Our Team
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Scott Utesch
Lead Pastor - Married to his wife, Angie, with three kids: Nathan, Andrew, and Anna. Scott has a BS in Mechanical Engineering (NC State) and a Master of Divinity from Regent College (Vancouver, Canada). He served five years on the staff of Young Life, five years with Andersen Consulting (Accenture), and seven years with Church at Charlotte as Community Life pastor.
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JJ Getz
Director of Children’s Ministries - JJ has a BS in Christian Ministries from Emmanuel College, which helped her learn about Jesus for adults. For the past few years she’s been learning how to creatively communicate the Gospel to children and their parents. She recently married her best friend, Ben Getz, and is enjoying her new adventure in marriage!
She spends most of her time hanging out with her husband, doing graphic design, walking long distances, practicing her penmanship, and eating vegetables.
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Shane Tracy
Worship Director - Shane’s heart for worship leading formed early on in his life. He has been involved in church music since his early grade school years, and started leading worship for his school chapels in seventh grade. From there he took his passion through high school and college, leading several student gatherings throughout these formative years. He earned his degree in Creative Writing and Journalism at Asbury College (now University) and married the answer to his prayers, Jodi, a week after graduation. From there Shane searched for a position in ministry, which brought him to North Carolina, where he and Jodi now call home.
Shane loves to sit with people one-on-one and inspire/encourage the heart of God in them over a good cup of coffee – preferably bold, but light and sweet, three character traits he himself tries to live up to. He also has a love for basketball, John Eldridge books, and conversing with God alone on wilderness walks.- – - – - – - – - – -
Karen Summers
Administrative Assistant – Karen is married to her husband John of 23 years, and has one 19 year old son, Alex. Karen has a B.A. in Economics from Winthrop College. She worked for 26 years at EDS in the financial services division in sales and marketing, and was on staff at another local area church before joining Glenstone Chapel in September 2010. She also currently works for the YMCA at Harris Express in fitness and membership.
Karen is passionate about spending as much time as she can with her son before he leaves for college next fall, loves playing doubles and singles tennis, cooking, and needlework.
