Church Staff

Rev. J. Thomas Lee, Jr.
Pastor

Thomas was born in Starkville, Mississippi and graduated from Mississippi State University in 1991. During his college years Thomas was actively involved with Reformed University Fellowship, the campus ministry of the PCA. From 1992 to 1994 he served as the Youth Director at a PCA church in Pensacola, Florida. After that he came to St. Louis to attend Covenant Theological Seminary. After completing his Master of Divinity degree in 1998, Thomas was called as the Assistant Pastor of Cornerstone's "mother church." Cornerstone came into existence in September of 2003, with Thomas serving as the Church-Planting Pastor. Thomas and his wife Beth have four gifts from God: Jonathan, Calli, Jaden, & Joseph.

Nancy Mayo
Pianist

Nancy grew up in central Illinois and graduated from Bob Jones University with an MA in piano performance. After serving as accompanist for South Carolina's Columbia Lyric Opera and performing with the Columbia Philharmonic Orchestra, she moved to Germany as a staff pianist with the State Opera in Hamburg. In 1987, Nancy returned to the midwest; she presently accompanies Union Avenue Opera Theater and the St. Louis Women's Chorale, teaches piano, and does freelance accompanying in the St. Louis area. She and her husband Randy have three children.

Diane Hillrich
Administrative Assistant

Diane grew up in a small town in Central Illinois and was graduated from Bradley University with a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance. After attending graduate school at Ohio University, she joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ. During her 17 years on staff, she served in various ministry capacities in the United States and internationally in Austria and England. After leaving Campus Crusade in 1989, she became the Executive Assistant to the President of a consulting firm in California, specializing in development of funds for Christian non-profit organizations.

Diane re-met and married a childhood friend, Tom, in 1988. Together, they live in O'Fallon, Missouri. She now serves as the Administrative Assistant for Cornerstone.