Church Staff
 
 

Tammy Harp
Communications/Publications Director


Tammy's Core Responsibilities . . .

  • Produce/publish the weekly Sunday bulletins
  • Provide Administrative Assistance in the Church Office
  • Oversee the Children's Library
  • Teach where/when needed
Five ways to describe her . . .
  • Godly
  • Dedicated and organized
  • Genuine and friendly
  • Compassionate
  • Great cook and baker
 
What other people are saying about her . . .
  • She has a genuine interest in others.
  • An awesome leader in the children's ministry.
  • She is very creative and industrious . . . she can do much with little!
  • She likes being orderly and organized.
  • The best kind of friend.
About her family . . .

Tammy met her husband, Danny, in July 1988 through the mail. I guess you could call her a “mail order bride”. (Actually, after Tammy’s sister and brother-in-law spent a week of summer church camp with Danny, they encouraged him to write her, which he -somewhat reluctantly-did.) They met shortly thereafter, and the rest is history! After a long engagement and after Danny had finally squeezed four years of Bible college into five years (ha ha), they married in June 1990. Their first very tiny bundle of joy (Hannah Beth) arrived in February 1992 and they were in love at first sight. After many years of trying for another child and mountains of paperwork, they were handed a beautiful, healthy, bouncing baby boy (Brady Daniel Van Thanh) on Danny’s birthday in April 1996 in Thai Binh, Vietnam, and all was well with the world.

What makes her laugh . . .
  • Her husband’s non-stop antics.
  • Hearing Danny laugh hysterically while watching “America’s Funniest Videos”.
  • Watching Brady impersonate people.
  • Watching Danny and Hannah Beth dance together.
  • Mark Lowry, the funniest man in the world next to her husband.
What she loves . . .
  • Impromptu day trips to Virginia Beach and dinner at Captain George’s Seafood Buffet (the BEST ever!)
  • The smell of baby lotion on her kids when they were little
  • Hearing Hannah Beth play her violin
  • Her children/family enjoying time together doing the simplest of things like yard work, playing with their dog, etc.
  • Hearing her young niece’s and nephew’s voices on the other end of the phone
  • Days when she can stay in her PJs all day
  • When her family loves what she cooks
What are her greatest fears . . .
  • That someone in her family will die unexpectedly/prematurely
  • Being alone in the woods with a huge bear (or being ANYWHERE with a bear of ANY size whatsoever)
  • Flying
What are her goals for the future . . .
  • To soak up every day as a gift from God
  • To make quilts for her kids out of various clothing that they’ve outgrown 
  • To take Hannah Beth on her dream trip to Europe and to take her to a Jonas Brothers concert
  • To take Brady on a homeland trip back to Vietnam
  • To see as much of the United States/Hawaii as possible with Danny/family
  • To update her children’s Lifebooks
  • To be involved in her future grandchildren’s lives as much as possible and to spoil them rotten!
In a previous life . . .

Tammy graduated from Ben Davis High School (Indianapolis, IN) in 1985. In 1989, she graduated from Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) with her degree in Elementary Education/Kindergarten. After getting married in June 1990, she became a nanny (2 yrs.) and then transitioned into having her own daycare in her home (6 yrs.) after Hannah Beth was born. Upon relocating to Virginia, she was an adoption consultant with Worlds Together International Adoption agency (2 yrs.) as well as an administrative assistant at the Chester Christian Church (5 yrs.) where she and Danny served. After moving to Zanesville, OH, she began working at North Terrace as the bulletin/newsletter editor and is currently the Communications/Publications Director.

What does she excel at . . .
  • Multi-tasking
  • Proofing Danny’s l-o-n-g graduate school papers
Personal and work characteristics that are important to the job . . .
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Empathy for others
  • Listening more…talking less
The best things about working at North Terrace . . .
  • Getting to see/talk with her husband several times throughout the day (what a great perk!)
  • Working/serving with such real, down-to-earth people who truly see their service to God as a blessing to their own lives
Her hobbies . . .
  • Cooking/baking
  • Collecting cookbooks and recipes
  • Relaxing at home with her family as much as possible (especially when it involves PJs, board games, “America’s Funniest Videos”, Star Wars movies, cozy blankets, and a couple of Lazy-boy recliners)
  • Night-time walks with Danny and Annie (their chocolate Labrador)
  • Breeding/raising English Labrador retrievers and supporting her children in their various 4-H, sports, and musical activities
1420 Brandywine Blvd
Zanesville, OH 43701
(740) 453-2951


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