Andrew (aka DogHammer) works hard behind the scenes keeping all the technical equipment (like sound and video) operating and in good order so our services can be presented with excellence, and doing whatever he can to serve our volunteer technical team. He admires these people who give of themselves every week, often when only God is watching. Actually, that's one of the things we admire about Drew too, as he so fittingly uses his spiritual gifts of serving and helps.

Born and raised in High Point, NC, Drew has lived in Lynchburg since 1999 after studying electronics at Guilford Technical College and then transferring to Liberty University for a business degree.

When asked his favorite food,Drew says “anything my mother or grandmother cook – ANYTHING!” Wow. They must be some pretty good cooks! Some of his other favorites are: movie – usually something based on a true story, like Radio; book – The Green Letters; restaurant – Biscuitville (hmmm, do they cook like your mother, Drew?); Bible character and verse – Job for his dynamic trust, i.e., Job 13:15 “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.” And, one of his most satisfying things in life is watching God reveal some truth about Himself.

True story: Drew went camping one night and overslept the day of the final exam in Music Theory II. It was the only class he ever failed, and it kept him from getting a minor in music for classical guitar. Oh well, he still loves “pickin' a guitar or mandolin on my front porch” and says to come on over – he's “got plenty of rockin' chairs.”

Drew is a very quiet and caring person, and a deep thinker. His immediate family consists of two “awesome” parents and a sister, Jamie, who all still live in North Carolina. Their world was turned upside down in February 2008 when Drew's brother, Mark, passed away unexpectedly. Over the last couple years, Andrew fell in love with a girl named Kellie, proposed to her atop a mountain in New Zealand, and married her in August 2010. They are enjoying this new chapter of their life together.