Wes O'Neill, Interim Senior Pastor

Wes O'Neill is a Teaching Elder in the New York State Presbytery of the PCA. He has pastored churches in Missouri, Oklahoma, and New York. Since 2007 he has been working out of bounds of the New York State Presbytery doing interim and consulting work in the North Texas Presbytery with churches in Texas and Oklahoma. He is a 1988 graduate of Covenant Theological Seminary.

Wes and his wife Kathy have been married for 38 years and they have two grown children and six grandchildren.

Shawn Young, Associate Pastor

Shawn is an associate pastor with primary responsibilities in the areas of outreach, small groups, and Christian education. He also shares general pastoral duties in areas such as preaching, teaching, leading worship, and visitation.

Shawn grew up in Minden, Nebraska. He attended the University of Nebraska with a double major in political science and English (BA, 1992). After a couple of years working in Lincoln, he spent two years as a missionary in Zambia, Africa. He then attended Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis and finished his M.Div. in May 2002. Shawn came to serve at Heritage after graduating. He and his wife Jennifer have two sons and two daughters: Easton, Jonas, Selah and Lucy.

Nathan Carr, Youth Director

Nathan is a native Oklahoman and graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with a B.S. (emphasis in Biology) in 2003. After managing Starbucks for several years. he began teaching science at Providence Hall Classical Christian school in the fall of 2006. He is currently enrolled at Reformed Theological Seminary-Virtual Campus, and is working toward a Master of Arts in Religion degree. He has been married to Sarah since 2002 and has two children, Aréta and Honor.

 

Danielle Kirkland, Business Manager/Ministry Assistant

Danielle is from Broken Arrow, OK. She graduated in May of 2005 from Oklahoma State University. After working in her degree field of marketing for two years, she felt that there was something out there that would be more in line with her long term goals. That is when a long-time friend and member of Heritage told her about the position there. The Lord providentially worked out all of the details and the transition was made. Danielle joined the staff at Heritage in June of 2007 and in the fall of 2007 she became a member.
Danielle is the oldest of 3 children in her family and she feels incredibly blessed to have such wonderful parents who taught her to love the Lord and serve others. In December of 2008, Danielle married the love of her life at Heritage and she and Todd are excited about starting their life together and serving the Lord as one.