New preschool ministry leader
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Kristy Greene’s “sweet spot” is the nursery suites at Southeast.
As the new nursery director at the Blankenbaker Campus, Greene believes a biblical worldview is shaped at an early age, and preschoolers can learn
eternal truths.
“There are three simple truths I want to plant in the hearts and minds of every little one,” Greene said. “God made me, God loves me and Jesus wants to
be my forever friend.”
Her goal in nursery ministry is to mentor young parents, provide a network of support for families and mold the hearts of children.
If they seem like lofty goals, Greene believes they are attainable.
“This job reignites what has always been on my heart,” Greene said. “My goal is to go beyond church walls to minister and encourage families at
Southeast to live abundantly for Christ in their everyday lives. I genuinely want to come alongside little ones and their families and offer the hope and
help that only Jesus can give us all.”
Greene joined the staff in February.
“I love coming to work every day,” she said. “I love the staff and the volunteers. One of our goals in this ministry is to show others what a godly family
looks, sounds and feels like. The sweet families that come through our doors every weekend need to experience a warm, friendly and encouraging
environment. It is our desire to create a living picture of a loving family that has a solid, biblical foundation.”
While some people call themselves multi-talented, Greene calls herself “multi-twanged.”
Growing up in a Christian home in Georgia, she acquired a soft, southern accent.
Even then she was drawn to the little church members.
In college, she veered from her love of children for a time to get a degree in hotel and restaurant administration.
Greene now calls the few years she worked in hotels “tweaking time” when God turned her back toward preschoolers.
After college, Greene added yet another accent when she moved to Fort Worth, Texas, to earn a master’s degree in Children’s Ministry at Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary.
Since then, Greene has worked with young children in ministry, been a stay-at-home mom to three sons and returned to preschool ministry at Christian
Academy of Louisville after the family moved to Louisville in August 2010.
Greene’s husband, Loren, is a government accountant.
Their oldest son now is in middle school, and their twin sons are in the fourth grade at Christian Academy of Louisville, where Greene was the lead
teacher in the preschool.
They already knew about Southeast, met staff in Leadership Conferences and settled in at the church soon after moving to Louisville.
“I love what I do every day,” Greene said. “I love the sweet moments of Family Dedication when we get one-on-one time with individual families. Every
parent who comes in here desires to do the right thing. We want to encourage them and be encouraged by them.”
Greene has goals for the ministry, including a discipleship ministry for moms and dads that will be led by couples who already have raised their
children.
She plans for the ministry to provide more encouragement and practical hands-on suggestions to mold the heart of a child.
“Every child is a unique gift from God,” Greene said. “You can mold a child’s heart from the get-go, speak truth from the Lord into the lives of parents,
encourage and mentor, and families will be different.”