Archives: Staff

Robyn LaRocca

Describe your job in 10 words or fewer.

Assist connections and membership; hospitality and administrative support.

What’s one of your favorite scriptures?

Hebrews 10:24 and Romans 12:2 and Romans 8:1 and Matthew 18:18

What are your top 3 favorite movies?

Sound of Music; Rocket Man (Elton John); Shane

What is your hidden talent or fun fact about you?

I am trying to learn to play slide guitar!

What is the best thing about Houston?

Diversity, TexMex, Churches

What drew you to your current role/ministry?

My supervisor(s); experience working in Churches; love Jesus.

What do you enjoy most about being on staff at FPC?

Calm, kind and professional environment.

What year did you start working at FPC?

2021

What is your go-to Chick-Fil-A order?

Southwest Wrap

If you could have dinner with anyone (past, present, or future) who would it be and why?

Abraham Lincoln; Jesus

Who is your favorite author

Max Lucado

What is something God has been teaching you lately?

Humility

What music are you listening to right now?

Christian; Classic Rock

What is your favorite TV show or movie?

Law & Order, Bluebloods

What is one of the most memorable experiences of your life?

Childhood Vacations; Dream in a meadow with Jesus, Births of my Daughters, Live Music, College Football

What inspires you?

Wise, patient, kind, generous and calm people

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

Chocolate

Katie Hill

Describe your job in 10 words or fewer.

Bringing families together through events!

 

What’s one of your favorite scriptures?

Joshua 1:9

 

What are your top 3 favorite movies?

Elf, Tommy Boy, Zoolander

 

What is your hidden talent or fun fact about you?

I wanted to be Amy Grant when I was younger.

 

Best thing about Houston?

The great restaurants

 

What drew you to your current role / ministry?

Our FPC families

 

What do you enjoy most about being on staff at FPC?

Helping to create memories for our families

 

Most memorable FPC moment?

Ringing in 1998 with the youth group on a ski trip over NYE.

 

Favorite workday lunch spot?

Cafe Leonelli

 

What year did you start working at FPC?

2017

 

What is your go-to Chick-Fil-A order?

Spicy Chicken Sandwich

 

If you could have dinner with anyone (past, present, or future) who would it be and why?

Matthew McConaughey– I think it would be a fascinating and hilarious lunch!

 

Who is your favorite author?

Hemmingway

 

What is something God has been teaching you lately?

Jesus took time away to be with the Father, you should too.

 

What music are you listening to right now?

My spotify has a little bit of everything!

 

What is your favorite TV show or movie?

The Office or 30 Rock

 

What is one of the most memorable experiences of your life?

My time spent on Table Rock Lake during my Kanakuk summers

 

What inspires you?

Kindness

 

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

Hunter Johnson

Describe your job in 10 words or fewer.

Concierge

 

What’s one of your favorite scriptures?

Proverbs 21:31

 

What are your top 3 favorite movies?

Gladiator, Rocky Balboa, Braveheart

 

Best thing about Houston?

The weather!

 

What drew you to your current role/ministry?

The history and ministries of FPC

 

What do you enjoy most about being on staff at FPC?

Working with an amazing staff!

 

Most memorable FPC moment?

Interviewing for a day and a half outside in July!

 

Favorite workday lunch spot?

Killens

 

What year did you start working at FPC?

2020

 

What is your go-to Chick-Fil-A order?

Deluxe spicy chicken sandwich

 

If you could have dinner with anyone (past, present, or future) who would it be and why?

My father, he died when I was an infant

 

Who is your favorite author?

Patrick Lencioni

 

What is something God has been teaching you lately?

Patience

 

What music are you listening to right now?

80’s

 

What is your favorite TV show or movie?

A Football Life

 

What is one of the most memorable experiences of your life?

Watching our son climb and walk across a rope bridge with a freshly broken arm, wrapped in cardboard and duct tape.

 

What inspires you?

Big challenges

 

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

Vanilla bean

Erin Varnell

What are your top 3 favorite movies?

Anne of Green Gables, Almost Famous & The Notebook (these are the first 3 to come to mind)

 

Best thing about Houston?

Tex Mex and the Astros!

 

What do you enjoy most about being on staff at FPC?

The staff is like a big family. Everyone is very supportive and encouraging.

 

Most memorable FPC moment?

Chili Cookoff in 2011 (even though we didn’t win)

 

What year did you start working at FPC?

2009. I did have a brief hiatus in 2015 to stay home with my youngest.

 

What is your go-to Chick-Fil-A order?

8 count nugget meal with a side salad and a large diet coke. And all the Chick-fil-A sauce I can get.

 

If you could have dinner with anyone (past, present, or future) who would it be and why?

All my ancestors and future descendants. I would love to share a holiday meal with them to experience their lives firsthand.

 

What is something God has been teaching you lately?

Patience and letting go of the control I think I have.

 

What music are you listening to right now?

80’s rock

 

What is your favorite TV show or movie?

The Office

 

What inspires you?

My family

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

Rocky Road

Edith Price

Describe your job in 10 words or fewer.

Provide leadership for FPC events and hospitality programs

 

What’s one of your favorite scriptures?

Psalm 89:1

 

What are your top 3 favorite movies?

Blue Miracle, Little Mermaid, The Passion

 

What is your hidden talent or fun fact about you?

Roadtrips, the outdoors, being with my family!

 

Best thing about Houston?

The variety of food!

 

What drew you to your current role / ministry?

God did it!

 

What do you enjoy most about being on staff at FPC?

The people!

 

Favorite workday lunch spot?

Niko-Nikos

 

What year did you start working at FPC?

2010

 

What music are you listening to right now?

Hillsong, Bethel, Elevation Worship

 

What is your favorite TV show or movie?

The Voice, Bluebloods

 

What is one of the most memorable experiences of your life?

The birth of my twin daughters–then the birth of my three grandchildren

 

What inspires you?

Helping people, Worship

 

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

Rocky Road

Celeste Lanier

Describe your job in 10 words or fewer.

Using Communications & Media strategies and tools to facilitate the vision of FPC.

What’s one of your favorite scriptures?

Jeremiah 1:5

What is your hidden talent or fun fact about you?

Love to play volleyball

What is the best thing about Houston?

Great food!

What drew you to your current role/ministry?

It fulfilled a long-awaited hope of using my professional skills to serve God.

What do you enjoy most about being on staff at FPC?

The people!

Favorite workday lunch spot?

Just one? Fadi’s, Picnic, and the Taco Truck at the MFAH every Thursday

What year did you start working at FPC?

2015

What is one of the most memorable experiences of your life?

Having children. Both times God showed up in a miraculous way…

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

Baskin Robbin’s Gold Medal Ribbon