Rachel Skinner
Kid's Ministry Team Coordinator
Bio
I was raised in a Christian home in the small town of Pearl, MS. I knew at a young age that I was a hopeless sinner, and I accepted Christ as my Lord at the age of 5.
It was around the age of 15 that I heard a message on grace where the Lord showed me how marvelous the gospel truly is. I had this mindset as a child that God was always hanging over me, eager to catch every sin, instead of knowing He was a loving Father ready to forgive my every sin. This truth changed my whole mindset of Who God truly is. I couldn’t be enough, but He already was. I’m still learning this today.
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Eph.2:8-9
In 2009, I attended Hinds Community College to earn my Associate’s degree in Interpreter Training Technologies as an Interpreter for the Deaf. I then moved to Chattanooga to attend Tennessee Temple University to obtain my Bachelors. I graduated with my degree in 2013, and in 2015 married my dreamy husband Kenneth Skinner, who I’d met as a fellow student cafeteria worker (all good things revolve around food).
Straight out of college I worked as a staffing coordinator for a local sitter agency, then landed a job in a senior living facility with elderly, mostly deaf folks (note my degree above), and, ironically, not one of them knew sign language. I was an activities director there for nine years before fulfilling my childhood dream of becoming a stay-home-mommy in 2023.
Kenneth and I are happily tending a zoo at home. We have two young daughters, Sadie Belle and Daisy Mae, and a son, Thade, four cats, two dogs, a beta fish, and a partridge in a pear tree (It could be. You’ll never know unless you visit).
As well as being on staff part-time at GCC, I am homeschooling my children, and attempting to live all of life for the glory of God.
I was raised in a Christian home in the small town of Pearl, MS. I knew at a young age that I was a hopeless sinner, and I accepted Christ as my Lord at the age of 5.
It was around the age of 15 that I heard a message on grace where the Lord showed me how marvelous the gospel truly is. I had this mindset as a child that God was always hanging over me, eager to catch every sin, instead of knowing He was a loving Father ready to forgive my every sin. This truth changed my whole mindset of Who God truly is. I couldn’t be enough, but He already was. I’m still learning this today.
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Eph.2:8-9
In 2009, I attended Hinds Community College to earn my Associate’s degree in Interpreter Training Technologies as an Interpreter for the Deaf. I then moved to Chattanooga to attend Tennessee Temple University to obtain my Bachelors. I graduated with my degree in 2013, and in 2015 married my dreamy husband Kenneth Skinner, who I’d met as a fellow student cafeteria worker (all good things revolve around food).
Straight out of college I worked as a staffing coordinator for a local sitter agency, then landed a job in a senior living facility with elderly, mostly deaf folks (note my degree above), and, ironically, not one of them knew sign language. I was an activities director there for nine years before fulfilling my childhood dream of becoming a stay-home-mommy in 2023.
Kenneth and I are happily tending a zoo at home. We have two young daughters, Sadie Belle and Daisy Mae, and a son, Thade, four cats, two dogs, a beta fish, and a partridge in a pear tree (It could be. You’ll never know unless you visit).
As well as being on staff part-time at GCC, I am homeschooling my children, and attempting to live all of life for the glory of God.
Favorites
Book of the Bible:
Esther (because I’m still that fairy tale loving little girl at heart)
Books/Reading:
Pride and Prejudice, Lord of the Rings
C.S. Lewis, Agatha Christie, Jane Austen
Movie/TV:
Pride and Prejudice (each version has unique aspects I love)
Lord of the Rings
Beauty and the Beast the original, not that Emma Watson garbage
El Dorado and Rio Bravo with John Wayne
MONK
Sports Team:
Put me in, coach! I’d rather play. If I can’t, I’ll cheer for my favorite color or the one closest to the MS border.
Interests:
Reading with my hot tea and cats. But I’m not cool enough for much nonfiction.
Travel. Whether it's camping in local parks or traveling states/countries away, I enjoy going places.
Book binding. Taking ugly/boring books and attempting to turn them into revamped beauties.
Disc Golfing, Volleyball, Pickleball
Food:
Bacon and Pepperoni pizza.
Candy:
Ghirardelli dark chocolate mints
Gummy worms, Watermelon sour patch
Music:
Emma Nissen, Adele, Dolly Parton
Shane and Shane, Elvis, Nathan Evans
Lauren Daigle, Peyton Parish
Book of the Bible:
Esther (because I’m still that fairy tale loving little girl at heart)
Books/Reading:
Pride and Prejudice, Lord of the Rings
C.S. Lewis, Agatha Christie, Jane Austen
Movie/TV:
Pride and Prejudice (each version has unique aspects I love)
Lord of the Rings
Beauty and the Beast the original, not that Emma Watson garbage
El Dorado and Rio Bravo with John Wayne
MONK
Sports Team:
Put me in, coach! I’d rather play. If I can’t, I’ll cheer for my favorite color or the one closest to the MS border.
Interests:
Reading with my hot tea and cats. But I’m not cool enough for much nonfiction.
Travel. Whether it's camping in local parks or traveling states/countries away, I enjoy going places.
Book binding. Taking ugly/boring books and attempting to turn them into revamped beauties.
Disc Golfing, Volleyball, Pickleball
Food:
Bacon and Pepperoni pizza.
Candy:
Ghirardelli dark chocolate mints
Gummy worms, Watermelon sour patch
Music:
Emma Nissen, Adele, Dolly Parton
Shane and Shane, Elvis, Nathan Evans
Lauren Daigle, Peyton Parish