Our Team
Our Team
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Craig Williford
Lead Pastor | craig@crosscreek.us
Craig is the Lead Pastor at Cross Creek and previously served as the church’s youth pastor and worship director. The local church transformed Craig’s life at a young age, and now it is his great delight to preach the Word and shepherd a place and people he loves. Craig is always out in the community meeting with members or otherwise filling his notebook with writings and study notes. He is a proud graduate of UNF and RTS Orlando, has been married to his wife Kathryn for 10 years, and has two children. It is Craig’s prayer that the members of Cross Creek would grow in their faith toward God, be sustained by the hope of the Gospel, and be transformed by the love of Jesus.
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Tommy Park
Pastor of Ministries | tommy@crosscreek.us
Tommy grew up in Orange Park, Florida and graduated from Trinity College of Florida and Reformed Theological Seminary. Tommy was ordained in the PCA in August of 2008. Previously, Tommy served as the Campus Minister with RUF at the University of North Florida for over 18 years. Tommy joined the staff at Cross Creek in December of 2025. He and his wife, Nikki, have four children.
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Alexa Mathis
Director of Communications & Hospitality | alexa@crosscreek.us
Alexa grew up here in St Johns and is a University of Florida graduate. She and her husband Micah have been attending Cross Creek for ten years now, and she joined the staff in 2019. Alexa and Micah have two young daughters - they enjoy going on family adventures and making memories together!
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Rachel Madden
Director of Children’s Ministry | kids@crosscreek.us
Although Florida has always been a home base for Rachel, she spent 15 years in the Chicagoland area where she got a degree in Education and Educational Leadership. Rachel and her husband Chris moved to Saint Johns in 2016. They have 4 children and love spending time with their family, whether it’s at the beach or the ball field.
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Ashton Taylor
Director of Music Ministry | ashton@crosscreek.us
Ashton is a Jacksonville native and a University of North Florida grad. She has been leading worship for over eight years now and has been on staff at Cross Creek since 2018. Ashton and her husband Brian have three children and love spending time at their family lake house.
Our Elders
Elders are ordained men responsible for the spiritual shepherding and general oversight of the church.
Mike Coggins
Bill Koerner
Clint Larsen
Chip Leonard
Chris Madden
Aaron Titus
Craig Williford
Mercy Team
The Mercy Team consists of godly men and women selected by the Session to assist the Deacons in caring for the sick, the widows, the orphans, the prisoners, and others who may be in distress or need.
Laurie Ballowe
Karen Hill
Jessica Titus
Our Deacons
The Deacons are men ordained to engage in the ministry of sympathy and service, expressing the love and communion of the saints for one another, and freeing the Elders to devote themselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.
Matthew Anderson
Eric Clardy
Stephen Datz
Micah Mathis
Casey Wagner
