FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES of CHRIST)
Bossier City, Louisiana
Ministers & Lay Volunteers
Rev. Barbara Hampton Driscoll
Interim Senior Minister
Barbara is a Natchitoches, LA native & has lived in Iowa, Mississippi, & Oklahoma. After receiving her BS from NSU, MEd from the University of Mississippi, and an EdS as Special Education Master Teacher, from Northwestern in Natchitoches, Barbara served for over 36 years in the education community before retiring several years ago. She has taught at the elementary, middle school, high school, and university levels. For many years, she volunteered in numerous areas of Christian Education at KHCC before becoming part of the staff. Her training in Christian Education has included numerous aspects of Christian Education from Children and Youth to Adults. This includes extensive training in the Montessori Godly Play curriculum (Children Worship & Wonder) and other children’s programs. Additionally, she has presented workshops involving all levels of Christian Education, special needs children in the church, and has participated in and/or directed camps and rallies from Kindergarten through CYF. For over 20 years within the church, she has served as a Chairperson of Christian Education, Minister of Education, and a Senior minister before joining First Christian Bossier as an Associate Minister concentrating in Worship and Pastoral Care. Now, she serves as the Interim Senior Minister. Barbara served on the Great River Regional Board at its onset and contributed to Disciples Women/CWF for over 30 years. While serving a six-year term as the GRR President, she represented the GRR at the last Quadrennial. Since 1998, attendance at each General Assembly has offered important trainings and contacts with colleagues from many DOC churches, including her daughter, Kelli. Rev. Kelli Driscoll Crews, ordained at Kings Highway Christian Church in Shreveport, has served congregations in Texas, Kansas, and Tulsa, OK. She is currently a stay-at-home Mom, who lives with husband, Nick, & my granddaughter, "Charlie," in Tulsa, Ok. Son, Christopher, an associate professor of Religion Studies at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA, spends time there and in Boise, Idaho with his wonderful girlfriend and children Elle and Vayda.
Linda Shaw,
Chairperson of the
Official Church Boardt
Stacy Clark,
Volunteer Pianist
Chairperson - Elders
Chairperson - FCC Pastoral Search Team
Rev. Laura Savage
Minister of Children & Youth
Born to a Presbyterian father and a Disciples of Christ mother, Laura grew up at Kings Highway Christian Church (KHCC) in Shreveport, LA, as a fourth-generation “Disciple.” Baptized at the age of 10, she was active in her youth group, serving as the State Youth Worship Chairman during 1989-1990. After graduating from Captain Shreve HS in Shreveport, Laura attended Louisiana Tech in Ruston before transferring to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, earning her BA in Communication Sciences & Disorders in 1994. Laura then returned home, & continued serving at KHCC in a variety of capacities from 1994 to 2000 (Young Adult Sunday School leader, Wedding Hostess, Deacon, and the choir, task force to assess the needs of the hearing and visually impaired, & was responsible for raising funds for wireless hearing devices and large-print hymnals). Laura moved to Baton Rouge, LA, in June of 2000, where she was an active member of First Christian Church-BR for 14 years, serving as Deacon, adult Sunday School teacher, women’s Bible study leader, and as a sponsor for a youth group. In 2009, Laura answered the call to ministry, and completed the required ministry classes. In March of 2012, Laura became a Commissioned Minister, and installed as Director of Children’s Education at FCC-BR two months later. In July of 2014, Laura was called to serve as Associate Minister of Broadmoor Christian Church in Shreveport, and two years later, called to serve as Associate Minister at First Christian Church in Bossier City. She also provides pulpit support at KHCC, and is a Regional Elder for the Great River Region, serving as the Regional Elder for central and southwest Louisiana. Laura is bi-vocational, serving as a full-time civil servant at LSU-S, and is a tremendously proud mother of one son, Jason, who works and serves at FCC-Bossier in various capacities.
Sylvia Cox,
Christian Women's Fellowship - Disciples Women President
