Rev. Elizabeth Sullivan

Pastor

Pastor Sullivan is a native of South Carolina. She grew up in Aiken, South Carolina and attended UNC School for the Arts where she received a bachelor’s degree in music. She obtained her master’s degree in education from The University of Charleston. Elizabeth received a call to full-time ministry while she traveled around the country with her husband, Col. Robert Sullivan, who served as an orthopedic surgeon in the United States Air Force. She attended Duke Divinity, Denver Seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary. and graduated with her master’s degree in divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary.

“It was God’s idea, not mine. Over the years I have come to understand that the Holy Spirit gifts people for leadership within the church and this gifting often happens to the people that we least expect. The Bible is full of examples like this and I am one of the least of these - for sure. For me it is not so much about being Pastor Elizabeth or Reverend Sullivan, it is about knowing that whatever title I might hold, the most significant title I have is Child of God,” says Sullivan.

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Derek Street

Associate Minister & Director of Worship

Derek has served in a music ministry role for almost 19 years with 10 of those years at Point Hope Church! He has a music education degree from Western Carolina University, and he taught music in public schools for 13 years. He also teaches private music lessons. 

He loves his family: wife, Nikki, four adult boys Phoenix (wife Makenzie), Kari, Isaac, and Gavin. They just welcomed their first grandchild in 2024!

Most of all, he loves serving God, and is enrolled at Asbury Theological Seminary.

Derek also leads the middle and high school student ministry on Sunday nights.

Megan Stevens

Communications Director & Asst. to the Pastor

Megan was raised in the Methodist church and is passionate about promoting God’s love and Point Hope Church’s mission to the community. Before serving at Point Hope, she spent 11 years working in public relations within the nonprofit sector. She has a journalism degree from Marshall University and loves to spend time with her family.

Shannon Hellwig

Business Manager

Shannon is originally from New Jersey and moved to Mount Pleasant with her husband and three daughters late in 2017. She has a degree in sociology and criminal justice from Montclair State University. Prior to moving, she had worked as a bookkeeper for a nonprofit organization. She is passionate about serving God and her Point Hope community.

CHERYL MCCOY

Nursery Coordinator

Cheryl works as the Nursery Coordinator at Point Hope and also serves as the Hospitality Leader organizing the "HUG Team" which consists of the important welcoming roles of host, greeter and usher for two services each Sunday. Cheryl says that when she attended the first service at Point Hope, she was invited to stay for lunch and knew she had found a church home. Her granddaughter, Molly, now 13, has been her "church buddy" since she was 2 years-old.