Breathing Room: A ministry for
Single Parents

Offering free child care: Birth through 5th Grade

The last Saturday of every month
(September – May) 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Free supper provided for kids 18 months through fifth grade Free activities for kids include movies, crafts, games/recreation

Click here to register.

PHONE NUMBERS

All staff and services of Pelham Road Baptist Church can be reached by calling the main office number:
864-288-3283.

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church Staff

John RoyJohn Roy

Senior Pastor

Full Name: John C. Roy

Sports Team: Alabama Crimson Tide

Read any good books lately? Orthodoxy, C.K. Chesterton

Family facts: Married to Jo Ann; 2 sons: Wesley, 17; Taylor, 14.

Hobbies: Basketball, hiking

If you weren't a minister, what would you be? Coach

If you could meet anyone, who would it be? James Taylor

Favorite soda: Coke Favorite vacation spot: Wherever I am going next

What is in your CD player right now? Bonnie Raitt

What event in the last 15 years still influences you today? Birth off my children.


Sam CoatesSam Coates

Associate Minister

Full Name: William Sam Coates, III

Favorite Sports Team: Never watched sports.

Read any good books lately? Life Strategies for Teens, by Jay McGraw

Family facts: Married to Lucy, 24 years; 3 sons: William, Patterson, Jack.

Hobbies: Yard sales, estate sales, arts & crafts, decorating, painting

If you weren't a minister, what would you be? Be an international restaurant critic or a lobbyist in Washington, D.C.

If you could meet anyone, who would it be? Hilary Clinton

Favorite soda: Root Beer
Favorite vacation spot: New York City

What is in your CD player right now? Josh Groban

What event in the last 15 years still influences you today? Birth of our 11-year-old son


Suzanne HastySuzanne Hasty

Minister of Youth

Full Name: Suzanne Blair Hasty

Favorite Sports Team: Eastside Eagles, High School Football

Read any good books lately: Raising Sons and Loving It! By Gary and Carrie Oliver

Family Facts: Married to Wes over half of my life. 3 sons: Trey 20, Ben 18, and Matt 15.

Hobbies: Rubber Stamping, Snow Skiing, and Gardening.

If you weren’t a minister, what would you be? A successful Realtor.

If you could meet anyone, who would it be? Eve

Favorite soda: Diet Dr. Pepper

Favorite vacation spot: Ski mountains of Red River, New Mexico<

What is in your CD player right now? Twila Paris

What event in the last 15 years still influences you today? The miracle of prayer and childbirth.


Frances FernandezFrances Fernandez

Church Administrator/Secretary

Full Name:Frances LeGette Fernandez

Favorite Sports Team: New York Yankees

Read any good books lately?  Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand; Bleachers by John Grisham

Family Facts: Married to Mike; 3 sons; 2 daughters-in-law; 3 grandsons; 2 granddaughters

Hobbies: Looking for antiques, particularly old toys and books; reading Sunday New York Times

If you weren’t a minister, what would you be? Involved in some type of political work

Favorite soda: Sweet Tea

Favorite vacation spot: Vermont

What is in you CD player right now? Jimmy Buffet

What event in the last 15 years still influences you today? Becoming a grandmother! 


Anne Hitt

Anne Hitt

Minister of Education

Full Name: Anne Hitt

Favorite Sports Team: Grandson's soccer team

Read any good books lately? God @ Ground Zero

Family facts: Husband Tom, son Michael, daughter Stephanie, grandsons Brandon and Alex

Hobbies:

If you weren't a minister, what would you be? A firefighter.

If you could meet anyone who would it be? A missionary named Lottie Moon.

Favorite soda: Pepsi

Favorite vacation spot: A Cruise

What is in your CD player right now? Lava, Lava Island

What event in the last 15 years still influences you today? Going on a mission trip to Romania and being prayed for by Gypsies