Staff
Pastor Ginny Atkinson-Hall
Pastor G was assigned to Madison Ave beginning July 1, 2021. As a long-time Derby resident, she is so excited to see ministry bloom in her community!
Office Administrator
Evelyn is the friendly voice on the other end of the phone. After serving for over 20 years as our Church Secretary, Evelyn has taken on the new role of Office Administrator.
Custodial Artisan
Glenda Couch is both a member of the Madison Ave family and the person who takes care of the cleanliness of our building.
They say cleanliness is next to godliness!
Director of Choral Music
Luke Harnish is the newest addition to the Madison Ave staff. He is currently a master's student at Wichita State studying Opera Performance. He has already earned both a bachelors of Music Education and Masters of Education from Vanderbilt University.
Collaborative Pianist
John Goering, Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano – Wichita State University, joined the Madison Avenue Music team earlier this year.
John performs as a pianist throughout the Midwest, both as a leader and sideman. Current projects include the Barbara Baxter Trio, Marshall Matthews, Fields of Jazz, and Cubana Bop Latin Jazz ensemble, as well as solo work and leader of his own jazz trio. In addition, he is musical director, conductor, and arranger for WSU Banda Hispanica, a salsa/Latin jazz group which frequently performs locally.
As an educator, John maintains an active private studio, teaching many styles of piano including: classical, jazz, pop, latin, sacred, improvisation, theory, composition, and arranging.
After completing his BM and MM in music performance from Wichita State University, John relocated to Denver in 2002, performing as pianist/musical director with groups such as Mistura Fina, Conjunto Colores, and the Denver Civic Theater. He was also on the music faculty of University of Colorado at Denver. John returned to Wichita, in 2005, to join the jazz faculty at Wichita State University, where he currently teaches jazz piano, jazz arranging, jazz history, World Music, including two online classes. His former teachers include Eric Gunnison, Chucho Valdes, Rebecca Mauleon, Andrew Trechak, Robert Spillman, Michael Spiro, Ed Soph, J.C. Combs, and Matt Wilson.