Get To Know Our Staff
Meet Pastor Keith & Nora Wilkins
Lead Pastor
Keith was born and raised in Springfield, Ohio. As a middle child among five, he shared his home with one brother and three sisters. He was raised in a Christian home and three of the five children are serving in full-time ministry. His older brother is a pastor in Colorado Springs, CO, and a younger sister and her husband pastor in Hubbard, Ohio.
Meet Jonah & Julie Oglageo
Family Life Pastor
Julie and I have been serving at Crossings since 2010, starting as leaders in our student ministry. After many years of climbing the corporate ladder, I finally yielded to God’s calling on my life to be a pastor in 2018. Being obedient in this calling has been such a blessing as we get to see the growth of students in their walk with Christ. As the Family Life Pastor, our focus is to help strengthen the family by partnering with parents to help children and teenagers thrive in a world that so badly wants to take them captive.
In our personal life, we are parents to four children, which is such a great honor. It is humbling to know that God has entrusted Julie and I with this amazing task. As we are raising our kids, we believe Proverbs 22:6, “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”
Meet Ciera Ferguson
Worship Pastor
I was born in Evansville, IN. I grew up in a Christian and musical household where studying music and the Bible were a big part of our family culture. I have been singing with my parents and my four siblings (two brothers and two sisters) for as far back as I can remember. At the age of 11, I moved to Florida with my dad and sisters. I continued to attend church and youth group through my middle and high school years. At 16 years old I received the call to music ministry and never looked back. I spent the first two years of college studying at a small ministry school in GA and then transferred to Warner University for the remaining two years, where I received my Bachelor's in Music Ministry in the spring of 2022. I began working at Crossings Community Church the previous October and absolutely fell in love with the people and the work God was doing here. I was thrilled to be offered a full-time position as the Worship Pastor and officially joined the staff that summer after graduation. I continue to love this church and consider myself blessed to be a part of such a wonderful community. I am honored to serve here and I cannot wait to see what else God has in store for us.
Meet Sheree Whited
Director of Communication
I have been attending Crossings Community Church since 1998 and I have been blessed to work for Crossings since 2003.
Growing up as a Pastor's daughter, church has always been a huge part of my life. The importance of serving and being connected in a local church body was planted in me at a very young age. Therefore, I have been serving in church ministries since I was old enough to participate. You name it, I've served in it!
Aside from serving in various ministries at Crossings, I'm grateful to have the opportunity to use my gifts to benefit this awesome church!
Meet Fran Costa
Congregational Care Pastor
I was born and raised in Brooklyn, N. Y. I attended the State University of New York at New Paltz. I married and raised a family of 6 in California, Tucson, Arizona and Central Florida. At the age of 30, in Ormond Beach, Florida , I had a life changing encounter with Jesus and His saving power which dramatically changed my life.
While raising our children , I taught in Christian schools in Holly Hill and Deland for 10 years .
I have participated in yearly prayer conferences in Israel as well as missions trips to India and Kenya.
I have been mentored by a highly respected local clinical counselor for 3 1/2 years.
I was recently ordained with the Church of God and have been attending and serving at Crossings. In addition, I lead a nursing home outreach in the area and assist in counseling and leading Breathe, the Women’s Ministry at Crossings.
Meet Shawna Boyden
Administrative Assistant
My husband and I, with our two children have called Crossings Community Church our home church since late 2007. I grew up in Miami Lakes, Florida and then graduated with a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts degree from the Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri in 1998. I have grown up in ministry as my father was a Pastor for the United Church of Christ for many, many years until he retired. I am fortunate to have my mom and dad attend Crossings with me and my family.
Meet Teresa Veltri
Treasurer
I have attended Crossings since 1994 and have served as church treasurer for most of those years. I also serve on Crossings Board of Directors and am a member of the Women’s Ministry team.
I grew up in rural Ohio in a wonderful, loving family. My parents taught me to love Jesus and stressed the importance of working hard and living a life of integrity. I feel as if I won the lottery to have been given such a wonderful head start in life. I have two young adult children who were blessed to grow up in Crossings. My husband Frank is the saxophone player on the worship team; he has a lot of fans, but I am his biggest!
I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and am a non-practicing CPA. I owned an IT-staffing business for 27 years and witnessed God’s faithfulness over and over again as I learned to allow Him to be my CEO, CFO and COO.
It is an honor for me to serve as Crossings’ treasurer. I consider it of highest importance to maintain the integrity and confidentiality of our church’s finances and am very thankful that God has placed me in a position of service where I am able to use the talents He has given me.
