Central Christian Church

Welcome to Senior Minister, Tom Edmondson

Dr. Douglas R. Boyer is the Director of the School of Music, professor of music and director of choral activities at Texas Lutheran University.  He earned his Master of Music from The University of Texas at San Antonio and the Doctor of Musical Arts from The University of Texas at Austin.  Dr. Boyer teaches courses in conducting, orchestration, advanced analysis, composition, music literature, musical theatre, and choral music education. He holds the Mary Gibbs Jones Chair in choral music and has been awarded the prestigious title of Piper Professor.

He is an active member of the American Choral Director's Association, Texas Choral Director's Association, Texas Music Educators Association, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Music Educators National Conference and the Handbell Musicians of America. His research on the music of our time has been published in scholarly journals and cited in numerous textbooks. He is an active member of the American Composers Forum and ASCAP. He has studied composition with Libby Larsen, Steven Sametz, Stephen Paulus and internationally renowned composers Chen Yi and Alberto Grau.

Dr. Boyer first came to Central Christian Church in 1984 and established our Handbell Choir. Under Dr. Boyer’s leadership, the Sanctuary Choir of Central Christian Church commissioned composer, Libby Larsen to set the text of e. e. cummings’ poem, i am a little church, to music.

Elisabeth Wang is the organist and carillonneur at Central Christian Church. Elisabeth grew up in San Antonio, Texas and received a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 2024 with majors in music and physics, with honors in both subjects. During her time at Cornell, she studied the organ and played the chimes in the university’s bell tower. She served as the Head Chimes master in her final year.

Elisabeth began studying carillon in 2022 with George Gregory, the previous organist and carillonneur at Central Christian Church. In 2024-2025, she studied at the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” in Mechelen, Belgium, through a grant from the Belgian American Educational Foundation. She has played in carillon concerts internationally, including performances in Belgium and the Netherlands. She is very happy to be joining the Central Christian Church family.
 

Veronica attended Alamo Community Colleges and a business school after graduating from high school in 1985. Her background of working in various administrative and human resource positions throughout her career include two local redevelopment authorities and a manufacturing company here in San Antonio. She brings over 30 years of experience to the table. She also has a very busy home life with eight adult children and 20 grandkids. She enjoys spending time with family and taking rides with her husband on their Harley Davidson motorcycle. With all of this, Veronica balances her life putting God at the foundation of everything she does and is a very strong person of faith which has helped her though all the life challenges of family and career.

Cynthia is a bookkeeper with decades of experience in accounting and tax preparation, including successfully managing the accounting department of her father's business. Her hobbies include scuba diving, reading and gardening (her favorite flowers are the Dutch Iris and the Bearded Iris). She enjoys walking her Shar Pei dog, named Raven, and she is currently taking fencing lessons. Recently she finished her Master of Professional Accounting (M.P.A) degree and believes you're never too old to complete new goals.

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José Lopez has worked for Central Christian Church and the Central Christian Church Childcare Center since 1996. Keeping the house of the Lord clean gives Joe great pride. He is the father of two children.