Staff

The Rt. Rev. Lane A. Sapp

Senior Pastor

Bishop Sapp has served as the pastor of Calvary since 1996. He graduated from High Point College with a major in religion. He then attended Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he received his Master of Divinity degree in 1987. Brother Sapp was ordained on June 14, 1987 at Clemmons Moravian Church, his home congregation. In 1987 he was called to be organizing pastor of Good Shepherd Moravian Church in Kernersville, NC.

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The Rev. Dallas Prestwood

Pastoral Assistant

Dallas Prestwood has served as Pastoral Assistant of Calvary since May of 2008. Following graduation from Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina, and Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, Dallas served a dozen years in Christian Education. After completing a second degree at Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and an M.A. in Pastoral Counseling from Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, he was ordained and served as Pastor of Enfield Baptist Church in Enfield, North Carolina, for nineteen years and of First Baptist Church, Yadkinville, North Carolina, for almost seven years before retiring in 2002.

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Amanda Moody

Director of Music and Christian Education

Amanda Moody is very happy to serve in the combined position as Calvary's Director of Music and Christian Education.  She has served for three years in several capacities at Calvary and each year is more exciting that the last.  Originally from Kingsport, TN, Amanda completed undergraduate and graduate degrees in Voice Performance and Pedagogy from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ and, most recently, a Post-Graduate degree in Opera Performance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute, where she began and continues her voice study with Dr. Marilyn Taylor.

Amanda has been seen on several opera stages throughout the US, including New Jersey Opera, Arizona Opera, Tulsa Opera, and Winston-Salem's Piedmont Opera.  As a member of the Westminster Choir, she has sung with some of the world's leading orchestra's including the New York Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and the New Jersey Symphony.

In addition to her performance experience, Amanda has enjoyed working and worshiping in several denominations and churches over the past 12 years.  Amanda was raised in the Southern Baptist tradition, served for 6 years in a Presbyterian USA congregation, moved to Christ Church Methodist in NYC for 3 years and is now embracing a beautiful new Moravian tradition.  Amanda lives in Winston-Salem and is engaged to be married to Scott Schumpert in September of 2012.

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The Rev. Ramona Prestwood

Organist

Ramona Prestwood has served as organist of Calvary since April, 2008. She received her BS from Appalachian State Teachers College (now University) and the Master of Divinity with Church Music from Southeastern Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina.  Ramona was ordained to ministry on March 11,  1984 and has served as Associate Minister and/or Minister of Music and organist in several churches.  She has also taught in the music department of North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and has been a writer of curriculum materials for the Church Music department of the Southern Baptist Convention. Ramona is married to the Reverend Dallas Prestwood and they have two children, Laura and Bill.

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Paul F. Knouse, Jr.

Administrative Assistant

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Cheryl Sorensen

Financial Secretary

I am Cheryl Sorensen. I am married and have two children. I am a member of Home Moravian Church. I have worked in bookkeeping since 1980 for various companies and accountants in Winston-Salem. I currently work for First Presbyterian, as well as Calvary Moravian. I enjoy working at Calvary because there is an environment full of support, laughter and a commitment of doing our job to the best of our ability with a joyful spirit. I appreciate the opportunity to be a part of this church.

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Robert Stafford

Custodian