Meet The Staff

Malcolm Leslie McQueen, D. Min.

Malcolm McQueen began his ministry at John Calvin Church in February 1996. He had previously served congregations in Cortez, Colorado and El Cajon, California. A graduate of San Francisco Theological Seminary (SFTS), he received his Doctor of Ministry degree in youth confirmation and faith development at SFTS in 1993. Malcolm and his wife Amy have two boys, Nathaniel and Gabriel.

Diane Meade

Diane Meade began as Director of Music in 1998.  With a Bachelor of Music from The University of Iowa and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Texas at San Antonio, she has taught choral music for 17 years in Iowa, Korea and San Antonio.  She served Stone Oak Presbyterian Church and Prince of Peace Lutheran Church before coming to John Calvin.  Diane and her husband, Randy, reside in San Antonio.

Amy Oxley

Amy Oxley moved to San Antonio and joined the choir of John Calvin Presbyterian Church in 1995 after graduating with a degree in Music Education at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.  She began teaching middle school choir during the same year and continues to do so today.  In 1999 she became the Assistant Director of Music.  Amy and her husband, Justin, have three children, Brandon, Taylor and Sam. 

Other Professional Staff Members

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Administrative Assistant:  Lisa Ringler

Director of Youth Ministry:  Molly Rambur

Pre-School Director: Kathye Snider

History

John Calvin Presbyterian Church was built by people with a purpose.  They had a vision of the future and church with a purpose for them and their community.  Nearly 50 years ago that vision became John Calvin Presbyterian.  That spirit is still alive in this church.  We are breaking new ground right here again in 2005.  The buildings are already built, but that spirit of groundbreaking Purpose is still alive and growing here.......

The City of Windcrest was incorporated in September of 1959 with a population of 200. By February of 1965, that number had grown to about 2,000 residents living in 435 homes. It soon came to the attention of (then) John Knox Presbytery that a church was needed in the area.

On Palm Sunday 1966, a group of interested Christians gathered in a temporary location in Windcrest known as the "bomb shelter." Rev. T.O. "Top" Perrin, Presbytery’s organizing evangelist, led the worship. By autumn of that year, attendance had grown to 100, and these dedicated believers petitioned Presbytery to organize their fledgling church. And so it came to pass on October 9, 1966, that John Calvin Presbyterian Church began ministry in this community. The following January, the church formally called Rev. Perrin as its first pastor. Presbytery donated five acres of land for the building, and ground was broken in December 1967. The new facility was dedicated in October 1968.

The second pastor, Duke Kilgore, arrived in 1971, and subsequent growth made the existing building inadequate. The facilities were expanded in 1977, and a second service was added to relieve overcrowding. In 1987, the congregation called David Renwick, and the church began to look seriously at its future. There followed a Long Range Plan, adopted in 1988, with visionary recommendations. As John Calvin began its 25^th year, the congregation entered an ambitious expansion program—a new sanctuary and a classroom building, dedicated in October 1993.

With a continuing need for classroom space, however, the congregation voted again to "rise up and build," making plans for a Christian Education and Youth building. John Calvin’s current pastor, Malcolm McQueen, arrived in February 1996 and presided at the dedication of this new facility in October 1998. The upstairs Youth Center was completed in August 2001.

John Calvin Church has been blessed with four installed pastors, two installed associates, several interim pastors, a certified Christian educator, and several talented choir directors over the years. But the professional staff and buildings are only a part of this church. It is the ministers—its members and friends—who join together in continued service to the Lord that make this church what it is. May God’s glory continue to shine on the faces and in the hearts of those who walk through these doors.

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