Gina Tuck
FAMILY
HOMETOWN: Cleveland, TN
SPOUSE NAME: Tag
CHILDREN: Nora (2003), Ian (2005)
MINISTRY
SERVING AS: Associate Director of Liturgical Arts
DUTIES: I oversee and coordinate everything connected to the music for the 11:15 service.
PASSIONS: I love making music with friends in any conceivable setting. I also get a kick out of bringing people together and watching God make the whole greater than the sum of its parts.
PHILOSOPHY OF MINISTRY & LIFE: You can't give away what you don't already have, and you can't lead people to places you aren't wiling to go yourself.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance, Indiana University (1994-1997)
Master of Music, Piano Performance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1998-2000)
Master of Arts in Worship and Music, Covenant Seminary (2009-)
FAVORITES
SCRIPTURE: 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 – "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation."
QUOTE: "I always think I'm right, but I don't think I'm always right." –Keith Ghormley
MUSIC: I lean toward classical (especially neoclassicism) and jazz (bebop – our wedding dance was to Coleman Hawkins' Body and Soul), but I like almost any kind of music.
MOVIES: Every movie I thought of was originally a book, so I guess I'd rather read.
HOBBIES: I enjoy reading, watching movies, having coffee with friends, and writing music.
FOODS: There's an Italian restaurant called The Krone in Otterberg, Germany – their gnocchi gorgonzola is to die for. Also, crab cakes at Sting-Rays Truck Stop in Cape Charles, VA are worth the drive. I also like McDonald's vanilla milkshakes.
STRANGE BUT TRUE: I grew up outside of Pittsburgh, PA, and my family went to a Korean Presbyterian Church that met in the church where Fred Rogers was an elder. I loved telling the kids at school that I went to church with Mr. Rogers.
