Church Staff

Rev. J. Thomas Lee, Jr.
Pastor

Thomas has been the pastor of Cornerstone since its founding in September of 2003. Previously he was the Associate Pastor at Cornerstone's "mother church" for five years. He was born in Mississippi and received his undergraduate degree from Mississippi State University -- where he met his lovely bride, Beth. He graduated from Covenant Theological Seminary (in St. Louis) with his Master of Divinity in 1998. Thomas and Beth have five workers of iniquity beautiful children. He has openly boasted that he can do more push-ups than anyone else in the congregation, and so far no one has seen fit to challenge him.

Nancy Mayo
Pianist

Nancy grew up in central Illinois and graduated from Bob Jones University with an MA in piano performance. After serving as accompanist for South Carolina's Columbia Lyric Opera and performing with the Columbia Philharmonic Orchestra, she moved to Germany as a staff pianist with the State Opera in Hamburg. In 1987, Nancy returned to the midwest; she presently accompanies Union Avenue Opera Theater and the St. Louis Women's Chorale, teaches piano, and does freelance accompanying in the St. Louis area. She and her husband Randy have three children.

Diane Hillrich
Administrative Assistant

Diane grew up in a small town in Central Illinois and was graduated from Bradley University with a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance. After attending graduate school at Ohio University, she joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ. During her 17 years on staff, she served in various ministry capacities in the United States and internationally in Austria and England. After leaving Campus Crusade in 1989, she became the Executive Assistant to the President of a consulting firm in California, specializing in development of funds for Christian non-profit organizations.

Diane re-met and married a childhood friend, Tom, in 1988. Together, they live in O'Fallon, Missouri. She now serves as the Administrative Assistant for Cornerstone.