Deacon of Ministry
Salwa Thomas is from Brooklyn, New York and his wife Patrice is from Cleveland, Ohio. They met and married in San Diego, California where they both honorably served in the United States Navy. Salwa and Patrice have been married 21 years and have four children; Reuben, Keoneu, Simone, and Sierra. Salwa works full time as a Information Technology Specialist and Patrice earned her Associates Degree as as Registered Nurse from Florida State College of Jacksonville and her Master Degree from Walden University; Patrice works as a Certified Diabetes Educator in Jacksonville Florida.
Salwa and and Patrice moved to Jacksonville, FL in 1995 just one month after being married and both were both baptized October 3rd 1996 at the Jacksonville Church of Christ. They have served as assistant and lead teachers in the Children’s Ministry starting at 6 months after they became Christians. They co-lead the Pre-teen Ministry and led Young Teen Ministry. They taught the Sunday School class for the Young Teen Ministry.
Salwa and Patrice have been Christians for over 23 years and have worked with children’s ministries over 23 years and teen ministries over 13 years. Salwa now serves as the Deacon of Youth Ministries at River City Christian Ministries. His wife Patrice assist him in overseeing and coordinating the Children’s Ministry, the Young Teen and Teen Ministry.
Deacon of Children’s Ministries
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.