William Attaway became the third senior pastor of Southview Baptist Church on October 22, 2006. Prior to coming to Southview, he served as a staff minister at North Richland Hills Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, as well as churches in Mississippi and Alabama. Pastor William is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. He is a graduate of William Carey University in Hattiesburg, MS (B.A. in Religion) and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, TX (M.A. in Theology). His seminary studies focused primarily in the areas of Old Testament and Hebrew studies. William and his wife Charlotte were married on December 27, 1997. They have two daughters: Erin Camille, born in 2004, and Allison Paige, born in 2007.

In previous ministry settings, Pastor William has most enjoyed developing programs for leadership training. He believes and tries to model that a pastor's job is not to do everything himself, but to "equip the saints for the work of service". Pastor William's primary spiritual gifts are teaching and administration. He enjoys reading, traveling, playing golf, and working with computers. His favorite verse of Scripture is Romans 8:31 - "What then shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?"

You can email Pastor William at william.attaway at southview.org.  You can also check out his blog at http://pastorjourney.blogspot.com/.

You can email Rob at rob.petrini at southview.org.  You can also check out his blog at http://www.robpetrini.com/.

Leah grew up in Sterling, Virginia, and went to her church school at Calvary Temple from kindergarten to twelfth grade. She began working at Southview one year ago in 2006 when she graduated from high school. Her duties include all communications at Southview, including updating the website and publishing both the weekly bulletin and monthly newsletter. She thanks God for the privilege of enjoying two tremendous mission trips to Kenya, and hopes to go back very soon. Leah has enjoyed music, especially singing, ever since she was little. She discovered the art of opera when she was in eleventh grade and became hooked. In college, Leah is pursuing a double major in Music Education and Vocal Performance (concentration in opera). Her favorite Bible verse is Romans 8:28: "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."

You can email Leah at leah.carr at southview.org.

Lynn began working at Southview in 1999. As Ministry Assistant, Lynn handles the accounting, database, calendaring, and other administrative duties. She graduated from Mary Washington College in 1982. She and Randy married in 1983 and have been blessed with three children. Lynn has been an active member of Calvary Temple in Sterling, Virginia, since 1980. She enjoys reading Christian biographies, Southern Gospel music, proofreading for her church's transcript ministry, and working there in the children's ministry. Her favorite Bible verse is Psalm 139, verse 5: "Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me." She is grateful for knowing the saving grace of Jesus since 1978.

You can email Lynn at lynn.carr at southview.org.

Don Collins is a volunteer staff member at Southview Baptist, serving as the Assistant to the Pastor. He took on that role after retiring from USA TODAY newspaper in January 2007. He was a founder of the newspaper, joining USA TODAY in July 1982, two months before it started.

Don grew up in Kentucky. He is a graduate of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky. (B.A. in Journalism). He also worked at newspapers in Bowling Green, Ky.; Henderson, Ky.; Jackson, Miss., and Little Rock, Ark. Don and his wife Cheryl, an Arkansas native, were married on Oct. 19, 1991. They joined Southview in May 1992.

Don enjoys working with young people, reading, movies and sports. His favorite Scripture is Romans 8:28 - "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to his purpose."

You can email Don at don.collins at southview.org.

Steve Kane became a member of Southview Baptist Church in 1999. He and his wife, Amy, soon began teaching the 3rd/4th grade Sunday School class. After several years of teaching, he felt a calling to become more involved in the children's ministry at Southview and became the Elementary Director in September 2005. Steve has a passion for developing true discipleship in the lives of children, built on a solid foundation in Christ. He tries to instill the following truth from 1 Timothy 4:12 in the children's ministry - "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity."


Outside of the church, Steve is a computer programmer for Computer Sciences Corporation. Both graduates of Virginia Tech, he and Amy have been married since September 1998. Steve's hobbies include playing sports, reading, video games, and collecting sports memorabilia.

You can email Steve at steve.kane at southview.org.

Lydia's father is a retired Lutheran pastor and her extended family has a long history of service in the church and community; values which she has seen modeled since early childhood, and which she embraces with her whole heart.  Lydia was born in Michigan but has always lived in Northern Virginia.  She graduated from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA with a degree in Accounting and went on to attain her Certified Public Accountant designation shortly thereafter.   Lydia works part-time as a financial analyst and compliance auditor.  She considers her spiritual gifts to be patience and organizational skills, and her favorite hobby is sewing.   Lydia's favorite Bible verse is Matthew 7:8 "For everyone who asks receives, he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."  

You can email Lydia at lydia.young at southview.org.

Sherri Stricker and her family joined Southview in September 2000.  Growing up in Washington State, Sherri asked Jesus to be her Savior at the age of 9 while attending a backyard bible club.  At age 10 she began formal piano lessons & at age 15 formal voice lessons.   Sherri graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington in May 1984.  She married Mark in June of 1984.  Mark and Sherri have two daughters, Rebecca aged 16 and Bethany aged 15.

With classical training and encouragement from fellow believers, Sherri's love for arranging, composing and teaching has developed thru the years.   Before moving to Virginia, Sherri had the opportunity to serve God and share her love of music globally as an army spouse.  Sherri has served as accompanist or music director at various churches since 1984.   She has been on staff at Southview since January 2001, providing vocal and keyboard support to the worship team.  

When asked why she does what she does, her response is, "I cannot imagine my life without music - to me it is truly a gift from God to be able to listen to lyrics set to a melody that plucks at my heart's strings, to be able to share music with others - after all, God gave me abilities to use and I want to use them for His purpose.   To God be the glory!"

You can email Sherri at sherri.stricker at southview.org.