River City Christian Ministries Deacons

Deacon of Children’s Ministries

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Tim Young was born in Pensacola but raised in Jacksonville, Florida. He moved to Atlanta, Georgia after high school in 1990 and became a Christian while attending Devry Institute of Technology. In 1994 he moved back to Jacksonville and joined the United States Army Reserves. Tim moved to Orlando in 1997 where he met Dana (Corley) Young, they both moved to Jacksonville and got married in 1999.  They have 2 children; Carissa (born in 2000) and Carter born in (2003). Tim studied at the University of North Florida (UNF) and received his B.A. in Deaf Education. In 2003 he began his teaching career and in 2007 he started coaching track and cross country. Tim was restored in 2008 at the Jacksonville Church of Christ and Dana was baptized there in 2009, and Carissa was baptized January 2, 2017. They both served in the children’s ministry for several years and both are currently working in the school system. in 2014 Tim and Dana began coordinating the children’s ministry at River City Christian Ministries. They both now work directly with the teen ministry planning devotionals and activities to enrich the teens and pre-teens.

Deacon of Music Ministry


Kenyatte Charley is from Brighton, Alabama and his wife Shadarion is from Jacksonville, Florida where they met in the church and married. They have been married for 18 years and have two children, Na’Cierre who was baptized as a teen on August 12, 2012 and is a faithful disciple and Kylah who is currently studying the Bible. Kenyatte works full time as a Firefighter/Paramedic for Jacksonville Fire and Rescue and Shadarion works as an MRI technician for the Mayo Clinic.
Kenyatte was baptized on September 27, 1998 at the Jacksonville Church of Christ and was a part of the singles ministry. During this time he met Shadarion who was also a part of the singles ministry and shortly thereafter they began dating where they co-lead a bible talk in the teen ministry. After a year and six months of dating they became engaged on August 25, 2001 and got married that same year on December 2nd. Kenyatte and Shadarion have been members of the RCC since the church was planted with Kenyatte being the song leader for the past 8 years.