Harvey was born and raised in Newport News, VA. As a seven year-old  boy,  he accepted Jesus Christ as personal Savior and was baptized at Temple  Baptist Church. God called him to vocational ministry at age fourteen and, subsequently, to full-time music ministry.

He is a graduate of Belmont University in Nashville, TN and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX.

His wife, Trish, our Church Organist, is from Nashville, TN, and is also a graduate of Belmont University. She is a retired public school teacher. They  will celebrate forty­ eight years of marriage in August, 2018. Over the past forty years, they have served churches in Virginia, Texas, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida. They are the proud parents of two married children and grandparents of nine! They are currently retired in Gloucester, VA.

Harvey and Trish came to Union in the Fall of 2015.

Reverend Richard Whiteheart is currently serving as the Interim Pastor at Union. He leads the Sunday morning and evening worship services as well as Wednesday night Bible Study.  Pastor Whiteheart is very musically talented and visits our shut-ins as well as those in the hospital.

Carolyn Neill is the pianist at Union.  She joined our Ministry Team in 2009.  She is married to Steve.

Rupert Thomas is our General Maintenance Tech.  He grew up attending Union and now cares for the physical structure of the building and grounds of the Church.