Chris has been a vital part of SearchTV since July 2001. Prior to his work at SearchTV he served for 25 years at IBM as a Global Services Manager. Chris studied business management at Oklahoma Christian University and provides general oversight of all physical aspects of the work at SearchTV. Chris serves as a board member and helps oversee all financial operations for the ministry. Chris can also often be found at various lectureships around the country with the display and would love to meet you and tell you about the work here at SearchTV.
Chris, Mack Lyon's son, has been married to his lovely wife Glenna for over 50 years. He has 2 children and is the proud grandfather of 2 granddaughters.
Kerry has been a part of the SearchTV family since 1999. He and his wife Jennifer have been married over 28 years and have 2 children, a daughter who works at a Special Needs Day Care, and a son who is at a trade school.. Kerry serves as a deacon at the North MacArthur congregation in Oklahoma City. He enjoys woodworking and cooking.
Kerry serves in several vital roles with the ministry including camera operations during production and various duties in pre-production. He also organizes all of our volunteer workers and work days and delivers all of our monthly mailings to the post office.
Colleen joined the SearchTV staff in January 2014 as a part time member until July when she began full time work. Colleen and her late husband Jack have 3 children. Colleen is an active member of the Luther Oklahoma congregation. She has worked on a farm and sold produce in a local farmer's market. She enjoys time with family, working outdoors, sewing and serving the Lord.
Colleen's daily duties include answering the phones, data input for material requests and memorial and honor records. She assists with mailing out materials and letters to donors and checks data for accuracy for inclusion in the monthly newsletter.
Mike has been serving SearchTV in a part time role since 2020 after retiring from a 38 year career in information technology. Mike and his wife, Helen, have been married over 40 years and have 3 children and 9 grandchildren.
Mike's main duties involve data entry of the many contributions received at SearchTV, assisting with address corrections and helping people find a local congregation of the church.
We have a countless number of volunteers that serve the ministry. Without these brothers and sisters we wouldn’t be able fulfill the thousands of requests we receive each month. Volunteers help duplicate CDs, send out and grade correspondence courses, update mailing address changes, and package and mail out transcripts and financial letters each month.
Craig has been a member of the SearchTV staff since September 2004. He has 4 children and he and his wife Tandy enjoy spending time with their many grandchildren. Craig studied computer security and advanced networking and worked as a mentor at a computer trade school before coming to SearchTV. As a member at the North MacArthur church of Christ in Oklahoma City Craig actively participates as a Bible class teacher, works with church media, and also participates in the youth program. Craig has served on the board of directors for Quartz Mountain Christian Camp since 2014 and has served as board president since 2020.
Craig performs many tasks related to production and post-production. Some duties include maintenance and quality control of the equipment before and during production. He also performs many technical duties for production including overseeing the production process to its completion and the duplication process that follows. Other duties include administration of the computer network, maintenance and updates to the website, and light video editing for the program. In recent years Craig, along with Brian, has taken over the roles of producer/director of the program. Together they oversee the completion of the Search program from pre-production to its final delivery.
Brian began working with SearchTV in May of 2012. Before that he worked for 13 years designing graphics and training material for the Federal Aviation Administration. He and his wife Mandy have been married over 25 years and have two sons. His family attends the Cherokee Hills church of Christ in Oklahoma City where he serves as the deacon in charge of audio and video.
Brian's main duties include assisting the production manager in the production and post-production environment. He helps with maintaining the computer network, maintenance and updates to the website and other weekly duties. Brian designed and manages our database system. Brian's skills as a graphic designer are put to use each month in assembling the newsletter as well as playing a major role in the new website design. In recent years Brian, along with Craig, has taken over the roles of producer/director of the program. Together they oversee the completion of the Search program from pre-production to its final delivery.
William began working with SearchTV in March of 2019. He has had experience in banking but his passion is in preaching the Word of God. For many years William served his home congregation in Pine Bluff, Arkansas as a song leader and relief preacher. To further his education he attended Bear Valley Bible Institute International where he graduated with an associate’s degree in Biblical Studies. Now William worships with the Edmond Church of Christ, serving there however he can.
William’s main role here at Search is to assist in production. He also works at the front desk answering phone calls in addition to handling data entry for orders on our material. He also works diligently to answer biblical questions that come by letter or by phone.
Donna has been with SearchTV since October 2003. She is originally from Pennslvania, but has lived in the Oklahoma/Texas region since graduating from Oklahoma Christian College. Before working with Search she taught elementary school and English as a Second Language. Donna is a member at the Edmond congregation.
Donna's main role at Search includes processing the daily mail and preparing the daily bank deposit. She also helps with the data entry of the numerous requests we receive via phone message and plays a vital role in organizing the mailing of these many requests as well.