OUR TEAM

Dr. Mike Johnston - Stated Supply Pastor

Dr. Mike Johnston recently moved to Fort Worth, TX, to join his wife who is on faculty at TCU. Mike has been serving Baylor All Saints as their Supportive and Palliative Care Chaplain since shortly after coming to Texas. Previously he served as the Director of the Department of Spiritual Care at AnMed Health since January 2013.  Prior to that he served as Director of Spiritual Care at CaroMont Regional Hospital in Gastonia, NC as well as serving as Director of Pastoral Care for two hospitals in Richmond, VA.  During his time in Gastonia, Mike helped develop the Palliative Care program working primarily in critical care; a hospital wide Bereavement Program; participating with LifeShare of the Carolinas in making CRH a National Award winning organ donor hospital and was instrumental in designing a hospital memorial for organ/tissue donors; the development of a Faith Community Nursing program.  In addition, Mike has served as Stated Supply Pastor for two congregations in NC, one congregation in SC before accepting the call to serve in a similar role here at Trinity Presbyterian in Mansfield.

Mike is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, and attended Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA, graduating with dual Master’s degrees of Divinity and Christian Education.  He did his doctoral work at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA with his dissertation being on the Integration of Spirituality into Healthcare.  His clinical training in chaplaincy occurred at the MCV Hospitals in Richmond, VA.

Mike is married to Dr. Valerie Johnston, a faculty member at Texas Christian University teaching Healthcare Administration as part of their MBA program.  They have four children, Erin, Ben, Cooper and Blake as well as two grandchildren, Quinn and Asa.  Mike enjoys golf, reading for fun, yard work, his kids, travel, the beach and Tar Heel Sports. 

Chaeeun Lee - Music Accompaniest

Welcome to our new music accompaniest, Chaeeun Lee. Chaeeun was born in Incheon, South Korea and began playing the piano at the age of 6 with her debut performance at the age of 11. Chaeeun is a piano performance student at TCU with the dream of working towards a PhD in piano and eventually teaching music on the collegiate level.

Chaeeun has found great joy and happiness in sharing her musical gifts with others which led her here to TCU. Her passion for music has allowed her to meet people in a variety of settings where she has accompanied many different musical groups as well as in churches. Her main focus in coming to join as TPC is to glorify God and help people to have a path toward God through music.

Chaeeun has shared that she is grateful for the opportunity to share in worship and music leadership at TPC. She looks forward to reflecting the precious presence of God through music.

We are delighted to have Chaeeun join our worship leadership and look forward to watching her grow and develop with us.