibrancy and a zeal to everything they do for the Lord. They  head up our music ministry and worship team. K. I. is a proficient musical arranger and keyboardist. He is also our main worship leader.

K. I. also leads our prayer team, which meets at 9:00 a.m. every Sunday room in the Conference Room.

Having been trained professionally as a ballet dancer, Lizzette takes seriously Psalm 150 which says to praise the Lord with dance. She frequently uses her dance ministry to offer worship to the Lord, and loves to help others learn how to praise the Lord in the dance.

 

LINDA DAVIS

Linda Davis is the Director of Administration as well as The Worship Center's First Lady.  She is a driving force in the church offices & administration and has been an integral part of The Worship Center family since the beginning.  After serving on the mission field in England for 4 years with Operation Mobilization, she and Pastor Steve returned to the States and birthed what was to be the beginning of the church out of a small Bible study.

Linda has also served as the Client Director and as a counselor at the Catherine Foundation Crisis Pregnancy Care Center for 5 years. She was also Producer and a host of the Leave it to Jesus television program aired on The Dream network from 1999 - 2002. From time to time, she also served as camera operator! During this time, she has also taught Missionette classes, has been incredibly active in "Women with a Mission," and has regularly volunteered her time for church and community projects and outreach.  Her dedication to Christ and His purposes for her life are embodied in her continued work for the church.  

 

 STERLING & ULLI METZ
 

Sterling and Ulrike (Ulli),  met in Germany 1988, where Ulli grew up and Sterling was Stationed. They got married there in Germany on June 29th of the next year. They then moved to the United States on August 21st. Ulrike made the life changing decision to get saved on April 11, 1990, the same time Sterling re-dedicated his life.

They have been involved in Children's Ministries since 1990, including being Coordinators for Kids for Christ (Children's Church). They completed the ACTS (All Church Training Series) Teacher Training Course with Certification and attended several Teacher and Puppet Training Workshops and Conferences.

With the help of another couple, Sterling & Ulli started "Hallelujah Night", (an alternative to Halloween), at their former church in 1992, which is still going strong with at least 800 children and adults attending this performance yearly. They've also been involved with helping in coordinating, teaching and doing characters at a one month long summer camp for Homeless/HIV/Aids children. They've ministered in and out of character at other church functions, non-church functions and Nursing Homes. The two of them also sang in Choirs, doing Special Music, Praise Teams and Dramas.

Sterling & Ulli met Pastor Steve in 1993 and began attending The Worship Center in March 2001. Here at The Worship Center, they brought out their old skills to use again. Doing the special music programs, singing on the Praise Team, doing Characters and teaching Sunday School along with being involved with various other ministries. They say that since being involved with all of the many church activities over the years, God has given them the gift of writing most of the drama and puppets scripts they have performed.

Since 2002, Sterling & Ulli have also coordinated yearly Vacation Bible School/Summer Camp and Christmas Programs. In 2004, they became Directors of Christian Education and are also currently coordinating Children's Church.

Sterling and Ulli were recently given several awards recognizing their community involvement over the years. Click here to read about it!

 

JESSIE MORRIS

Jessie is the President of "Women with a Mission". Click here for more details on Women with a Mission!

Jessie teaches our Ladies' weekly C.O.F.F.E.E. (Come Out for Fun, Fellowship, Encouragement and Empowerment) Break Bible Study every Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. She also coordinates all our ladies events.

Jesse has been saved for 30 years now and been a dedicated member of The Worship Center for over 15 years! She has done a lot of ministry work all around the world, such as England and Iceland.

Jessie holds an AAS degree in Human Services and an AS degree in Social Sciences. She is the secretary for the Charles County Commission for Women, and will be appointed for her second 4-year term. In January, she will be Vice Chair.

 

MELISSA DAVIS

Melissa is the Director of Outreach & Evangelism at The Worship Center. She has been saved for 17 years and has a fire burning within her that spreads to everyone she comes in contact with. She seeks to encourage others to use their individual gifts to fulfill Christ's Commission to "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15), and to reach the people God has entrusted them to reach. 

Melissa holds a BA in Psychology with a focus on working with victims of sexual abuse and has a minor in Human Rights Pre-Law. While in college, she was heavily involved in Messiah's International Justice Mission chapter, presiding over it for 3 years, while also leading an Invisible Children chapter, leading and coordinating service trips for the college, as well as volunteering regularly with Bethesda Mission's soup kitchen and with Fellowship House reaching out to children, the homeless and the hungry in Camden, NJ.  When at home, she loved helping with Urban Outreach, and still does today.

In 2005 right after the tsunami hit, Melissa went to Thailand to do work with one of International Justice Mission's aftercare agencies for victims of human rights abuse, The New Life Center. In addition to the time she spent with the girls there, she also edited  the English script for a radio soap opera project in the Lahu language. This project, funded through UNESCO, provides education in the areas of HIV/AIDS, human trafficking and drugs and is broadcast throughout northern Thailand, southwest China, eastern Lap PDR, northern Myanmar and parts of northeast India. She also attended Chiang Mai University through the Spring Semester in Thailand Program.

Melissa also got the opportunity to participate and present at a special two-day workshop on human trafficking, held with 14 senior leaders of the Mynamar Council of Churches, International Justice Mission, United Nations Inter-Agency Project to Combat Trafficking in Women and Children and NGO's in Thailand.

This opened doors for her to edit the English script for Heifer International Mekong Region Program's Training and Education Program, as well as the voice over for their promotional video of the work they have done and are doing in the Yunnan Province of China.

Melissa also lived in a Karen Hill tribe village in the Musakee Jungle for a month doing ethnographic research on the Karen people, comparing their creation account and eschatology to that of Christianity. It was a wonderful time.

In 2006, after Hurricane Katrina hit, Messiah College sent a Relief Team of 3 three students and 4 teachers to New Orleans to help with disaster relief and lay out plans for future service teams to come in. Melissa was among them.  Click here to read the article.

It was also this year that she formed JESUSpolitik, Inc, which works to provide human rights organizations and mission groups a connect with student, church and civic groups to help them get involved in reaching their world for Jesus Christ. JESUSpolitik is currently working on a project in Maputo, Mozambique providing aide to street kids vulnerable to starvation, prostitution, AIDS and trafficking.

After graduating college in 2006, Melissa felt called to work with The Worship Center doing outreach and evangelism fulltime. She heads up our Harvest Program and she's a real hard worker. We are seeing the fruit! Souls are getting saved!