Meet Our Team

Senior Minister
​Rev. Kristin Galle 

Welcome and thanks for checking out this page!

Rev. Kristin Galle – Sr. Pastor

Kristin began her ministry with First Christian Church, March of 2021, having previous years of experience serving other congregations in transitional and interim ministry, collecting resources and experiences for congregations during times of visioning and change. As the church reflected on that past year of pandemic, FCC recognized that much is and has been changing throughout the Church (in general) and society!
Kristin’s journey in ministry led her in through a variety positions in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the United Church of Christ (where she was ordained), the Presbyterian Church USA (Master of Divinity degree is from Austin Presb. Theological Seminary and is married to a Presbyterian minister), and the ELCA—Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (where she learned to cant.) She’s also spent a year as a hospital chaplain intern (4 units of CPE) and 4 years as a hospice chaplain and bereavement coordinator. She’s been a counselor and co-director at summer church camp, working with children and youth (having loved camp as a kid!)

​Kristin envisions community as a place where diverse voices and experiences gather in faith to be a vibrant congregation in Denton and beyond. She has engaged in doctoral studies in a continued journey find resources to proclaiming Good News in relevant ways. She is married to Rev. Dr. Brent Hampton, have three wonderful daughters, three fabulous son-in-love’s and one grandchild. Kristin loves wildflowers, reading, cooking, travel, playing a variety of card games and has been known to hang out in game stores playing Magic: the Gathering. She loves conversations about faith and science, and exploring diverse ways to create safe and healthy community where people of all ages, race, culture, and gender can hear and find identity within sacred stories of faith. 

---

Music Minister

---

Children's Program Coordinator
Charlotte Stephens

---

Office Administrator
Chelsea Hartman

Chelsea has a background in church office administration. She worked for her grandparents' church in south east Texas for three and a half years before moving up to Denton to attend college. Chelsea graduated from the UNT College of Music in Spring 2021 with her music degree and her passion is cultivating a love and appreciation for music in others! She also teaches private piano lessons and has a dog named Wren!

---

​Technology & Media Coordinator
Chloe Nelson-Paryag

Chloe joins us on Sunday mornings, working in the A/V loft to ensure the continuation of our streaming service. She also posts services  on our YouTube channel as we continue making worship available to you. Chloe is a student at TWU and comes from Kingwood Christian Church where she first began working with A/V functions at her home church.

---

Custodian
Richard Meyer

​Richard is a native of Lincoln, Nebraska, where he graduated H.S. in 1971.  He then served in the U.S. Army, being stationed in Panama, Vietnam, and Germany.  In 1988 he received and Associates Degree in Sociology from El Paso Community College and in 2001 he received a B.A. in Psychology from U.N.T.  Richard’s family still resides in Lincoln, Nebraska.  He is an avid fan of football, especially Notre Dame football, he also is considered to be quite a history buff.  Richard has worked for FCC since 2002.

“Let every man abide in the calling wherein he is called and his work will be as sacred as the work of the ministry. It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it.” 
― A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine