About the Author
Pamela Vandewalker is the author of more than 30 books and a full-time minister of worship programming and creativity serving a congregation of over 7,000 active worshippers. As a senior programming director for six worship services, Pamela guides and creates worship opportunities from traditional worship to seeker oriented, media-driven contemporary worship. She also coordinates the children’s music program, with 800 children participating, and the church’s drama ministry. Pamela has served with a variety of publishing houses as a creative arts, devotional, and curriculum writer for worship, drama, and the music genres for over 20 years. As a nationally recognized clinician and conference speaker, Pamela has the opportunity to share insight and relevant ministry tools to hundreds of people every year. Her newest projects include: Live Love! (Lillenas), Camp Wallaballa (Lillenas), Made for Praise volume 12 (Dovetail Music), and Teeny Tykes & Tunes. She earned Magna Cum Laude undergraduate and graduate degrees from Houston Baptist University and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, respectively. Pamela and her husband, David, make their home in Marietta, Georgia. Cherry T. Garasi is Children’s Editor/Product Line Manager for Lillenas Music Publishers where she gives direction to the creation, production and marketing of all Lillenas Kids music products. Cherry’s past professional experience includes the positions of Director of Musical Arts, First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, and Children’s Choirs Coordinator at several other churches in the Southeast. Cherry has been active in music education having taught in both private and public schools, was previously the head of the Preparatory Department of Samford University, and continues to teach private piano and voice. She maintains an active engagement schedule as guest conductor and clinician for many church and school music festivals, workshops and reading sessions throughout the nation. Cherry Garasi is a graduate of Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, having also attended Converse College, the University of South Carolina, and the Juilliard School of Music. Cherry has two adult children and is married to professional conductor, Michael J. Garasi.
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