Pastor

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Janie McElwee-Smith was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, she attended Wake Forest University for undergraduate and Vanderbilt University for Divinity School. She has served churches in Missouri, Tennessee, South Carolina, southern Louisiana, and Pennsylvania before moving to Texas.

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She is a parent to twin boys, Lucien and Arthur, and she is a bonus mom to grown twins, Taylor and Caitlin. She is also mama to two fur-children: Amber & MacGregor; and fur-grandmommy to Remi. She enjoys cooking, movies, travel, board games, and loves laughing as much as possible.​​

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Office Administrator

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Brandy started at GPC in 2014 as our administrator, overseeing our office needs, including design, bookkeeping, reception, and more. An El Paso native, Brandy is married to Denny and they have two kids. When not at Grace, Brandy loves to garden, host parties, and spend time with her family.

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Music Director

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Brittney Williams was born and raised in El Paso, Texas and graduated from UTEP in 2017 with a Bachelors in Music Performance. Brittney joined Grace as a choir member in 2016 and soon after became the Music Director in 2017. 

In her free time, you can find her on stage around town! She has had opportunities most recently in New York with El Paso Choral Union at Carnegie Hall, who she still sings with often, and with the Gilbert and Sullivan Company of El Paso as a cast member since 2013. Brittney is a current board member for the company and for the summer of 2024, Artistic Director. Brittney loves animals, video games, singing and all things music! Pandas are her favorite animal and she has a fur baby named Amora.

Building Caretaker

Pianist

Childcare Director 

& Nursery Assistant