Meet the Session
The Session of Providence Presbyterian Church consists of the pastor and the elders in active service. The Session is responsible for the mission and government of the church. Our Session seeks to be a leadership team that discerns, casts vision, shares ideas and builds up each other and the church. Every voice is heard, and the Session represents the thoughts, feelings and ideas of the entire congregation.
Betty Montjoy is the Nurture Elder and has the responsibility for the membership rolls, the Shepherding program, and the nursery. Our church reviews the membership rolls annually to keep them accurate. Betty and her husband, Larry, came to Providence because they feel that God called them here and because of all the joy and love they feel here.
Don Purvis is one of the Buildings and Grounds elders. His weekly responsibilities include making repairs and improvements to our buildings and church grounds. Don is a charter member of Providence and has seen this church grow from meeting in a store front to our current great facility. He is excited about the future of our church.
Liz Gross is the Christian Education and Discipleship Elder. Her weekly responsibilities include scheduling and preparing for Sunday School, Bible Studies and other opportunities to further Christian Education. Liz came to Providence when she moved to Mobile in June, 2008, and became a member on Easter Sunday. She is excited about the opportunity to further Providence’s knowledge of Scripture and God’s call for discipleship.
Jeny Williams is the Fellowship Elder. Her weekly duties include planning activities that build community in and outside the church. She is very excited to serve God in the community of PPC. As a lifelong Presbyterian, Jeny finds Providence to be an incredibly committed, extraordinary group of Christian believers who truly seek to serve God. Her duties will be to facilitate fellowship activities and to assist with the Nurture responsibilities.
Steven Crenshaw is the Outreach/Evangelism Elder. His responsibilities include providing opportunities for evangelism to be learned and practiced in and by the church, so that members may be better equipped to articulate their faith, to witness in word and deed to the saving grace of Jesus Christ, and to invite persons into a new life in Christ. The Outreach elder also works to find new ways for members of our church to be involved in the community. Steven loves PPC and hopes to invite many others to share his joy.
Mary Mastrangelo is one of the Worship Elders. Her weekly responsibilities include working to foster a worshipful and coordinated atmosphere for Sunday services. This includes scheduling ushers, elders serving communion, liturgists, and co-chairing the Worship Team. From the first visit to PPC, she knew it was the place that she could further grow in her walk with God.
Pam Garner is one of the Worship Elders. Her responsibilities include assisting with preparations for worship by scheduling liturgists, ushers, and elders to serve communion. Many other tasks performed include monthly worship team meetings and tidying sancturary by replacing prayer request cards, attendance rolls, and other items. Special preparation for baptisms, weddings, funerals, and special events such as Christmas and Pentecost is sometimes required. Pam invites you to come and join us as we worship our Risen Savior. 
Gene Crossley serves on the Session as the Clerk and head of the Administration Team. This team has oversight responsibility for issues related to the policies, practices and personnel matter of the church. When Gene first attended Providence, he was struck by the presence of the Holy Spirit reflected in the congregation’s joy, openness and concern for others. For Gene, PPC has been and remains a place where his awareness of and faith in Jesus Christ are fostered. It is a place were, whenever he falls short of his commitment as a Christian, he can find encouragement to find his way again. 
Nedra Bloom is the Youth Elder. Her weekly responsibilities include organizing the youth program and working with the Christian Education team. Nedra has been at PPC since 1993 and has served several terms on the Session.
CJ Kriner serves the church as a Buildings and Grounds Elder. His responsibilities include upkeep of the current physical plant and concentrating on new projects to improve the quality of our church grounds.
Kevin Fredelake is our final Buildings and Grounds Elder. Kevin works hard to make sure that Providence has an inviting and well managed appearance.
Al Drinovsky is our Stewardship Elder. Stewardship at Providence is about more than just money. Our Stewardship program includes the discovery and implementation of our members' skills and interests as well as a newly added Spiritual Gifts assessment ministry. Providence wants to be a responsible steward of our resources, our gifts, our staff and our physical assets.