Laird Sillimon
TTCM Host

Laird was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was baptized by the late Danny Brown of the Apostolic Outreach Center. After receiving his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Howard University in Washington, D. C., he worked as an engineer in the defense electronics industry for 10 years before going full time in the music ministry in Maryland. In 2001 Laird and his family relocated to California were he was brought on staff as an Associate Pastor, and Chairman of the Music Department at Christian Life Center's Mega church, under Bishop Kenneth Haney, who was later succeeded by Pastor Nathaniel Haney.

Laird has over 36 years of extensive Music Ministry experience. In addition to his full time music ministry, he is the College Algebra instructor as well as one of the music instructors at Christian Life College. He is currently serving on the Pentecostal Music Association for the United Pentecostal Church, International.

As an accomplished songwriter he has seen his music recorded by Edwin Hawkins Music and Arts Seminar, the Pentecostals of Alexandria, NorCal Music Conference of Union City, CA, JCM, Apostolic Outreach of New Orleans, and more. More recently, along with Grammy Award winning producer, Kevin Bond, Laird has produced the latest CLC Mass Choir recording entitled “He Shall” and the newly released recording by his group “Covenant,” entitled “The One God.” For updates on his productions and events you may visit his website, www.sillimonsound.com.

Ken Fitzpatrick
College Music Coordinator

Ken Fitzpatrick began playing the piano at age 4. He has played piano and organ in his local church for over 40 years. In 1982, he moved to Sacramento, CA to assume the Music Director position of the Rock Church pastored by Bro. Nathaniel Wilson. In 1995, Kenneth returned to California State University and completed a Bachelor of Arts in Music Management in 2002, a curriculum geared to the business of music.

During 1996 & 1997, Ken provided music for a large crusade and the General Conference choir in Manila, Philippines. He has since directed music for several Filipino Conferences.

Ken has a love for mentoring young musicians. During the last several years, Ken has been conducting many choir clinics and intensive music training seminars at local churches. Ken has also developed a distance on-line piano lesson course to help the many piano students who are taking lessons from him. In 2007, Ken joined the music faculty of Christian Life College where he teaches classes in Advanced Music Theory, Advanced Musicianship, MIDI Theory and Orchestration.

Ken holds a Mechanical Engineering degree and is currently a professor of Engineering Design Technology at Sacramento City College.

Being raised in a Pastor's home and being a part of a musically gifted family, Cortt found his talent early in life. At the age of 14, due to the current music leader relocating, Cortt was made Worship leader. Being such a young age and in such an important position, Cortt learned by the school of hard knocks. In the process of learning how to bring the presence of God into a service, Cortt realized that his gift was leading in Worship. Now 28 Cortt is married and has two daughters, he spent six years in the National Guard, a year and a half of that mobilized and in Iraq. While in Iraq Cortt continued to lead in Worship. No sound system, no great congregation to get behind him in Worship. Just him, his guitar and his God. Cortt is now a full-time evangelist with the United Pentecostal Church.

Dedie Cooley

Dedie is the First Lady of Texas Bible College. She graduated from Jackson College of Ministries in 1986 where she later accepted the position of Dean of Music, and fulfilled that role until the spring of 1998. She is currently involved in conducting choir clinics across our movement. She and her husband, Rev. Bret Cooley, have a 5 year old daughter named Cherish and a 3 year old son named Hunter. Sis. Cooley teaches Organ, Piano, and Advanced Keyboarding. Sis Cooley also is the director of the TBC Ladies Sextet.

Bobbie Shoemake

Nanci Holston

Nanci has served as the director of music for the First Church San Jose (The Pentecostals of San Jose) under both elder and younger Bro. Shoemake for the past 16 years. Nanci is the founder of an annual piano camp and Power2Power Musicians Workshop. She has a sincere burden for the music ministry and is a dynamic spiritual motivator. Those who know her well regard her as one of Christian music's best-kept secrets.

Kevin was a Music Major at Montgomery College in Maryland from 2002-2004 before transferring to Christian Life College in Stockton, California. As a music major, he graduated with his Bachelors in May 2007. From 2001 - 2004 Kevin was the Youth Choir Director at Christian life Center in Gaithersburg, MD, under pastor Libby. Currently, Kevin is interning as an Associate Pastor, the Associate Minister of Music under Laird Sillimon, and the Outreach Street Evangelism Assistant at Christian Life Center in Stockton, CA under pastor Nathaniel Haney.